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Policy & Enforcement Briefing: ‘Flexible’ Climate Approach, Mining Water Permits

October 23, 2013October 23, 2013 by Tamar Wilner

US special envoy for climate change Todd Stern called for the next United Nations climate deal to follow a more flexible approach. Countries should be permitted to determine their own levels of commitment, rather than adhering to negotiated targets and timetables, Stern said. Participants will meet to discuss the new ... Read more »

UN: Treated Waste Could be ‘Gold Mine’

October 10, 2013July 3, 2017 by Leon Walker

Recycling and waste treatment can be a “gold mine,” perhaps literally, according to a UN report that finds treated waste can be put to profitable use. For example, 1 metric ton of electrical and electronic waste contains as much gold as 5 to 15 metric tons of typical gold ore, ... Read more »

Global Aviation GHG Plan Set for Vote

October 4, 2013October 4, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The UN aviation body will today vote on a plan to curb the industry’s greenhouse gas emissions by adopting a global market-based measure by 2020. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) executive committee reached a deal late Thursday to “decide to develop a global MBM (market-based mechanism) scheme for international ... Read more »

CEOs Support UN’s Sustainable Development Roadmap

September 23, 2013 by Kirsten Korosec

Chief executives from companies around the world have endorsed a United Nations roadmap designed to scale up corporate involvement in advancing sustainability efforts and tackling global challenges such as climate change, water and food. The Building the Post-2015 Business Engagement Architecture was drawn up by the UN and presented to ... Read more »

How Business Can Help Stop Food Waste

September 12, 2013 by Leon Walker

If the global food waste problem is to be tackled, food industry businesses need to raise awareness about the issue, improve communication in their supply chains and develop better food harvest, storage and transportation processes, according to a UN Food and Agriculture Organization report and its accompanying toolkit. The world ... Read more »

Gap Between Firms’ Sustainability Talk, Actions

September 5, 2013September 5, 2013 by Kirsten Korosec

A significant gap exists between what companies say and do about sustainability with 65 percent developing policies at the CEO level and only 35 percent taking action, such as training managers to integrate such commitments into operations, according to a survey by United Nations Global Compact. The Global Corporate Sustainability ... Read more »

Water Week News: Coke, Olam International, H&M

September 4, 2013September 4, 2013 by Kirsten Korosec

Here are the top stories to emerge so far from World Water Week in Stockholm. The Coca-Cola Company has partnered with nonprofit Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor to support new programs in four African countries, Kenya, Zambia, Madagascar and Mozambique, that aim to provide sustainable solutions for clean ... Read more »

Airlines Call for Single Emissions Standard

June 4, 2013June 4, 2013 by Kirsten Korosec

The International Air Transport Association, which represents 85 percent of the world’s airline traffic, has adopted a resolution calling for a single, industry-wide market-based measure to manage and offset emissions. The IATA yesterday agreed to the Implementation of the Aviation Carbon-Neutral Growth CNG2020 Strategy resolution at its 69th general meeting ... Read more »

Natural Disaster-Related Economic Losses ‘Out of Control’

May 20, 2013May 20, 2013 by Kirsten Korosec

The United Nations warned economic losses linked to natural disasters are out of control, soaring past $100 billion annually for three consecutive years, and will continue to escalate unless risk management becomes a central piece of business investment strategies. The warning came as the UN released the third edition of ... Read more »

Coal, Cattle Ranching ‘Most Environmentally Costly’ Businesses

April 17, 2013April 17, 2013 by Leon Walker

Coal-powered energy and cattle ranching are the two most environmentally expensive industries — and cost the economy more in environmental damage than they generate in revenue, according to a UN-backed report. Natural Capital at Risk – The Top 100 Externalities of Business by the Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity Business Coalition, ... Read more »

UN Emission Credits Surge 38%

April 11, 2013April 11, 2013 by Leon Walker

Emission credits issued by the United Nations increased 38 percent this month, Bloomberg reports. The surge came amid speculation that developers are buying up the contracts — which are sold by the UN in a bid to encourage investment in climate-friendly projects — to meet commitments with buyers to deliver ... Read more »

Supersized Crabs Bulking Up on Carbon Pollution

April 9, 2013April 9, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Carbon pollution from power plants, factories and vehicles is settling in the ocean — and supersizing crabs, lobsters and shrimp, The Washington Post reports. But while these crustaceans bulk up as they absorb CO2, high levels of carbon cause oysters to grow slower. In the Chesapeake Bay, where crabs eat ... Read more »

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