Environment

UN convention: Quiet climate progress

Eric Marx, (Jan 27, 2011)

Although the next binding climate change agreement remains some way off, small steps in the right direction were achieved at the recent Cancun talks

Essay: ageing society - Grey skies thinking

David Grayson, (Jan 27, 2011)

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

CEOs from TNT, Panasonic, PepsiCo, Innocent Drinks, Kraft UK, Johnson Matthey, Seventh Generation and Chairman from Alliance-Boots discuss CSR best practice at May summit in London

EC Newsdesk, (Jan 26, 2011)

CEOs from some of the world’s highest performing responsible businesses will gather in London in May to discuss sustainability and CSR strategy at Europe’s leading summit on corporate responsibility.

Carbon pricing: UK government wants floor price certainty

Jane Burston, (Jan 24, 2011)

Energy intensive businesses face bigger bills if the UK government sets a minimum price for carbon, says Jane Burston

Anglo American, Rio Tinto, Chevron, Barrick Gold, ArcelorMittal, Statoil and Newmont converge on London to discuss sustainability for extractives industries at April conference

EC Newsdesk, (Jan 19, 2011)

CSR professionals from the world’s biggest mining, steel and oil & gas companies will arrive in London on the 5th – 6th April to debate and discuss the best methods of implementing their social and environmental policies in locations across the globe.

Sustainability news roundup - January 2011

Stephen Gardner, (Jan 13, 2011)

Moves from British Columbia, Texas, the European commission, and all the latest from other brands in corporate responsibility and sustainability this month

A shift to the climate adaptation agenda

Paul Hohnen, (Dec 7, 2010)

There is a new readiness to talk about how to adapt to climate change, underlining the urgency of action. But a shift in focus to local impacts may have global implications, argues Paul Hohnen.

Refrigerant gases cool offset integrity

Jane Burston, (Dec 7, 2010)

Jane Burston argues that the inclusion of HFC gases in carbon offset mechanisms can leave them ineffective and open to corruption

Truvia supported supplement: NGO comment - A promising start

Charles Secrett, (Dec 6, 2010)

Cargill’s Truvia sustainability programme is a welcome development

Swedish Briefing Part 3: Civil society - A gentler NGO approach

April Streeter, (Dec 3, 2010)

Sweden’s campaigning organisations have notched up notable successes through cooperation rather than confrontation

Swedish Briefing Part 2: Corporate issues - The human touch

Andrea Spencer-Cooke, (Dec 3, 2010)

While Swedish companies are environmental leaders, the next challenge is to harness Swedish innovation to tackle the global social and development aspects of sustainability

Sustainability news roundup - December 2010

EC Newsdesk, (Dec 3, 2010)

Moves from the European Union, the International energy agency, the Deutsche Bank, and all the latest from other brands in corporate responsibility and sustainability this month

Letter from America: Biodiversity lessons from the Tea Party

Peter Knight, (Dec 3, 2010)

We shouldn’t leave an environmental deficit for the next generation, says Peter Knight

UNEP, Nigeria and Shell: A fight with high stakes

Eric Marx, (Dec 3, 2010)

The battle over oil pollution in Nigeria epitomises the United Nations Environment Programme’s ambitions to solve the world’s problems with limited resources. But is it stretched too far?

Lumber regulations: Cutting out illegal timber

Oliver Balch, (Dec 3, 2010)

Rule-tightening over illegal forest products will require companies to tighten up their supply chain monitoring

CRWatch, a round up of recent business sustainability news - December 2010

Jeni Bauser Yaghoubi, (Dec 3, 2010)

Rubbish cleaners, better plastic yoghurt pots and greener trucks

Carbon Reduction Commitment: Carbon smash and grab?

Stephen Gardner, (Dec 3, 2010)

A change to the UK’s Carbon Reduction Commitment has infuriated companies

China column: The ‘China plus one’ problem

Paul French, (Dec 3, 2010)

Global brands are seeking to hedge their dependence on Chinese labour, but workforces in neighbouring countries won’t be taken for granted, says Paul French

Swedish Briefing Part 4: Government - Leading by example

Astrid von Schmeling in Stockholm, (Dec 3, 2010)

No one can accuse the Swedish government of lacking ambition

Carbon accountability: the first objective for COP16?

EC Newsdesk, (Nov 4, 2010)

Ivor John argues that transparent whole life-cycle carbon accounting is how countries and individual organisations can come to terms with their carbon footprint

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