Tag Archives: Hållbart ledarskap
Dow Jones ranking of the worlds leading companies in terms of Sustainability
SAM, the investment boutique focused exclusively on Sustainability Investing, and Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced the 2011 results of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI) annual review. Following SAM’s comprehensive Corporate Sustainability Assessment, 41 companies … Continue reading →
Categories: Leadership and Sustainability, News
Green Awards – Forest and biodiversity on the agenda
The UN International Year of Forests is the theme for this year’s International Year of Green AwardsTM, in recognition of the key role that sustainable forest management plays towards promoting a more equitable future. Last year, the Awards honoured respected BBC … Continue reading →
Categories: Biodiversity, News
A very honourable man passed away – Ray Anderson, Interface
Dear all, It was with a sad feeling I get knowing today that Ray Anderson have passed away. His fight with his cancer was intensive and hard. I always will remember Ray as an innovator, leader and a doer to build … Continue reading →
Categories: Leadership and Sustainability, News, Okategoriserade
Economic Questions, Sustainable Answers
The latest injection of uncertainty coursing through an already jittery global market, Standard & Poor’s downgrade of U.S. sovereign debt, from the prized AAA rating to AA+ with a negative outlook, could prove ominous. Citing insufficient economic and political measures … Continue reading →
Categories: Leadership and Sustainability, News
Raising the bar for sustainability rating agencies
The quality of sustainability analysis by rating agencies has been put under a microscope this year, as the relevance of long-term sustainability impacts to investment decisions increases. There are currently 924 signatories to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment, and … Continue reading →
Categories: Leadership and Sustainability, Network, News
Sweden on the top of the list of biofuel use in Europe
Categories: Bioenergy, Brazil, Climate Change, News, Transport
Focus on sustainability gain results
SAP AG released its quarterly sustainability update the end of July and shared that it has achieved a cost avoidance of approximately EUR 185 million between the start of 2008 and today as a result of focused sustainability initiatives. As part of … Continue reading →
Categories: Leadership and Sustainability, News
Hard Rain now on the Road to Rio
Dear friends, I am just back from Brazil and have follow up work on the world tour of Hard Rain Exhibition. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the project’s founding partner; it is supported by the Swedish International Development … Continue reading →
Categories: Almedalen, Climate Change, Culture, News, Political Governance, Sustainable Cities, Tools for change
Nuclear debate on the agenda by Jonathan Porritt
Jonathan Porritt: “Why George Monbiot is completely wrong on nuclear power”. “For some time now George Monbiot has astonished his colleagues by becoming a mouthpiece for the nuclear industry. He laid out his reasons for doing so in a Guardian Environment blog on … Continue reading →
Categories: Climate Change, News, Nuclear Energy
Forest and Carbon sinks – new report from Science
According to a study published online on Thursday by the journal Science, the world’s forests absorb 2.4 billion tons of carbon dioxide each year, or about one-third of the carbon dioxide released through the burning of fossil fuels. Read more … Continue reading →
Categories: Leadership and Sustainability, News, REDD
