More than 35 CEOs and civil society leaders of the Business & Sustainable Development Commission (the Commission) today reveal that sustainable business models could open economic opportunities worth at least US$12 trillion and up to 380 million jobs a year by 2030. Putting the Sustainable Development Goals, or Global Goals, at the heart of the […]
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A new international study by Unilever reveals that a third of consumers (33%) are now choosing to buy from brands they believe are doing social or environmental good. The study asked 20,000 adults from five countries how their sustainability concerns impact their choices in-store and at home. Crucially, it then mapped their claims against real […]
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The Global Sustainable Competiveness Ranking 2016 is topped by Sweden, followed by the other 4 Scandinavian nations. The Netherlands is ranked on place 29 (in the 2015 edition on place 28). Key take-aways – some surprising, others not-so-surprising – of the 2016 Index include: The Sustainable Competitiveness Index is topped by Scandinavian nations four the […]
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The European Union and EU member states would benefit from higher economic growth, more jobs and a cleaner environment if governments shifted taxation from labour to pollution, the use of natural resources and consumption. It would result in 2% higher GDP levels, additional employment for 6.6 million people, and reduced carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions of […]
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Consumers in dominant collectivist cultures, such as India and South Korea, are more likely to support corporate social responsibility, or CSR, initiatives from brands based in their own country as opposed to foreign or global corporations, according to a new study that includes a University of Kansas marketing and consumer behavior researcher. The researchers found […]
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Nutreco has launched its new sustainability programme Nuterra, which sets out the company’s sustainability strategy and provides tools to implement it throughout the entire organisation. Building on existing efforts in the animal nutrition and aqua feed businesses of Nutreco, the new programme is more customer-centric and focused on actionable strategies and controls. Nuterra has been […]
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Too few companies get clear sustainability performance messages out to their investors and one of the main barriers is the internal dynamic between Sustainability and IR departments. This is a key finding from SustainAbility’s latest research, Closing the Sustainability-Investor Relations Gap. The research makes the case for stronger internal engagement between Sustainability and Investor Relations (IR) […]
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The 2016 ET Carbon Rankings report demonstrates that investors can help drive decarbonisation of the economy and make money by switching investment to favour companies with above-average levels of carbon efficiency. It reveals that out of the world’s 2,000 biggest companies, the 1,000 least carbon-intensive have outperformed the 1,000 most carbon-intensive over the last five […]
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Ministers and senior officials from the 18 participants in the Environmental Goods Agreement (representing 46 WTO members) met in Geneva this weekend to work towards liberalising trade on a range of important environmental goods. Constructive talks were held and progress was made, but participants were not in a position to close the existing gaps at […]
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Priority access, ambitious targets, and transformational changes are needed from EU energy policy to help companies to meet their European electricity needs with renewables, shows a new report backed by leading businesses. The report comes as the EU Commission prepares to release a review of the EU Renewable Energy Directive and Market Design Initiative, expected […]
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William McDonough, founder of William McDonough + Partners and McDonough Innovation and co-author of the seminal text of the sustainability movement Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things, has proposed a new language of carbon that was published today in the scientific journal Nature. The new language recognizes the element carbon not as […]
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Drought, flooding, increased water stress fueled by climate change, tightening environmental regulation and the cost of cleaning up water pollution and fines have all resulted in US$14 billion worth of water-related financial impacts to business. This is over five times the US$2.6 billion reported last year by companies providing information to investors on their management […]
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