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Sustainability

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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Raising Our Game: Can We Sustain Globalization?

– 8th Apr 2008

This looks out to 2027 to examine future scenarios for the world’s sustainable 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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Corporate Social Responsibility increasingly key issue for firms

– 17th Mar 2008 by Raz Chaudary

How do Taiwanese companies support their CSR decision making?

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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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Duke Energy CEO to open Sustainable Manufacturing Summit

– 27th Feb 2008

Rogers is opening the two-day summit which focuses on how manufacturers can reduce their climate impact at every stage of the production process – from product design through to waste.

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Corporate Climate Response – Sustainable Manufacturing

Event: 8th Apr 2008 – 9th Apr 2008

Country: USA
City: Chicago
Event website: Corporate Climate Response – Sustainable Manufacturing Summit
Organized by Green Power Conferences this conference will contain sessions focusing on climate-friendly product development, operational response, and sustainable supply chains, this event covers carbon reduction at every stage of the manufacturing process.
Over 50 companies are speaking including representatives from Dell, GE, HP, Johnson [...]

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Wal Mart to pay more for sustainably sourced products

– 4th Feb 2008 by Alex Briggs

Lee Scott, CEO and President of CEO commented,

“The drive will see the retailer favour - and in some cases even pay more - for suppliers that meet our standards and share our commitment to quality and sustainability”.
“Paying more in the short term for quality will mean paying less in the long term as a company. Higher quality products will mean better value, fewer problems, fewer returns and greater trust with our customers,”

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CHR Hanson focuses on sustainability in new Environmental report

– 25th Jan 2008 by Alex Briggs

CHR Hanson has published their environmental report, with the focus being around sustainable business.
We need to improve our monitoring capacity further to ensure that our baseline measurements are correct and comparable,” the company stated.

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Sustainability in the Food Supply Chain: Hype or Trend?

– 25th Jan 2008 by Cor Groenveld

A roundtable discussion was recently organised by LRQA’s Netherlands office. The focus was on sustainability in the Food Supply Chain.
Here is a brief synopsis of the topics covered and the key points raised.

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