Day: 2 September 2014

Handbook for Product Social Impact Assessment

This handbook is a free practical tool that allows sustainability professionals to assess a product's entire lifecycle, scan their supply chains for risks and improvement opportunities and improve sustainable product development, reporting and communication.

Energy

Blue chips develop product social impact assessment

A group of 12 multinational companies including, L'Oréal and Marks & Spencer and AkzoNobel have launched a new handbook that assesses a product's social impact throughout its lifecycle.

Energy and Water communities ‘must co-operate to meet global challenges’

The organisers of World Water Week have claimed that there is 'an urgent need' for a closer relationship between the energy and water industries in order to tackle issues of global scarcity and poor quality.

New £135m fund launched for UK energy projects

UK venture capital firm Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) has today (2 September) announced it has raised £135m for a new infrastructure fund to invest in a diversified portfolio of UK-based clean energy projects.

Sustainability Leaders Awards 2014: Finalists revealed

Another record year for entries has seen an array of businesses large and small vying for a place on the shortlist of this year's Sustainability Leaders Awards. Find out who has made the cut...

Tetra Pak ‘making steady progress’ towards recycling target

Tetra Pak needs to double recycling rates in order to hit a target of 40% of used beverage cartons being fully recycled by 2020, according to the packaging giant's latest sustainability report.

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