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27th Apr 2011
On April 22, 2011 the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced that its operations reduced carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions by 16.6 million metric tons in 2009. At the same time, the MTA reduced its own carbon output by 2.5% per passenger mile traveled or 1% in aggregate over the prior year, [...]
26th Apr 2011
New name reflects company’s expanded services to support sustainable business operations
17th Nov 2010 by Deborah Evans
I hear from lots of companies that they don’t do much to promote their sustainability initiatives, citing either fear of being accused of greenwashing or the fact that they are doing it for the “right” reason, not for the publicity. PR firm Cohn & Wolfe has a great name for this: “green muting.”
Event: 7th Dec 2010 – 8th Dec 2010
The ‘Sustainable Agricultural Partnerships Summit’, will focus specifically on collaboration and partnerships between key stakeholders in the agricultural community. To encourage this process, and create a dialogue between farmers and the food industry on sustainability issues.
14th Jul 2010 by Alex Briggs
A new study by Accenture in Sustainability Magazine shows that 93% of global corporation CEO’s believe that sustainability will be critical to their future success, 78% say that sustainability is now viewed as a source of revenue growth and 72% said that stakeholder education is critical.
16th Apr 2010
A new report released from CarbonSmart in March reveals that Carbon and sustainability data disclosed by companies in the FTSE 350 lack credibility.
5th Dec 2009 by Alex Briggs
Link of the day today is the latest post in the Lloyd’s Register COP 15 Blog. It is an update on 5 key topics that are making headlines on the weekend before the COP 15 global climate change summit begins.
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4th Dec 2009 by Alex Briggs
Today’s link is to the latest Lloyd’s Register Copenhagen Blog post. Today’s topic is the Marine sector and COP 15, with Dr Anne-Marie Warris the blogger.
3rd Dec 2009 by Alex Briggs
Today’s link is to Dr Anne-Marie Warris’ second post on the Lloyd’s Register COP 15 blog. This post takes a look at the debate between scientists and public opinion polls.
2nd Dec 2009 by Alex Briggs
Today’s link is to Nicholas Brown’s blog post on the progress being made in the shipping sector on climate change issues.
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