Posts for Sustainability
Fonterra admits they need to be more sustainable
Via Radio New Zealand, 3 December 2013 The thing about building the most sustainable headquarters while applying for the next open cast coal mine never added up. The article by Radio NZ hold some hope however:
India Passes World’s First Corporate Responsibility Law
Not quite sure whether it is actually the world's first one, since Norway has done a similar thing: Norway Mandates CSR Reporting Via GreenBIZ India is the first country to pass a corporate responsibility law requiring larger companies to spend 2% of each year's profit…
Electrification of NZ’s vehicles
In 2010, the Centre for Advanced Engineering at Canterbury University studied the impact of various rates of electric vehicle (EV) uptake on New Zealand’s electricity grid. In their lowest uptake scenario, they projected 200,000 EVs on our roads by 2025, while a rapid-uptake scenario projected…
Norway Mandates CSR Reporting
Via globalreporting.org, 2013-06-12 On 1 June, newly-passed regulation on sustainability reporting came into force in Norway. The Norwegian government passed the legislation in April, requiring large companies to provide information on how they integrate social responsibility into their business strategies. This represents an important milestone…
Design and time frame boundaries
I find is astonishing how little though we tend to put into design really. Particularly when it comes down to buildings that are supposed to last 50+ years.
Purpose and bigger picture
I must admit that I am having one of those moments again. I had WWF calling me to help protecting some cuddly animal. Last time it was a polar bear, then a panda and I have to admit I have forgotten what it was this…
The issues of cheap oil and what the solution may be
It really strikes me that the actions we are sometimes doing and the behaviour we are showing sometimes makes no sense whatsoever. I refer to the latest articles about oil spills, Siberia, Canadian tar sands, burst pipelines and similar articles throughout the press and various…
How a Seattle school became the region’s first ‘Living Building’
Via Puget Sound Business Journal, May 10, 2013 When it rains hard, a stream of water gushes through a Seattle elementary classroom. Teachers don’t mind. Nor do the students, who had a hand in designing the classroom, which is in the West Coast’s first certified…
Europe just banned bee-killing pesticides
I just had to publish that in order to be able to share it. (it came in via email) If you would like to change the world and make it a better place, join AVAAZ today. It’s free and simple. I have done it. They…
Sustainability and reduction
Sustainability in itself does not necessarily relate to any reduction. Please look up the definition of “to sustain” and I think you won’t find any mentioning of any “reduction”. The issue is what people attribute to the word when they talk about it.