Corporate sustainability has evolved far beyond a feel-good marketing strategy to engender goodwill and loyalty. It has become an economic and environmental imperative, as companies, policymakers, and financial regulators across the globe recognize the risks associated with the failure to plan…
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CIOs are well-positioned to take a leading role in creating new business value and bolstering competitive agility in the circular economy.
Giant Eagle is launching a sustainability platform focused on environmental milestones related to plastics, waste, carbon emissions, sustainable products, and employee engagement.
A new strategic framework has been developed through a collaboration with the Dutch Green Building Society (DGBC), Metabolic, SGS Search and Circle Economy that defines circular buildings.It describes indicators that could be included in the sustainable certificate BREEAM-NL to better evaluate circ…
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras is developing an innovative model to tackle electronic waste (e-waste) by linking stakeholders in the formal and informal economy. Called e-Source, it will be an exchange platform that will serve as an online marketplace for Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) and facilitate a formal supply chain between various stakeholders (buyers and sellers). This initiative is being spearheaded by Indo-German Centre for Sustainability (IGCS). The IGCS team believes that the problem of e-waste could be resolved by connecting different buyers and sellers of used and waste electronic equipment and components without compromising their interests. The e-Source initiative aims to make WEEE as a key resource in the evolution of a circular economy by establishing traceability and recovery of post-consumer e-waste in the market.
SANDAKAN, Sept 13 — The Plantation Industries and Commodities Ministry through the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) and Malaysian Palm Oil Certification Council (MPOCC) is vigorously undertaking its ‘Jom MSPO’ programme to promote sustainability certification among smallholders.
Cru World Wine has announced it is to implement a new sustainability plan to help lower and off-set its carbon emissions. The plan is part of a new wave of initiatives the merchant plans to implement to help tackle its environmental impact. These will include an annual Environmental Impact Assessment and on-going efforts to reduce its carbon footprint.