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UN Documents Propose Mandatory Sustainability Reporting

January 31, 2012February 1, 2012 by Tamar Wilner

Two influential documents – the Rio+20 negotiating text and the recommendations of the U.N. secretary general’s High Level Panel on Global Sustainability – both propose tighter sustainability reporting requirements for businesses, according to Chatham House fellow Paul Hohnen, writing in the Guardian. In “Resilient People, Resilient Planet – A Future ... Read more »

Poll: Financial Short-Termism Hitting Sustainability Drive

January 30, 2012January 31, 2012 by Leon Walker

Financial short-termism presents a critical barrier to businesses’ transition to sustainability, according to a U.N.-backed poll by consultancies GlobeScan and SustainAbility. The latest edition of the Sustainability Survey reveals that a very large majority – some 88 percent of the 642 sustainability experts polled – see pressure for short-term financial ... Read more »

Microsoft, Coke, Nestle Detail Climate Adaptation Plans

January 30, 2012January 31, 2012 by Leon Walker

Microsoft, Coca-Cola, Levi’s, Nestle and Starbucks are among a slew of multinational companies listed in an online database just launched by the U.N. that details how the world’s major firms plan to address global warming. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s Adaptation Private Sector Initiative contains details both ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: COP 17-Durban, EU Aviation Regulation, Boiler MACT, Clean Air Act

December 2, 2011December 5, 2011 by Leon Walker

Durban: The draft plan for the United Nations Green Climate Fund – a financing system that would deliver $100 billion a year in aid to developing nations to fight climate change – faces an uphill battle after envoys from the U.S., Saudi Arabia and Venezuela voiced concerns about the document. ... Read more »

HFC Emissions Threaten Climate, says UN

November 22, 2011November 22, 2011 by Leon Walker

A study has demonstrated that refurbished refrigeration and air conditioning can produce 93 percent less greenhouse gas emissions than new equipment, as the UN reports that the HFCs produced by such equipment could pose a serious threat to the climate. According the the study by Australia’s Curtin University, replacing a ... Read more »

Shell, Nestle Among 54 Firms Launching U.N. Sustainability Program

January 28, 2011January 28, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

The United Nations today launched a program encouraging corporations to share knowledge on sustainability, and signed up the first 54 participating companies. Chief executives joined UN secretary-general Ban Ki-Moon at the World Economic Forum in Davos to launch Global Compact LEAD, an effort to address businesses’ role in responding to ... Read more »

World Future Energy Summit Roundup: Vestas, Total, Masdar

January 21, 2011January 21, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

Here is a round-up of news that came out of the World Future Energy Summit, the Abu Dhabi conference that closed yesterday: Wind turbine maker Vestas debuted WindMade, a label to designate products manufactured with wind power. The manufacturer hopes to have 1,000 companies signed up as partners by the ... Read more »

UN Estimates Annual Global Environmental Costs Equal $6 Trillion

October 5, 2010October 18, 2016 by Derek Wong

Environmental damage caused by human activity in 2008 was estimated to be $6.6 trillion, equivalent to 11% of global GDP, calculates a United Nations study released today. Global in scope and covering a wide range of environmental impacts by all industries, the new report is an ambitious attempt to estimate ... Read more »

Climate Week Roundup: EV20 Alliance, Insurance Solutions for Climate Adaptation, PwC Carbon Reduction Goals

September 21, 2010 by Gina Roos

The Climate Group, and its partners, including the United Nations, the City of New York, and founding sponsor Swiss Re, kicked off Climate Week NYC yesterday. The conference is expected to bring together both government and business leaders to discuss the policies and public-private partnerships needed to financially support a ... Read more »

Roundup – Ineos, Next Gen, Eastman Chemical

June 10, 2010 by Paul Nastu

New Trading Platform Promises to Shake up Carbon Market GreenwiseBusiness UN Challenges Ineos Request for More Emission Credits Businessweek Amish Farming Draws Rare Government Scrutiny New York Times Seven of 10 Americans feel carbon dioxide regulation is a must SiFy Headset Gets Sustainable Package Redesign GreenerPackage Carbon Disclosure Project Report ... Read more »

UN OKs Biomass Co-Firing to Meet CO2 Targets Under CDM

February 11, 2010 by Paul Nastu

The United Nations has given a thumbs up to utilities and other large-scale energy generators to substitute a portion of coal with solid biomass fuels as a means of reducing carbon dioxide emissions under the Clean Development Mechanism. The decision means that biomass can be considered in renewable energy portfolios. ... Read more »

U.S. Officially Pledges to Cut GHG Emissions by 17%

January 29, 2010January 29, 2010 by Gina Roos

Bolstering the global warming deal made at the Copenhagen talks in December, the Obama administration officially pledged that the United States would cut its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the range of 17 percent below 2005 levels by 2020, reports the Baltimore Sun. President Barack Obama said at the Copenhagen ... Read more »

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