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  • The Inescapability of Traceability

    Is Big Oil Next?

    05 Dec 2011 – Report

    Growing interest in supply chain traceability is set to become a major aspect of corporate sustainability - and is likely to affect an unsuspecting oil industry.

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  • Survey on Key Challenges and Industry Performance

    Results from The Sustainability Survey

    19 Sep 2011 – Report

    What are the most urgent challenges facing society today? And which of 17 industry sectors are doing the most effective job of managing the most urgent challenges?

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  • The Future of Energy

    Findings from The Sustainability Survey

    08 Jun 2011 – Audio/Video

    Jeff Erikson interprets the latest survey on the future of energy – examining how governments will proceed, how experts perceive nuclear and what role energy will play in corporate sustainability strategies in the wake of Fukushima Daiichi.

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  • Urbanization and Megacities in Emerging Economies

    Findings from The Sustainability Survey

    10 Feb 2011 – Audio/Video

    GlobeScan and SustainAbility surveyed sustainability experts and practitioners to explore how the rise in urbanization and the growth of megacities, particularly in emerging economies, will impact the corporate sustainability agenda.

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  • Issue Brief: Distributed Generation

    Taking Control of the Power

    10 Aug 2010 – Article

    Recent changes in technology and regulations, and an increasing concern over the environmental impacts of large-scale power plants, have driven new interest – and investment – in distributed generation.

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  • Two Degrees Is Too Much

    08 Oct 2009 – Article

    With the clock ticking as we approach COP 15 in Copenhagen, Gary Kendall explains why the 2°C threshold for dangerous climate change is so important.

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  • Peak Oil: Why $40 Per Barrel Is No Cause for Complacency

    22 Feb 2009 – Article

    Gary Kendall, Executive Director of SustainAbility, and David Strahan, author of The Last Oil Shock, on why peak oil still deserves attention even as global oil prices retreat due to recession.

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  • Switch to the Fast Lane (Director)

    31 Dec 2008 – Article

    Today's business students set tomorrow's ground rules.

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  • Gore and Obama Compete for JFK's Mantle (Nikkei Ecology)

    19 Aug 2008 – Article

    In the wake of two powerful speeches, American politicians Al Gore – the former Vice-President – and Senator Barack Obama – this year's Democratic presidential nominee – have both been compared to President John F. Kennedy.

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  • EDF: Is Nuclear Really an Economic Option? (Nikkei Ecology)

    10 Jun 2008 – Article

    Electricité de France (EDF), the French leader in nuclear electricity generation, has announced a “global nuclear renaissance”.

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  • Issue Brief: China

    New landscapes

    18 Dec 2007 – Article

    China is a populous country of diverse cultures and regions undergoing monumental change. The pace of change is so rapid that tensions and instability are inevitable. For each of modern China’s many achievements, there are complex trade-offs.

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  • Suncor: The Dinosaur That Wants to Be a Mammal (Nikkei Ecology)

    Suncor Energy, which pioneered development of the oil sands, greatly reduces environmental impact through its new technology

    07 Oct 2007 – Article

    In its latest sustainability report, Suncor invites stakeholders to take a closer look at its operations and performance. We should accept the invitation.

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  • The Colour of Money (Época Negócios)

    26 Sep 2007 – Article

    Given the way in which the investment world is evolving in the US and EU, with huge volumes of money flowing to hedge funds and private equity groups, is this a sign that such actors could become more interested in greener money?

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  • Goldman Sachs: The Colour of Money (Nikkei Ecology)

    One of the world’s wealthiest firms aims to green investment banking

    03 Jul 2007 – Article

    How Goldman Sachs' growing involvement in environmental, social and governance issues signals powerfully that other financial institutions will need to move.

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  • General Electric Reimagines Its Future (Nikkei Ecology)

    General Electric supports environmental efforts with its leading-edge technology under its “ecomagination” initiative

    09 Jun 2007 – Article

    How GE's ecomagination initiative signals the growing shift from corporate citizenship strategies to innovation-led entrepreneurial strategies in some of the world’s most successful companies.

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