The report ‘Titans or Titanics’ seeks ground to understand and explain how large businesses are responding to climate change and resource scarcity today. Are the unsinkable ships of the business world running full steam ahead into dangerous waters? The report seeks to understand and explain how large businesses are responding to climate change and resource scarcity […]
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Binding waste-reduction targets, revamped ecodesign legislation and measures to break the link between growth and the use of natural resources are the chief demands set out in a resolution passed on Wednesday by environment MEPs,who call on the Commission to table new legislation by the end of 2015. “It is a vital step for the […]
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The LEGO Group establishes LEGO Sustainable Materials Centre and expects to recruit more than 100 employees in a significant step up on the 2030 ambition of finding and implementing sustainable alternatives to current materials. Today, the LEGO Group announces a significant investment of DKK 1 billion dedicated to research, development and implementation of new, sustainable, […]
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Five major companies have joined forces to help make shipping more sustainable. AB InBev, AkzoNobel, DSM, FrieslandCampina and Huntsman plan to develop a common and concurrent approach to sustainability in their procurement of ocean freight and selection of carriers. As well as sharing best practices, all the partners will take an active role in the […]
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Global consumers feel a personal accountability to address social and environmental issues and look to companies as partners in progress, according to findings from the 2015 Cone Communications/Ebiquity Global CSR Study, released last week. Near universal in their demands for companies to act responsibly, nine-in-10 consumers expect companies to do more than make a profit, […]
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New analysis from World Resources Institute finds countries can achieve the goal of mobilizing $100 billion per year in international climate funding by 2020. The new paper finds the goal can be reached through multiple pathways and will require bringing in funding from various sources, including the public and private sectors. Getting to $100 Billion: […]
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The European Commission has opened a public consultation to collect views on the main policy options for developing an ambitious new approach on the Circular Economy. Stakeholders’ input will help feed the preparation of the new action plan, tobe presented by the end of 2015. The new proposals are being prepared by a project team […]
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After 21 years, The Sustainability Leaders survey is the longest-running survey of its kind. In this latest edition, the viewpoints of over 800 sustainability experts have been analyzed, not just on which corporate leaders stand out most, but also, for the first time, which NGOs and national governments are doing the most to drive sustainable […]
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More companies are engaging and innovating for sustainability within and across cities, as are cities with companies. But the potential of such engagement has only begun to be understood, much less realized. SustainAbility’s latest research, Citystates II: The Case for Corporate Leadership in Urban Sustainability, makes the case for greater corporate leadership to drive urban […]
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The Science Based Targets initiative – a partnership between CDP, UN Global Compact, World Resources Institute and WWF – today launched a global campaign to recruit 100 companies by the end of 2015 to set greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets in line with climate science. By aligning emission targets with global efforts to limit […]
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Two years ago in May 2013, global garment brands and retailers and 2 global unions and their national RMG affiliates signed an unprecedented agreement to make garment factories safe in Bangladesh. With more than 200 company signatories and 1500 factories covered by the agreement, the Accord is embarked on a large scale effort to identify […]
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ING has published the report ‘Rethinking finance in a circular economy’ about the financial implications of circular business models. “The circular economy is the ultimate answer to solving the problem of the depletion and economic scarcity of resources,” summarises Gerben Hieminga, senior economist at ING and one of the authors of the report. “But this […]
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