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Toyota Motor Europe hosts Roads to Respect Safety Camp in Brussels
Twenty-five young engineering students have paid a visit to the Toyota Motor Europe (TME) headquarters in Brussels as part of a five-day Roads to Respect (R2R) Safety Camp. During the visit on 30 September, the engineers - from six different European countries, took part in awards ceremony which recognised the three most successful students from 2008. One of the key activities of the R2R programme is the five-day Safety Camp in Brussels where the students learn more about identifying and managing high-risk sites and road-safety campaigning… Read more
07 October 2009
Making mobile phones greener
As stakeholders and governments are striving to lessen the environmental impact of mobile phones, mobile phone producers are moving to meet the demands of an eco-conscious society. Market research organisation Gartner estimates 1.22 billion handsets were sold in 2008 and mobile phone manufacturers are now introducing models which reduce their environmental impact. The European Commission Integrated Product Policy (IPP) pilot project on mobile phones evaluated the environmental impact of mobile phones throughout their life cycle… Read more
07 October 2009
Brussels seeks rise in green research
Europe will fail to meet its climate change goals and risks falling behind in green technology unless governments spend an extra €50bn on research over the next decade, according to a European Commission proposal to be released today. The Commission will call on member states to increase funding from €3bn to €8bn ($12bn, £7bn) a year to hasten technological breakthroughs and ensure that European companies do not lose out to competitors elsewhere in a burgeoning industry. Read more (Financial Times)
07 October 2009
Orange partnering the Diversity Corner at the 2009 Women’s Forum
This year, Orange is involved in creating the Diversity Club, which will bring together the businesses that are most committed to promoting Diversity. This Club aims to showcase market best practices and identify their key success factors in order to distribute them as widely as possible for the benefit of all society. "This new Diversity Club is making it possible to capitalize on women's perceptions, ideas and drive to promote gender parity and diversity in general within businesses. The talented individuals assembled for the Women's Forum make up a very privileged audience for embarking on this initiative", confirms Laurent Depond, head of diversity for Orange… Read more
07 October 2009
4th Annual barometer on Sustainable Development carried out among La Poste employees
The results of this year's Annual Barometer on Sustainable Devlopment shows higher priority for sustainable development actions than last year. For example, the issue of gender equality is a priority for 92% of La Poste employees. Recruitment of more disabled people was considered priority by 82% of the surveyed. Other priority areas included fuel savings and reducing pollution derived from transport (88% respectively), investing in electric vehicles (79%) and using less paper (87%).Sustainable development actions are already implemented in many workplaces and 65% state that they are well informed about the actions and projects of La Poste in regard to sustainable development… Read more
05 October 2009
URBACT launches new website to raise public awareness
The European exchange programme for sustainable urban development is launching a new benchmark website. The aim of this European exchange programme, is to enable cities to work together to develop responses to major urban challenges. Targeted at all city stakeholders, including experts and researchers, elected politicians and citizens, the objective of the website is to provide a communal space which sets the benchmark in terms of sustainable urban development. This bilingual website offers collaborative and individually tailored tools with the aim of enhancing coordination between the URBACT community of cities… Read more
05 October 2009
Accor Hotel Group tops the first Tomorrow’s Value Rating
Accor has topped the first Tomorrow's Value Rating of the world's ten largest hotel groups. Accor has not only recognised key sustainability challenges facing the hotels sector, says the new research, but has also designed a comprehensive approach to managing them. Researched and produced by Two Tomorrows, the leading sustainability consultancy, the Tomorrow's Value Rating assesses companies on how well they manage their most pressing social and environmental issues. The new Rating aims to further the debate on sustainable business, and identify best practices, by examining the largest companies in globally important industries… Read more
02 October 2009
Germany’s renewables support under threat
Germany's incoming government has signalled that it is to extend the life of nuclear power plants and tighten the country's generous renewable energy subsidy law (the EEG). While the junior coalition partner, the business-orientated Free Democrats (FDP), has moderated more radical plans for reforming the EEG, it wants more stringent EEG reviews, to be carried out every two instead of four years. It also wants road transport and the heating sectors to be drawn into the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). Read more (Environmental Finance)
02 October 2009
US Chamber of Commerce in divide over climate change
The issue of global warming and associated legislation is creating a serious rift between the US Chamber of Commerce and major American companies, which favour legislation that would limit carbon dioxide emissions. On 28 September, Exelon Corp announced it would not renew its membership in the Chamber, a decision that was preceded by California utility PG&E Corp and PNM Resources Inc. Even Nike Inc was close to leaving the Chamber, and expressed criticism against the Chambers challenge of the US Environmental Protection Agency's authority to regulate climate-warming carbon dioxide emissions as pollution… Read more
01 October 2009
Promoting CSR in public procurement – European perspectives
New report from CSR Europe provides an in-depth analysis of the state of Sustainable Public Procurement in Europe. Public procurement spending amounts to as much as 16% of the EU's gross domestic product - a sum equivalent to the GDP of Germany - and governments in Europe are increasingly looking to leverage this spending to further promote corporate social responsibility. The European Commission together with member states are increasingly involved in assessing the processes and benefits of Green Public Procurement on Europe's economy and society… Read more
01 October 2009
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