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Day: 5 August 2013

Unilever CSO: We want ‘active role’ in shaping future green policies

Unilever's chief sustainability officer Gail Klintworth has argued that big corporations should play an active role in helping to shape new environmental legislation.

EXCLUSIVE: Governments must ‘localise water systems’ to secure supply

Local governments and water utilities should reuse and recycle water to the greatest extent possible before transporting it from one area to another, says Autodesk.

In Deep Water: How technology can localise and restore urban water infrastructure

Many of us have experienced the growth of the "buy local food" movement in recent years. Brian Young and Emma Stewart, Sustainability Solutions at Autodesk, would like to propose an even more effective movement: "drink local".

Circular economy

EXCLUSIVE: Retail sector acting as ‘direct interface’ for sustainability

The retail sector's leading position in driving sustainability is being strengthened by its role as a "direct interface" for customers, says Asda's Julian Walker-Palin.

Asda: sustainability through the eyes of the consumer

While others in the retail sector focus their sustainability strategies on products and supply chains, Asda claims it has created the only plan seeking to be built by its customers. Leigh Stringer finds out more

Energy

Circular economy contest set to reward ‘radical rethinks’ in design

Funding of up to 1.5 million pounds is up for grabs for companies who can demonstrate how they are rethinking product and service design for a circular economy.

Crayola goes back to the classroom to close ‘pen to fuel’ loop

Crayola is working with schools in the US on a closed loop recovery scheme to recover its used plastic marker pens and convert them into renewable energy.

Corporate responsibility must get tougher and more transparent

Businesses must ask some "tough questions" and become more transparent if they wish to scale up their CSR commitments, PricewaterhouseCoopers' (PwC) corporate responsibility leader Shannon Schuyler has said.

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