Companies around the world are struggling to make progress on climate change, resource efficiency and natural capital dependency, according to the 2014 State of Green Business report published by GreenBiz Group in partnership with Trucost plc. The seventh annual edition of the report, which measures the global progress of large, publicly traded companies in addressing a myriad […]
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Perceptions stick: a majority of people today seem to believe that we cannot afford renewable energy. This notion would suggest that the alternative – maintaining the existing fossil energy infrastructure – is cheap. Or at least less expensive in comparison. However, a look at the data shows Due to the lack of a meaningful competition, […]
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The Ellen MacArthur Foundation announced the release of the third volume of our macro-economic reports and officially launched Project MainStream at the Congress Centre, World Economic Forum, Davos. The World Economic Forum is working in partnership with the we announced the release of the third volume of our macro-economic reports and officially launched Project MainStream at the Congress Centre, World Economic Forum, Davos. The World […]
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Unilever will join Cisco, Kingfisher, Philips and Renault as the latest Global Partner to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. The partnership will focus on supporting Unilever as a pathfinder in unlocking the value of the circular economy within the FMCG industry. Paul Polman, CEO of Unilever, has long viewed the circular economy model as a key […]
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RobecoSAM, the investment specialist focused exclusively on Sustainability Investing, today announced the publication of its annual Sustainability Yearbook. The yearbook looks back at companies’ sustainability performance in 2013 and ranks them as Gold, Silver or Bronze. The top performing company from each of the 59 industries is awarded RobecoSAM Industry Leader. Since 1999, RobecoSAM has […]
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Companies are increasingly recognizing climate risk in their supply chains, but investment in emissions reductions programs is going down, according to research published today by CDP and Accenture (NYSE: ACN). Importantly, a clear link is established between stalling progress on emissions reductions within supply chains and the uncertain regulatory framework. According to the report, Collaborative action on climate risk, ever […]
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The 2014 Edelman Trust Barometer reveals the largest ever gap (14 points) between trust in government and business. Driven by the decimation of trust in government and not an increase in business trust, the gap was 20 points or greater in nearly half of the 27 countries surveyed, including the U.S. (21 points), India (26 points) and […]
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Upward trending and volatile materials and energy prices, difficult credit conditions and the myriad opportunities of the digital revolution are combining to make a circular economy the key value driver for the coming decades. The new book ‘A New Dynamic’ makes the contemporary case for a profound shift from throughput and a linear ’take-make-dispose’ economy to […]
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Underscoring efforts to advance the integration of material ESG issues into financial markets, the UN Global Compact in collaboration with the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) and Global Compact LEAD, has released a practical Value Driver Model. The new model helps companies to assess and communicate the financial impact of their sustainable business strategies and […]
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The latest edition of The Journal Inside Track focuses on the concept of the circular economy, with expert commentary from business and other stakeholders.The features look at how it can be made to work in practice and its resource security and business benefits. Dan Rogerson MP describes how Defra is acting to support the shift […]
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Intensive meat and dairy production is having an increasingly devastating impact on society and the environment, according to a new ‘Meat Atlas’ published today by Friends of the Earth Europe and the Heinrich Boell Foundation. The way we produce and consume meat and dairy needs a radical rethink. Our industrialised production system is untenable, according to the […]
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Ground-breaking research led by Swinburne University of Technology academics has undermined the common assumption that cultural factors are to blame for business and government corruption in countries undergoing political and economic transformation. The study, coordinated by members of Swinburne’s Faculty of Business and Enterprise, surveyed 868 managers in the public and private sectors in Poland, […]
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