Tag Archives: Miljö
Baltic Sea Action Plan
The HELCOM Baltic Sea Action Plan is a programme to restore the good ecological status of the Baltic marine environment by 2021. The new strategy is a crucial stepping stone for wider and more efficient actions to combat the continuing deterioration … Continue reading →
Categories: Biodiversity, News
Alternative fuel vehicles up to 38,1 % in Sweden (March 2011)
In March 2011 registered 11 244 alternative fuel vehicles, equivalent to 38.1% against 34.1% in March 2010. The green car share so far this year is 35.4% against 35.9% in the same period last year. Most registered are diesel versions of Volvo V50, VWGolf, Ford Focus, Kia C’eed, and Renault Megane. For environmental cars in March were 12.2% ethanol cars, 58.7% diesel, 20.5% gasoline, 3.7% and 4.9%hybrid gas, according to BilSweden Read more Gröna Bilister and Bil Sweden
Categories: Dependency on fossil fuel, News, Transport
Whats going on with the honeybees?
In an article by Fiona Harvey in the Guardian on monday she wrote: - Honeybees are taking emergency measures to protect their hives from pesticides, in an extraordinary example of the natural world adapting swiftly to our depredations, according to a … Continue reading →
Categories: Biodiversity, News
Talk about sweets…… from a nordic perspective
A new Nordic report shows that sweets and snacks have a significantly greater adverse impact on the environment than healthy food products. For the first time ever, this type of environmental impact has been documented. Iceland is the top scorer … Continue reading →
Categories: Consumers and Brands, News
Cancun temperature raising 2
In advanced of the UN Climate convention meeting in Cancun, UNEP convened well over 20 leading climate modelling centres and research institutes in order to asses how far the world has moved towards keeping a global, 21st century temperature rise … Continue reading →
Categories: Climate Negotiations
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
Politiskt ledarskap i Hållbarhet?
Pånyttfödelsen i Almedalen känns inspirerande. Det är nu en strategisk politisk mötesplats som speglar dagens samhällsproblem. Alltfler företag och andra intressenter är på plats. En naturlig utveckling eftersom samhällsansvarsfrågorna har tagit sig in i både styrelser och företagsledning i hela … Continue reading →
Categories: Almedalen, Interviews
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
Från hållbarhets policy till förändrat beteende
De flesta VD:ar och andra i ledande position har med ökat intresse följt det offentliga samtalet om olika hållbarhetsfrågor som engagerar och tillför nya perspektiv i beslutsfattandet. I dagligt tal och praktisk verksamhet så börjar begrepp som hållbarhetsredovisning, GRI, Mätning … Continue reading →
Categories: Leadership and Sustainability
Almedalsfunderingar i augusti
Det har gått några veckor sedan jag passerade Visby och Almedalsveckan. Det känns bra att få lite tid att fundera över de intryck som präglade min vistelse under några få dagar i Juli. Denna 40 åriga tradition i Visby kändes … Continue reading →
Categories: Almedalen
