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PepsiCo Honored With 2008 Energy Star Partner of the Year Award

2nd May 2008 by razchaudary

Pepsico has won an Energy Star Partner of the Year Award for its commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through energy efficiencies

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

18th Apr 2008 by razchaudary

The main CSR drivers in Latin America are:

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

For more information please follow this link http://www.wharton.universia.net/index.cfm?

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Corporate Social Responsibility increasingly key issue for firms

17th Mar 2008 by razchaudary

How do Taiwanese companies support their CSR decision making?

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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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Managing a Safe & Secure Supply Chain - ISO 28000

Event: 25th Mar 2008

This one day Seminar aims at creating awareness and gives organizations the requirements for establishing, implementing, maintain and improving a management system for the security of the supply chain.

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2008 could be tipping point for voluntary carbon markets

16th Jan 2008

There remains a huge untapped potential in the voluntary carbon markets waiting to be explored. Year 2008 could very well be the tipping point for the voluntary carbon markets

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BT’s Expansion of Materiality in CSR Operations

20th Nov 2007 by Sarah Whitworth

A recent article by Kevin Moss, who has responsibility for implementation of BT’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategy for BT in North America, looks at BT’s CSR operations and how they have expanded this by the help of AccountAbility and LRQA, a part of the Lloyd’s Register Group.

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“Shakeout” due on Voluntary Carbon Standards

17th Sep 2007 by Alex Briggs

Following on from our Friday post on the VCS market, this article talks of a shrinking of the accepted Voluntary Carbon Standards, with just three expected to survive and thrive. The Voluntary Carbon Standard, currently being written, is one of them.

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Voluntary Carbon Market tripled in 2006

14th Sep 2007 by Alex Briggs

The voluntary carbon market tripled in 2006, according to a comprehensive research paper by Ecosystem Marketplace and New Carbon Finance. The need for a standardised methodology for all voluntary carbon schemes has never been more relevant than now. What is being done to bring a stronger sense of confidence to the voluntary market? The Voluntary Carbon Standard (VCS) is currently being updated, with version 2 due to be published in the coming months.

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Supply Chain Assurance Podcast, Episode 1

10th Sep 2007

Series of interviews with key Lloyds Register Quality Assurance (LRQA) experts on supply chain issues and opportunities for businesses today.

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Climate Change

The Climate Change section is your one stop shop for news, blogs, podcasts, events, standards and other climate change resources.

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Supply Chain

The Supply Chain Assurance section covers news, blogs, podcasts, standards, events and resources on supply chain issues.

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Food

The Food section focuses on issues of food safety and the food supply chain, and provides news, blog posts, podcasts, resources, standards and events.

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VCS 2007

The Voluntary Carbon Standard 2007 (VCS 2007) aims to provide a trustworthy, robust global standard for voluntary carbon offsets.

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Product Conformity

The Product Conformity section contains news, blogs, podcasts, events, standards and resources covering Product Conformity and other European Union related issues.

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