A key UK government wildlife indicator, Wild Bird Populations 2006, shows shows that the number of wild farmland bird species breeding in England is at the lowest level since records began, showing that these species have declined by about 60% since 1970. The RSPB called the UK government’s 2006 indicator “extremely depressing”. The farmland bird …
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Markets for Ecosystem Services by WBCSD and IUCN
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development and The World Conservation Union has just published Markets for Ecosystem Services – New Challenges and Opportunities for Business and the Environment (1.3 MB). The report shows how at a fundamental level, all economies and businesses depend directly or indirectly on the conservation of biodiversity and the sustainable …
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Raise efficiency or lower consumption: the best ways to tackle climate change, again
Energy efficiency is the most effective company-wide first steps CEOs can take to launch a climate change program, according to a team of environmental scientists and climate researchers. The panel, which includes 54 fellows of the Switzer Foundation, an environmental non-profit, participated in a survey titled, “What the Scientists Know: How Business Leadership can Help …
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Earth from space
Beautiful pictures of earth from space shared by the Earth Observatory. Click the link to get the full resolution images (~3 MB each).
Toxic emissions coming under control in north America, but SMEs lag
The Commission for Environmental Cooperation, a NAFTA industrial grouping, released their latest annual study (2004 data) which shows a 15% drop in emissions among large companies in North America, but warned that emissions were rising from some small and mid-size industries. The report compares data from 10,000 facilities across nine industrial sectors and incorporates data …
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Lots of talk about Environmental Disclosure, little action among FTSE All-share
The U.K.’s Environment Agency published “Environmental Disclosures,” its second major review of environmental reporting among FTSE companies. Since the last review, in 2004, significant progress has been made in reporting. Almost every single company, 98%, listed on the FTSE All-Share Index now mentions the environment in their annual reports, unfortunately, for some that’s all they …
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EU environment failing: air pollution, biodiversity loss and poor water quality
The European Environment Agency released its fourth assessment report on the environmental situation in 53 European countries, highlighting significant air pollution, biodiversity loss and poor water quality across the region. The irony of the report is that a principal cause of these problems is growing consumption and the demand for transport neither of which people …
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Nine inconvenient errors …
As Al Gore receives a Nobel for his climate change work, a UK court has ruled that schools may only show his film An Inconvenient Truth accompanied by qualification of a number of inconclusive facts. While the parent who brought the case may feel vindicated, the ruling will have the benefit of demanding more thought …
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The State of the Paper Industry 2007 – change for sustainability needed
The State of the Paper Industry 2007 released by the Environmental Paper Network examines how the paper is made today in the face of growing environmental awareness in the US, and calls for major changes across the industry to reduce impact and increase sustainability. The need for this assessment, the group says, is that a …
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Consumer goods giants to analyse supply footprint. Fuel for carbon rating products?
Wal-Mart announced that it will parter with the Carbon Disclosure Project to measure the energy use and emissions of the entire supply chain of seven product categories, and find ways to increase their energy efficiency. And in the UK several global companies are calling on their supply chain partners in the UK to measure and …
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