Sustainability experts are calling on regulators to ask companies for information on how sustainable they are – or explain why if they choose not to provide it. Today the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) launches the Report or Explain Campaign Forum to encourage more companies to be transparent about their impacts …
The Vickers Commission Report On Banking
An article from The Baseline Scenario The Vickers Commission Report On Banking Posted: 11 Apr 2011 07:14 AM PDT By Simon Johnson Will the Vickers Commission report on UK banking – with a preliminary report released today – have a major positive impact? Not likely in our assessment – see …
eceee launches web page on the 2011 Energy Efficiency Plan
eceee launches web page on the 2011 Energy Efficiency Plan 11 Mar 2011. eceee today launched a web page devoted to the Commission’s 2011 Energy Efficiency Plan. The page summarises the content of the plan and provides information on the views of eceee and other stakeholders. Further, the plan’s relation …
Meeting the Carbon Challenge
A newsletter from NCSE Quarterly With climate regulations front and center in the 112th US Congress, NCSE wishes to update you on our latest projects and events related to carbon, climate change, and the impacts on our ocean. This is the first in a series of updates on NCSE initiatives …
CSR Asia Weekly: CASP Programme upgrade / Food prices / Education for sustainability / Inclusive design
Gain Insights at Sustainability Disclosure Forum Learn more about the major aspects of sustainability reporting, disclosure and communication at the CSR Asia Forum on Sustainability Disclosure, taking place in Singapore on 23 March 2011. ——————————————————————————– ARTICLES CSR Asia Strategic Partner Programme gets an upgrade In 2006, we launched the CSR …
An Assessment of the International Commons Conference in Berlin: Year Zero of a Global Political/Policy-Oriented Commons Movement
Here is my assessment of the International Commons Conference held in Berlin, at the start of the month: With the Commons Strategies Group (David. Bollier, Silke.Helfrich,, Bea Busaniche, and myself) and associates from the Heinrich Boll Foundation (Heike.Loeschmann) and E5 (Julio Lambing), as well as a host of enthusiastic volunteers …