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| Vatican
supports green tourism |
Sustainability
(Jul 7, 2008)
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As the northern hemisphere holiday season opens, the
Vatican has issued a set of guidelines for tourists
on making their vacations more environmentally friendly.
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| Environment
- Policy Review shows achievements and challenges ahead
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Sustainability
(Jul 7, 2008)
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The European Commission has adopted its 2007 Environment
Policy Review, which reports on EU policy developments
from last year, focuses on the key challenges ahead
and looks, in detail, at EU and Member States' environmental
trends and policy performance.
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| UN
names and shames firms ejected from Global Compact
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Sustainability
(Jul 7, 2008)
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Firms that sign up to industry-wide CSR initiatives
and fail to deliver on their commitments have been given
a wake-up call, after the UN 'named and shamed'
the 630 companies it has now kicked-out of its Global
Compact scheme.
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| Company
scores plummet in Greener Electronics Guide |
Sustainability
(Jul 7, 2008)
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With expanded and tougher criteria on toxic
chemicals, electronic waste and new criteria
on climate change, only Sony and Sony Ericsson
score more than 5/10 in the latest Greenpeace Guide
to Greener Electronics.
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| Potato
starch bags as alternative to plastic |
Sustainability
(Jul 2, 2008)
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Sphere, an industrial group specialising in
the production of plastic derivatives and a pioneer
in the development of bioplastics, is offering an alternative
to oil for making plastic bags - potato starch.
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| Age,
Lisbon and Sustainability |
Sustainability
(Jul 1, 2008)
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In his latest monthly article on sustainability issues,
Professor Frank J. Convery, Chairperson of Comhar Sustainable
Development Council (SDC), reflects on the result of
the recent Lisbon Treaty referendum.
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