Invest into the future of Smart Sustainable Homes in Sweden
September 18, 2018
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Archives for Energy Efficiency
Crowdsourcing supports innovation
January 9, 2017
Can crowdsourcing and collaboration offer new solutions where older, traditional ways of doing business have failed to deliver? The answer is a resounding ‘yes’. As digital technology has grown, so too has the number of tools that can be used for collaboration and business development. Encouragingly, this growth has carried over to organizations with social… » read more
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An agreement was reached at the Paris Summit – but now we need the financial markets to help deliver it
March 29, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6e_P_8dP6EQ Now that 195 nations have promised to signed up to the Paris climate agreement, the hard work begins. The signatories have all committed to ramping up their fight against climate change, but what happens next will prove crucial. The new five-year national plans to reduce global warming will provide the roadmap for action. Continuing… » read more
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Energy independence for Ukraine?
December 22, 2014
Issues of energy efficiency and sustainable energy production may have featured less prominently in the recent unrest, but they may present the greatest long-term opportunity for Kiev to seize control of its own fortunes. European investment can also play a crucial role in encouraging energy (and thus political) independence, for the country. In Ukraine´s third… » read more
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Circular economies: a new industrial model, not “business as usual”
February 20, 2014
The move from linear business models to circular ones is an exciting development. More and more companies are rejecting the “business as usual” model by maximizing the value extracted from resources and reusing them to generate new products as well as by improving efficiency which enable cost savings in raw materials, labour, energy, water, waste… » read more
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Energy Efficiency, Leadership and sustainability, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, Sustainable Dev. , Business, CSR, Leadership, Sustainability and Leadership, Sustainable Development |
Climate strategy is a welfare issue
January 24, 2014
Europe is facing a shift political agendas. This transition will place greater focus on welfare, in both the short- and long-term, and in both policy and action. The organizations and individuals involved in social dialogue feel that the political leadership is far too indecisive and slow-moving to create new models in this time of change.… » read more
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Climate Change, Energy Efficiency, Leadership and sustainability, Renewable Energy, Sustainability , Climate change, Energy Efficiency, EU, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and Leadership |
Reducing water and chemicals – new opportunity for suppliers
April 10, 2013
It is no surprise that we see some Swedish Consumer Market giants acting more responsible in their markets. With a step by step approach, both IKEA and H&M, have positively moved their positions in the field of CSR. IKEA, based on its family values, developed its business strategy together with the values from the Natural… » read more
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Energy Efficiency, Leadership and sustainability , Business, CSR, Leadership, Sustainability and Leadership, Sustainable Development |
Sweden Fossil free?
June 6, 2012
A new report “Time to choose the energy system of the future” from the most influence Environment NGO – The Swedish Society for Nature Conservation (SSNC) shows that it is possible to meet Sweden’s electricity needs in 2030 with 100 percent renewables, and it becomes even possible to export electricity. Not least the past year… » read more
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Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy , Environment, Fossil fuel, Leadership, Renewable Energy, Sustainable Development |
Airlines look for a new landing strip….
January 16, 2012
Just before Christmas the European Union Court of Justice successfully upheld EU law to include foreign airlines in its Emission Trading Scheme (ETS). From this month, the EU Aviation Directive will force all airlines to buy carbon credits for flights in and out of Europe. The response from large parts of the aviation industry has… » read more
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