Sustainability Outlook

Pre-thinking Recycling: the New Eco-Consciousness

Consumers are becoming more selective on the products they purchase, opting to pare down and simplify their lives. The concept is to buy fewer products, and then to repurpose it as much as possible. Reducing its effect on environment and overflowing landfills.

Google and GE allies in quest for clean energy

Both the companies believe that their economic, environmental and security challenges require that they use electricity more efficiently, generate it from cleaner sources, and electrify their transportation fleet.

Building Biodiversity Business: Notes from the Cutting Edge

The energy giants may have found a way to turn the local environmental losses into a plus for biodiversity. Shell plans projects to preserve endangered species of turtles and sea-crows in parts of Emirates.

Wal-Mart to seek greener supply chain

Wal-Mart planning to set out a range of objectives for its Chinese retails operations, which will include targets such as reduction water and energy usage, reduction in packaging and developing more sustainable products. t

Coca-Cola Continues to Make Strides on Water, Recycling

Company has improved its water-efficiency by just over 20 percent, to the point where it now uses 2.47 liters of water to make a liter of one of its beverages. In the past year, the number continued to drop, with the company reporting a 2 percent improvement over last year's report.

Sustainability Reporting Grows Dramatically Among Multinationals

"More U.S. companies are beginning to see the link between profits and principles. Even in a difficult economy, we expect this trend to continue, as enhanced transparency and disclosure on non-financial matters will likely grow in importance" Eric Israel KPMG's advisory practice managing director, said in a statement.

"Green Bond" may be a solution to global credit crunch

After Europe now Canada pitching for "Green Bonds", the idea that Canadians could purchase tax free green bonds, and the money raised by the bonds issued would be devoted to infrastructure projects that promote deployment of renewable energy.

The power of we is greater than the power of me: Nokia

Nokia looking into different ways in which mobile technology can be further used to contribute to sustainable development. Nokia's environmental catalogue provides mobile services and applications for users