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Recent Featured ArticlesFeatured ArticlesApril 6, 2013 Proxy Access Proposals Move Forward
Source: James McRitchie, CorpGov.net
On March 26, 2012, SEC staff issued their decision on a request by iRobot (IRBT) to exclude my proxy access proposal from their proxy. Although similar proposals had survived no-action requests last year, IRB management held out... April 5, 2013 WHILE USA CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING CONTINUES TO RISE -- EXTERNAL ASSURANCE OF SUSTAINABILITY DATA LAGS GLOBAL TRENDS
Source: GRI’s US Data Partner; Governance & Accountability Institute
New York, NY– A report released by the Global Reporting Initiative’s (GRI) Focal Point USA examines the external assurance practices of US companies that use the GRI Guidelines. The analysis, conducted in collaboration with...[more] April 5, 2013 In Sign of Warming, 1,600 Years of Ice in Andes Melted in 25 Years
Source: NY Times
Glacial ice in the Peruvian Andes that took at least 1,600 years to form has melted in just 25 years, scientists reported Thursday, the latest indication that the recent spike in global temperatures has thrown the natural world... April 5, 2013 Offshore secrets revealed: the shadowy side of a booming industry
Source: Guardian.co.uk
The existence of an extraordinary global network of sham company directors, most of them British, can be revealed. The UK government claims such abuses were stamped out long ago, but a worldwide joint investigation by the... April 5, 2013 'Loose Cannon' Yellen as Fed Chief Scares Market: Janjuah
Source: CNBC
Global markets are riding a "high" on central bank money printing, but a change at the top of the Federal Reserve posed the biggest threat to the rally, Bob Janjuah, Nomura's uber-bearish strategist, told CNBC on Friday. Janjuah... April 5, 2013 Low Great Lakes water levels plague shipping, recreation
Source: USA Today
WASHINGTON — As the 2013 Great Lakes shipping season begins, the latest water levels forecast offers little encouragement for commercial carriers. Shippers should expect to encounter continued low water levels over the next six... April 4, 2013 It's still the economy, not the environment
Source: NBC News
A new Gallup poll finds that 48 percent of Americans think economic growth should be given priority even if the environment suffers somewhat. In contrast, 43 percent say the environment should get priority even at the risk of... April 4, 2013 Investors Lack Full Picture on CEO Pay - text/video
Source: CNBC
There needs to be more transparency in the way companies value the compensation of their chief executives, Christie Hefner, director at the Center for American Progress, told CNBC on Wednesday. April 4, 2013 Keystone XL Pipeline Poll Shows Two-Thirds Of Americans Support Controversial Project
Source: Huff Post
A recent poll conducted by the Pew Research Center shows that a majority of Americans support the Keystone XL pipeline. According to the nonpartisan group, 66 percent of Americans favor construction of the pipeline, which would... April 4, 2013 Twenty years on, corporate sustainability still lacking
Source: GreenBiz.com
After 20 years of rating corporate sustainability efforts, German-based oekom research has found that global giants have not been doing nearly enough in their commitments to sustainability. In its most recent annual report, oekom... April 3, 2013 IMF to Contribute 1 Billion Euros to Cyprus Rescue
Source: Bloomberg BusinessWeek
The International Monetary Fund will contribute about 1 billion euros ($1.3 billion) as part of a rescue program for Cyprus that aims to stabilize the nation’s banks and reduce public spending, IMF Managing Director Christine... April 3, 2013 More Focus Needed on the Americas
Source: Robert R. McMillan
Today, the international focus of the United States is on the Middle East with one eye consistently checking on The People’s Republic of China. Very little attention is ever given to the economies and the politics of the nations...[more] April 3, 2013 Deloitte Review points to growing importance of ESG research as a factor in risk management
Source: IW Financial.com
In the January issue of the Deloitte Review, two of the firm's top analysts launched into an in-depth discussion of how modern investors can make use of environmental, social and governance (ESG) research to conduct thorough risk... April 3, 2013 6 Reasons Your Sustainability Innovation Is Failing
Source: Environmental Leader
And here is the question I’m wrestling with: why is innovation not getting us closer to global sustainability? Climate change, water scarcity, and biodiversity loss—for all the brilliant advances in “green” processes, products,... April 2, 2013 Countdown To Climate Change: It's Only 297 Years Away!
Source: Forbes
Every several years, an acronym of federal climate poobahs produces a new “National Assessment” of climate change effects on the U.S. The latest one, by the National Climate Assessment and Development Advisory Committee (NCADAC)... April 2, 2013 China’s losing battle against state-backed polluters
Source: Reuters
When Zijin Mining Group threatened to move its headquarters some 270 kms from its home county of Shanghang to Xiamen on China’s southeast coast, a local Communist Party boss rushed to confront the company’s chairman Chen... April 2, 2013 Dumb Question: If Sustainability's So Great, Why Don’t Financial Types Mention It?
Source: Bloomberg
Can I ask you a dumb question? If sustainability is so important to business, and not just p.r., then why is it so rare for financial executives to tout sustainability goals and sustainability executives to tout financial goals?... April 2, 2013 Pharmaceutical pollution wreaks havoc on waters worldwide, say scientists
Source: Science Recorder
The authors concluded that this study is part of the growing body of evidence that suggests the U.S. should change the way it deals with waste water. April 1, 2013 Opponents attack EPA proposal requiring cleaner fuel, cars in the U.S.
Source: Washington Post
The oil industry and key Republicans criticized the Obama administration Friday for moving ahead with regulations requiring cleaner gasoline and lower-pollution vehicles nationwide, saying the measures would unduly burden... April 1, 2013 Spectra Energy Retreats on Methane Incident
Source: Mike Benard, featured commentator
Spectra Energy Corporation (NYSE:SE) was forced to backtrack on dismissive assertions it made about a nighttime incident at its huge natural gas compressor station in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, after persistent neighbors and a...[more] April 1, 2013 Collaboration key in the future of sustainability
Source: Sustainable Business Oregon
The future of sustainability, as both a commercial and practical concept, depends largely on businesses’ abilities to work with each other.And if responses to a question about the field’s evolution during a March 8 Portland... April 1, 2013 Drought Season's Early Start Presages Another Bleak Year
Source: Bloomberg
InsideClimateNews.org -- conditions in more than half of the United States have slipped into a pattern that climatologists say is uncomfortably similar to the most severe droughts in recent U.S. history, including the 1930s Dust... April 1, 2013 The 5 Commandments of Product Sustainability
Source: Environmental Leader
Products are undoubtedly the best medium for companies to both manage their sustainability performance from within their own organization and from without. Products are the avatars that encapsulate a business’ sense of social and... March 30, 2013 Insurance Industry Weathers Historic 2012 Disaster Losses
Source: Bloomberg
Natural catastrophes and human-induced disasters caused $186 billion in economic losses in 2012 and $77 billion in insured losses, making it the third-costliest year on record for insurers, according to a March 27 report by the... March 30, 2013 Misunderstanding of climate change concepts may be stalling global action, new study suggests
Source: Reuters
There is widespread confusion about the near-term benefits of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and that misunderstanding may be complicating the formidable task of reducing manmade global warming, argue two climate researchers... |
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