environmental information News
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Environmental information network extends across Europe, Central Asia and Russian Federation
Government ministers and delegates from 53 countries agreed to extend the European network for sharing environmental information across the pan-European region. The commitment was made at the seventh Ministerial Environment for Europe summit in Astana, Kazakhstan, which concluded today. Ministers agreed to extend the Shared Environmental Information System (SEIS) as part of the ministerial ...
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Global initiative for sharing information takes off at Eye on Earth Summit
At the Eye on Earth summit in Abu Dhabi this week, many different global and national organisations committed to contributing large volumes of environmental data to the new Eye on Earth global public information service developed by the European Environment Agency (EEA) and partners. The EEA has already uploaded hundreds of theme-specific map and data viewers into the service. ...
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H&M Top Ranked For Environmental Efforts
SOURCE: H&M SUMMARY:Since 1995, H&M has been working actively to reduce the use and impact of hazardous chemicals. With the help of our Chemical Restrictions, we limit the use of chemicals that are potentially harmful to health or the environment. In addition, as a leading actor with a well reputed chemicals management approach, H&M teamed up with other fashion and sport brands during ...
By 3BL Media
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Plexus Wins $225 million (pool) Environmental Remediation Services Contract With U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded Plexus a ten-year, $225 million (pool) small business contract to provide environmental and restoration services for the Louisville District and all of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers mission boundaries. Plexus is well positioned to win ensuing task orders under this contract given the company's technical capabilities, experience with performance ...
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Pan-European assessment asks: `What do we know about water and green economy?`
Ministers will meet in Astana, Kazakhstan, today to discuss water issues and greening the economy at the seventh 'Environment for Europe' Ministerial Conference, running from 21 - 23 September 2011. To support the Conference, the European Environment Agency (EEA) is launching an innovative Assessment of Assessments report, which recommends ways that environmental information and policy making can ...
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Locus to Host Environmental Management Information Systems in the Cloud (EMIScloud) Conference on 30-31 May 2013 in San Francisco
Locus Technologies (Locus), the industry leader in Cloud-computing enterprise software for environmental, energy, air, water, and compliance management, announced that the company will host the Environmental Management Information Systems in the Cloud (EMIScloud) conference on 30-31 May 2013 at the Ritz-Carlton in San Francisco. "In today's multi-regulatory world, business executives are faced ...
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Nominations for EPA New England’s Annual Environmental Merit Awards accepted until March 1, 2013
EPA is now accepting nominations for the 2013 Environmental Merit Awards, which will recognize environmental achievements during the past year. Award categories are available for individuals, businesses, state and local governments, and other organizations. Awards are also given under a lifetime achievement category. These regional awards have been given out annually since EPA was created in ...
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Rio+20 must push past politics with achievable targets
Officials meeting at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) next month must take decisions that help progress on sustainability and iron out the politics that could jeopardise proposals for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), argues Claire Melamed, head of Growth, Poverty and Inequality at the Overseas Development Institute. Of the 420 paragraphs of the 'Outcome Document' ...
By SciDev.Net
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ING employee giving Campaign raises nearly $2 million for charities
Just in time for the holiday season, ING employees in the U.S. demonstrated their spirit of giving during this year's ING Employee Giving Campaign, raising nearly $2 million for charities across the nation. Employees made individual contributions to their favorite charities and hosted fundraising events to raise additional money for local nonprofit organizations with which they volunteer through ...
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ING foundation releases 2009 annual report
The ING Foundation, the charitable giving arm of financial services leader ING in the U.S., announces the release of the online version of its 2009 annual report. The report is available at http://www.ing-usa.com/us/stellent2/groups/corporate/documents/companylobinformation/5080198.pdf (PDF file, 2.3 mb) and covers ING’s corporate responsibility activities from January 2009 to December ...
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St. Paul coalition one of five recognized by U.S. EPA for 2010 achievements in environmental justice (MN)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 this week recognized a St. Paul, Minn., coalition for its efforts to address environmental justice. EPA honored Transportation Equity/Stops for Us Coalition with a National Achievement in Environmental Justice award. The Stops for Us Coalition formed a broad-based partnership and helped secure the construction of three new light rail transit ...
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U.S. and EU Sign Pact on Common Environmental Challenges
Washington, D.C. - U.S. and European Union scientists and researchers plan to work more closely in solving common environmental problems and sharing information on emerging issues such as nanotechnology under a new agreement finalized today in Brussels. EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson and Director General for Research Jose Manuel Silva Rodriguez of the European Commission (the executive ...
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The open government partnership: will Brazil promote green transparency?
On September 20, eight governments will gather in New York to launch the Open Government Partnership (OGP), a new multilateral initiative to strengthen transparency, citizen participation, accountability, and share new technologies and innovation. The Brazilian and U.S. governments are leading the initiative, which also involves the governments of Indonesia, Mexico, Norway, the Philippines, South ...
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Climate and Disaster Resilience key to Sustainable Development
Climate and disaster resilience building is critical in eradicating poverty and achieving sustainable development, according to United Nations special envoy Ms. Amina J. Mohammed. In a special video address to the World Meteorological Congress, she welcomed the contribution of WMO and National and Meteorological and Hydrological Services in building a solid post-2015 agenda. “Fostering ...
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Piraeus Bank receives environmental certifications from EMAS and ISO 14001
Piraeus Bank is the first bank in Greece to have certified its Environmental Management System (EMS), in all its branches (359) and administration buildings (24), a total area of 187.831 m2, under ISO 14001:2004 and EMAS. EMAS integrates the management requirements of the widely acknowledged environmental management standard ISO 14001:2004. However, as a premium EMS, EMAS goes beyond the ISO ...
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New greeting card line gives hope to women escaping prostitution in the Philippines
Greeting cards are opening the path for a new beginning for a group of women who have escaped prostitution in the Philippines. They are now handcrafting cards for Sanctuary Spring, a new line of beautiful, handmade, fair trade greeting cards that launched today. Jemela*, one of the new cardmakers, was in desperate need of work when her mother got sick and her family lost their home. She thought ...
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Helping Procurement Professionals to Make Sustainable Decisions
Informed procurement choices can support sustainable forest management, help protect workers’ health and the rights of those who depend on forests. Increasingly, those involved in public sector and corporate purchasing are setting ambitious targets which aim to eliminate deforestation from their supply chains. The ‘Sustainable Procurement Guide for Wood and Paper-based ...
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EPA and Department of commerce announce new effort to boost U.S. Jobs, environmental tech exports
Today U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa P. Jackson and Department of Commerce Secretary John E. Bryson announced efforts to launch an environmental technology initiative to help create American jobs in the growing environmental industry. Announced at EPA’s first Technology Market Summit, this initiative, which will include a comprehensive web based portal, will ...
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Our journey,our progress
About This Report Reporting Scope and Cycle This report covers Accenture’s corporate citizenship and sustainability efforts around the world, including those of its subsidiaries. Accenture Foundations refers to independent charitable organizations that bear the Accenture name. Unless specified, all metrics are global in scope. The content of the report focuses on performance and results ...
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Governments and Leaders Call for Strengthening Access to Transparency and Public Participation at Rio+20
More than 300 representatives from government, multilateral institutions, and civil society came together today to push for more action and commitments to support stronger governance around environmental issues. Access to information, public participation and access to justice are core values that were embedded in the UN environmental process going back to the original Rio “Earth ...
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