Top Story of the Week The World's Most Sustainable Companies Of 2014
(Thursday - January 23, 2014)
Source: Forbes - Australian corporation Westpac Banking is the most sustainable company on earth this year, according to a new ranking from Corporate Knights. But what does sustainability mean, exactly? Doug Morrow, vice president of research at... Sustainability in Focus Business Progress on Sustainability Has Stalled, Says New Report
(Friday - January 24, 2014) Associated Profiles : TruCost
Source: Environmental Expert.com - Companies around the world are struggling to make progress on climate change, resource efficiency and natural capital dependency, according to the 2014 State of Green Business report published by... Are Your Sustainable Practices Really Making a Difference?
(Friday - January 24, 2014)
Source: Huff Post - It seems 2013 was the year of strategic renewal. Most of Canada's big retailers began the year with established business sustainability initiatives. Having made significant progress in eco-efficiency, companies were refreshing... Sustainability and Corporate Consciousness: The Facts Are In
(Thursday - January 23, 2014)
Source: Huff Post - The term "sustainability" carries a great number of definitions in several industries. However, no matter the field, the core idea of the word means the same thing to everyone: to continue, to carry on, to keep going, etc. In... US Oil & Gas Sustainability Spending to Grow But Sluggish Compared to Extraction Growth
(Thursday - January 23, 2014) Associated Profiles : Verdantix
Source: Triple Pundit - The health and environmental costs that society shoulders due to this polluting industry continues, albeit mitigated by some cleanup efforts. When compared with the output growth of the oil and gas industry, the... How Will Campbell Soup Achieve 100% Employee Engagement in Sustainability'
(Wednesday - January 22, 2014) Associated Profiles : Corporate Knights
Source: sustainablebrands.com - As a result, one of its targets is to achieve ... make the healthy choice the easy choice. âIf their employees want to run a marathon, the company funds their training â it helps them meet... Unilever CEO Paul Polman: Tackle Sustainability Challenges with a Systems-Based Approach - text/video
(Tuesday - January 21, 2014)
Source: International Business Times - Before Christmas I took part in a frank and illuminating discussion with Jonathon Porritt on the need for #theBIGshift in our approach to the sustainability challenges facing us, in front of a knowledgeable and engaged audience... Why clients must be drivers of sustainable design
(Tuesday - January 21, 2014)
Source: The Guardian - Perhaps the most important statistic in the world of sustainable design is this: the EU estimates that "80% of the environmental impact of products and services are determined at the early design stages". It means the main... How to Gain Support for Corporate Sustainability Initiatives - video
(Monday - January 20, 2014)
Source: Environmental Leader - In this Columbia Business series of tag-team interviews, representatives from leading global companies speak about the practices and the challenges their organizations face around the areas of sustainability. The issues range... Sustainability is better business – and we can prove it
(Monday - January 20, 2014)
Source: The Guardian - It's become weirdly fashionable to criticize companies cutting their impact on the environment and implementing more sustainable practices as insufficient. A recent piece by Charles Eisenstein claimed: "Let's be honest: real... ESG Issues & Players Why the cost of carbon pollution is both too high and too low
(Friday - January 24, 2014) Associated Profiles : Union of Concerned Scientists
Source: blogs.edf.org - That, of course, isn’t the total cost, which is in the trillions of dollars. $40 is the cost per ton of carbon dioxide pollution emitted today, and represents the financial impacts of everything climate... 2014 Is The Year To Build Your Socially Responsible Investment Portfolio
(Friday - January 24, 2014)
Source: Motley Fool - Here at The Motley Fool, we advocate investing in companies for the ultra-long term. We seek to fundamentally understand an investment from the ground up, and invest in those companies that offer prospects for sustained success... Water Shortages Slow Energy Production Worldwide
(Wednesday - January 22, 2014)
Source: World Bank - The World Bank is launching a new initiative at the World Future Energy Summit and International Water Summit in Abu Dhabi that will help developing countries better plan and manage scaling-up energy capacity to meet rising... CSR ‘More Deeply Embedded in Firms’
(Wednesday - January 22, 2014)
Source: Environmental Leader - Some 60 percent of companies have a corporate social responsibility executive, a 74 increase over what firms reported in 2010, a study says. Almost a third of these CSR execs are within one level of the chief executive and almost... Asset Managers, US Pension Funds, Sovereign Wealth Funds Berkshire Is Said to Face Start of U.S. Systemic-Risk Scrutiny
(Thursday - January 23, 2014)
Source: Bloomberg - Regulators are starting to scrutinize Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK/A) to determine whether it is important enough to the financial system to require Federal Reserve supervision, according to two people with... Bernanke Leaves After A Successful Term As Fed Chair
(Wednesday - January 22, 2014)
Source: Investor's Business Daily - When President George W. Bush was considering candidates to be chairman of the Federal Reserve in the autumn of 2005, the rap on Ben Bernanke, a brilliant economist, was that he had never faced a crisis, might be too soft for a... Libyan Wealth Fund Sues Goldman Sachs
(Friday - January 24, 2014) Associated Profiles : Libyan Investment Authority
Source: The Wall Street Journal - The Wall Street Journal in May 2011 reported that the Libyan Investment Authority once controlled by the late Libyan strongman Col. Moammar Gadhafi had lost 98% of a $1.3... Top 10 Sovereign Wealth Fund Game-Changers of 2013
(Monday - January 20, 2014) Associated Profiles : North Dakota Public Employees Retirement System (NDPERS)
Source: swfinstitute.org - Overall, institutional investors fared well in 2013, performance wise. 2013 was a boon for sovereign wealth funds and public pensions with allocation to developed market public equities. On December 31, U.S.... Watching the Watchers 
Union of Concerned Scientists
Headquarters: Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Established: 1969
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The Union of Concerned Scientists describes itself as “a non-profit partnership of scientists and citizens combining rigorous scientific analysis, innovative policy development, and effective citizen advocacy to achieve practical environmental solutions.” BACKGROUND
The Union of Concerned Scientists was founded in 1969 after a “teach-in” at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology: the group formed “to protest the militarization of scientific research and promote science in the public interest” and asked that science be used to resolve environmental and social problems instead of creating military technologies. On the History page of its Web site, UCS cites as milestones a first report about anti-ballistic missiles, the U.S. government’s reduction of the strategic defense initiative, and a “blueprint for vehicle fuel-efficiency that Ford Motor Company is now following.” News Sweep
Why the cost of carbon pollution is both too high and too low
(Friday - January 24, 2014) Associated Profiles : Union of Concerned Scientists
Source: blogs.edf.org - That, of course, isn’t the total cost, which is in the trillions of dollars. $40 is the cost per ton of carbon dioxide pollution emitted today, and represents the financial impacts of everything climate...
Robert Learner: Stewardship needed for planet
(Friday - January 24, 2014) Associated Profiles : Union of Concerned Scientists
Source: Port Huron Times-Herald - A steward, according to Merriam Webster’s Dictionary, is a manager of an estate or an organization. We are all managers of the amazing estate we live on, planet Earth. Last...
Honda Earth Dreams Technology Two-Motor Hybrid System Named to Green Car Journal's Top 10 Green Car Technology List for 2014
(Friday - January 24, 2014) Associated Profiles : Union of Concerned Scientists
Source: The Auto Chanel - TORRANCE, CA--Jan. 23, 2014: Honda's Earth Dreams Technology’s two-motor hybrid system that helped the 2014 Accord Hybrid earn an EPA-rated fuel economy of 50 mpg city has been named to Green Car... 
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