News from 9 December 2013 on edie

Making obsolescence obsolete: a mobile concept

While society and the economy have benefited from the swift growth of smartphone technology, it has also led to an unsustainable disposable model with billions of used smartphones discarded every year, reports Leigh Stringer

Circular economy

Autumn statement – missed opportunity for confirming strategy on environmental taxes

Business craves long-term certainty in order to invest, but in perpetuating uncertainty with green taxes and levies, the Government risks failing to achieve its environmental policy objectives and putting up the costs of investment - the worst possible outcome.

Energy

CDP: Carbon pricing now standard operating practice in business planning

Google, Walt Disney Company, Walmart and Microsoft are amongst a group of major US companies incorporating 'internal carbon prices' into their business strategies.

UK’s first ‘social supermarket’ opens to help fight food poverty

Community Shop in Goldthorpe gives local shoppers access to surplus food from supermarkets for up to 70% less

Kerbside collection of plastics ‘not enough’ to meet recycling targets

The provision of kerbside collection infrastructure alone will not allow the UK to reach its 2013-2017 plastics packaging recycling targets, according to a new report from Recoup.

Corporate responsibility risk ‘not sufficiently tied’ to remuneration

Just one in ten (10%) companies are linking their corporate responsibility (CR) performance to remuneration, suggesting that many are failing to incentivise executives to manage environmental and social risks effectively, according to a new report.

Day: 9 December 2013