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- Basf corporation.(ecological products and services)(Advertisement)
- Helping ensure sustainable development is a pillar of BASF's global strategy. The company's Sustainability Council, consisting of global business leaders and chaired by a Board member, ensures that BASF's global policy is in accord with the principle Helping ensure sustainable development is a pillar of BASF's...
- Research articles 2004-12-01
- And the Gold Medal goes to.(Brew News)
- Starbucks has received the 21st Annual Gold Medal for International Corporate Achievement in Sustainable Development by the World Environment Center. The WEC recognized the Coffee and Farmer Equity Practices, a set of environmentally, socially and ec Starbucks has received the 21st Annual Gold Medal for International...
- Research articles 2005-07-01
- UNEP hosts sustainability workshop. (Development).(with World Bank Group and UNESCO)(Brief Article)
- As a part of the continuing process of bringing together mining, mining finance and sustainable development interests, a workshop was hosted by the United Nations Environment Programme UNEP, the World Bank Group and the Mining, Minerals and Sustain As a part of the continuing process of...
- Research articles 2002-02-01
- Sustainability Upstream and Downstream
- The project has placed emphasis on energy efficiency, as well as emissions reductions and workplace improvements. Hydro has already lowered its fluoride emissions, while improved process control and natural ventilation in particular are helping to reduce power consumption. When Hydro built the new Sunndal plant, the company also made other...
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- White Paper on Sustainability
- Sustainable development is the most vibrant and powerful force to impact the building design and construction field in more than a decade. In this white paper, the editors of Building Design & Construction offer a brief history of green building; present the results of a specially commissioned survey of our...
- White papers 2003-11-14
- Strategic Sustainable Development- Selection, Design and Synergies of Applied Tools
- The number of tools and approaches to develop sustainability is growing rapidly. Sometimes they are presented as if they are contradictory or in competition. However, a systems approach consistent with basic principles shows that these tools are complementary and can be used in parallel for strategic sustainable development. This paper...
- White papers 2001-10-08
- Sustainable Development And Sustainability Of Competitive Advantage: A Dynamic, Sustainable View Of The Firm
- The core idea of the paper relates to the role of business in society at large. The paper presents a proposal for a dynamic and sustainable view of the firm, explaining the normative and instrumental character of its foundations. It shows how sustainable development changes the competitive landscape and in...
- White papers 2002-04-01
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- Energy Indicators and Sustainable Development
- This document present some examples of IEA work with energy indicators and an overview of the methodology used for constructing the indicators. It also provides brief summary of work that the International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA and IEA are undertaking on Indicator for Sustainable Energy Development ISED. With the important...
- White papers 2004-04-27
- News: Sustainability for ABN.
- ABN Amro Asset Management is to apply sustainability principles across all its mainstream portfolios from next year, epn has learned. Edward Moolenburgh, the firm's head of corporate governance and sustainable development, said there were three main strands to the company's goal of embedding sustainable development throughout their operations...
- Research articles 2004-11-22
- Sustainable Development: Winning Hearts and Minds in the Energy Industries
- For many senior executives, sustainable development is nothing more than the latest crusade of fringe environmental groups and liberal economists. They believe that granting legitimacy to sustainable development would incur costs while blurring focus on the core business, and would invite further unwanted government intervention. Such a view is shortsighted...
- White papers 2004-09-23
- Venture Capital: Enabling Sustainable Development
- As an industry, venture capital VC assumes the risk of investing in next generation technologies and services, most frequently at the early stages of development, for the potentially high returns created by successful new companies. Most of the time the movement to bring environmental and social sustainability into the forefront...
- White papers 2004-07-06
- Sustainability and the Built Environment - An Agenda for Action
- This paper includes a brief introduction to the concept of sustainable development, and will identify the fundamental principles that must be adhered to in order to achieve it. It will also look at the role of the built environment in achieving sustainability and will seek to identify the most pertinent...
- White papers 2003-06-01
- A new decade.(Editorial)(UN's landmark Decade of Education for Sustainable Development )(Editorial)
- 2005 has begun promisingly. The commencement of the UN's landmark Decade of Education for Sustainable Development is official international recognition that the principles of sustainability now need to be woven into our fundamental learning processes. It acknowledges that we require globally coordinated changes in thinking and...
- Research articles 2005-01-01
- Transitioning to a Renewable Energy Future: New White Paper Outlines Policies for Sustainable Development and Environmental Preservation
- At a time when pressure is growing for government at all levels to provide a vision of an affordable and socially responsible transition to sustainability and clean energy, the International Solar Energy Society has produced a white paper that clearly shows where smart governments are investing their efforts: Renewable Energy...
- White papers 2003-11-21
- Sustainability and pastoral livelihoods: Lessons from East African Maasai and Mongolia
- "Sustainable development" currently has a firm grip on the lexicon of development agencies from the World Bank to small nongovernmental organizations, but it offers little practical guidance for tackling diverse problems in specific places. The concept is of particular importance to pastoral populations throughout the world-those people dependent on livestock...
- Research articles 2003-07-01
- Capacity Building and Sustainability Knowledge in the Climate Change Regime
- Increasingly, there is evidence that developing countries are unable to meet their commitments under a number of international environmental treaties. This paper first examines the relationship between climate change and sustainable development in science and within the context of the climate change agreements. It then examines the problem of developing...
- White papers 2004-09-27
- Research and Markets : Local Environmental Sustainability Provides a Blueprint for Both Local Governments and Local Communities to Work Together Effectively for a More Sustainable Future
- DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c22916) has announced the addition of Local environmental sustainability to their offering. The importance of local programmes in driving sustainable development has been enshrined in Local Agenda 21, arguably the most influential output of the 1992 Rio 'Earth' Summit. Its importance has been...
- Research articles 2005-08-19
- Advancing sustainability through green chemistry and engineering
- Rebecca Lankey & Paul Anastas eds Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002 What does sustainability mean for the chemicals industry? And, how can it best contribute to the sustainable development of planet Earth? These tough questions are currently being addressed by many industry leaders. In the UK. the recent government-backed...
- Research articles 2003-06-02
- Sustainable Entrepreneurship In SMEs: Theory And Practice
- Sustainable entrepreneurship is a spin-off concept from sustainable development that can be defined as the continuing commitment by business to behave ethically and contribute to economic development while improving the quality of life of the workforce, their families, local communities, the society and the world at large as well as...
- White papers 2004-02-06
- Volvo Group Included on Dow Jones Sustainability Index for Seventh Consecutive Year
- STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Regulatory News: The Volvo Group (STO:VOLVA) (STO:VOLVB) has once again qualified for inclusion on the Dow Jones Sustainability Index of the world's foremost companies in sustainable development. Volvo is one of the few Swedish companies included on both the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index DJSI World...
- Research articles 2008-09-22
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