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exposure to economic risks increasing

9th Feb 2009

One of the main conclusions from the report suggests that the disaster impact could have been reduced through resilient building design and the deployment of an early warning system complemented with good community preparedness.

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Business Continuity Survey

29th Dec 2008 by Alex Briggs

The Disaster Resource Guide’s 2nd Annual Business Continuity Survey takes a look at the way businesses approached their Business Continuity plans in 2008 compared to 2007. Also included in the survey is an insightful look at trends into 2009.

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Responsible Business Summit 2009

Event: 11th May 2009 – 12th May 2009

The Responsible Business Summit is returning on 11 – 12 May 2009 for the eighth time. This conference brings together the leading minds in the corporate world to discuss the sustainability and CSR challenges facing business over the coming year.

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Green supply chain, shouldn’t everybody have one?

3rd Dec 2008

A recent article on Manufacturing & Logistics IT website talks about the rapidly rising energy costs and environmental concerns have driven ‘green’ issues ever higher on the business agenda.

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PAS 2050 – Code of Good Practice for product GHG emissions and reduction claims

13th Nov 2008

PAS 2050 – Code of Good Practice for product GHG emissions and reduction claims The Code of Good Practice for product greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and reduction claims has been developed by the Carbon Trust and Energy Saving Trust to promote the reduction of product life cycle GHG emissions.

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Looking for innovative CSR activities?

4th Nov 2008

CSR Europe’s CSR solutions database is a unique collection of over 600 best practice examples in corporate social responsibility.

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AA1000 Assurance Standard launched

27th Oct 2008

AA1000 AS is an international sustainability assurance standard that can be linked to other dominant business audit and assurance standards. Sustainability assurance provides a comprehensive way of holding an organisation to account for its management, performance and reporting on sustainability issues.

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A step forward in the development of sustainability assurance

13th Oct 2008

The global launch of AccountAbility’s AA1000 Assurance Standard (AA1000AS) 2008 will take place next week in London and be followed by numerous regional and country level launches beginning November 2008. The new AA1000AS (2008) marks a step forward in the development of sustainability assurance. As these issues become increasingly important for businesses and their stakeholders [...]

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Global Launch of AA1000 Assurance Standard (2008)

Event: 24th Oct 2008

Keynote speakers at the global launch include: Denise Esdon, Deputy Chair IAASB; Ernst Ligteringen CEO, GRI; Kevin McKinley Deputy Secretary; ISO who provide their insights into the important but still emerging area of sustainability reporting and assurance.

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AA1000 Assurance Standard (2008) Global Launch

8th Oct 2008

The global launch of AccountAbility’s AA1000 Assurance Standard (AA1000AS) 2008 will take place in London on October 24th 2008 – followed by numerous regional and country level launches beginning November 2008

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