Serving people, planet and profit: An 'integrated bottom-line' approach to looking at business for entrepreneurs, activists, and decision makers
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The World Social Forum takes place annually to provide a meeting ground for civil society organisations, networks and individuals to explore the progression of social movements across the globe. Those attending the function become equipped with the latest knowledge on social development, struggles and innovation in the field.
The WSF hopes to facilitate networking among organisations, both local and international, that are working in a sustainable manner towards quality of life improvements for the world’s poor.
The date for the 2009 World Social Forum has been confirmed by the International Council. It will happen from January 27th 2009 until February 1st 2009 in Belem, Para, Brazil. Persons and organisations are invited to register for the event to
"come together to pursue their thinking, to debate ideas democratically, for formulate proposals, share their experiences freely and network for effective action.”
On Thursday, Rick Wagoner, Chairman and CEO of General Motors came to San Francisco to speak about the future of...[read more]
Governors and representatives of 18 U.S. states signed a Declaration on Climate Change during the Yale Conference of Governors April 17-18 commemorating the centennial of Pres. Theodore Roosevelt planting the seeds for what would grow into the conservation movement and the U.S. National Parks System. [read more]
On the one hand climate change portends nothing less than the cataclysmic end of civilization as we know it. On...[read more]
After four years of heads down work to find answers where it appeared that only questions existed, Adam Werbach followed...[read more]
GridPoint Inc.and Duke Energy announced positive results from what is believed to be the first commercial test of utility-controlled “smart charging” for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs).[read more]
Academic institutions in Georgia, Minnesota and New York have been invited to represent their states in a joint US-Swedish renewable energy institute that aims to spearhead development and adoption of renewable energy technology.[read more]
The DoE's National Renewable Energy Lab announced MoU's for two public-private partnerships in the past two days: one on the Hawaiian island of Maui where it will work with UPC to research and develop wind energy resources in line with Gov. Lingle's Clean Energy Initiative, and a second with Conoco-Phillips and Iowa State U. to develop biomass-to-fuel conversion technologies making use of corn stalks, hardy grasses, fast growing trees and other non-food vegetable organic matter.[read more]
Israel’s southernmost Eilot region is a special place in several respects. For one, the desert blooms here, thanks to an aquifer that has turned it into an agricultural center. It also holds a unique place in the hearts and minds of the world’s birds, ornithologists and birding enthusiasts, as it in the migratory route for hundreds of species making their way north to Eurasia and their breeding grounds. It’s also a budding center of entrepreneurial spirit and renewable energy, home to the Arava Power Co., which is hatching plans to build a 500 kWhr solar farm on Kibbutz Ketura.[read more]
Streamlining and expanding the UNFCCC’s Clean Development Mechanism will be key priorities for 2008, according to Rajesh Kumar Sethi, the recently appointed chair of the CDM Executive Board.[read more]
Public skepticism and mistrust of businesses’ efforts to “go green” not only pose problems for corporations making honest, substantive efforts to do so, they pose significant obstacles for the type of local-to-globally coordinated efforts necessary to mitigate climate change and enhance energy security. Bridging this credibility gap was the subject of a recent GreenPepper “Eco-Concerns” survey. [read more]
The Carbon Disclosure Project and Merrill Lynch & Co. have joined in a three-year global partnership that aims to spur wider adoption of corporate carbon accounting and disclosure standards and help channel investment $$$ into carbon and greenhouse gas reduction projects. [read more]
Looking to draw attention and redress the staggering fact that some 49% of the world's population lack access to basic sanitation and safe, sustainable water sources, the UN has launched a global financing mechanism, the Global Sanitation Fund, and is organizing World Sanitation Day events in Geneva and New York.[read more]
Lots of activity at WIREC 2008 (the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference), including more than 100 uni-, bi- and multi-lateral pledges from some 40 countries to increase renewable energy development and use.[read more]
Though proposed means and methods vary, it appears likely that federal greenhouse gas emissions legislation, and a national cap-and-trade scheme, will be introduced in the U.S. sometime during the new president's first term, one that has the potential to reach US$1 trillion, more than twice the size of the European Union’s.[read more]
Green legislation and technological innovation are rewriting the rules of the game for the energy and power industries. Companies such as NTR have capitalized on the trend, using a public-private partnership model to transform and grow their businesses.[read more]
The Aptera has received a lot of press during the past couple of months, thanks in part to two...[read more]
With political and regulatory change in the air and on the ground, renewable energy has risen quickly to become Wall Street and the City’s latest moveable feast. Well organized, funded and staffed wind power companies were among the first to attract the attention of entrepreneurs and venture capitalists. Testimony to just how quickly capital and labor can be mobilized these days, successful start-ups, such as Dublin’s Airtricity, have grown into attractive targets for the world’s largest power and energy companies.[read more]
Forget about the toxic lead-lined MRI suites, and do not throw to the wind the outdated CT systems. Squash...[read more]
HP’s been a big proponent of a range of more environmentally sustainable business practices for quite some time now. Welcome news is that it is finding ways of doing a lot more in the way of recycling, and in rapidly industrializing China. An initial 31 HP equipment drop-off centers have been established in Chinese cities and more are coming, making it easier for individual consumers and SMBs to do their part in closing the product lifecycle loop.[read more]
The amount of electronic waste and scrap people toss into the waste stream is growing much faster than nascent efforts to deal with what is a complex and global problem. The UN StEP program is a step in the right direction, but closing the product lifecycle loop to include recovery, reuse and recycling is going to require a major change in consumers' mindset and behavior.[read more]
There's been a rush by educational institutions of all shapes and sizes to launch new, usually interdisciplinary programs, that aim to capitalize on the fast rising prominence of climate change, energy and natural resources development and management both at the local level and at the highest levels of government and international cooperation. Some have been around longer than others.[read more]
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