A report from the newly launched Marsh Center for Risk Insights highlights the risk of water shortages. Marsh was under severe scrutiny in 2005 for governance issues. They have clearly taken concerns of global sustainability to heart with the launch of their new research centre. Their report singles out water shortage as one of the …
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Role of soil in climate change highlighted
The International Forum on Soils, Society and Climate Change, a title you wouldn’t have imagined a few years ago, attempts to raise our awareness of soil erosion and the impact it has on the environment. Every year, some 100,000 square kilometres of land loses its vegetation and becomes degraded or turns into desert. In addition, …
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EU reports water wastage of 40%
EU leaders agree that up to 40% of water is being wasted by consumers, industry and farmers across Europe. The EU executive is calling for higher water prices and better implementation of existing water-management rules. http://www.wbcsd.org/plugins/DocSearch/details.asp?type=DocDet&ObjectId=MjYxNDg Commission’s latest report is here. EU: 01 Septemeber Presidency Conclusions WWF: Freshwater page Commission: Water policy website
Corporate attitudes to sustainability around the world
A new study by Harris Interactive explores attitudes toward sustainability among companies around the world. Their summary findings are: Waste reduction is considered the most important environmental issue in the USA; Brazil; Italy; Germany and China. Korea and India place more importance on developing green/environmentally friendly products. Overall, the use of renewable/cleaner energy sources is …
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Seeing how big that company’s footprint is
The September issue of Inside Innovation offers a clutch of interesting articles as usual, but this graphic caught my eye because it so clearly shows the relatively massive impact industry can have on the biosphere. There is a small proviso though: the banks with the small footprints are the organisations that fund the chemical companies …
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