SAM, the investment boutique focused exclusively on sustainability investing, and Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced the creation of the Dow Jones SustainabilityWorld Enlarged Index (DJSI World Enlarged). The new index will be launched on November 30, 2010, and is designed to accommodate increasing investor demand for a broader sustainability benchmark. As such, the DJSIWorld Enlarged tracks the performance of the most sustainable 20% of companies out of the largest 2,500 companies in the Dow Jones Global Total Stock Market Index.
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CDP Water Disclosure, a new program from the Carbon Disclosure Project, today launches its first report on the impact of water constraints on the world’s largest corporations, clearly illustrating the significance and immediacy of water as a corporate issue.
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In a report published this month, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) examines the corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices of the world’s 100 largest transnational corporations (TNRs), as well as the sustainable investment practices of the world’s 100 largest institutional investors.
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In een artikel in Sprout wordt aan de hand van een interview met Willem Lageweg (directeur MVO Nederland), Folkert van der Molen (marktmanager duurzaamheid bij DHV) en Leen Zevenbergen (CEO Quirius) ingegaan op wat 10 jaar MVO heeft gebracht.
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Scot Frank has won the Postcode Lottery Green Challenge 2010 for the affordable portable solar concentrator SolSource. His Royal Highness Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau, the honorary jury chair,
announced the American as the recipient of the €500,000 grand prize.
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Carbon management is becoming a strategic business priority and competitive driver for the largest global companies, despite the lack of global agreement on climate change. These are among the findings of the 2010 Global 500* report and leadership index released today by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), produced by PwC and sponsored by Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
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ISO 26000, which gives organizations guidance on implementing social responsibility (SR), has successfully passed the last development phase and been approved for publication as an ISO International Standard. ISO targets publication on 1 November.
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The Consumer Goods Forum is delighted to release the first report from its Sustainability workstream. The report, A Global Language for Packaging and Sustainability, delivers a common framework and measurement system that trading partners can use to help them make better, more informed decisions about packaging and sustainability.
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UPS has set a new automotive goal to improve the miles per gallon (MPG) performance of its entire U.S. package delivery fleet by 20 percent between 2000 and 2020.
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The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) announce the release of a linkage document between GRI’s Reporting Guidelines and CDP’s 2010 Questionnaire. Disclosure of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and reporting on climate change is becoming increasingly important around the world. The linkage document outlines how reporters can efficiently use or adapt the same data in both reporting processes.
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A major new report from EIRIS, the London-based non-profit responsible investment research specialists, shows that leading European companies representing €1.2 trillion by market capitalisation are failing to address the various climate change risks they are exposed to.
Climate change has the potential to seriously impact shareholder value and will affect businesses across every sector of the economy, especially in the medium to long term.
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An overwhelming majority of corporate CEOs – 93 per cent – say that sustainability will be critical to the future success of their companies, in spite of the recent economic downturn.
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