A group I belong to recently had an interesting online debate about why sustainable packaging was “always” more expensive. The reasons and theories cited included freight and transportation costs, greedy manufacturers or a shift from some materials to others creating shortages, among other factors.
Most of the wide variety of comments posted were accurate to some [...]
The close links between the IT and solar sectors were again highlighted yesterday after chip giant Intel announced it is spinning off its photovoltaic division and IBM inked a partnership with Tokyo Ohka Kogyo to work on the developing of thin film solar cells.
Intel’s spin off, SpectraWatt, develops photovoltaic cells for companies that make solar [...]
The United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI) announced at its annual meeting in Seoul, South Korea, that membership numbers had more than doubled in 2008 to 381 members with assets of more than $14 trillion, Responsible Investor reports. The number of asset owners (pension funds, insurance companies, foundations) signing up to the PRI’s six [...]
Businesses are not always clear on how to implement “greener” objectives into existing processes, or how to demonstrate that they have done so. But if project management is the instrument for delivering change in your organisation, then it can help in both these areas.
Successful project management is all about rationalising and making efficiencies. It already [...]
British Land, a major UK listed property company, investing in prime, modern properties with a current portfolio of £13.5 billion, has published its 2007 Corporate Responsibility Report.
British Land 2007 Corporate Responsibility Report
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One-half of businesses recently polled lack a sustainability strategy. Those with a strategy are more likely to be focused on improving perceptions and responding to increasing regulations, rather than meeting social needs or generating revenue opportunities.
CEOs made up the majority of respondents to the survey, developed by The Vandiver Group and sponsored by PR firm [...]
The Clean Energy Patent Growth Index, which illustrates clean energy patent trends and the top patent owners, shows fuel cells continuing to dominate long term trends, intellectual property law firm Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C. reports.
Wind patents continue to rise after a third quarter drop, and hybrid and electric vehicle patents continue downward trend [...]
Our partner website SustainabilityForum.com publishes a top 5 list of Corporate Responsibility jobs every week. These top 5 jobs are only a selection of many jobs posted on the forum.
These are this weeks top 5 jobs:
UK: Corporate Responsibility Advisor
US: Executive Director, Center for Responsible Business, UC Berkeley
Germany: Senior Consultant Advisory Services
UK: Senior CSR Account Manager [...]
As the UK government prepares the first ever standard on the carbon footprint of food products, consumers and policymakers are calling on retailers to help citizens make more sustainable food choices, EurActiv reports.
The UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is currently involved in developing a way to measure different food products’ carbon [...]
Companies that report sustainability data generally experience higher gross margins and return on sales, higher return on assets, and stronger cash flow and rising shareholder return, Environmental Leader reports on the results of a recent report from GMA and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
According to the report, two factors might explain why companies that report sustainability data consistently achieve [...]
This is the link to the latest Orange CSR Report:
Source: Ethical Performance
