Joint Global Reporting Initiative, WBCSD, CEBDS press release For immediate release Friday 15 June 2012 Rio+20 should adopt an approach to making sustainability reporting standard practice say leading business organizations Ban Ki Moon asked to lead establishment of global policy framework for sustainability reporting Rio de Janeiro 15 June 2012 …
Senator Luger Urges Passage Of Crucial Dodd-Frank Transparency Measures
Friday June 15, 2012 From the Task Force Blog: What Is Corruption? Senator Luger Urges Passage Of Crucial Dodd-Frank Transparency Measures Corruption, Business, Civil Society And The G20 How Tax Repatriation Helped Cause The Fall Of The Roman Empire World Bank Publishes Its Grand Corruption Database, Reveals New Data On …
Coalition of Investors Urges Senate To Support Clean Air Act Rule
Coalition of Investors Urges Senate To Support Clean Air Act Rule Letter To Senate Signed By 34 Investors With Over $200 Billion Under Management 6/11/2012 June 12, 2012///Bethesda, MD///A coalition of investors is calling on U.S Senators to uphold a recently established Environmental Protection Agency Clean Air Act Rule. The …
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16 June 2012 Status of Negotiations on 15 June 2012 Posted by UNCTAD . at 10:13 PM Status of Negotiations on 15 June 2012 Friday afternoon almost at the closing of the Third Session of Negotiations in Rio Although negotiators and UN staff keep saying in the corridors this Friday …
Is Rio+20 going to make a difference? Is privatising development the answer?
Vol. 8 Week 24 | 13 June 2012 HIGHLIGHT Register Today and Enjoy 15% Early-bird Discount View the full conference programme at Summit website: Here Participate and learn from our speakers: Accor, CLP, Coca-Cola, DHL, FSG, GIZ, LRQA, Nokia, SOS International,Standard Chartered Bank, State Street Corporation, Tencent, Total, UNICEF, World …
The Solar South Africa survey: the results are in!
Over the past two weeks, professionals active in the South African solar market have been confidentially giving their feedback on the REIPPP. How successful has it been? What challenges still remain? What is the confidence in the future of the program? The results have been collated and have been released …
Business Executives Call on White House and Congress to Help Move U.S. to a Sustainable Economy
Media Release from the American Sustainable Business Council CONTACT: Bob Keener, 617-610-6766 or David Brodwin, 202-595-9302 ext. 102 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Business Executives Call on White House and Congress to Help Move U.S. to a Sustainable Economy; Presented During First-of-its-kind White House Summit WASHINGTON, DC, June 13, 2012 – The …
Johnson & Johnson is leaving ALEC thanks to your activism.
Johnson & Johnson is leaving ALEC thanks to your activism. Dear Friend, Yesterday afternoon news broke that Johnson & Johnson is ending its membership in the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). This is huge, and it wouldn’t have happened without the hard work of CREDO activists like you. Over 2,200 …
Joint Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) and UN Global Compact press release
Joint Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) and UN Global Compact press release For immediate release Wednesday 13 June 2012 New 3.2m Euro program to boost sustainable business in developing countries launched at Rio+20 A new 3.2 million Euro program that aims to build capacity …
Green Economy Coalition at Rio+20 : Do join us
For those of you joining us out in Rio we would like to invite you to the following events being hosted by the Green Economy Coalition and partners. Space is limited so do let us know if you would like to attend.(We’ve attached a one-page timetable of GEC events and …