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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The new campaign site for Recover-E® – our circular economy program for ICT users – has recently been launched in support of the company’s portfolio of Circular Economy-focused services and solutions. Recover-E® was set up in partnership with Royal HaskoningDHV and SiSo. The site contains all information on the program, explains the benefits to ICT […]
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A group of investors, an NGO, a think tank and an investor research agency, today announce the launch of the first wide-scale project to rank companies on their human rights performance. A total of 500 of the top global companies from four key sectors – Agriculture, ICT, Apparel, and Extractives – will initially be researched […]
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The gravest threat to the future availability of natural resources comes not from their physical depletion but from above-ground risks and a lack of understanding of the drivers of resource scarcity. This is according to a new report, The Future Availability of Natural Resources: A New Paradigm for Global Resource Availability, released today by the […]
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The first circular economy work wear garments developed as a result of the EcoProFabrics initiative are set to be used by key European businesses later this month at a special event for the first EcoProFabrics customers, hosted by Royal HaskoningDHV. The event marks a significant milestone in the three-year project which aims to introduce 30,000 […]
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The UN Global Compact today launched an innovative programme to help move sustainability issues from the backroom to the boardroom, so that companies can better manage risk and opportunities for growth by developing solutions that respond to the future demands of people and needs of the planet. As the first of its kind, the Global […]
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Unilever today published its sustainable palm oil progress report, highlighting significant steps forward in the traceability of palm oil from known sources. 58% of global volume now traceable to known sources All palm oil directly sourced for its European Foods business will be 100% traceable and certified sustainable by the end of 2014 Unilever now […]
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Boyan Slat, founder of the innovative The Ocean Cleanup initiative and Eminent Environmental Scientist Sir Robert Watson were announced Tuesday as winners of the UN’s top environmental accolade, the Champion of the Earth award. The Inspiration and Action award, which has been won in previous years byBrian McClendon of Google Earth and Carlo Petrini, Founder […]
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According to a new global survey of 260 heads of sustainability conducted by independent analyst firm,Verdantix, sustainability leaders have increasing executive committee influence, decision-making authority and budgetary contributions across 21 key initiatives spanning assurance, consulting, energy management, natural capital, reporting, supply chain and other sustainability activities. 92% of responding firms have a sustainability leader who […]
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