The Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced its third annual “Best of Green Schools” list, which recognizes top educational institutions, individuals and initiatives across the country for environmental efforts.
“In reviewing the nominations for the Best of Green Schools 2013 list, what we experienced more than anything was profound gratitude.
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Monthly Archives: December 2013
The Guardian Sustainable Business news website has selected the top five sustainable supply chain stories of 2013. Strong themes in 2013 related to transparency and supply chain ethics - from supermarkets to smart phone producers.
Here you can catch up by reading the top five supply chain.
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The release of the International IR Framework Cover International Integrated Reporting Framework on Monday 9 December 2013, marks an important milestone in the market-led evolution of corporate reporting. It follows a three-month global consultation led by the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) earlier this year, which.
Ethical Corporation has released an extract of its Dec 2013/Jan 2014 edition - out now:
http://events.ethicalcorp.com/documents/2013-Dec-extract.pdf
The contents of this month's edition can be browsed here.
Also don't miss their monthly roundup of sustainability news!
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By John Mathews, Macquarie Graduate School of Management and Hao Tan, University of Newcastle
'China roars ahead with renewables': China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) has just released some remarkable data on the addition of new electric generating capacity in 2013. China’s electric power system has been growing at a tremendous rate to keep.
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By Chris McGrath, Senior Lecturer at The University of Queensland
The new Federal Government has approved a broad framework for achieving a “one-stop-shop” that will delegate to state and territory governments the final decisions on projects assessed under Australia’s main national environmental laws. Today at COAG the states agreed in principle to.
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By Marianne Ryghaug, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Electric cars have been a huge success in Norway, with more electric cars per capita than anywhere else in the world. Sales are thriving, with Norway’s new car market boasting the largest share of electric vehicles (EV). The country’s top-selling car for the last two months.
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GECA (Good Environmental Choice Australia) has announced progress is being made in getting more GECA standards recognised by the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA).
In October the GBCA announced its intention to expand an existing Assessment Framework, enabling more GECA standards to be.
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GECA (Good Environmental Choice Australia) has announced progress is being made in getting more GECA standards recognised by the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA).
In October the GBCA announced its intention to expand an existing Assessment Framework, enabling more GECA standards to be.
Energy efficiency certification
Posted by Ngaire
The Energy Efficiency Council has launched the Energy Efficiency Certification Scheme, a professional certification scheme for the individuals that lead and manage comprehensive energy retrofits of commercial buildings.
The Scheme is operated by the
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China embraces UQ CarbonGame
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Adrian Ward talks to senior industry and government representatives about CarbonGameTM, a real-time simulation designed to engage and inform industry, government and student participants on how emissions trading schemes work, and importantly, how companies go about managing their emissions under such policies.[/caption]
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