'Business' has to made sustainable - but how is the transformation to be achieved? Finn Jackson reviews a key book on the topic - but finds that amid the checklists of criteria, the authors have somehow missed the point of it all.
… Making Sustainability Work Finn Jackson | 14th March … business in the world, it would not solve the sustainability crisis. Let me start with what … done in real life situations to address their sustainability issues. Dropped into the text …
Global mining giant Rio Tinto markets itself as a 'sustainable company', writes Kemal Özkan. But serious failures in its reporting, and its attempt to hold an Australian indigenous group to ransom, reveal a very different truth: the company is driven by a reckless pursuit of profit at any cost.
… | 30th July 2014 News Mining Corporations Sustainability Australia Indigenous Peoples … is demanding that Rio Tinto live up to its sustainability claims. Rio Tinto subsidiary, … be safely closed and rehabilitated ... ". RT: sustainability 'supporting our license to …
We must accept the reality that human beings, nature and cosmos are interconnected in a vast circular system, writes Jane Cull. To sustain ourselves on this planet, we must sustain the web of life of which we are part, and construct another kind of world that based on that understanding.
… Circularity of Life: An Essential Shift for Sustainability ' by Jane Cull. This article is … Circularity of Life: An Essential Shift for Sustainability '. Jane Cull is the Founder and …
Interface's sustainability model shows how large industrial companies can slash their carbon emissions and other environmental impacts without compromising profitability, reports Sophie Morlin-Yron. The key is to aim high!
… Carpet giant Interface goes for 'sustainability gold' Sophie Morlin-Yron | 27th … Energy fishing-net-cut.jpg Interface's sustainability model shows how large … high! Business leaders who claim profit and sustainability don't go together may have to …
The Maldives, a vast republic of scattered islands in the Indian Ocean, has worked hard to make its fisheries among the world's most sustainable, writes Tony Juniper. But now the EU has slapped a 20% levy on its fish exports due to human rights concerns - a move that mainly hits poor fisherfolk innocent of any wrongdoing.
… Human rights vs sustainability? EU must not attack Maldives … story, of a country walking the talk on sustainability and looking after its … to prioritize same sex marriage over the sustainability of fishing, a sector of vital …
Who and what are biofuel sustainability standards designed to benefit? They are meant to safeguard forests and communities, writes Almuth Ernsting - but their real purpose is to protect the biofuel industry ...
… Biofuel and biomass 'sustainability standards' are pure greenwash … Who and what are biofuel sustainability standards designed to benefit? … is to protect the biofuel industry ... Sustainability standards are our Government's …
There is no better time to put the 'green' into building than at the outset of the design phase, writes Ryan Kohn. And to get it there we need to raise awareness of sustainable technologies, and offer incentives, rather than loop-holes, for developers. Buyers too must learn to appreciate the long term value of green ... and demand the highest standards.
… the appeal of a home with built-in sustainability will too reach far beyond the … a balance between practicality, style and sustainability. This message needs to be …
Farming should not only sustain people with healthy food, writes Jigmi Y. Thinley. If humans are to survive on Earth, it must also revitalise nature and sustain vital planetary systems, instead of poisoning and over-exploiting them. And to do that farming must be organic.
… But from the perspective of food security and sustainability, there is no choice. The simple …
Hunter Lovins is on a mission, writes Sophie Morlin-Yron: to put the transformational technologies we already have to work for the benefit of people and business - and to re-create the economy so it's no longer a machine for polluting the planet and devouring natural resources, but a mechanism for building and sustaining natural and human capital.
… on a god damn airplane!" Lovins has been in sustainability since 1972. She has won numerous awards, such as the European Sustainability Pioneer award and the Right … went on vacation?" she asks the audience of sustainability professionals from around the …
The True Cost Accounting in Food and Farming conference was remarkable - star speakers ... fine food, drink and music ... even an impromptu Panto performance. In short, writes Sharon Garfinkel, it was an inspiration to all who attended.
Sustainable food is excellent food! Sharon Garfinkel | 3rd January 2014 Reviews Food Farming Economics farmers-market.png The True Cost Accounting in Food and Farming conference was remarkable - star …
Three very different sustainable energy projects from India are among the finalists in this year's Ashden Awards, writes Chhavi Sharma - all of them inspiring and showing this vast country the way to a clean, secure, affordable energy future for all.
… throughout the world, Infosys is a leader in sustainability in India. Working on the design …
To reduce the pressure on the world's productive land and to help assure long-term food security, writes Herbert Girardet, city people are well advised to revive urban or peri-urban agriculture. While large cities will always have to import some food, local food growing is a key component of sustainable urban living.
… 2014 Ethical Living Food Farming Cities Sustainability … in urban areas. At the heart of urban sustainability Urban agriculture is an … important aspect of the wider issue of urban sustainability, by being able to supply food …
Nobel's choice of prizes addressed the key disciplines of his time that conferred greatest benefit on mankind, writes James Dyke. To his initial selection an economics prize was later added - so what's to stop us adding a new one for sustainability - how mankind can live in harmony with planet Earth and all who sail on her?
… prize James Dyke | 8th October 2014 Comment Sustainability penan-foe-cut.jpg A Nobel Prize … - so what's to stop us adding a new one for sustainability - how mankind can live in … has previously made awards within the area of sustainability - most famously the 2007 peace …
To achieve true sustainability, ecological movements across Europe must push for independence from an EU ideologically locked into a neoliberal 'free trade' agenda wedded to endless economic growth, writes David Acunzo.
… Want sustainability? Start by leaving the EU David Acunzo | 31st January 2014 Comment EU Sustainability Economics Politics euro-parl.png To achieve true sustainability, ecological movements across …
Ecover refutes allegations that it has been using 'synthetic biology' to make soap ingredients from algae. On the contrary, write Tom Domen & Dirk Develter, it's just old fashioned fermentation, and the company remains at the forefront of sustainability and responsible practice.
… and the company remains at the forefront of sustainability and responsible practice. On …
Green growth is a myth, writes André Reichel, because it ignores the social, political and personal dimensions of sustainability. Instead we must plan for economic 'de-growth' - and go for growth only in the areas that really matter, like culture, learning and joy.
… social, political and personal dimensions of sustainability. Instead we must plan for … social, political and personal dimensions of sustainability, it can never cut deep enough … a research fellow at the European Center for Sustainability Research at Zeppelin University …
You can actually be better off, healthier and happier with less consumption, says Munasinghe. And it's not just rich countries that need to change, he told Noah Sachs - poor countries too must develop sustainably, or the Earth's resources will simply run out.
Confronting consumption: an interview with Mohan Munasinghe Noah M. Sachs | 23rd May 2014 Comment Consumerism Development Climate Change Economics mohan-munasinghe-2.jpg You can actually be better …
The proposed structure of Juncker's new European Commission sidelines sustainability issues and risks undoing years of environmental legislation. The European Parliament must now block his deregulatory assault on the EU’s climate, energy, biodiversity, pollution, chemicals and environmental health policies.
… Juncker's new European Commission sidelines sustainability issues and risks undoing years … demand to: 1. Establish a Vice-President for Sustainability coordinating the environment, … of the objectives of the REACH Regulation. Sustainability has disappeared from EU …
Australia's Labor scored a big win in Victoria's election this weekend - and with the party's 'green' policies that's potentially good news for the state's exploited forests. Now's the time to keep campaigning for the early creation of a Great Forest National Park.
… Here are their pledges in full: Ecological sustainability "Labor recognises the intrinsic … and provide management which ensures sustainability of the environment, protection …
Campaigning has never been so easy - sign an Avaaz petition here, send an email there ... and the world is soon put to rights, no? No, writes Paul Mobbs. We must examine the impacts and implications of our e-life, from climate change to corporate dominance, and take control of the technologies we increasingly depend on.
… you become involved in its operation. For sustainability, we need open standards and … open source The bottom line of technological sustainability is the ability of a system to …
Everyone loves family farming! And so they should, writes Holly Creighton-Hird, as family farms produce most of the world's food. But the UK Government has a funny way of showing it - favouring corporate agriculture and eliminating farm payments for small land holdings. It's up to us, the public, to support small, high welfare producers.
The future of family farming is in our hands Holly Creighton-Hird | 19th October 2014 Activism Farming UK Society pig-pledge-bellair-haye-cut.jpg Everyone loves family farming! And so they should, …
Taking place in the run up to Bristol's year as Green Capital 2015, this groundbreaking spiritual ecology conference calls for Consciousness Revolution.
Future NOW Will Gethin | 8th November 2014 News Event Spiritual Ecology Satish Kumar Consciousness futurenow-satish&peter.jpg Taking place in the run up to Bristol's year as Green Capital 2015, this …
In BC, Canada, a surge in trophy hunting may be reducing Grizzly bear populations, writes Anna Taylor. A new study finds evidence of serious Grizzly bear 'overkill' from multiple causes of mortality - in which trophy hunting is a big contributor.
… bear parts in 2002 due to their concerns over sustainability. Hunting quotas should be … in Alaska, hunts have been closed due to sustainability concerns. In BC there has been …
Liberia's Jogbahn Clan is at the forefront of efforts to resist the grab of Indigenous Peoples' land and forests for palm oil plantations. But according to the country's President, they are only 'harrassing and extorting' international investors.
… inclusive economic growth, environmental sustainability and long-term poverty …