CORPORATE STRATEGY


POLLUTION FINANCE CONTROL


CARBON TRANSPOR REDUCTIONT


ENVIRON- MENT


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RESOURCES


SUSTAINABILITY REPORTS CONSULTATIONS


INVESTIGATION OF POTENTIALLY CONTAMINATED SITES


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DETAILS BSI’s Consultation on a Code of Practice for the Investigation of Potentially Contaminated Sites. DEADLINE 6 September 2010 WEB drafts.bsigroup.com/Home/Details/546


COMPANY ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING


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DETAILS BIS has launched a consultation on the ‘Future of Narrative Reporting’, which is part of implementing the Coalition Agreement commitment to “reinstate an Operating and Financial Review to ensure that directors’ social and environmental duties have to be covered in company reporting and investigate further ways of improving corporate accountability and transparency”. The consultation seeks to look at ways to drive quality of company reporting. The consultation paper is open in exploring all options – regulatory and non- regulatory – to achieve the objectives. The consultation focuses in particular on the business review provisions, but as part of its exploration of wider narrative reporting, it also looks at issues relating to the Directors’ Remuneration Report. DEADLINE 19 October 2010 WEB bis.gov.uk


REPORTS SUSTAINABLE GROWTH ●


DETAILS BIS has published A Strategy for Sustainable Growth, setting out the challenges and opportunities facing the transition to a low carbon economy. The strategy will be developed over the summer with a view to publishing a cross-depart- mental White Paper


GREEN INVESTMENT BANK COMMISSION REPORT


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DETAILS The Green Investment Bank Commission has published Unlocking Investment to Deliver Britain’s Low Carbon Future which report sets out the challenges facing the UK’s transition to a low carbon economy, the market failures and barriers to investment and the case for intervention to address them. WEB climatechangecapital.com


CCC 2ND ANNUAL REPORT ●


DETAILS The Committee on Climate Change has published Meeting Carbon Budgets: 2nd Progress Report to Parliament, which argues that a step change in the pace of underlying emissions reductions is still required if the UK is to meet its legislated carbon budgets – which require at least a 34% cut in emissions by 2020 relative to 1990 levels. The committee argues that achieving the step change will require new policies in


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electricity market reform – ensuring that incentives for investing in low-carbon power generation are strengthened


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buildings – offering more clarity on how a national home energy efficiency programme will be paid for


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transport – considering first year Vehicle Excise Duty differentiation to encourage take up of low-carbon cars


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agriculture – with potential to go even further in cutting carbon in the sector


WEB theccc.org.uk IPPR REPORT ON GREEN JOBS


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DETAILS The Institute of Public Policy Research has published Green and Decent Jobs: The Case for Local Action. The report examines the potential for new partnerships between organisations that may not be working with each other at the moment. It also analyses the results of a new survey of 450 UK organisations to understand the appetite for more partnership working at a local level. WEB ippr.org.uk/publicationsandreports


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CO-OPERATIVE GROUP DETAILS The 2009 Sustainability Report, available both online and in print, builds on last year’s publication, which was named runner-up at the CR Reporting Awards. The report includes two new sections: ‘Water’ and ‘Inspiring Young People’, on which feedback is invited. DOWNLOAD co-operative.coop/ sustainabilityreport


GE DETAILS Renewing Responsibilities gives a summary of General Electric Company’s CSR activities. The report contains an in- depth discussion on the relationship between business and society, and how GE’s people, products, and services are impacting communities around the world. DOWNLOAD ge.com/citizenship


TOTAL DETAILS Total’s 2009 Environment and Society Report, entitled Ten questions for Total, is very different from the previous publications and is specifically designed to engage dialogue between Total and stakeholders. In it, the firm answers questions from staff, activists, politicians and local residents. DOWNLOAD total.com


SAP DETAILS In the new Sustainability Report, the firm has moved far beyond the concept of a static, printed sustainability report. This web-based report, which achieved an A+ rating from the GRI, allows readers to drill into SAP’s performance information and how it invites participation into a discussion of the company’s sustainability efforts. DOWNLOAD sapsustainabilityreport.com


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The Committee on Climate Change’s second annual report says the UK needs a step change in policies to meet its carbon reduction targets


JOHNSON MATTHEY DETAILS The international chemicals company has published its 2009/10 Sustainability Report online, reviewing the firm’s progress towards its Sustainability 2017 Vision and the work it is doing to reduce its own environmental footprint, waste and use of resources. DOWNLOAD matthey.com/ sustainability2010/index.html


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