Volop kansen voor verdere vergroening datacenter sector

Duurzaamheid is al jaren een belangrijk thema voor de Nederlandse datacenter sector. Om de kansen te benutten op het gebied van ‘Green IT’ is verdere samenwerking binnen de gehele IT sector van belang. Dit constateren de Dutch Datacenter Association (DDA), Green IT Amsterdam en Nederland ICT naar aanleiding van  het Dutch Datacenter Report on Green IT […] ... lees meer

Stefan van Uffelen wint Duurzame 50 Vastgoed NL

Stefan van Uffelen heeft de Duurzame 50 Vastgoed NL gewonnen. De bekroning vond plaats tijdens een zinderend Green Tie Gala op de tweede dag van het evenement Building Holland 2014 in Amsterdam RAI. Van Uffelen, oud-directeur Dutch Green Building Council en coördinator bij World Business Council for Sustainable Development, mag zich binnen de vastgoedsector de […] ... lees meer

Toespraak minister Mansveld op internationaal congres chemische sector over MVO

Staatssecretaris Mansveld sprak 3 december jl. op een internationaal congres van de chemische sector over verantwoord ondernemen.  Thema’s als klimaat, luchtkwaliteit en veiligheid passeerden de revue in haar speech. Zij riep de sector op haar verantwoordelijkheid te nemen, met name in het verbeteren van de veiligheid.  Mansveld: ”Veiligheid verbeteren we niet door regelgeving alleen. Leiderschap […] ... lees meer

Verkiezing `Duurzame 50 Vastgoed NL 2013′ van start

De tweede editie van de verkiezing Duurzame 50 Vastgoed NL is vandaag van start gegaan. Dutch Green Building Council en Kennisplatform Duurzaam Gebouwd hebben vorig jaar het initiatief genomen voor de jaarlijkse verkiezing: De Duurzame 50 Vastgoed NL. Dit jaar zijn nog eens twee partners aangesloten waardoor de verkiezing nog meer draagkracht en exposure krijgt: […] ... lees meer

Royal Dutch Shell has released its 11th sustainability report

The Shell Sustainability Report 2007 describes the company’s ongoing efforts to meet the global energy challenge that can be summed up as more energy, less CO2. For Shell this means helping provide the vast amounts of extra energy needed for economic growth, and doing so in environmentally and socially responsible ways. ... lees meer
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Carbon Disclosure Project to launch in the Netherlands

The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), a collaboration of over 315 institutional investors with assets under management of more than $41 trillion, will today announce its expansion into the Netherlands. For the first time ever the Carbon Disclosure Project will send a request for climate data disclosure to the 50 largest Dutch companies as listed in the AEX and AMX indices, on behalf of all CDP signatory investors, including ABN AMRO, ABP, Robeco, PGGN, Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, ASN Bank and Rabobank. ... lees meer

Shell is World’s Most Ethical Oil Company. ExxonMobil and BP Follow

Shell is the world’s most ethical oil company, followed by ExxonMobil and BP, according to a study by the ethics management rating firm Management & Excellence (M&E) in Madrid. Despite the controversy over the misstatement of oil reserves and the reshuffle of executives at Shell, the company excelled in many of the 120 points examined in the M&E study. ... lees meer

KPMG en Shell “winnen” prijs voor onverantwoord ondernemen

On 26 January 2005, the opening day of the World Economic Forum (WEF), the Berne Declaration and Pro Natura present the first “Public Eye Awards” for irresponsible companies. The laureates of the “Public Eye Awards” are: The Dow Chemical Company, Royal Dutch/Shell Group, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and KPMG International. The Public’s Award goes to Nestlé S.A. ... lees meer

Fannie Mae’s Problems Expose ‘CSR’ as a Smokescreen: CSRWatch.com Launched to Spotlight Anti-Business Movement

CSRWatch.com announced today that the ongoing Fannie Mae scandal again exposes so-called “corporate social responsibility” (CSR) initiatives as merely superficial attempts to polish corporate image at the expense of fundamental business principles and practices. Investors, employees, media and the public should be aware that CSR initiatives, at best, distract corporate managements from their primary responsibility of operating their businesses in the long-term best interests of their shareholders, said Steven Milloy of CSRWatch.com. At worst, CSR can be ploy for pulling the wool over everyone’s eyes,” added Milloy. ... lees meer

Shell’s improving social-responsibility record makes the oil giant attractive to investors

(Published in Fortune on 10 november 2003). Over the past couple of years a surprising trait has emerged among the oil giants: Some of their most outstanding employees are actually environmentalists. Or at least you’d think so from their advertising. From BP’s claim to be moving “beyond petroleum” to Exxon Mobil’s “promise of technology,” the companies that fill our gas tanks are trying their darnedest to build an eco-friendly image. But will the pitch pay off with investors? ... lees meer