Newsletter March 2019#SolarHeat: the main Twitter hashtag New hashtag for the solar heating and cooling sector: Today, #SolarHeat seems to be more appropriate than #SolarThermal, a hashtag agreed upon almost three years ago. The three major SHC organisations – Solar Heat Europe (formerly ESTIF), the IEA Solar Heating and Cooling …
Findhorn Update-Beyond Smart and Beyond Resilient-Events and Conferences
Beyond Smart introduces people to Practices Tools and Maps for a living city. (April 27-28, 2019) Beyond Resilient dives deeper into Inquiry, Action & Impact for the 4 Voices of the City (citizens, civic managers, business/innovators, civil society/3rd Sector). (April 30-May 3, 2019) Beyond Smart http://fics.findhorn.org/integral-city-beyond-smart https://www.facebook.com/events/393090658133246/ Beyond …
The Footprint reforms tourism in the Med + Students’ contest to “guess the date” + Why your fork is your most trusted tool to change the world
“Ethical Markets always welcomes news from our friends at the Global Footprint and happy to see focus on diets healthier for humans and the planet, as we also describe in our annual Green Transition Scoreboard 2018 report: “Capturing CO2 While Improving Human Nutrition & Health “ (now a free download …
When cities become smart
The continued growth of the global human population demands changes to infrastructure and living spaces. As well, food, energy, communications, water, and other resource delivery systems need to be upgraded and streamlined. This category covers the creation of energy efficient and sustainable remakes of the current systems in place to …
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Green Growth News – February
26 February 2019 Outcomes and key messages The OECD held its 2018 Green Growth and Sustainable Development Forum on the theme “Inclusive solutions for the green transition: Competitiveness, jobs and social dimensions“, in conjunction with the Annual Conference of the Green Growth Knowledge Platform (GGKP). The Forum aimed at creating …
NYU Stern Research Illustrates ROI for Sustainably Marketed Products
This week, Uberbrand’s Henry Richards outlined 5 cultural shifts for brands to keep pace with in 2019 in order to maintain consumer loyalty and trust — one of which, conscious consumption, is a theme of ongoing pertinence here at SB. More and more evidence has surfaced as to the vital …
The Economist-Thirsty Planet
“This Special Report by The Economist “Thirsty Planet“ draws attention to the planet’s less than 3% freshwater crisis on which all current human food supplies and clean drinking water depend. This freshwater crisis, caused by mis-use, waste and pollution, requires immediate attention by all sectors and new priorities for governments …
Rate the Raters 2019: Expert Survey Results Out Now!
February 2019 Rate the Raters 2019 Expert Survey Results Almost a decade ago, SustainAbility launched a multi-phase research program, Rate the Raters. The program was designed to influence and improve the quality of corporate sustainability ratings and proved highly popular with companies and other stakeholders. This year, we are revisiting …
SASB News: SASB names former World Bank Official as new Chief Executive
SASB names former World Bank Official as new Chief Executive Madelyn Antoncic brings 30 years of international capital markets experience to the global standards setter. SAN FRANCISCO, February 26, 2019 — The SASB Foundation, an independent non-profit responsible for the funding and oversight of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board …