ASIA’S SOARING CONSUMPTION OF RAW MATERIALS UNSUSTAINABLE, UN WARNS

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News, Sustainability News, Trendspotting

ASIA’S SOARING CONSUMPTION OF RAW MATERIALS UNSUSTAINABLE, UN WARNS New York, Apr 24 2013  2:00PM   The Asia-Pacific region, which has overtaken the rest of the world in consumption of raw materials as affluence and manufacturing increase, must boost its resource efficiency or risk losing ground in lifestyle, economic growth …

Europe takes important steps towards going beyond GDP

kristySRI/ESG News, Sustainability News, Beyond GDP

Newsletter Europe takes important steps towards going beyond GDP July 2011 French and German versions of this newsletter will be posted on the website before 25 July 2011. An important step was taken beginning of June towards measuring progress in the EU on a broader basis than GDP alone, when …