Environment

Natural disasters: Corporate relief - Business-led disaster recovery

Stephen Gardner, (Jun 28, 2011)

Companies should go beyond responding with cash and materials when catastrophes strike, and plan to be more resilient in an increasingly unpredictable world

Analysis: IPCC - Clearing the air

Rikki Stancich, (Jun 2, 2011)

The Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change’s latest report offers a scenario where renewable energies gain the upper hand against rising emissions

Tokyo Electric Power: Ethical meltdown

Jon Entine, (May 30, 2011)

Tokyo Electric Power has a history of mismanagement and serious safety lapses

Analysis: aviation emissions - Is offsetting pie in the sky?

Claire Manuel, (May 30, 2011)

The airlines think that offsetting can allow sustainable growth for aviation. Environmentalists disagree

Methane: More heat in the energy debate

Jon Entine, (May 5, 2011)

New research casts doubt on the cleaner-fuel credentials of natural gas. But this risks letting other dirtier fossil fuels off the hook, argues Jon Entine

Analysis: energy generation - Power to the people

EC Newsdesk, (May 5, 2011)

Local small-scale energy projects face funding challenges, but can be a significant part of the future energy mix

Carbon offsetting still popular for FTSE 100

Oliver Balch, (Apr 27, 2011)

Despite what you might have heard, offsetting remains an important tool for big companies tackling their carbon footprints

Nuclear power: Too many elephants in the room

Mallen Baker, (Apr 26, 2011)

Mallen Baker questions whether nuclear power’s legacy is too long for it to be a viable short-term energy fix

Australian Briefing Part 3: Australian activists - Digging deep for a conscience

Oliver Wagg, (Apr 26, 2011)

Helped by international standards and protocols, Australian social and environmental campaigners have kept corporate excess in check both at home and abroad

Australian Briefing Part 2: Corporate policy - Carbon pricing crystallises responsibility debate

Oliver Wagg, (Apr 26, 2011)

Wrangling over a carbon price is separating the sustainability leaders from the laggards in the land of plenty

Analysis: US politics - Environmental political posturing

Jeni Bauser Yaghoubi, (Apr 20, 2011)

Green-bashing is back on Capitol Hill

Analysis: shale gas - Energy security at what environmental cost?

Rikki Stancich, (Apr 15, 2011)

While shale gas reserves could change energy geopolitics, opinion is split on the environmental risks

Analysis: carbon markets: The €45m carbon heist

Jane Burston, (Feb 25, 2011)

The recent disruption of European carbon markets undermines confidence in emissions trading

People On The Move - March 2011

Claire Manuel, (Feb 25, 2011)

With thanks to Miriam Heale, Allen & York Recruitment

Sustainable agriculture, Europe’s carbon markets, corporate responsibility in France and the future of eco labels

EC Newsdesk, (Feb 23, 2011)

Ethical Corporation's March 2011 issue focuses on sustainable agriculture, the current state of CR in France, Europe’s carbon markets, certification of commodities and much more.

CEOs from Timberland, AkzoNobel, Interface and Veolia Water gather in New York this June to discuss CR, sustainability and their business value

EC Newsdesk, (Feb 23, 2011)

International business leaders from Europe and America are heading to New York in June to discuss the most pressing corporate responsibility issues of 2011.

Climate governance: how companies can develop a green plan

Rory Sullivan and Andy Gouldson, (Feb 21, 2011)

The Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy has established a three-year project to analyse the role that can be played by companies in delivering the low carbon economy

Letter to the editor: Chevron/Texaco and Ecuador

EC Newsdesk, (Feb 2, 2011)

Karen Hinton, representing the Ecuadorians suing Chevron, responds to Jon Entine’s December column

Biodiversity and corporate responsibility: Business drivers and action

EC Newsdesk, (Feb 1, 2011)

Oliver Balch, author of a new briefing on biodiversity and big companies, speaks with Ian Welsh, Ethical Corporation editor, about how business is beginning...

Essay: ageing society - Grey skies thinking

David Grayson, (Jan 27, 2011)

David Grayson says that companies can benefit from recognising that society is ageing

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