The State of CSR in Australia and New Zealand Annual Review 2014 examines Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) capabilities and performance. It finds that, despite awareness, the implementation of CSR is still markedly slow.
The Business of Sustainability helps to guide professional services businesses of all sizes and disciplines, at any stage of their journey, towards a more sustainable business. It deliberately focuses on professional services firms whether legal, accounting, finance, management, consulting or …
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Integrating biodiversity into local plans and actions offers many opportunities for local sustainable development. The main goal of the EU Local Skills for Biodiversity Project is to improve the knowledge, skills and competences of local staff to integrate conservation and …
The SURF Framework for a Sustainable Economy moves beyond the triple-bottom-line approach to sustainable development to place emphasis on the quadruple bottom line. As a result of analyzing the on-the-ground reality of attempting to transform products and services for sustainable …
The Sustainability labels on food products: Consumer motivation, understanding and use study investigates the relationship between consumer motivation, understanding and use of sustainability labels on food products (both environmental and ethical labels). The results imply that sustainability labels currently do …
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With cities having an essential role in the creation of a sustainable future, the UN has launched The City We Need, a document outlining the vision of a city for the 21st century. Is a consensus document of the World …
The fifth edition of Your Home – Australia’s guide to environmentally sustainable homes is now available. It has been produced by the Australian Government in partnership with the building and design industry to provide comprehensive, expert and independent advice to …
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Australia’s multi-billion dollar commercial real estate and property sector is failing to meet even modest sustainability benchmarks, according to new research released by policy network Catalyst Australia. There are four clear leaders in the sector – Stockland, GPT Group, Dexus …
The Sustainable Organization Library (SOL) is an online library of around 8000 book chapters, case studies and research papers drawn from nearly 600 books and journal issues, focused on sustainability and social responsibility. Each item is individually tagged with its …
The accepted view that the Rapa Nui, the ancient inhabitants of Easter Island, degraded their environment so much that they destroyed its ability to provide for them now appears to be wrong. New research discussed in the COSMOS article Collapse …
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