Reforming governments across major emerging economies should push forward with policies to address high energy intensity, corrosive energy subsidies, and encourage wider investment. This insight was highlighted in the World Economic Forum’s Global Energy Architecture Performance Index Report 2015, released in collaboration with Accenture. The annual index, designed to help countries address challenges and identify […]
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Business leaders globally have strong confidence in their own ability to turn sustainability challenges such as water scarcity and lock-in to fossil fuels into new business opportunities, particularly in the manufacturing and finance sectors in emerging economies. This is one of the key findings of the Global Opportunity Report launched today by DNV GL, UN […]
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The UN Global Compact – the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative – today released the Guide to Corporate Sustainability: Shaping a Sustainable Future. This new guide lays out the five defining features of corporate sustainability, which the Global Compact asks businesses to strive towards – looking at why each element is essential, how business can […]
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Companies and trade organisations frequently tell politicians that stricter environmental legislation would harm the economy significantly – but such claims have repeatedly been proven wrong. This is shown in the report ‘Cry wolf’, presented today by ChemSec. The report reviews examples of past industry cost estimates of complying with suggested environmental regulations and compares them with the […]
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Today we can announce that Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) and University College London (UCL) will join the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s group of Pioneer Universities. We are thrilled to welcome these two institutions to this exclusive group alongside existing Pioneer Universities the University of Bradford, Cranfield University and Kedge Business School. Between 2013 and 2016, the […]
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The practice of corporate sustainability is moving beyond ad hoc, opportunistic efforts to embrace a more holistic, strategic approach that pursues transformational goals, frequently through partnerships that engage multiple entities, including competitors, suppliers, governments, and NGOs. So says a new global study by MIT Sloan Management Review (MIT SMR), The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and […]
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Clean energy investment rose for the first time in three years in 2014 as China’s support for solar power and record spending on wind farms overcame a slump in oil prices that unsettled the outlook for the industry. New funds for wind, solar, biofuels and other low-carbon energy technologies gained 16 percent to $310 billion […]
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Leaders from the aluminium sector yesterday unveiled a new comprehensive standard that aims to improve the industry’s environmental, social and governance performance throughout its entire value chain, including plans to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. After a year-long development effort, the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) Performance Standard will address issues relevant to the production and stewardship of aluminium, from […]
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In anticipation of the International Day of Human Rights (10.12). FACING FINANCE is launching their new report entitled DIRTY PROFITS 3. The report is a joint project by civil society organisations, with research and information provided by over 30 authors from 10 countries. The report documents sample cases of serious violations of internationally established norms […]
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Reputation Institute (RI), the world’s foremost research and consulting firm focused solely on corporate reputation, released the top 100 global corporations in corporate social responsibility (CSR) reputation. Google, as measured by RI’s annual CSR RepTrak®, has the world’s highest CSR reputation beating out Microsoft who held the top spot in 2012 and 2013. Microsoft, Walt […]
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SustainAbility today launched a tool to help companies improve transparency in their sustainability reporting. Effective corporate transparency is an important element of sustainability leadership. And yet, to date, it has largely focused on sustainability reporting, which is somewhat stalled when it comes to driving impact. Most companies are not gaining the value commensurate with the resources spent on […]
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Dutch aWEARness has been selected as a finalist in the Entrepreneurship category for the Circulars. The Circulars is an annual event recognizing individuals and enterprises from commerce, civil society and academia that have made a notable contribution to driving circular economy principles. It is an initiative of the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders Taskforce, in collaboration […]
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