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Allianz sustainable development report 2010
Allianz CEO Michael Diekmann launches the German insurer"s Sustainable Development Report 2010 and reflects on the challenges the insurance business and the world at large will have to face in the years ahead. In 120 years of managing risk for our clients all over the world, Allianz has faced countless challenges. No small number of those challenges were caused by people themselves. The failure ...
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Praxair Releases 2011 Sustainable Development Report
Praxair, Inc. (NYSE: PX) has released its 2011 Sustainable Development Report outlining the company’s Sustainable Development Vision 2015 and reporting its annual accomplishments in the areas of economic, environmental and social responsibility. “With intense focus and commitment over the past several years, I am proud to report that we have transformed sustainable development at ...
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PureReport: first sustainable development reporting SaaS solution completing the GRI certified software and tools program
S2D2 is proud to announce the successful completion of the certification process of the PureReport solutions by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Software and Tools program. The PureReport platform is the first SaaS (Software As A Service) solution to have completed successfully the entire certification process lead by the GRI Certified Software and Tools Program teams, which assures the ...
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First SDG Report Provides Benchmark for Progress
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon launched the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Report 2016 and the Global SDG Indicators Database during the Ministerial Segment of the 2016 High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF). The report provides an overview of progress on each of the 17 SDGs, while the Database provides country-level data on the SDGs used to compile the annual UN ...
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HLPF Ministerial Segment Opens, Continues Focus on No One Left Behind
The Ministerial Segment of the 2016 session of the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) opened with a day of keynote speeches, discussion of main messages from the first week of HLPF proceedings, and panel discussions on the theme 'Ensuring that no one is left behind.' Highlighting key outcomes from the previous week's discussions, Jürg Lauber, Permanent ...
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Environmental advisor sacked for being too green
Canada's eco-tsar has been sacked after calling on the government to take more action to address climate change. Until Tuesday, Johanne Gélinas was Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development, reporting directly to Parliament on environmental issues and strategies. The Commissioner is responsible for assessing whether federal government departments are meeting their ...
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World Water Development Report 2018 launched during the 8th World Water Forum
The United Nations World Water Development Report, Nature-based Solutions for Water, launched during the 8th World Water Forum, and in conjunction to the World Water Day, demonstrates how nature‐based solutions (NBS) are key to address many of the world’s water challenges in line with sustainable development. According to the report “By 2025, 1.8 billion people are expected to ...
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Science recognition in Rio+20 talks `uphill struggle`
A senior UNESCO official has complained that science is being left out of key parts of the negotiations on the draft conclusions of UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) to be held later this month (20–22 June) in Brazil. Hans d'Orville, assistant director-general for strategic planning at UNESCO (the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation), told SciDev.Net that ...
By SciDev.Net
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The effects of sustainability reporting on sustainable development and its contribution to the post-2015 development agenda
Following increasing interest from various stakeholders GRI is looking into the much-asked question of what the short, medium and long-term effects of sustainability reporting are on sustainable development. This important question set the tone for a recent workshop that GRI held in Johannesburg, following the launch of its Focal Point South Africa office. The workshop entitled, What impact does ...
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Shell demonstrates potential of earth observation satellites to measure sustainability
Shell Canada has incorporated Earth Observation data into its Sustainable Development Report, demonstrating the potential of satellites to provide a global and cost-effective way to measure objectively the sustainability of business activities. Companies that aim to create wealth while also contributing to the long-term quality of life and respect for the environment regularly issue environmental ...
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IPIECA Sustainability reporting survey: 2020 results
The survey is designed to assess the sustainability reporting practices of IPIECA member companies in terms of format and delivery, governance, process, use of frameworks, and expectations for the future of sustainability reporting. The results provide an overview of current practices, identify widely used performance indicators and emerging trends, allow companies to learn from their peers, and ...
By IPIECA
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UNEP Inquiry Highlights Green Finance in 13 Developing Countries
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Inquiry into the Design of a Sustainable Financial System has published a report highlighting the diverse experiences of 13 developing countries in directing finance toward sustainable development aims. Launching the report to coincide with the 2016 session of the UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), UNEP emphasized the need for ...
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Outotec publishes its first sustainability report
OUTOTEC OYJ PRESS RELEASE, JUNE 16, 2011 AT 5:00 PM Outotec publishes its first sustainability report Outotec has published its first sustainability report which defines Outotec's approach to sustainability and discloses the company's sustainability performance in 2010 and future targets. The report conforms to Application Level B+ of the Global Reporting Initiative, as confirmed in a check by ...
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L’Oréal USA implements new environmental assessment tools to enhance sustainable packaging
In an effort to reduce the environmental impacts of its beauty product packaging, L’Oréal USA, the subsidiary of the world’s largest beauty company, has introduced two important new assessment tools into the package design process. Recognizing that packaging contributes significant environmental impacts within the overall lifecycle of a personal care product, the company is ...
By 3BL Media
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From transparency to performance: a new method for industry based sustainability reporting on key issues
A research report published in June by the Initiative for Responsible Investment (IRI), a project of the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations at Harvard University, puts forth a model system for developing key performance indicators (KPIs) appropriate for mandatory sustainability reporting. The report was written in conjunction with Arup. The report, From Transparency to Performance: ...
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Cascades invites you to consult and to reuse its 2009 report on sustainable development
Cascades is launching the 2009 edition of its traditional report on sustainable development. Reusable, this report has a dual function: a support for broadcasting the Company's performance in sustainable development and a practical notebook. Performance Overview In publishing this report, Cascades wishes to make public its performance in sustainable development, in an open process. For example, ...
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BrownFlynn and the institute for sustainable development release report findings from landmark stakeholder engagement and sustainability survey
BrownFlynn (www.brownflynn.com), leaders in corporate responsibility and sustainability, announced today that they will soon release the results of a report on the importance of stakeholder engagement in developing an organization's sustainability strategy. BrownFlynn partnered with the Institute for Sustainable Development (www.gogreenplus.org) -- a national, NC Research Triangle-based ...
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Teaching Silos to Dance: A Condition to Implement the SDGs
Ingeborg Niestroy, IISD associate, and affiliated with FU Berlin and PS4SD, and Louis Meuleman, Wageningen University (Netherlands), University of Massachusetts Boston and PS4SD "Breaking down the silos" has become again a vivid call, even a mantra, in debates on governance for sustainable development and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, in recognition of its comprehensive, ...
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CSR Europe and GRI join forces to build on expertise in sustainability reporting
CSR Europe and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding outlining their collaboration over the next three years at ‘Is Europe at a turning point for corporate reporting?’, a joint event hosted by CSR Europe and Burson Marsteller. Against the backdrop of the recent EU Commission proposal on non-financial reporting, the event ...
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Business takes a lead on sustainable consumption
Business can play a leading role in fostering more sustainable consumption patterns, according to a report released by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. The report, Sustainable Consumption: Facts and trends from a business perspective (1.3 MB), is the result of a year-long study of the relationship between business activities, consumer behavior and environmental and social ...
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