Climate change and sustainable development are two of the biggest issues facing society today and are perhaps foremost in our minds. It is increasingly important for companies to reduce the environmental impacts of products and services through their entire life cycle. Those companies failing to address environmental performance in product design and development will find it … [Read more...]
Tonight! One Man, One Cow, One Planet
Tonight, an important film is being shown at The Hub in Woodstock. "How to save the world - One Man, One Cow, One Planet". One man, One cow, One planet exposes globalization and the mantra of infinite growth in a finite world for what it really is: an environmental and human disaster. But across India marginal farmers are fighting back. By reviving biodynamics an arcane form … [Read more...]
Standards needed for business with smaller footprint
Accounting bodies around the world agree that a single set of global reporting standards on climate change is needed. An open letter to political leaders attending the Copenhagen summit was co-signed by 13 accounting bodies, including the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA), as well as The Prince's Accounting for Sustainability Project and the Climate … [Read more...]