A New Era of Sustainability
A New Era of Sustainability UN Global Compact–Accenture CEO Study 2010 Source: www.accenture.com Today’s CEOs are more committed than ever to creating a sustainable business. Yet the motivator is no longer just social responsibility; it’s now equally about achieving high performance measured in terms such as lower costs, stronger customer relationships and increased revenues. This […]
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Apple Greener, Nokia regains lead in electronics ranking
27 June 2007 (Ref:http://www.greenpeace.org/international/ new/ apple-greener-nokia-first-260607#) Chinese e-waste scrap yard, as seen through a monitor you might have owned once. The fourth edition of the Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics is out now. Apple moves up as a result of Steve Job’s “Greener Apple” pledge to phase out PVC and other chemicals from their product […]
Environmental Impacts-Global Warming and Climate Change
Are Google and other leading tech companies serious about addressing energy use, or is the new Climate Savers Computing Initiative a bit of greenwash? By Lisa Roner, North America Editor Google and Intel, a veritable who’s who of the computing world including Microsoft, IBM, Dell, HP and Lenovo, plus power company Pacific Gas and Electric, […]
Social Impacts
Asia shows ‘impressive’ drop in poverty, but inequality rises: U.N. July 2007, by Kyodo News (Ref: http://asia.news.yahoo.com/070701/kyodo/d8q423gg2) Asia has made impressive strides in reducing its rates of extreme poverty on the heels of rapid economic growth, but it is also facing rising inequalities within countries, according to an annual U.N. report. “Eastern and South-Eastern Asia […]
Indonesian NGOs and retailers form ‘green team’
By Jakarta Post: 3rd August 2007 Many apparel retailers and NGOs in Indonesia develop several collaboration on many green projects to help make this world green and be ready to tackle the globle warming and climate change and develop good biodiversity environment to the eco park. Read more
New UN handbook aims to help countries in Asia-Pacific respond to AIDS
Countries in the Asia-Pacific region received a new United Nations handbook that focuses on the role of human rights in responding to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Produced by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the Joint UN Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), the Handbook on HIV and Human Rights is designed to […]
Congratulations! Al Gore for Winning this Year Noble Prize
The NETWORK congratulates on Al Gore. The Nobel Peace Prize goes to … climate change The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 is to be shared between the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and former US Vice President, Al Gore for their efforts to build up […]
