Environment

Sustainability news roundup - August 2012

Stephen Gardner, (Aug 7, 2012)

The latest sustainable business news

Analysis: climate change - US deniers gain ground

Ben Schiller, (Jul 12, 2012)

Some US companies are quietly supporting climate-change-denial groups – while publicly supporting action on global warming

Rio+20: Earth summit - Expecting the world? Disappointment inevitable

Eric Marx, (Jul 11, 2012)

The UN development summit took some laudable steps towards a sustainable future – among them acknowledgement that the world economy needs to change. But the outcomes were hardly earth-shattering

NGOWatch - July/August 2012

Jeni Bauser Yaghoubi, (Jul 11, 2012)

Shell’s Arctic ambitions targeted, cleaner water for Ecuador and expectations beyond Rio+20

Analysis: International Energy Agency - Seeking a route to a low-carbon future

Rob Bailes, (Jul 11, 2012)

The good news: it is possible to cut carbon emissions enough to keep a lid on global warming. The bad news: economic and energy sector realities

Letter from America: Where’s the plan?

Peter Knight, (Jul 11, 2012)

Peter Knight explains how Big Sandy makes America’s energy planners look a Bit Silly

Rio Earth summit: The ‘Future We Want’ is not the future we’ll get

Paul Hohnen, (Jun 27, 2012)

The Rio Earth summit didn’t make the necessary progress, and there’s not a lot of time left for the global economic and social changes of direction we must make

Rio+20 blog: Private sector sees opportunity at the Earth Summit

Eric Marx, (Jun 25, 2012)

Amongst the almost inevitable disappointment as the Rio summit closed, leading businesses show that real progress can be made

Rio+20 blog: Transformative change through business-government partnerships

Eric Marx, (Jun 22, 2012)

Private cash and public initiative looks to be a winning template to help achieve Rio summit goals

Rio+20 blog: Earth Summit tinkers at the edges while central thrust stalls

Eric Marx, (Jun 21, 2012)

Agreement on environmental reporting can’t hide looming disappointment in Rio

Rio+20 blog: Business initiatives set the summit scene

Eric Marx, (Jun 20, 2012)

Leading companies have made some ambitious targets during the Rio business forum. But will governments follow during the summit proper?

Rio+20 blog: Business leaders’ bright start at Rio

Eric Marx, (Jun 18, 2012)

A number of business initiatives discussed in Rio indicate possible routes to a more sustainable global economy

CRWatch, a roundup of recent business sustainability news - June 2012

Jeni Bauser Yaghoubi, (Jun 5, 2012)

Microsoft’s ambitious carbon goals, Facebook joins internet freedom group and the US debates Burmese sanctions

Sustainability news roundup - June 2012

EC Newsdesk, (Jun 4, 2012)

Ethical Corporation’s latest update on responsible business stories

Analysis: Rio+20 - Nothing to report, yet

Eric Marx, (Jun 4, 2012)

While general expectations are decidedly low, might Rio deliver progress on reporting standards?

Analysis: sustainable fishing - Climate change – the net result

Sam Phipps in Edinburgh, (Jun 4, 2012)

Europe’s fishing industry and regulators are having to deal with the effects on fish stocks of rising sea temperatures

Analysis: pulp and paper - Indonesia cuts APP down to size

Eric Marx, (Jun 4, 2012)

In Indonesia, pressure seems to be increasing on the notorious paper maker APP over its approach to environmental sustainability

Activism: Campaigners need to win the right arguments

Mallen Baker, (Jun 4, 2012)

An environmental organisation campaigning against high energy prices? Something’s amiss, argues Mallen Baker

Green Industry Platform - Sustainable innovation springboard

Paul Hohnen, (May 25, 2012)

A new UN public/private partnership hopes to deliver sustainable development by greening manufacturing industry

How to support a low carbon economy

Jane Burston, (May 14, 2012)

Better emissions measurement is a first step to supporting a green economy

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