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The Global road-building explosion is shattering nature
We are living in the most explosive era of road and infrastructure expansion in human history. Road building--and the Pandora's box of environmental changes it brings to forests and other …
The Global Sustainable Competitiveness Index 2016
Scandinavia tops the Global Sustainable Competitiveness Index 2016; Germany ranked 14, Japan 15, UK 21, US only 32, China 37
How to demonstrate the value of sustainable business to investors
Corporate responsibility (CR) has grown at a rapid pace in the past two decades. More companies are taking action and reporting on their social, environmental and economic performance. Investors are …
Smart Water Roundtable 2016
Against the backdrop of a shake-up in water supply and nascent technologies, how can governments and the water industry bridge the supply-demand gap and deploy systems to meet social needs …
Renewables 2016 Global Status Report
Read the most comprehensive annual overview of the state of renewable energy and find out why renewables are now firmly established as competitive, mainstream sources of energy in many countries …
Advancing the Sustainable Development Goals: Business action and millennial's perspective
New research by Corporate Citizenship reveals that although business awareness of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals has increased in the past year, tangible action to address the Global Goals …
Planning for environmental sustainability improvements
One of the major issues companies face in driving environmental sustainability is the lack of focus. To overcome this issue, we propose a methodology based on the concept of eco-efficiency …
Only 4 per cent of enterprises report reaping benefits from implementation of IoT solutions
Enterprise IoT Business Potential – A lot of big numbers being thrown around, but where are the real opportunities?
The 2016 Sustainability Leaders - A GlobeScan / SustainAbility survey
For SustainAbility and GlobeScan's annual Sustainability Leaders Survey, we asked over 900 expert stakeholders representing business, government, NGOs and academia across 84 countries to evaluate the progress that institutions have …
The Top 10 global cities for green buildings
This white paper ranks the performance of 10 global cities: Beijing, Dubai, Hong Kong, London, New York, Paris, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, and Tokyo (in no particular order), with regards to …
Turning collective commitment into action: Consumer Goods Forum progress towards zero deforestation
In 2010, acting on behalf of its more than 400 member companies worldwide, the board of the Consumer Goods Forum agreed a resolution on deforestation with the aim of achieving …
The Smart Villages Initiative: interim review of findings
The Smart Villages Initiative brings together key players—entrepreneurs, scientists and engineers, villagers, NGOs, financiers, civil society and development organisations, policymakers, and regulators—from the frontline of delivering off-grid energy for development …
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