Sustainable Travel
By Irene Millar Making choices about sustainability is beginning to become part of our everyday lives and one of our favourite activities. Travel is no exception. Travel brings a sense of adventure, fun and freedom, and by traveling sustainably we are enhancing the opportunity for us and our children to be able to continue enjoying this activity... [Read more...]
Seventh Generation Goes for Sustainable Palm Oil
October 8, 2009 by admin
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Leading US brand of environmentally healthy household solutions, Seventh Generation, has announced a commitment to obtain 100% of the palm oil used in its products from certified sustainable sources by 2012. The company’s new initiative will support responsible producers while adding an important additional measure of renewability to its best-selling... [Read more...]
Thailand: Crown Relocations Combats Climate Change
October 6, 2009 by admin
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Crown Relocations UK, an international relocation and transportation specialist, plans to plant more than 2,200 trees in Thailand which will capture over 1,800 metric tons of carbon (equivalent to the annual CO2 emissions from nearly 125 UK households) to combat climate change. The programme, in collaboration with the Plant-A-Tree Today (PATT) Foundation,... [Read more...]
Social Investment Fund Set to Do Good in Low-Income Communities
October 5, 2009 by admin
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Living Cities and Green For All recently announced the Energy Efficiency Opportunity Fund after the closing session of the Clinton Global Initiative’s Annual Meeting. This groundbreaking fund will finance innovative efforts to retrofit homes, businesses and community facilities to achieve greater energy efficiency, while also creating jobs and cutting... [Read more...]
Corporate Social Responsibility Growing Stronger in Singapore
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has taken root in Singapore. To date, 240 organisations have adopted CSR and are working with a social conscience, while running a profitable business. The companies include large corporations, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), co-operatives, unions, federations and non-governmental organisations. The steady... [Read more...]
Study Finds CSR Not a Fad
A recent study by the Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship reveals that corporate social responsibility, or corporate citizenship as they call it, is clearly here to stay. The Center’s biennial State of Corporate Citizenship survey, conducted among 800 senior executives, indicates that the recession has deepened the integration of... [Read more...]
