Posts Tagged ‘Corporate Sustainability’
Europe Going Green”er”. Wake up USA!
In the past few weeks, Europe announced a slew of proposals on improving the efficiency of:
- Buildings, applicances and transportation
- Phasing out incandescent light bulbs
- Wasteful water pumps
- Power adapters that connect devices like laptop computers, modems and cordless phones to wall sockets – The enhanced performance standards for external power supplies means the E.U. could save enough electricity by 2020 to power Lithuania for a year. (Wow!)
What are we in the US doing?
- We still don’t have recycle bins in most public places – malls, airports, offices, starbucks (hello?). We have seen these all over Europe.
- Many cities/towns are still not recycling
- Most of our office buildings leave their lights ON all night. What exactly is the justification for that? Can technology not solve it?
Wake up, USA.
6 Thomas Friedman Videos related to Hot, Flat and Crowded
From the Aspen Ideas Festival
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
From David Letterman
At Brandeis University
Time Magazine Interview
BT Group – 2008 Dow Jones Sustainability Report
Enclosed is the 2008 Corporate Sustainability Report for BT Group. This report gives a great idea of how Dow Jones calculates Sustainability.
While you may or may not agree with this report and its methodology, it is a great indicator of how companies are making changes to “look” better or “be” better
MORE REPORTS TO COME
