Transforming the Netherlands’ energy system could provide a boost to the economy while lowering greenhouse-gas emissions in line with European goals. This is the conclusion of a report by consultancy firm McKinsey. To realize the European Union’s goal of cutting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by up to 95 percent by the year 2050, the Netherlands […]
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Dutch regulations have implemented Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for a variety of products and waste streams. EPR means that producers become responsible, in a financial or operational way, for the end-of-life stage of products sold to consumers. Commissioned by the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment, EY Climate Change and Sustainability (CcaSS) explored how Extended Producer […]
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Between April and July 2016, Finch & Beak conducted a research on the maturity of circularity in the chemicals sector. The methodology consisted of a combination of desk research, an online questionnaire, in-depth interviews, and meta-data from Dow Jones Sustainability Index composer, RobecoSAM, and eRevalue. The study found that frontrunners are more often specialty chemicals […]
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The Circulars, the world’s premier circular economy award program recognising individuals and organizations making the circular economy a reality, is open for entries till 30 september! The Circulars, an initiative of the World Economic Forum and the Forum of Young Global Leaders, is the world’s premier circular economy award program, offering recognition to individuals and organizations […]
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Corporate volunteering programmes can attract people that otherwise would not have been active in regular community volunteering. That is the conclusion of a case study by PhD researcher Lonneke Roza of Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM). Corporate volunteering programmes also attract younger people and those with a higher education, when compared to the […]
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Ahold Delhaize was recognized today in the 2016 Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI World) for the first time as a new company, ranking among the industry leaders in the Food and Staples Retailing sector. Ahold Delhaize received a total score of 79, well above the Food and Staples Retailing industry average score of 44. […]
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Royal Philips today announced that it achieved the status of Industry Group leader in the Capital Goods category of the 2016 Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI). Philips’ overall score was 92 out of 100 points, which underlines Philips’ ongoing commitment to sustainability as an integral part of the company’s business practices. This is the fourth consecutive […]
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GRESB, the leading data provider for environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance of real assets, today released the results of the 2016 GRESB Real Estate, Developer and Debt assessments. The new data shows that real estate companies and funds are improving across all aspects of ESG performance, including a 1.2 percent reduction in energy consumption, […]
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At the 2016 EU edition of the NWO-MVI conference, a responsible innovation contest was launched, aimed at students, young researchers, designers and entrepreneurs. The challenge: create an innovative responsible design or idea to solve an urgent societal problem. Participants from different universities, universities of applied sciences, companies and other organisations are invited to work together […]
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CDP’s supply chain program has published the methodology behind the first ever system to assess how companies manage carbon and climate change across their supply chains. The supplier engagement rating from CDP – the NGO holding the most comprehensive set of global corporate environmental data – will shine a spotlight on the companies taking action to […]
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Some don’t even report it and most fail to achieve their primary goal for doing CSR, argue Alnoor Bhimani, Hanna Silvola and Prabhu Sivabalan. The traditional perspective for engaging in corporate social responsibility (CSR) assumes that early adopters are more authentic than late adopters. Why? Those that fear their operations aren’t CSR friendly take longer […]
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Research by geographer Richard Heede shows that nearly two-thirds of anthropogenic carbon emissions originated in just 90 companies and government-run industries. Among them, the top eight companies — ranked according to annual and cumulative emissions below — account for 20 percent of world carbon emissions from fossil fuels and cement production since the Industrial Revolution. […]
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