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Corporations with climate change strategies perform better

For the first time in its ten year history, the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) Global 500 survey report reveals the majority of the world's largest public corporations have climate change actions embedded as part of their business strategies. The survey also finds that companies with a strategic focus on climate change provided investors with approximately double the average total return on ...

Sep. 16, 2011

By GLOBE Foundation

Benchmark improves corporate climate change understanding

Environment Index 2007 goes live Companies entering the UK’s leading environmental benchmark will receive more information on their climate change performance to help them improve their environmental impact. The Environment Index, which went live on 10 September 2007, will compare companies’ performance against businesses both within and outside their sector, on a wider range of climate ...

Sep. 14, 2007

Grading corporations on climate action

While climate action on individual levels is important, our daily carbon emissions are dwarfed by those of global businesses. A website called ClimateCounts provides data and channels for consumers to let corporations know that we are judging, and spending our dollars, based on companies' climate performance. Which Companies Succeed...or ...

Feb. 16, 2011

By 3BL Media

IBM Discusses Climate Change

Gary Rancourt, Business Development Executive, IBM Big Green Innovations Big Blue sees a future in corporate climate initiatives An escalating need for companies to lower their carbon footprints will drive an increased demand in sustainability products and services, according to the head of business development for IBM’s new green unit. Last year, Big Blue launched Big Green ...

Aug. 17, 2007

By Green Power

The climate change guide

Corporate Canada: Responsible Business Action on Climate Change The Canadian Business for Social Responsibility (CBSR) launched an excellent new Guide to Climate Change at its Annual Summit in November, 2007. CBSR President & CEO, Adine Mees launched the Guide during the opening of the Summit and explained that it was the first of its kind in Canada in "delivering a functional tool ...

Jan. 8, 2008

By GLOBE Foundation

CSA in Climate Change

The Canadian Standards Association (CSA), a leading developer of standards and codes, has announced the availability of its CSA in Climate Change Background Report. The new white paper was developed to help provide the media, public, academia, government bodies and other stakeholders with a comprehensive overview of CSA's role in supporting the development and deployment of technologies, services ...

Dec. 20, 2007

By GLOBE Foundation

Climate change and the integrity of science

Open letter defends the integrity of climate science and hits out at recent attacks driven by 'special interests or ...

May 7, 2010

By CSRwire - Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire

The business response to climate change

The Business Response to Climate Change is a student-organized conference that will explore how forward-thinking businesses seize market opportunities for clean technologies. Featured guests include keynote speaker David Rothkopf of consulting firm Garten Rothkopf, Keith Curtis of the U.S. Department of Commerce, Scott Sklar of The Stella Group, and George A. Pickart of GE Energy. The conference ...

Feb. 3, 2011

By CSRwire - Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire

Financing the climate for change

Seed Capital Assistance Facility helping investors provide early stage financing to clean energy entrepreneurs in the developing world. The United Nations Environment Programme, the Asian Development Bank, the African Development Bank and the Global Environment Facility have launched a Seed Capital Assistance Facility (SCAF) to help stimulate renewable energy and energy efficiency ventures in the ...

Oct. 27, 2010

By United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Advancing the science of climate change

The U.S. National Academy of Sciences has published a short but informative report on advancing the science of climate ...

Jun. 18, 2010

By CSRwire - Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire

Technology and climate change

How much computing can mankind afford? That is a question the computer and telecoms industries hate to hear. They do not see themselves in the same dirty league as airlines or carmakers, sources of huge amounts of carbon dioxide, but instead as part of the solution. In a pre-emptive strike, a group of technology firms calling itself the Global eSustainability Initiative (GeSI) has joined the ...

Jun. 24, 2008

By Environmental News Network (ENN)

The changing climate of investment

Bio-diversity, climate change, social responsibility, and ecorestoration are not words normally associated with decision-making in the corridors of power in the international finance and investment community. But increasingly there are signs of a greater engagement to mobilize private finance and capital markets in support sustainable development. Paul Clements-Hunt, Head of the United ...

Mar. 3, 2008

By GLOBE Foundation

Eco Expo Asia 2016 closed with record-breaking exhibitor and visitor numbers

Eco Expo Asia 2016 closed amid great acclaim with record-breaking exhibitor and visitor numbers. Held from 26 – 29 October, the Expo was jointly organised by Messe Frankfurt (HK) Ltd and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, and co-organised by the Environment Bureau of the Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The ...

Dec. 15, 2016

By Messe Frankfurt (HK) Ltd

Corporate executives expect climate change spending to rise dramatically

Action amid uncertainty: 70% of corporate executives plan to increase spending on climate change initiatives between 2010 and ...

May 26, 2010

By CSRwire - Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire

Climate Change and Emissions Management (CCEMC) Corporation: Media Advisory

EDMONTON, ALBERTA -- (Marketwire) -- 06/09/10 -- Eric Newell, Chair of the Climate Change and Emissions Management Corporation, will announce funding for renewable energy projects on June 16. Funding recipients will also be in attendance to speak to their projects. EVENT: Media announcement and availability WHO: Eric Newell, Chair Climate Change and Emissions Management Corporation, and ...

Jun. 9, 2010

Corporate executives expect climate change spending to rise dramatically

Despite challenging economic conditions and regulatory uncertainty, global executives believe that the climate change agenda will significantly impact business performance and strategy over the next few years according to a new survey by Ernst & Young: ...

May 26, 2010

By GLOBE Foundation

Top US Corporations alive to climate change - but lagging Global Peers

While leading companies are forging ahead to cut emissions and seize business opportunities, US companies still lag their global peers in the numbers and types of actions they are taking to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. However, some 70 percent of firms surveyed believe they can seize new commercial opportunities and improve relations with customers, employees and other stakeholders by ...

Sep. 24, 2010

By GLOBE SERIES

IAIA latest news

1. Biodiversity symposium: Registration is now open Registration is now open for a special IAIA biodiversity symposium, “Mainstreaming the Mitigation Hierarchy in Impact Assessment.” The symposium will be held 14-15 November 2017 in Washington, DC, USA. For more information, check out ...

Aug. 17, 2017

By International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA)

Corporate Climate Champions Meet at COP18

SOURCE: United Nations Global Compact DESCRIPTION:DOHA, December 5, 2012 /3BL Media/ - Reflecting the increased importance of the private sector to the climate negotiations and global sustainability, signatories of Caring for Climate (C4C), the UN’s climate action platform for business, met with the ...

Dec. 5, 2012

By 3BL Media

Financing climate change action and boosting technology change

Public and private financing for climate action will need to be scaled up significantly in the coming years, according to the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Indeed, the Cancun Agreements call on developed countries to provide new and additional resources for climate actions USD $30 billion over 2010-2012 and a longer term goal of $100 billion per year by ...

Apr. 5, 2011

By GLOBE Foundation

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