Top Story of the Week Wake up call: A World Bank-sponsored study painted a dangerous and frightening scenario of key food production areas of Planet Earth. The details are in the top feature, reported by Bloomberg's Alex Morales and Sandrine Rastello in London. Highlights: parts of Asia and Africa are threatened with food production reductions due to the climate's warming. Seas are projected to have a 20-foot rise, threatening fish and seafood production areas over the next 20-30 years. Up to 40% of sub-Sahara's African breadbasket will go arid. What follows? Terrible burdens on local populations - most of them poor. Civil unrest, food riots, drowned areas in Southeast Asia as seas rise and cover growing areas.
The "red line" was 400 part-per-billion of CO2 -- we sailed over that in May 2013. What's ahead - read the Bloomberg story below. The Tie Between Brand Value and Sustainability is Getting Stronger
(Wednesday - June 19, 2013)
Source: Triple Pundit - Does a company that invests in sustainability increase its brand value? What parts of sustainability performance seem to drive brand? This is the first of five posts about a new, broad, multi-year study that shows that the... Sustainability in Focus 6 Leadership Attributes for Leading Companies to Sustainability
(Friday - June 21, 2013)
Source: Triple Pundit - Changing Tack, the final report of the Regeneration Roadmap, a joint project by GlobeScan and SustainAbility, has just launched last week. It focuses on the sustainability challenges that remain great and growing and the role... How ethical are your favourite brands'
(Friday - June 21, 2013) Associated Profiles : Sustainable Apparel Coalition
Source: West-info.eu - The index is supported by the Sustainable Apparel Coalition;, a group of some of the main companies in the sector, including Adidas, Gap, H&;M, Nike, M&S, Wal-Mart, Timberland and others. The index measures factors such as the... New Report: Sustainable Forestry Initiative Shows Gains in All Performance Indicators
(Friday - June 21, 2013) Associated Profiles : World Resources Institute
Source: Sacramento Bee - The Sustainable Forestry Initiative ® (SFI ®) Inc. today reported significant growth across key performance indicators with the... Can business help achieve water sustainability goals beyond 2015?
(Thursday - June 20, 2013)
Source: GreenBiz - Can business help achieve water-related sustainability goals in a post-2015 world? The answer is an emphatic "yes." In fact, the private sector accounts for the majority of global water use, when including both industrial use and... Sustainability and Inclusiveness Primer: ESG Issues in Business
(Thursday - June 20, 2013)
Source: CKGSB Knowledge - Most companies don’t bother to look beyond the typical metrics that define success or failure of a business, such as sales, revenues and profitability. But that is beginning to change now as an increasing number of institutional... Why complexity matters when measuring sustainability
(Thursday - June 20, 2013)
Source: Greenbiz - In the last two months, our atmosphere has passed the 400-ppm carbon threshold. Unlike the sound barrier, this number doesn’t mark an abrupt physical change of state. It’s a symbol of the now increasingly likely future when... Staying ahead of the sustainability curve
Monday - June 17, 2013)
Source: Green Biz - Tim Greiner was astounded by the amount of pollution he encountered as a teacher in Southeast Asia. The blight led to a career change when Greiner decided to use his engineering background to help companies back in the US.... Sustainable finance: 7 steps to manage reputational risk
(Sunday - June 16, 2013) Associated Profiles : ECOFACT AG
Source: Greenbiz - Banks and insurers have a special role to play in the health of our global ecosystem over both the short- and long-term. Their decisions about ... but are worth consideration by any business: Build on existing... ESG Issues & Players Socially Responsible Investing Moving From Upstream to Mainstream (Thursday - June 20, 2013)
Source: Huff Post - A first-of-its-kind survey of 1,300 green businesses, to be showcased later this week at the annual LOHAS (Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability) conference in Boulder, CO reveals that, over the last decade, the assets of SRI... Corporate Governance: A Primer on Board Member Evaluation
(Wednesday - June 19, 2013)
Source: Bloomberg Law - The heightened focus on corporate governance by regulators, stock exchanges, and investors over the past decade has made periodic evaluation of members of a board of directors increasingly important. A robust program of... Are We Drunk on Natural Gas'
(Wednesday - June 19, 2013) Associated Profiles : Bloomberg New Energy Finance
Source: Yahoo! Finance - Politicians and pundits on both sides of the aisle are drunk on the idea that exporting America's cheap natural gas will boost our economy and fix our trade deficit. However, those close to the industry know that... Asset Managers, US Pension Funds, Sovereign Wealth Funds Europe Stocks Recuperate From Fed-led Selloff
(Friday - June 21, 2013) Associated Profiles : Stoxx Limited
Source: 4-traders - The broader European stock markets recuperated from the Federal Reserve-triggered selloff. At a policy-setting meeting late Wednesday, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said the Federal Open Market Committee currently... New Accounting Rules Will Force States to Admit Problems
(Friday - June 14, 2013)
Source: Town Hall Finance - Many states, especially California and Illinois, have had severe pension underfunding problems for many years. However, new actuarial pension rules will finally force states to admit the problem. Thus, it should not be surprising... EU pension timebomb starts ticking
(Thursday - June 20, 2013) Associated Profiles : Pension Protection Fund - United Kingdom
Source: FinancialAdvice.co.uk - As the UK government gets set to tackle the UK public sector pension deficit, with rumors that employees will be asked to contribute more in the future, there is growing concern about a similar situation... Watching the Watchers  One Water
Headquarters: Coral Gables, Florida
Established: 2003
ESG/Sustainability Focus: Yes, water.
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A network of dozens of journalists, operating with funding from the John S. and James L. KnightFoundation, and assistance from departments at the University of Miami (Florida).
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One Water describes itself, in brief, by writing, “One Water is a collaborative project at the University of Miami aimed at engaging the media to bring awareness to the global water challenge.” One Water works with “journalists and media makers” from all over the world (60+ countries).
One Water News Sweeps The word on invasive species is.... Transport Zero
(Friday - June 21, 2013) Associated Profiles : One Water
- ChicagoNow - This campaign kicks off in May on television and radio, and in print, as well as at boat shows and boat landings, targeted to recreational water users who might unknowingly spread these species from one... Advertising Symbiosis: The Key to Viral Videos
(Wednesday - June 19, 2013) Associated Profiles : One Water
- hbswk.hbs.edu - Evian's baby&me features several adults dancing with toddler versions of themselves in the reflection of a store window. Only at the end of the ... "In the past, when a company launched a new product... Aquatic invasive species inspectors on the job
(Friday - June 14, 2013) Associated Profiles : One Water
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