Volans today launches a new market intelligence report calling on business leaders to help drive ‘breakthrough’ innovation, as part of a coming revolution in global markets.
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Today GreenBiz launched its annual State of Green Business report with new research from Trucost on the environmental performance of U.S. companies and Global companies
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Europe needs a comprehensive frame work on corporate social responsibility (CSR), according to two European Parliament reports, however a split still exists over how best to achieve responsible company practices.
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The Ellen MacArthur Foundation has today launched the Circular Economy 100 (‘CE100’), a three year programme aimed at bringing together a network of 100 leading companies globally to facilitate development and commitment to new circular economy projects. The CE100 will provide executive education on key themes and emerging trends, share knowledge and new learnings, and identify and develop solutions to common challenges. The objective is that by 2015 participating companies will have triggered circular initiatives that will result in an aggregated economic benefit of $10bn for the businesses involved.
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The percentage of companies reporting a profit from their sustainability efforts rose 23 percent last year, to 37 percent, according to the most recent global study by the MIT Sloan Management Review (MIT SMR) and the Boston Consulting Group (BCG). The study, “The Innovation Bottom Line,” was released today on the MIT SMR website.
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The Ellen MacArthur Foundation launches Towards the Circular Economy Vol.2: opportunities for the consumer goods sector , a new report, featuring analysis by McKinsey & Co, which builds on last year’s report and makes the case for a faster adoption, quantifies the economic benefits of circular business models, and lays out pathways for action.
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Corporate Knights, the Toronto-based media and investment research company, announced today its Global 100 list of the world’s most sustainable corporations at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
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Seventy percent of companies believe that climate change has the potential to affect their revenue significantly, a risk which is intensified by a chasm between the sustainable business practices of multinational corporations and their suppliers, according to research published today by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) and Accenture.
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Companies from the USA, Germany and South Korea are at the top of the 2013 international gold medal-table for sustainable business, according to The Sustainability Yearbook 2013.
The 10th edition of The Sustainability Yearbook will be published by RobecoSAM, the investment specialist focused exclusively on Sustainability Investing and KPMG International at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland on 23 January 2013.
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The results of Reputation Institute’s 2012 CSR RepTrak 100 Study uncover that many of the world’s 100 most reputable companies have little to show for the millions of dollars they spend on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives.
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More than half of CEOs see energy and raw material costs as a threat to their business growth – a three year high according to analysts.
The new research shows 53% of CEOs – a 7% increase on last year’s results – said the issue had now overtaken consumer spending and behaviour as one of the top threats to growth prospects.
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Today marks the official launch of Europe’s first ever pan-European CSR Award Scheme – an EU funded CSR Award Programme aimed at giving higher visibility to best practice in the field of CSR in Europe.
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