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		<title>The messenger gets shot. Again.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 08:45:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Bannerman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An editorial in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal, The Case against Corporate Social Responsibility, by Professor Aneel Karnani of the University of Michigan’s School of Business, joins a number of other recent well-meaning but uninformed essays critical of corporate responsibility. In July, Chrystia Freeland lit up the blogosphere with her article in the Washington Post suggesting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One step forward for conflict minerals, but what impact on Congo?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 08:27:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Bannerman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The issue of conflict minerals is finally center stage, as reported two weeks ago on Greener Computing, thanks to a provision in the new Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act that requires U.S. manufacturers to demonstrate that their sourcing practices aren&#8217;t contributing to human rights atrocities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chaotic but significant: A major milestone in valuing nature</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Line</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, I went to the first Global Business of Biodiversity conference in London. It was a significant, albeit chaotic, event attended by representatives of business, government and civil society.
It was used to launch an important component &#8211; aimed at the business community &#8211; of The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB), a major international study. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Strategic sustainability investment in oil, gas and mining: Chevron and Rio Tinto</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 13:35:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Bannerman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently attended the International Finance Corporation (IFC) Corporate Responsibility Forum in Washington, D.C. – an event for CR practitioners in the extractives sector and those of us who provide technical assistance to oil, gas and mining companies on the IFC’s Performance Standards. It was a very thought-provoking event.
Social investments are often a condition of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Biodiversity is about far more than saving polar bears</title>
		<link>http://www.towardssustainablebiz.com/?p=202</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 12:02:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Line</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s almost 20 years since the first Earth Summit in Rio, an unprecedented event attended by most world leaders. It was a moment in history that propelled sustainability onto the popular agenda, and there were two significant outcomes.
The first was the Kyoto Protocol, which was about reducing global emissions of greenhouse gases. The result? Climate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The cultural challenge of combating climate change</title>
		<link>http://www.towardssustainablebiz.com/?p=198</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:47:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Knight</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was at the ACCA/KPMG Climate Change Challenge event the other evening. I was there with captains of industry, entrepreneurs, leading practitioners and experts in accounting, business and climate change.
I came away challenged. On one hand there was a total acceptance of the basis of the science. Sure, as our enquiry widens and we become [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Carbon emissions influencing buyer decisions</title>
		<link>http://www.towardssustainablebiz.com/?p=190</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:22:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Pearson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are buying decisions now being influenced by a product&#8217;s carbon footprint? Guardian News and Media (GNM) is a Two Tomorrows client &#8211; we provide ethical assurance to them on a range of issues. Their recent decision to choose a paper supplier on the grounds of its relative carbon footprint has prompted a lively debate on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stakeholder engagement and the green energy revolution</title>
		<link>http://www.towardssustainablebiz.com/?p=185</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:18:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Cort</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We work a great deal with clients in the energy sector. There is obviously a great deal of drive to engage in and discuss alternate energy technologies and infrastructure – wind, solar, biofuels, geothermal, hydrogen, etc. But just because alternate energy gets the green stamp of approval does not mean stakeholders will give carte blanche [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Integration: Proceed with caution</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:38:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Nichols</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More of our clients are asking us about integrating their sustainability disclosure into their company’s main annual report. So in my fourth post on key issues in CR and sustainability reporting, some words of caution about going down the integration route . . .
As sustainability issues take their rightful place at the heart of business [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can large hotels respond to sustainability challenges?</title>
		<link>http://www.towardssustainablebiz.com/?p=177</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:05:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Nichols</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The World Travel Market (WTM) in London last week showed that the hotel and leisure industry is seeing growing demand for responsible travel.
Faced with a changed economic climate, travellers are seeking less luxury and more authenticity by getting closer to the people, communities and surroundings of their destinations. Often this involves taking on an activity [...]]]></description>
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