Poetry to Inspire Change – III

A poem by Malcolm Bacchus, inspired by and written for the First AuditFutures Assembly. With thanks to W. S. Gilbert, to the music, quite unsurprisingly, of Sir Arthur Sullivan. 530 more words

I work in a research institution, where sustainability is an important overarching theme in research. Consequently sustainability comes up in water cooler discussions quite regularly. One occasionally revisited topic or a problem is that why don’t more people shop more sustainably, i.e. 675 more words

ISO standards are reviewed every five years.

“The new 2015 version will include a requirement to understand the organization’s context in order to better manage risk, with more emphasis made on leaders within organizations to promote environmental management. 26 more words

En 1994, durante el Simposium de Oslo sobre Consumo Sustentable, se definió a la producción de empresas sustentables en México y el mundo como “el uso de servicios y productos, que responden a las necesidades básicas, mejoran la calidad de vida, y a la vez, minimizan el uso de recursos naturales y materiales tóxicos, así como las emisiones de desechos y contaminantes durante el ciclo de vida del servicio o producto, sin poner en riesgo las necesidades de las generaciones futuras”, es por ello que las empresas sustentables en México se preocupan por cumplir con dichos objetivos. 266 more words