Ministers and senior officials from the 18 participants in the Environmental Goods Agreement (representing 46 WTO members) met in Geneva this weekend to work towards liberalising trade on a range of important environmental goods. Constructive talks were held and progress was made, but participants were not in a position to close the existing gaps at […]
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Priority access, ambitious targets, and transformational changes are needed from EU energy policy to help companies to meet their European electricity needs with renewables, shows a new report backed by leading businesses. The report comes as the EU Commission prepares to release a review of the EU Renewable Energy Directive and Market Design Initiative, expected […]
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William McDonough, founder of William McDonough + Partners and McDonough Innovation and co-author of the seminal text of the sustainability movement Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things, has proposed a new language of carbon that was published today in the scientific journal Nature. The new language recognizes the element carbon not as […]
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Drought, flooding, increased water stress fueled by climate change, tightening environmental regulation and the cost of cleaning up water pollution and fines have all resulted in US$14 billion worth of water-related financial impacts to business. This is over five times the US$2.6 billion reported last year by companies providing information to investors on their management […]
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In BearingPoint’s 5th Supply Chain Monitor, evidence is found that European companies’ green supply chain efforts have lost some of their momentum since the last report Green Supply Chain Monitor, from awareness to action (2010-2011). On the other hand, social aspects of corporate responsibility are moving up the agenda rapidly. Companies have now largely harvested […]
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The International Aluminium Institute (IAI), the global association of aluminium producers, and the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI), a multi-stakeholder organisation with the mission to foster responsible production, sourcing and stewardship of aluminium, today signed a memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate in their respective efforts to support continuous improvement in the performance of the global […]
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IHC has been awarded the 2016 International Green Shipping Award for ‘The Most Sustainable Shipping Solution of the Year’. The ceremony took place during the International Green Shipping Summit in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, on 17-18 October 2016. The prize recognizes IHC’s efforts to limit the environmental impact of its vessels and equipment. “We are proud […]
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Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright, together with EY has authored a report for the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) looking at Corporate Renewable Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs); created in collaboration with member companies of WBCSD’s Corporate Renewable PPA forum. The ‘Corporate Renewable Power Purchase Agreements: Scaling up globally’ report illustrates the benefits […]
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Global corporations have begun the transition to a low-carbon economy and some are already capitalizing on the opportunities this affords, whilst a large number risk being left behind through lack of long-term planning and inertia, according to analysis released today by CDP, the not-for-profit global environmental data platform. CDP’s report, Out of the starting blocks: […]
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The founder and CEO of Fairphone, Bas van Abel, has won the German Environmental Award (Deutschen Umweltpreis). The German prize, handed out by the DBU (German Federal Environmental Foundation/Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt), is the biggest of its kind in Europe. Bas was recognized as “a pioneer for more resource efficiency in the smartphone industry.” The DBU, an […]
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Largest societal engagement survey of 272 companies finds corporate community affairs professionals increasingly taking a leading role in business strategy In the most comprehensive annual analysis of corporate societal engagement, CECP: The CEO Force for Good, in association with The Conference Board, found in their annual Giving in Numbers survey that the link between a company’s […]
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Last week was an important milestone in enhancing sustainability in the automotive supply chain. The European Automotive Working Group on Supply Chain Sustainability, consisting of eleven automotive manufacturers and facilitated by CSR Europe, organised the Sustainable Supply Chain Logistics Forum in Berlin, Germany on September 20. About 100 participants, coming from automakers, inbound and outbound logistics suppliers […]
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