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policymakers are considering language that would specifically allow use of biofuels produced via conversion of rainforests to oil palm plantations
The leaked document suggests that lobbying efforts by the palm oil industry are paying off.
oil palm production has driven large-scale destruction of rainforests across southeast Asia over the past two decades, triggering the release of billions of tons of carbon dioxide emissions and imperiling rare species
Aprovecho Research Center has been the world's leader in open source development of all aspects of improved cooking stoves. ARC's goal is to empower people to help each other and the planet.
DSIRE is a comprehensive source of information on state, local, utility and federal incentives and policies that promote renewable energy and energy efficiency. Established in 1995 and funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, DSIRE is an ongoing project of the N.C. Solar Center and the Interstate Renewable Energy Council.
Company spending has been squeezed by the global recession and budgets for corporate social responsibility have suffered disproportionately.
"There has been a tendency to compartmentalize so-called corporate social responsibility activities as an adjunct to the mainstream business activities."
"innovation is fundamentally about how the world can become a better place."
"Corporate social responsibility asked the question: what is the impact of this business on the world? Sustainable business asks the question: what is the impact of the world on this business?"
"Companies are asking how they can be socially responsible in a way that also moves the business forward. It's no longer about having one corporate social responsibility guy who is supposed to be the moral compass for the company, like a chaplain in an Army regiment. It's about making sustainable business the standard operating procedure."
"Sustainable business has faced the ultimate double whammy of the credit crunch and the total damp squib that was Copenhagen. If climate change was the great driver for corporate social responsibility, then that driver seems to have stalled."
initiatives also increase employee loyalty
"If governments provide a strong legal framework that aligns incentives with business, then you have something you could call sustainability. If not, then corporate social responsibility will just be glacé cherries on an unsustainable cake."
The Earth Institute’s overarching goal is to help achieve sustainable development primarily by expanding the world’s understanding of Earth as one integrated system. We work toward this goal through scientific research, education and the practical application of research for solving real-world challenges.