• Steering BASF’s Portfolio toward Sustainability

    Dr. Dirk Voeste, BASF
    Dr. Andreas Kicherer, BASF
    Annette Höllebrand, BASF
    BASF SE

    For 150 years, BASF has been creating chemistry to find new and better solutions for its customers. Following its company purpose – “We create chemistry for a sustainable future” – BASF is focusing on chemical innovations that help customers contribute to sustainability. To meet customer needs even better in the future and to secure long-term business success, BASF has set itself the target to further increase this share of sustainable solutions. BASF has analyzed and evaluated the sustainability aspects of its entire product portfolio and established a new process for steering its portfolio based on sustainability criteria. Already in 2014, 23 percent of global sales were generated by innovative products and solutions with a significant contribution toward sustainability in its application.  more[...]

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  • Shaping A Sustainable Global City

    Esther An
    City Developments Limited

    Singapore's property pioneer, City Developments Limited (CDL) has pushed boundaries with its visionary approach to “Conserve as we Construct” 20 years ago. It has quickly raised the bar for sustainable spaces with its many innovative eco-developments; while simultaneously integrating CSR into its business strategy and operations. One of the first signatories of the UNGC in Singapore, CDL has stood alongside international best practices in sustainable development.  more[...]

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  • Sustainably Addressing the Global Water Challenge

    Christian Frutiger, Nestlé SA
    Nestlé S.A.

    The growing world population is leading us into a global water crisis that will only be exacerbated by climate change. This is putting at risk everything we rely on, from electronic devices to the food we eat, because it all requires water.  more[...]

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  • Requirements along the Supply Chain

    Bernhard Schwager
    Axel Zerinius
    Bosch Group

    To strike a balance between economic, social, and ecological interests, Bosch must take its entire value-added chain into account. This is why the global provider of technology and services actively involves its suppliers in its sustainability activities, both in regulatory and operational terms. Together with its suppliers, the company aims for continuous improvement.  more[...]

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  • Social Compliance As an Essential Component of Integrated Reporting

    Kenan Tur, Business Keeper
    Business Keeper AG

    Corporate reporting is going through a fundamental change. It has been a common practice for responsible market participants to publish a sustainability report or corporate responsibility report in addition to the annual report in order to provide stakeholders with potentially relevant information. But trends from politics, economics, and society are currently leading to a changing in the reporting landscape.  more[...]

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  • Projects

    Dirk Grosche
    Hochtief

    It is among the most important tasks of a company to create a work environment in which the employees are – and remain – healthy, and in which workplace-related illnesses and accidents are prevented to the extent possible. For the international construction group HOCHTIEF, the issue has top priority and is consistently pursued and managed under the joint responsibility of all parties concerned.  more[...]

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  • PostNL Makes Sustainability Gains by Innovating along the Logistics Chain

    Lars Pruijn, PostNL
    PostNL

    In recent years, the growth of e-commerce has resulted in a sharp increase in the number of parcels being sent domestically and internationally. As volume growth approached levels where PostNL's logistical infrastructure would have been unable to cope, the company launched a program to renew the entire logistics chain of its parcel operations. Called the New Logistics Infrastructure (NLI) program, PostNL opened the first of 18 new distribution depots in 2011.  more[...]

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  • World Savings Day

    Mara Simonini, Banca Popolare di Sondrio
    Banca Popolare di Sondrio

    Banca Popolare di Sondrio celebrates each year the concept of saving and the importance of good management of money – not only for individuals, but for the whole community.  more[...]

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  • UN Water Acticity Information System

    Editorial Team

    The UN-Water Activity Information System (UNW-AIS) is an online platform to present and share information on water-related projects and learning initiatives from UN-Water and its members and partners. UNW-AIS is a platform for UN-Water and its members & partners as well as a broader audience including policy makers, water professionals, researchers and those from higher education for sharing information and knowledge from global to local level.  more[...]  login_required

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  • Real-Time Energy Management

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    A Case Study of Three Large Commercial Buildings in Washington, D.C.  more[...]  login_required

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  • Water Resources Management

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    Documents from the World Bank Group on water resources management.  more[...]  login_required

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  • Energy-Star Tools & Resources

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    Different tools and resources for energy management.  more[...]  login_required

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  • Energy Management Systems in Practice ISO 50001: A Guide for Companies and Organisations

    Editorial Team

    These guidelines are an updated version of the EN 16001 guidelines previously published in five editions, newly adapted to ISO 50001.  more[...]  login_required

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  • Water Impact Index

    Editorial Team

    The Water Impact Index is a tool developed by Veolia Water to measure the impact of activities on a local water resource. It is unique in that it integrates volume, quality and local stress factors into a single indicator.  more[...]  login_required

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  • Water management tools

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    WBCSD has developed tools to help companies better understand and manage their water-related challenges, and communicate effectively what they are doing about them.  more[...]  login_required

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