On Friday 1st August the Institute for Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA) held the first of a series of workshops in relation to its recent report on Sustainable Resource Management (SRM). The event, held at the ORT in London, was attended by approximately 40 IEMA professionals with an interest in Sustainable Resource Management including from…
“We have a very simple philosophy. Whatever we do – and this doesn’t just apply to CSR – anything that the company undertakes always has an internal standard of performance. And that’s the same no matter where we operate.” – said Markus Terho, Head of Sustainability, Nokia in an interview with Z. Davis. EMG spoke…
Although sustainable food production is in the category of large scale, complex and difficult global problems sometimes described as ‘wicked’, companies should see it as a source of opportunities and leverage it to drive innovation, argues Dr Richard Manlove of EMG CSR Consultancy and the Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership. Despite unacceptably high levels of…
Central to the new economic approach intended to assure China’s prosperity in future is the transition, already under way, from China as a producer of low-cost items to a new China determined to raise its technological level and become a manufacturer and supplier of high-tech goods to the world, or if not to the world,…
What makes Nokia interesting when it comes to sustainability is that this company has highly efficient manufacturing processes, and has supported its suppliers in this field in long-term agreements. Its supply chain is interlinked with all aspects of the company and its consumers, and it is this management of the supply chain which is considered…
Interview with Nigel Stansfield, Chief Innovations Officer, Interface. Can you tell us about the very beginning of your journey? Our journey started back in 1994, when our founder Ray Anderson had what he has often called an epiphany. Our key global customers had asked him what Interface’s response to sustainability concerns and issues was. Ray…
It’s been estimated that the buildings in which we live and work every day account for around 40% of the world’s energy usage. Clearly, any country that wants to get serious about sustainability has got to look at the role its built environment is playing in its overall infrastructure and the impact it will have…
