KPN recognized as one of the most sustainable telecoms companies

KPN has been listed for the seventh consecutive year in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI). This means that KPN is one of the most sustainable telecom companies in the world, according to independent experts. KPN scored well with its environmental policy, innovation management and network reliability amongst others, according figures published today. In […] ... lees meer

DSM tops Dow Jones Sustainability World Index

Royal DSM, a global science-based company active in Nutrition, Health and Sustainable Living, has once again been named the leader in its industry group in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index. The company has been recognized among the DJSI leaders for 15 years running and held the number one position in the sector eight times. Feike Sijbesma, […] ... lees meer

Over half of global exports come from countries that fail to punish foreign bribery

Most of the world’s biggest exporters are failing to punish corporations paying bribes overseas, Transparency International revealed today. The anti-corruption organisation has released the 2018 edition of its Exporting Corruption report, rating countries based on their enforcement against foreign bribery under the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention. The report finds that only 11 of the 44 jurisdictions rated conduct active […] ... lees meer

The World’s First Ocean Cleanup System Launched from San Francisco

The Ocean Cleanup, the Dutch non-profit organization developing advanced technologies to rid the oceans of plastic, today launched the world’s first ocean cleanup system from the San Francisco Bay. The cleanup system (“System 001”) is heading to a location 240 nautical miles offshore for a two-week trial before continuing its journey toward the Great Pacific […] ... lees meer

Bottled water and soft drinks producers drive plan to eliminate plastic packaging waste from their sectors by 2030

The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) and a group of leading bottled water and soft drink manufacturers have launched a report today at the House of Commons, which sets out an ambitious roadmap to eliminate plastic packaging waste from the bottled water and soft drinks value chain by 2030. The report, the first […] ... lees meer

2018 New Climate Economy Report Launch

New Climate Economy is delighted to announce the publication of the 2018 Report of the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate, Unlocking the Inclusive Growth Story of the 21st Century: Accelerating Climate Action in Urgent Times. The Report’s major finding is that we are significantly underestimating the benefits of cleaner, climate-smart growth: bold climate action could […] ... lees meer

Azuri and Unilever partner in Kenya to bring pay-as-you-go solar home lighting to millions off-grid

Azuri Technologies, a leading provider of pay-as-you-go solar home systems and Unilever Kenya, the leading provider of consumer goods in Africa, today announced a partnership to bring solar home solutions to millions more off-grid homes across Kenya. The announcement comes as Prime Minister Theresa May and UK business leaders, including Azuri CEO Simon Bransfield-Garth, arrive […] ... lees meer

Maastricht School of Management ramps up commitment to sustainability & CSR

With sustainability at its core, Maastricht School of Management, as a unique Dutch business school, is preparing MBA students to make a difference. In 2006, the United Nations Global Compact—the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative—presented at the UN Global Forum on the topic of Business as an Agent of World Benefit. The UN body proposed […] ... lees meer

DSM named on Fortune Magazine’s ‘Change the World’ List for third consecutive year and again ranked number 1 globally in sustainability by Sustainalytics

Royal DSM, a global science-based company active in Nutrition, Health and Sustainable Living, again made Fortune Magazine’s 2018 Change the World list, an annual recognition of companies that have a positive social impact through their core business strategy. DSM was featured for the third consecutive year. This week Sustainalytics also recognized DSM when it named the company the leader in ESG […] ... lees meer

Ocean Ambassador of the Netherlands Joins Endowment for Clean Ocean’s Entrepreneur Judges Committee

The Endowment for Clean Oceans (ECO) announced Willemijn Peeters, Ocean Ambassador of the Netherlands and the Founding Director of Searious Business has joined ECO’s Entrepreneur Committee that will vet contestants’ plans to remove macro and micro plastics from the world’s oceans. “I am working to solve the problem of what to do with the plastic […] ... lees meer

UN Global Compact: Corporates must stop ‘cherry-picking’ the SDGs

Large businesses will soon risk losing investor interest and stakeholder trust unless they stop “cherry-picking” which of the United Nation’s (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) they report on and omitting negative impacts from their sustainability reports. That is according to UN Global Compact’s (UNGC) chief of programmes, Lila Karbassi, who recently worked on the Compact’s […] ... lees meer