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Private Equity to Increase Attention to Environment, PwC Says

March 8, 2012March 9, 2012 by Leon Walker

Some 94 percent of private equity houses expect environmental, social and governance issues to become more important to their business in the next five years, according to research by PricewaterhouseCoopers. Investor pressure on such firms is the main, or in some cases the only, driver for this change of tack, ... Read more »

PwC Report: Materials Shortage Threatens Manufacturing

March 5, 2012March 6, 2012 by Leon Walker

Seven core manufacturing industries – including the renewable energy sector – could be seriously affected by a shortage of minerals and metals, which could disrupt entire supply chains and economies, according to research by PricewaterhouseCoopers. In Minerals and metals scarcity in manufacturing: A “ticking time bomb”, PwC surveyed some of ... Read more »

PwC, Deloitte Named as Exemplar Sustainability Consultants

November 10, 2011November 11, 2011 by Leon Walker

Only a handful of firms – Deloitte and PricewaterhouseCoopers being the most prominent – have excelled when providing major companies with corporate-wide sustainability visions, according to a report by Verdantix. Deloitte and PwC enjoy the highest “capability” rating among 14 major consultancy firms with sustainability consulting arms ranked in Green ... Read more »

Puma Promises World’s First Environmental Profit & Loss Statement

April 1, 2011April 1, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

Puma says it will produce the first-ever Environmental Profit and Loss (EP&L) statement. The fitness apparel company has implemented a new method of accounting, with help from Trucost and PricewaterhouseCoopers, that it says will allow it to produce a new type of integrated reporting. The EP&L statement is designed to ... Read more »

New and Expanded Tax Credits Could Bring Clean Tech Incentives to Businesses

December 8, 2010October 18, 2016 by Tim Carey

During the “lame duck” session of Congress or in 2011, Congress may consider energy policy legislation that could add $25 billion in new and extended energy tax credit incentives over the next 10 years. If enacted, these incentives could enhance returns on clean tech investments and make the US a ... Read more »

PricewaterhouseCoopers Leads Top Green-IT User Ranking

October 25, 2010October 25, 2010 by Gina Roos

PricewaterhouseCoopers tops Computerworld’s third annual ranking of Top Green-IT users in part by cutting its carbon footprint 20 percent in two years. Computerworld’s Top Green-IT Organizations awards rank the top 12 IT departments that are reducing power demand and using technology to improve energy efficiency and the top 12 IT ... Read more »

Emissions Reductions is Top Environmental Concern for U.S. Businesses

May 21, 2010May 21, 2010 by Gina Roos

The top concern of U.S. businesses for climate change and environmental issues is reducing carbon emissions, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Appetite for Change global survey. U.S. survey respondents ranked reduction of carbon-dioxide emissions as the issue to most impact their companies over the next two to five years (16 percent), followed ... Read more »

PricewaterhouseCoopers Cuts Carbon Emissions by 10%

September 25, 2009October 21, 2009 by Gina Roos

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) has reduced its carbon footprint 10 percent in fiscal year 2008, decreasing its carbon emissions by more than 30,000 metric tons. The company is on track to achieve its four-year carbon emissions reduction goal of 20 percent by 2012. PwC made the announcement at the Carbon Disclosure ... Read more »

How Fair Trade Relates to Sustainability

August 11, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Teresa Fabian, Director of Sustainability and Climate Change for PricewaterhouseCoopers, speaks at the Fairtrade Foundation Commercial Conference.

Carbon Footprint Tracking Model Offered

July 8, 2009 by Gina Roos

In the wake of the UK government’s launch of its carbon reduction goals, aimed at achieving an 80 percent reduction of carbon emissions by 2050, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) has developed a carbon emissions reporting model as a guideline for UK businesses for climate change and greenhouse gas emissions reporting. The ... Read more »

Best Practices Revealed for CSR Reports, Carbon Reporting

May 28, 2009October 19, 2009 by Paul Nastu

In late May, two groups have put out guidances on how to properly assemble CSR reports, as well as how to report carbon emissions. The Climate Disclosure Standards Board, an international climate change body, has developed a draft proposal to help corporations provide sustainability and environmental information in annual reports. ... Read more »

Forster Tops UK’s 60 Best Green Companies Ranking

May 26, 2009 by Gina Roos

Times Online releases its second annual list of the best green companies in the UK. This year, the Green List has been expanded from 50 to 60 organizations. It also requires companies to meet a higher overall green score. Last year, the overall green score, taking into account both company ... Read more »

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