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New Deloitte report highlights a clear recognition of the importance of sustainability to the future of businesses among cross-sector leaders
A new Deloitte report released today and a corresponding podcast suggests that large companies in the United States continue to be interested and involved in sustainability, and most companies see a clear alignment between sustainability and their overall business strategy. However, the Deloitte report, "Sustainability in Business Today: A Cross-Industry View," and podcast, "Three Things Your ...
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Providing quality assurance to data delivered by Copernicus Climate Change Service
The Centre for Carbon Measurement at NPL, in collaboration with the University of Reading and Telespazio France, has launched a major new project to ensure the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) delivers climate-quality data products with clear and robust assessments of their accuracy, allowing its users to assess the 'fitness for purpose' of the data for their applications. The European ...
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Tom Johnson joins ClimateCHECK as Director, Climate Change Services
ClimateCHECK is pleased to announce that Tom Johnson has joined the company as Director of Climate Change Services. Tom will open a ClimateCHECK office in Toronto in Fall 2007. Tom is a specialist in GHG validation, with six years of experience in environmental and greenhouse gas reporting and verification. Tom has project experience in renewable energy, district energy and energy ...
By ClimateCHECK
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Ernst & Young recognized for its sustainability services within global brands survey
Seventy-six percent of sustainability leaders have reported that they have information on Ernst & Young’s global sustainability consulting capabilities, representing the highest brand awareness of the nine global professional services firms in the Global sustainability leaders survey: brands, by the independent analyst firm Verdantix. Ernst & Young scored the highest in terms of ...
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ERM expands climate change leadership team in the US
ERM has made a number of key appointments to expand its climate change expertise and increase the support we provide to our clients in this area. The appointments illustrate the rapid growth in global demand for carbon management services and ERM’s commitment to bring world recognized talent to support our clients’ evolving needs and initiatives in addressing climate change. The new ...
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NPL hosts Metrology for Climate meeting
The two-day event, entitled 'Metrology for Climate', provided structured workshop sessions to investigate and prioritise the role that metrology should play in supporting the robust measurement of Essential Climate Variables (ECVs). There are 50 ECVs associated with the three Atmospheric, Oceanic and Terrestrial domains, and the concept provides a crucial systematic and internationally consistent ...
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Environmental and Social Issues Dominate Shareholder-Sponsored Resolutions for Third Consecutive Year
Investor attention to the "triple bottom line" of environmental, social and economic performance is growing and raising support levels for shareholder resolutions on environmental and social issues. A new Ernst & Young LLP study – Leading corporate sustainability issues in the 2012 proxy season: is your board prepared? – indicates that investors are challenging boards to further ...
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ATMOS global revolutionary ‘Air Quality and Climate Change Academy’ launches globally
ATMOS Global (ATMOS Australia Pty Ltd – Elite Atmospheric Air Quality Modelling & Forecasting and Climate Change Research Consultants ) launches globally its revolutionary Air Quality and Climate Change Academy a highly specialised and workplace specific air quality and climate change training and learning portal that offers ATMOS Global’s industrial clients, with operations ...
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Project Performance Corporation/AEA group Selected by FHWA for Multi-Year Environment and Realty IDIQ Contract
Project Performance Corporation (PPC), part of the AEA group, announced today that it has been awarded a prime contract to provide technical support services to the Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty (HEP). The Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty is the Federal Highway Administration’s advocate for ...
By Ricardo plc
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ATMOS Global launches its new ‘RiskBalance+ Evidence-Based Air Quality Management Plans’
ATMOS Global (ATMOS Australia Pty Ltd – Elite Atmospheric Air Quality Modelling & Forecasting and Climate Change Research Consultants ) launches globally its new RiskBalance+ philosophy, a fully developed approach to formulating Evidence-Based Air Quality Management Plans as part of its first-of-its-kind new global initiative VerifiedDust : Evidence-based Dust Management and Dust ...
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ClimateCHECK hires Steve McDonough as VP, Greenhouse Gas Management Solutions
ClimateCHECK, a firm that provides greenhouse gas (GHG) management solutions for companies, organizations and governments, announces today that Steve McDonough has been hired as vice president of greenhouse gas management solutions. Steve’s addition is part of ClimateCHECK’s goal to build its presence in the North East U.S. and to enhance ClimateCHECK’s capacity to provide top quality GHG ...
By ClimateCHECK
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Europe’s Water Situation ‘Now Very Precarious’
Last year, all sorts of temperature records were set in Europe and around the world – and the UK was by no means spared, with an unprecedented heatwave hitting the country in the middle of July, driven by hot air moving north from the near-continent. The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) published its 2022 Global Climate Highlights at the start of January, showing that the last 12 ...
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‘ATMOS Global Air Quality and Climate Change Academy’ Launches as a New Initiative in the Asia-Pacific, North America, South America, Europe, Africa and the Middle East
ATMOS Global Pty Ltd – Elite Atmospheric Air Quality Modelling & Forecasting and Climate Change Research Consultants ™ launches globally its revolutionary Air Quality and Climate Change Academy ® a highly specialized and workplace specific air quality and climate change training and learning portal that offers ATMOS Global’s industrial clients, with operations located ...
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Social and Environmental Shareholder Resolutions Gain Traction
Shareholder resolutions focusing on social and environmental issues made up the largest portion of all shareholder proposals in 2010, and it is estimated half of all shareholder resolutions in 2011 will center on social and environmental issues, according to a new Ernst & Young LLP report, Shareholders press boards on social, environmental risks. According to the report, the number of ...
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Ernst & Young LLP adds supply chain and risk management professionals to its climate change and sustainability services practice
Ernst & Young LLP announced today the addition of Andrew Essreg and Carol Casazza Herman to the firm's Climate Change & Sustainability Services practice. They are the newest supply chain and risk management professionals to join the multidisciplinary team that leverages the firm's core capabilities in assurance, tax, transactions and advisory to assist clients with their sustainability ...
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ATMOS Global launches ‘DustFinder+’ the next new frontier for Virtual Dust Management
ATMOS Global (ATMOS Australia Pty Ltd – Elite Atmospheric Air Quality Modelling & Forecasting and Climate Change Research Consultants ) launches globally its newest ground-breaking dust control technology: DustFinder+ a first-of-its- kind Ultra Intelligent Dust Assessment and Dust Management System that offers site operators a technologically advanced systematic methodology to ...
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ClimateCHECK and Pembina Institute establish cooperative agreement
ClimateCHECK and the Pembina Institute are pleased to announce they have entered a cooperative agreement for providing advisory and verification services for greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories and GHG projects that reduce emissions to mitigate climate change. “Both Pembina and ClimateCHECK have aligned interests in ensuring the highest level of environmental integrity when it comes to ...
By ClimateCHECK
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While two-thirds of companies reporting on sustainability use the GRI framework, the same number says difficulties with data collection are among their largest reporting challenges
In today's competitive business environment, sustainability reporting is evolving into a core business practice for companies around the world because they say it provides a competitive advantage. Though issuing a sustainability report in accordance with the GRI Framework (GRI) or another standard requires a lot of work, there is strong evidence that transparency offers a number of financial and ...
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Abengoa launches the second edition of the Focus-Abengoa Sustainable Business Prize
The company presents this award as a way of recognizing its suppliers’ commitment to sustainable development. The prize has two categories, one for small and medium size companies (less than 50 employees) and another for large companies (50 or more employees). Abengoa (MCE: ABG.B/P SM /NASDAQ: ABGB), the international company that applies innovative technology solutions for sustainability ...
By Abengoa
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ATMOS Global launches ‘VerifiedDust’ First-of-Its-Kind Dust Verification Program - a Global ‘Journey of 1000 Sites’ to 2020
ATMOS Global (ATMOS Australia Pty Ltd – Elite Atmospheric Air Quality Modelling & Forecasting and Climate Change Research Consultants ) launches its first-of-its-kind new global initiative VerifiedDust : Evidence-based Dust Management and Dust Control Verification Program , a global event, a ‘journey of 1000 sites’ inspired by ATMOS Global 's 2020 vision born from the desire ...
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