Top Story of the Week New GRI roadmap to raise sustainability reporting game
(Thursday - June 11, 2015) Associated Profiles : UN - Global Reporting Initiative GRI
Source: Eco-business - The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) - responsible for one of the most widely used sustainability reporting standards for businesses - on Tuesday unveiled a new five-year plan which expands its... Sustainability in Focus Store brand sustainability key at Albertsons, Price Chopper
(Friday - June 12, 2015)
Source: Supermarket News - Sustainable sourcing can improve the value proposition of a private label. The challenge, however, is conveying the message to consumers. One way Albertsons-Safeway has addressed this is by featuring sustainability labels on its... Pittsburgh flexes its sustainability muscle
(Friday - June 12, 2015)
Source: GreenBiz - place in Cleveland, drawing nearly 200 business students and college seniors from 14 colleges in Ohio. The event, held at Cleveland State University and hosted by consultancy BrownFlynn, revolved around a theme that has grown in... Sustainable beef? It's what's for dinner
(Thursday - June 11, 2015)
Source: Farm Futures - The short answer, if you believe social media and animal activist groups, is no. No way. Of course, I'm talking about the shrill eco postings that include pseudo facts, like, you could shower for six months on the water it takes... Sustainia100 Innovations: Sustainability Becomes the Attractive Choice
(Thursday - June 11, 2015)
Source: Business Wire - Published today, an annual sustainability study, SUSTAINIA100, names the top-100 eco-innovations 2015 after reviewing more than 1500 projects and businesses from six continents. The 100 cases points to a paradigm shift in... Scaling business sustainability: Why be timid?
(Wednesday - June 10, 2015)
Source: GreenBiz - A report released last year by Ceres and Sustainalytics found that while a few U.S. businesses are exhibiting real sustainability leadership, most companies are taking small, incremental steps to address urgent sustainability... What’s Really Driving Sustainability?
(Wednesday - June 10, 2015)
- Asked to pick the No 1. consideration shaping their company’s sustainability strategies, 53 percent of respondents named corporate responsibility. That is nearly double the 27 percent who said that the top reason is the...
Meet the woman leading Apple's supplier sustainability push
(Wednesday - June 10, 2015)
Source: GreenBiz - Over the last decade, Apple has become the most iconic brand and valuable company in the world. It stands for innovation — innovation in its technology, design and product experience. And it has been a magnet for responsible...
Australian businesses warned to put sustainability and ethics first, or fail
(Wednesday - June 10, 2015)
Source: The World Today - Australian businesses are being urged to put ethics and sustainability at the heart of their operating models. It's something that'll be discussed by business leaders from around the world at Australia's first 'Conscious Business...
Smithfield Foods: Anatomy of a sustainability turnaround
(Tuesday - June 09, 2015)
Source: GreenBiz - More than a decade ago, Dennis Treacy, head of the Department of Environmental Quality for the Commonwealth of Virginia, told them he was leaving government. He was going to head sustainability at Smithfield Foods, the world’s... IBM's Sourcing Teams Are A Critical Cog In Their Sustainability Efforts
(Tuesday - June 09, 2015)
Source: Forbes - Large companies that commit to sustainability often start smaller, but they may choose to increase their commitment to the environment over time. In the language of sustainability, a company’s greenhouse gas emissions can be... Report Report: Numbers don't lie about sustainability risks
(Monday - June 08, 2015)
Source: GreenBiz - No one, neither policymakers nor business leaders, believes that we can go forward with business as usual. Everyone realizes that there is a need to move towards an entirely new, balanced, low-carbon energy system.” Time to seize the sustainable future
(Monday - June 08, 2015) Associated Profiles : International Institute for Sustainable Development
Source: Live Mint - and a senior fellow of the Global Green Growth Institute and the International Institute for Sustainable Development. Comments are welcome at theirview@livemint.com > 2553 Redefining "Sustainability" as More, More and, Well, More
(Monday - June 08, 2015)
Source: Huff Post - Since its birth in 1987, for many, the term "sustainable development" has become synonymous with "less." "Sustainability" seemed to lock us into a static, zero-sum game of painful sacrifices. Facing finite or shrinking... ESG Issues & Players Shell Accused of Strategy Risking Catastrophic Climate Change
(Thursday - June 11, 2015) Associated Profiles : Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change(IPCC)
Source: Naharnet - But an analysis of Shell's New Lens planning document points to an acceptance that world temperatures will rise to a level that the îIntergovernmental Panel on Climate Changeî argues would have a... Don’t be fooled, ‘activists’ still winning in the boardroom
(Wednesday - June 10, 2015)
Source: MarketWatch - Just because DuPont DD, -0.29% shareholders told billionaire Nelson Peltz last month to take a flying leap, don’t assume the tide has turned against so-called activist investors when it comes to corporate proxy fights. Here Are the Top 25 Highest-Rated CEOs in America, as Judged by Their Employees
(Wednesday - June 10, 2015)
Source: Bloomberg - Glassdoor, the careers website, has just released its third annual Employees’ Choice Awards for the Highest Rated CEOs. The survey is based solely on the input of employees who anonymously and voluntarily provide feedback through... Six Months Before the Paris Climate Talks, Nations Have a Lot of Work to Do
(Sunday - June 07, 2015) Associated Profiles : World Resources Institute
Source: Vice News - Jennifer Morgan, the global director for the climate program at the World Resources Institute (WRI),said that it's important to keep a bigger, long-term strategy in mind. When diplomats meet in Paris at the end of the Asset Managers, US Pension Funds,
Sovereign Wealth Funds Calpers to Cut Ties With Many Fund Managers to Save on Fees
(Tuesday - June 09, 2015)
Source: New York Times - For years, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, the country’s biggest state pension fund, paid Wall Street billions of dollars to help finance the retirement plans of teachers, firefighters, police and other state...
EDITORIAL: Pensions costs a time bomb
(Thursday - June 11, 2015) Associated Profiles : California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS)
Source: The Press-Enterprise - The report reads, Generous increases in local pension benefits implemented throughout the state over the last 14 years, coupled with poor earnings by CalPERS, and increases in... Norway's plan to divest massive $900B fund from coal could hit U.S. companies
(Tuesday - June 09, 2015) Associated Profiles : Norwegian Government Pension Fund – Global (Statens pensjonsfond – Utland) , Norwegian Government Pension Fund - Norway
Source: Environment Energy Publishing - The fund, which holds roughly 1 percent of the world's stocks and bonds and is officially called the Norwegian Government Pension Fund was built on wealth from oil and gas reserves... Watching the Watchers A World Without Water Produced: 2004 OVERVIEW/MISSION
A World Without Waterexamines the world’s water supply and rights to its ownership, while also telling personal stories of families in Bolivia, India, Tanzania, and the United States. BACKGROUND
Brian Woods directed A World Without Water, a made-for-television documentary.
The film won the Prince Rainier III Grand Prix at the Monte Carlo Television Festival and was nominated for several other awards.
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Director Brian Woods and his wife Deborah are co-directors of True Vision Productions, which made A World Without Water for British television’s Channel 4. News Sweeps
Was Australia's 10-year megadrought a teaching moment for California'
(Tuesday - June 09, 2015) Associated Profiles : A World Without Water
- Daily Herald - In Australia, public officials didn't sugarcoat the impact of drought. They communicated to residents in plain terms that essentially asked them to imagine a world without water. And residents...
The Schumacher Institute in Bristol is to host the Water's Edge film festival as part of Big Green Week
(Wednesday - May 27, 2015) Associated Profiles : A World Without Water
- Guide 2 Bristol - and A World Without Water, a film that tells of the personal tragedies behind the mounting privatization of water supplies. The Schumacher Institute, which will host the festival, is located within...
Teaching Sara to swim
(Sunday - May 24, 2015) Associated Profiles : A World Without Water
- Outer Banks Sentinel - And more importantly, he understands just how the frightened mind works around it. A World Without Water After her childhood experience, Finch was never forced to face her fear again and the... | Check It Out...
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