Best … sustainability … report … ever

From who else? LEGO. Not only is the Denmark-based company big on wind energy, but it aims to be 100-percent powered by renewables by 2020. It's put out annual updates on its sustainability progress since 2006, and its sustainability reports are probably the most fun, colorful and visually engaging around. Populated by minifigs -- those small moveable…

ByThe Global ViewMarch 2, 20120Comments

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Smart firms value real ‘green cred’

For many businesses, "green" is little more than a topical buzzword at management level. "Being green" is an attractive accolade, something to tell investors and customers to boost company image and add an aura of positivity to the products they purchase. In the eyes of many business leaders, being green or environmentally sustainable legitimises the…

ByThe Global ViewOctober 18, 20100Comments

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Top 5 firms for climate leadership

While the world's political leaders still can't hammer out a new global climate change agreement, some of the planet's top companies are wholeheartedly embracing the need for carbon emissions reductions. Among the five corporations scoring highest in the Carbon Disclosure Project's (CDP) latest rankings, released today, are Siemens, Deutsche Post, BASF, Bayer and Samsung Electronics. In his…

ByThe Global ViewSeptember 20, 20103Comments

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Sustainable business even more important in a down economy

An overwhelming majority of corporate CEOs -- 93 per cent -- believe sustainability will be critical to the future success of their companies, according to a survey released today by the United Nations Global Compact and Accenture. The largest-ever study on executives views about sustainability, the survey questioned 766 CEOs around the globe. Fifty of the…

ByThe Global ViewJune 22, 20100Comments

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Can business and sustainability mix? Summit aims for answers

How can businesses and sustainability efforts best work together to build a better future? That question will lie at the heart of a nine-day summit to be hosted by the Prince of Wales' Start initiative this fall. Being organised in partnership with IBM, the "Smarter Business for a Sustainable Future" summit is scheduled for 8 -…

ByThe Global ViewJune 1, 20100Comments

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Size matters: Long CSR reports win most green gongs

Longer corporate responsibility reports are more likely to win companies an environmental gong but they are still packed with greenwash and vague references to terminology such as 'sustainability'. These are the findings of a report, Environmental Reporting: Trends in FTSE 100 Sustainability Reports, by corporate consultancy Spada. The analysis of the most recent and publicly available corporate…

ByThe Global ViewNovember 20, 20080Comments

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How does Aviva insure its CSR on the environment?

Aviva's just put out its 2008 CSR report and, rather handily, it's even divided into sections so Greenbang can skip all the dull bits and just go straight to the bit marked 'environment'. Luckily for you, Greenbang's gone even further and just pulled out the good bits from that section. Maybe you could take it even…

ByThe Global ViewMay 29, 20080Comments

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2007: a green year for BP?

Are you familiar with the term cognitive dissonance? It's a ponced up equivalent of saying 'feeling a bit weird when you realise you should be thinking something other than what you're thinking'. Like when a politicians realises he actually is a machine for vomiting half-truths and bendy promises rather than a lovable public servant…

ByThe Global ViewMay 22, 20081Comment

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Dell, Ford net sustainability gongs

Greenbang's not one for prize-giving, mainly because the last time she picked up an accolade was a Blue Peter badge at aged eight. But she's feeling generous today, so she'll share the news of some winners in the world of sustainability for those currently wondering how to pep up their CSR reports. (Hint to CSR writers:…

ByThe Global ViewMay 6, 20080Comments

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Of bad CSR and biofuel-heating handouts

A bad corporate social responsibility report can be the enterprise equivalent of the push-up bra. To put it bluntly, it looks good from afar, but as soon as you take away the nice packaging, there's not really an awful lot to look at. Greenbang mentions this purely because the story she had originally intended to bring…

ByThe Global ViewApril 14, 20080Comments

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Best … sustainability … report … ever

Smart firms value real ‘green cred’

Top 5 firms for climate leadership

Sustainable business even more important in a down economy

Can business and sustainability mix? Summit aims for answers

Size matters: Long CSR reports win most green gongs

How does Aviva insure its CSR on the environment?

2007: a green year for BP?

Dell, Ford net sustainability gongs

Of bad CSR and biofuel-heating handouts

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