What Is Environmental Compliance?
If you don’t already know about environmental compliance, you should start finding out immediately. It’s sounds complicated but it’s not. In fact, it’s nothing more or less than what you should be doing already, to be running your company completely legally. Environmental compliance means conformation to environmental laws and standards. This has become a bigger […]
Continue readingExperiential Education: The Future Of Sustainability
Tuesday evening saw the launch of the innovative new Institute for Leadership and Sustainability (IFLAS) based at the University of Cumbria. Hosted by the Royal Geographical Society and titled ‘Adventures in Sustainability’, an audience of sustainability professionals, students and enthusiasts were treated to talks from a range of leaders in the field to discuss the […]
Continue readingThe Trucost Report – The Final Nail In The Coffin For Sustainable Capitalism?
Last month, the environmental consultancy firm Trucost published a report entitled “Natural Capital at Risk: The Top 100 Externalities of Business.” The report calls into question the validity of sustainable capitalism as a new paradigm. Detailing the total “unpriced natural capital” consumed by the world’s largest industrial sectors, the report found that, in 2009, the […]
Continue readingEnvironmentally Friendly Car Manufacturers – What Are The Benefits?
There are estimated to be more than 600 million passenger cars in the world. Emissions from vehicles contribute to global warming and the resultant extreme weather conditions. A study by Meghan E. Smith found that automotive emissions were responsible for between 50 and 90 percent of air pollution in urban areas. According to the World […]
Continue readingAre Fair Trade Products Worth it?
In times of economic difficulty, when money is tighter than usual, we always look for a good deal, whether it’s for our home and car insurance, if it’s the best interest rate on a savings account or if it’s for a good deal on food and beverages. But how do we balance getting a good […]
Continue readingThe Economics Of Food Waste
While food waste is typically discussed as a moral issue of poor distribution, and quite rightfully so, there’s one concept that seems to make people listen: money.
Continue readingCarbon Leakage – The Truth Behind The Numbers
Go through any household in a western industrialized nation and chances are good you’ll find at least one product that reads: “Designed in the USA. Assembled in China.” But how does this impact global CO2 emissions and climate negotiations? When measuring the CO2 emissions of countries, a lot of attention is focused on the CO2 […]
Continue readingConsumer Engagement In Sustainability – Why It Matters?
The business world is undergoing a dramatic shift as it begins to value sustainability as a worthy policy to pursue. It is no longer simply a niche strategy but rather a necessity for continued success. Many businesses today are recognising the competitive opportunities to be gained by pursuing sustainability. One of the key features of […]
Continue readingDoing Well By Doing Good
Over the course of the last few months my blogs have explored what it means to be a responsible company – if values can support both sustainability and financial return, perhaps even transcend the need for financial return from sustainability initiatives. I’ve observed how some companies have incorporated certain values at the heart of their […]
Continue readingClimate Change: Political Poison?
Donald Trump recently stated that ‘the concept of global warming was created by the Chinese’ in order to thwart manufacturing productivity in rival nations. Whilst even the most ardent Climate Change denier would not agree with this statement, one could be forgiven for thinking that Climate Change has recently become a myth to powerful politicians […]
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