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Dow building insulation products achieve Cradle To Cradle® certification
Dow Building Solutions has completed a rigorous, external assessment of its building insulation products conducted by MBDC (McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry, LLC), a global sustainability consulting and product certification firm. Many of Dow's building insulation products achieved Cradle to Cradle® Certification, a process that assesses products for their ingredients' human health, environmental health and recyclability profiles. "We chose the Cradle to Cradle Certification process, because it is recognized as one of the most comprehensive product evaluations across a broad spectrum of criteria," said Scott Young, global director of Energy Efficiency and Sustainability for Dow Building Solutions… Read more
21 January 2010
European year to combat poverty launched in Madrid
The European Commission and Spanish EU Presidency has launched the 2010 European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion under the slogan 'Stop Poverty Now!' at an event in Madrid on 21 January. Recent EU statistics indicate that 17% of people across the EU (almost 80 million Europeans) currently live below the poverty threshold. This alarming fact resonates strongly with European citizens, a recent Eurobarometer survey on attitudes to poverty revealed. Read more (EurActiv)
21 January 2010
Greens embrace enzymes in climate change fight
Industrial biotechnology is gaining supporters among environmentalists as a way to make significant cuts in greenhouse-gas emissions and eventually move to a society free from fossil fuels. The lofty idea behind industrial, or white, biotechnology is to use nature's own ingredients to solve industrial problems. White biotech industries use enzymes - proteins that speed up chemical reactions - for various applications to increase efficiency of energy and raw-material use and eventually replace fossil fuels. Read more (EurActiv)
21 January 2010
Accountability Rating 2009: continuing improvment for the TITAN Group
For the second year in succession TITAN has been placed first in the annual corporate accountability ratings - Accountability Rating Greece 2009. This year the Group was awarded a total score of 64.3, up 4.3 on last year's rating of 60. Accountability Rating employs an evaluation system of 170 different criteria in its examination of data published by companies and available to all interested parties. The Accountability Rating system currently reviews companies in ten different countries, measuring the extent to which their major companies incorporate responsible practices at the heart of their business activities… Read more
21 January 2010
Global distinction for TITAN Group
TITAN Group was ranked number 1 in Europe and 8th in the world for 2009 in the prestigious "Top Company for Leaders" study, receiving an honouring global distinction regarding the development of human capital and leadership competencies. This ranking is the outcome of one of the most comprehensive study of organizational leadership in the world, conducted by Hewitt Associates. More than 500 global companies were surveyed this year in search of the top businesses at attracting, retaining, and nurturing talent… Read more
21 January 2010
Vodafone Qatar and Alcatel-Lucent launch the first “green” mobile base station in Qatar
Vodafone Qatar and Alcatel-Lucent has announced the deployment of the first hybrid powered Base Station in Qatar, using an integration of solar and wind energy. This initiative is part of a wider green technology program led by Vodafone Group to deploy green energy sources in all of its affiliates worldwide. "As the first hybrid solution in Qatar to make use of both wind and solar energy, this achievement increases the availability and quality of mobile services to the end customer, while reducing the impact on the environment," said Jenny Howe, CTO of Vodafone Qatar… Read more
21 January 2010
Member companies contribute to relief efforts in Haiti
The 7.0-magnitude earthquake that struck the Republic of Haiti on Tuesday 12 January is the most powerful to hit the island nation in a century. The Haitian ambassador to the United States called it a catastrophe for the Western Hemisphere's poorest nation, and the country's authorities recorded as many as 70,000 deaths in the first week. Following the earthquake, governments and individuals around the globe are donating money to aid the people of Haiti. Equally, companies are making substantive efforts to help the country and its population, and CSR Europe's corporate members are no exceptions… Read more
20 January 2010
Investors call on governments to act on climate change Now
Arguing that “investors, businesses, and governments cannot wait for a global treaty before taking action,” investor groups representing $13 trillion in assets met at the UN in January, and released the Investor Statement on Catalyzing Investment in a Low-Carbon Economy, which details steps to take to encourage investor participation in a low-carbon economy. The Investor Summit on Climate Risk was presented at the UN by the Investor Network on Climate Risk (INCR), a project coordinated by Ceres. Read more (Social Funds)
20 January 2010
Take a break, it could save your life
Office workers beware: long periods of sitting at your desk may be a killer. Scientists have identified a new threat from our sedentary lifestyles that they call "muscular inactivity". Sitting still for long periods of time leads to the build up of substances in the blood that are harmful to health. And exercise alone won't shift them. In addition to regular exercise, office workers need to keep moving while they work, by making regular trips to the printer, coffee machine or to chat with colleagues. Read more (Independent)
20 January 2010
Survey highlights 'crisis of ethics'
More than two thirds of people believe the current economic crisis is also a crisis of ethics and values, according to a World Economic Forum (WEF) opinion poll. The survey, based on 130,000 Facebook members from ten G20 economies, also found that only a quarter of people believe that large, multi-national companies have a "values-driven" approach to their sectors. The proportion rose to 40pc for small and medium-sized businesses. Half of respondents believed that universal values exist. Read more (Telegraph)
20 January 2010
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