My grandfather spent a chapter of his life as a card dealer in a poker hall. A maxim he often shared was “Call a spade a spade”. Today, in corporate reporting circles, such an approach is called “Transparency” and it occurred to me as I read this article shared by MeetGreen’s twitter feed. The rest [...]
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Today we launched the CSMP and COP15 report. Here is the webinar presentation
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COP15 was a transformative event for those closest to it, the organizers and the host city, Copenhagen. The largest political event to ever happen in Denmark, COP15 brought unique challenges and opportunities. The story of how they worked together to deliver the first United Nations event to ever achieve BS8901 sustainable event management criteria is [...]
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Integrated into the COP15 event sustainability report was an excellent study of local carbon emissions conducted by the Copenhagen office of Deloitte. COP15 Carbon Footprint Deloitte 2010.pdf With lessons learned from the carbon footprint measurement of COP15, Deloitte is providing a list of recommendations for successful carbon footprint measurements for future COP meetings. 1. Establish [...]
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Michael and I have just finished and released the first MCI CSR Report. This is the story of MCIs initial steps on the path to sustainability. It highlights the strategy, actions and results of what has been achieved in the first few years of the MCI sustainability journey. There are 2 parts. MCI Corporate Social [...]
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I am at the World Business Summit on Climate Change, which we are helping to organize in Copenhagen as a feed in event to COP15. The event features over 800 CEOs of industry and major climate change experts. As a recommendation to be submitted to the UN at COP15, industry is asking that Carbon reporting [...]
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