sustainable business News
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High-impact climate action: three company success stories
Once you’ve measured and mapped out your emissions, the hard work begins: actually rooting out all that carbon. Investors, regulators, and employees are all looking for meaningful action—like retrofitting offices, electrifying infrastructure, and cleaning up supply chains. But how do you approach these projects? And how do you get the necessary buy-in? Watershed recently hosted a ...
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Tofuture releases – New features for CSM
Sustainability management is a key part of modern business management. In response to this, Tofuture has been developing CSM, a software system for sustainability and non-financial data management and reporting now for over ten years. The need and requirements for such a system are constantly on the rise; a related EU directive has affected medium and large enterprises already since last year. ...
By Tofuture Oy
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Inaugurated at Rimini Fiera the great appointment with the green economy
A ribbon-cutting ceremony worthy of great events today (Nov 3, 2015), at Rimini Fiera, for ECOMONDO, KEY ENERGY and the other expos of the green economy. The Minister for the Environment Gian Luca Galletti inaugurated the great international expo event along with the president of the Emilia-Romagna Region, Stefano Bonaccini, the president of the Province of Rimini and the city´s mayor, ...
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Leading businesses push boundaries of corporate responsibility into the supply chain
Seven pathfinder companies awarded Carbon Trust Standard for Supply Chain: ABP Food Group Aviva Central England Co-operative Deloitte UK Nationwide PwC UK Willmott Dixon Seven large businesses have demonstrated their sustainability leadership by becoming the first organisations to be awarded the new Carbon Trust Standard for Supply Chain, launched today at an event at the British ...
By Carbon Trust
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Connecticut Organizations and Residents Recognized by EPA for Environmental Achievements
Three winners in Connecticut were recognized today at EPA’s 2015 Environmental Merit Awards ceremony. The environmental leaders were among 27 recipients across New England honored for helping to improve New England’s environment. Each year EPA New England recognizes individuals and groups in the six New England states who have worked to protect or improve the region’s ...
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New Climate Bonds Water Infrastructure Expert Committee
A new Climate Bonds Expert Working Group, made up of key water sector and industry experts from around the world will be meeting for the first time today to develop criteria for water investments that can be used to back green and climate bonds certified under the Climate Bond Standard – an easy-to-use tool for investors and governments that allows them to assess the environmental integrity ...
By Ceres
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First-of-its-Kind Report Ranks U.S. Insurance Companies on Climate Change Responses
Amid growing evidence that climate change is having wide-ranging global impacts that will worsen in the years ahead, a new report from Ceres ranks the nation's 330 largest insurance companies on what they are saying and doing to respond to escalating climate risks. The report found strong leadership among fewer than a dozen companies but generally poor responses among the vast majority. The ...
By Ceres
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World’s Leading Institutional Investors Managing $24 Trillion Call for Carbon Pricing, Ambitious Global Climate Deal
Days before UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon convenes the Climate Summit at the United Nations to spur climate action and facilitate a global climate agreement in 2015, nearly 350 global institutional investors representing over $24 trillion in assets have called on government leaders to provide stable, reliable and economically meaningful carbon pricing that helps redirect investment ...
By Ceres
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New Web Tool Provides Easy Access to SEC Climate Change Disclosure from 3,000 Public Companies
Ceres and CookESG Research today launched a free, easy to use web tool for accessing climate change-related disclosures in company filings with the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission, which issued formal climate disclosure guidance in 2010. Available at www.ceres.org/secsearchtool, the tool allows users to filter and customize company 10-K filing excerpts relating to clean energy, renewables, ...
By Ceres
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February infringements package: main decisions
In its monthly package of infringement decisions, the European Commission is pursuing legal action against Member States for failing to comply properly with their obligations under EU law. These decisions covering many sectors aim to ensure proper application of EU law for the benefit of citizens and businesses. The Commission has today taken 121 decisions, including 18 reasoned opinions and 8 ...
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WRI`s Stories to Watch in 2014
The World Resources Institute will host Stories to Watch 2014 on Wednesday, January 8, 2014, at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Dr. Andrew Steer, WRI President & CEO, will present his insights into the major events that will impact the environment, sustainability and international development in 2014. Stories will likely include: How will proposed U.S. EPA emissions standards ...
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New IPCC Report Confirms What Companies Already Know: Climate Change is Changing How Business Gets Done
In the wake of a new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report re-confirming the reality of climate change and clarifying its effects, business and investor leaders talked today about the ways in which global warming is already affecting their bottom lines and their strategies. Representatives from the apparel, insurance and financial sectors echoed many of the key findings in the IPCC ...
By Ceres
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India GHG program launches with more than 20 leading companies
New industry-led, voluntary program to measure and report GHG Emissions Today WRI India, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) launched the India Greenhouse Gas Program (India GHG Program), a voluntary initiative to standardize measurement and management of GHG emissions in India. Representatives from more than 20 founding member companies joined ...
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Ceres and World Resources Institute Join Growing Blue
The World Resources Institute (WRI), a global non-profit organization that focuses on the environment and economic development, and Ceres, a non-profit group that mobilizes business and investor leadership on sustainability challenges, have become the newest members of the Growing Blue network. Growing Blue is a data-driven, online resource designed to help local communities and businesses ...
By Ceres
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CSE Hosts Certified Carbon Strategy Training in Chicago
On March 8th and 9th, 2013, the Centre for Sustainability and Excellence (CSE) hosted its Certified Carbon Strategy Practitioner Training in Chicago. Participants included environmental managers, sustainability specialists, and strategic development professionals from a wide range of business sectors. Nikos Avlonas, President and Founder of CSE, served as the lead facilitator for the training ...
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By the numbers: The hottest year on record
According to new data, 2012 was a chart-topping year for the United States – but not in a good way. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA’s) National Climate Data Center (NCDC) recently declared 2012 to be the hottest year on record for the contiguous United States. This year shattered the previous record temperature, set in 1998, by 1.0°F. The year ...
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PepsiCo Supports New Research that Models Carbon Footprint of Beverage Products
SOURCE: PepsiCo DESCRIPTION:The Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable (BIER), a coalition of leading global beverage companies collaborating to advance environmental sustainability within the beverage industry, announced yesterday that it has published new research on the carbon footprints of drink products across the European and North American markets. The research, presented in reports ...
By 3BL Media
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Union Pacific Railroad Achieves Best-Ever Carbon Disclosure Project Performance
SOURCE: Union Pacific DESCRIPTION: OMAHA, Neb., Sept. 26, 2012 /3BL Media / PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Union Pacific Railroad achieved its best-ever performance in the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) S&P 500 Climate Change Report 2012. The railroad's carbon disclosure score is 87, a 53-percent improvement over last year and higher than 87 percent of all companies to which Union Pacific is ...
By 3BL Media
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U.S. Insurance Companies Vulnerable to Extreme Weather, Changing Climate
Report proposes solutions for state regulators, investors and insurers to protect consumers, maintain industry profitability in a warming world SOURCE: Ceres DESCRIPTION:(3BL Media) Boston, MA – September 2012, 2012 – Worsening weather in a warming world poses a growing risk to the financial stability of insurance companies and has broad ramifications for the economy and society, according to a ...
By 3BL Media
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U.S. insurance companies vulnerable to extreme weather, changing climate
Worsening weather in a warming world poses a growing risk to the financial stability of insurance companies and has broad ramifications for the economy and society, according to a new report. Stormy Future for U.S. Property and Casualty Insurers: The Growing Costs and Risks of Extreme Weather Events, a new report from Ceres, outlines a proactive approach insurers, regulators and investors can ...
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