EMG CEO has chaired Qatar CSR 2013 and was also presenting at a similar conference in Jeddah, CSR Saudi Arabia 2013. Daan will also be the Chairman for the flagship sustainability summit CSR Dubai 2014, now in its 11th year. Participants at Qatar CSR Conference 2013, chaired by EMG, tackled one of the big questions for…
The C2C Innovation Celebration Celebration took place on 15 November at the IAC headquarters in New York City. This prestigious event was organized by the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute to honour leaders and present the winners of the Cradle to Cradle Product Innovation Challenge with a shared cash prize of 250,000 USD. Together…
At the British parliament on Tuesday 5th November, the Institute of Environmental Management & Assessment (IEMA) launched its ‘Skills for a Sustainable Economy’ initiative to mainstream environmental skills across the economy with the support of like-minded leading organisations As one of UK’s ‘200 leading names from business and politics’, EMG was invited to attend the…
Formed in 1969, HLB International is a world-wide network of independent professional accounting firms and business advisers. The network comprises member firms in over 100 countries who, collectively, have 1,750 partners plus 14,000 staff in 480 offices. Member firms provide clients with a comprehensive and personal service relating to auditing, taxation, accounting and business and…
On 15, 16 and 17 October, the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute trained organizations from Belgium, Switzerland, Spain, Turkey, Brazil, the Netherlands and the UK to become the latest accredited assessment bodies authorized to analyze and assess products on Cradle to Cradle Certified quality. Held at the institute’s European training centre in Venlo, the Netherlands, accrediting these…
CSR Qatar 2013, the prominent sustainability summit on 24 and 25 November in Doha, Qatar, is to be chaired by the founder of the Anglo-Dutch sustainability firm EMG. Just days after a major international study commissioned by the UN Global Compact revealed that already one in three CEOs are actively seeking to employ circular economy…
Sustainable Development in China is here to help senior executives quickly get an overview of the strategic challenges and opportunities regarding CSR. This 23-page summary comes from preliminary research carried out in the course of a larger project on the 12th Five Year Plan for the European Commission by our senior consultant for China projects,…
“The Arabs have traditionally been experts at resource conservation. When you live in the desert, you respect the few oases that you have; you use your water responsibly, you treat your flora and fauna well. But a growing city, with oil-wealth impacting every aspect of its life, changes things; which is why I felt that…
Circular Economy – Resource Revolution Awards Panel Debate: The relevance of the circular economy, and its closed loop and Cradle-to-Cradle affiliates, is becoming increasingly pervasive across industries and governments. Concerns over the volatility, cost and environmental impact surrounding resource security have never been higher and many are showing an interest in the move from a…
In 2008, EMG became the world’s first CSR firm with Certified Cradle to Cradle consultants for the marketing of Cradle to Cradle®, the closed loop/ circular economy model developed by William McDonough and Prof. Michael Braungart. Certified Cradle to Cradle consultants on positioning Here is an overview created by our Certified Cradle to Cradle consultants…
EMG article featured in PSS Magazine – the official magazine of the Public Sector Sustainability Association. Modern ‘energy from waste’ plants are able to reduce the volume of the original waste by up to 95-96%, depending upon its composition and the extent to which recyclable materials, such as metals, can be recovered from the ash….
