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Staying on course in a tougher climate
Concerns over climate change have not been at the forefront of most chief executives' minds in recent weeks: the financial crisis and economic downturn have eclipsed all other issues. While managers are worried about whether their businesses are sustainable economically, the question of whether they are sustainable environmentally seems less pressing.
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Putting your money on thinking for the future
As financial institutions and markets crash around us, I am frequently being asked whether global business can sustain its actions for a greener, more inclusive and economically rational world. Surely, some have asked, the focus of business is elsewhere right now?
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Fisheries losing $50 billion a year: World Bank
As more and more fishermen chase fewer and fewer fish, $50 billion is lost each year in potential economic benefits to the fishing industry, a report released Wednesday said.
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ESG investor initiatives to merge
The UN Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) is to amalgamate with the Enhanced Analytics Initiative, opening up the latter's research on ‘extra-financial issues' to a wider audience.
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Social networks – Online users too revealing
Online social networks such as Facebook, LinkedIn and MySpace attract millions of users, who each reveal vast amounts of personal data to become members. Names, contact details, gender, sexual preferences, political and religious opinions, education and employment history are routinely made available by members – at their own risk – online.
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Convention too little, too late
The International Maritime Organization says "substantial progress" has been made towards an international convention for the safe and environmentally sound recycling of ships, though key issues such as beaching have been kicked into touch.
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Chirping well
It is five years since the Confidential Hazardous Incident Reporting Programme was initiated. It was the 'marinisation' of a system which worked well in aviation, where people were encouraged to report hazardous incidents, rather than sweep them under the carpet, or pretend they hadn't happened.
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Forest CO2 storage plans should aid poor-alliance
Forest protection can help fight climate change but any U.N.-led projects must also ease poverty and safeguard rights of indigenous peoples, an international alliance said on Wednesday.
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Economics to bolster case to protect nature -IUCN
Worsening damage to nature is jolting the world into doing more to protect animals and plants and new economic arguments will bolster the case for action, the head of a global conservation network said.
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New E-Tools Help Planners Pick Green Meeting Places
Event management and consulting firm Meeting Strategies Worldwide is offering two online tools to help planners select meeting sites based on the eco-friendliness of prospective locations and the estimated carbon emissions resulting from air travel.
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