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Certification

Money driving IT decisions, not environment

– 7th Jul 2008 by Alex Briggs

A new IT survey from Rackspace has revealed that corporations are less likely in 2008 than in 2007 to base decisions on the environmental impact.

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Check-out Carbon report leads to Carbon Labelling debate

– 3rd Jul 2008 by Alex Briggs

Blog posts on events are supposed to be written immediately following the event or not at all. I am going to break that rule and write about a great Carbon Labelling event that took place on Monday, June 30th at the Lloyd’s Register HQ in London.
Forum for the Future, the sustainability charity in the UK, [...]

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Carbon Trust Standard launched

– 2nd Jul 2008

It has been developed to provide a much needed, clear and robust definition of good practice that can be used to judge an organisation’s commitment to and achievement of carbon reduction.

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In Latin America, Companies Are Becoming More Interested in Social Corporate Responsibility

– 18th Apr 2008 by Raz Chaudary

The main CSR drivers in Latin America are:

Education,
Social Action & Poverty Programs
Ethical Labour
Healthcare
Childhood Development

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Lobster fisheries certified sustainable

– 17th Mar 2008

The Maine lobster industry is seeking to have its lobster certified as sustainable by the London-based Marine Stewardship Council.

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Certification driving the Sustainability agenda?

– 6th Mar 2008 by Alex Briggs

This CSR NewsWire story takes a look at the increasing role that certification is taking in sustainability and CSR.

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EU Directives Podcast

– 21st Feb 2008

In this podcast, Neville Hobson interviews Simon Emeny, Product Conformity Manager at Lloyds Register Quality Assurance (LRQA).
Neville asks how EU directives affect people and their daily lives — both personal and business. Simon also talks about the CE mark, and the role of quality certification and verification.

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Cheat sheet: Carbon offsetting quality mark

– 21st Feb 2008

BusinessGreen takes a closer look at the government’s controversial attempts to clean up the carbon offset market.

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Virgin launches new green fund

– 21st Jan 2008

Virgin Money is launching a green fund which will invest only in companies committed to high environmental standards.

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