Nicholas Stern, author of the Stern Review, says his views on climate change have intensified over the five years since the publication of his impactful study. In an interview with Technology Review, Stern lays out some key thoughts that every...
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has just published its latest global greenhouse gas emission data, and it makes uncomfortably warm reading. While the recession caused a minor blip in 2009, Planet Earth is now well back on the inexorable path of...
Paul Druckman reporting from Ceres 2011: When receiving an award at Ceres 2011 on behalf of Nike, the company's vice president of corporate social responsibility spoke about two key themes in reporting: transparency and data. Her quote? "Data is the...
Today's Ceres conference in Oakland, California - a roundtable convened by pension service Calpers - has produced an agreement between some leading investors and corporate businesses in the world, which commits them to developing and accelerating...
Business problem The vast majority of the purchasing and investment decisions made by companies, public sector organisations, investment funds and individuals are made purely on the grounds of financial numbers and are based on a short-term perspective....