Tag Archives: Globalt Ansvar
Oil spill 3 – Long-term effects in the Mexican Gulf
To understand the long-term effects on the chemistry and creatures of the gulf, Vernon Asper of the University of Southern Mississippi and Arne Diercks from University of Mississippi have focus on oil and gas plumes, which contained about 90 percent methane gas. … Continue reading →
Categories: Dependency on fossil fuel, News
David Suzukis Foundation on how to avoid toxics in cosmetic products
Groups like the David Suzuki Foundation are demanding that the fragrance loophole be closed and that consumers be told what ingredients are in their products. Author and broadcaster Gillian Deacon’s book There’s Lead in Your Lipstick and the U.S. Campaign for Safe … Continue reading →
Categories: News
Ilmar Reepalu, Mayor of Malmö, Sweden
Climate Negotiations: Change focus from nations to cities Around 10,000 people attend the UNFCCC:s, annual COP meetings every year. This opinion making group and legislators has failed to reach support for an international agreement on climate change. Perhaps it is … Continue reading →
Categories: Climate Negotiations, Interviews
Millenium Development Goals, New York, September 2010.
Intervjuer med Dr Mo Ibrahim, Graham Baxter and Mary Robinson
Sustainable leadership — principles and instruments
It was 20 years ago that I first met Karl-Henrik Robert, founder of The Natural Step Foundation and we together found time to develop ideas and strategies for leadership within the area of sustainable development. It was a time of … Continue reading →
Categories: Leadership and Sustainability
In the shadow of the oil spill 2
Since my last blog, I have received many e-mails asking me to translate the Swedish figures showing that bioenergy is bigger than the oil sector as an energy provider to Swedish society – which gives a positive signal to minimise … Continue reading →
Categories: Dependency on fossil fuel
In the shadow of the oil spill
Dear friends, The future of the oil industry is under discussion. It is not only related to the fact that we can see a peak of the oil sources already in 2012 (US Military Defence survey). Environmental – social and … Continue reading →
Categories: Dependency on fossil fuel
Time for action – Global Compact has a unique role to play
Ten years have passed since Global Compact, the UN initiative to bolster companies’ commitment to vital social issues, began. Since then, 7,000 companies in more than 135 countries have ratified Global Compact’s 10 principles. Between the 23rd and 25th of … Continue reading →
Categories: Network
Time for action – Global Compact has a unique role to play
Ten years have passed since Global Compact, the UN initiative to bolster companies’ commitment to vital social issues, began. Since then, 7,000 companies in more than 135 countries have ratified Global Compact’s 10 principles. Between the 23rd and 25th of … Continue reading →
Categories: Network
Företagande och mänskliga rättigheter
Samtidigt som jag planerade skrivandet av denna veckas blogg så besöker statsminister Reinfeldt Kina. Det fick mig att något ändra mina tankar på innehållet. Jag minns tillbaka till år 2002 då John Morrison (en av Respects första medarbetare i London) … Continue reading →
