The management systems community
– 14th Jan 2008 by Alex Briggs
Organic or fairtrade? Sustainable or certified? With so many labels on food, clothes and white goods, it’s a miracle that we make it to the checkout before closing time. This article in the Observer takes a look at some of the labels out there. Which ones live up to their eco credentials?
– 11th Dec 2007 by Alex Briggs
The International Standards Organisation (ISO), the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Business Council for Sustainabale Development (WBCSD) have joined forces to jointly promote the ISO 14064 standards and the WRI and WBCSD GHG Protocol standards.
– 5th Dec 2007
A report on the Chartered Management Institute’s 2007 Business Continuity Management survey has been released. This research was co-sponsored by CCS.
– 30th Nov 2007 by Alex Briggs
The Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) is an association of security professionals and related business partners from various high technology manufacturing and transportation companies who have come together for the purpose of addressing the emerging security threats that are common to the relevant industries. The TAPA EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) brochure contains relevant information on the organisation, the TAPA FSR Standard and a list of the members and associate members.
– 30th Nov 2007 by Alex Briggs
Guardian article highlights the spending habits of ethical consumers, balanced against their lack of spending on renewable energy.
The potential ethical products market is valued at £32.3 billion!
– 26th Nov 2007 by Alex Briggs
This smartplanet.com article talks about the potential the new VCS could have on the voluntary offset market.
– 26th Nov 2007 by Alex Briggs
The GRI announced today that several high profile global food processors have joined their sustainability reporting programme.
Nestlé, Bunge, Danisco, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, and Tyson Foods are the first food processors to join a programme to develop global reporting standards on sustainability projects in the sector.
– 26th Nov 2007 by Alex Briggs
According to a groundbreaking report out today, British businesses are committed to do what it takes to tackle climate change but the UK effort will only succeed if it becomes an urgent, shared national priority for companies, consumers and the government.
– 26th Nov 2007 by Alex Briggs
CBI Climate Change Report, including the news that 2020 goals likely to be missed, but 2050 goals still attainable
– 23rd Nov 2007
This episode is the second in a series of Voluntary Carbon Standard podcasts. The Voluntary Carbon Standard (VCS) was launched on November 19th 2007 at the London Stock Exchange. We were on hand for the launch event and we also caught up with some of the key people in the development and implementation of the VCS.
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