Holyrood eco-warriors must tone down rhetoric | Scotland

As a cub reporter I was sent to Glasgow airport to meet ten VIPs from Norway. Their destination was somewhere in the Highlands, but the location was a closely guarded secret. The arrivals were a batch of scrawny, squawking sea eagle chicks, aged about 12 weeks. They heralded the start of a programme promoting the […]

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Eco-friendly Christmas tips – Guyana Chronicle

‘Tis the season to be sustainable’ BEING environmentally conscious is not all about using fewer plastic bags; it’s about making everyday choices that will determine our success or failure as a species. This Christmas, let’s practise being more conscious about reducing pollution, protecting wildlife, conserving natural resources and taking other action that can help slow […]

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Innovation meets sustainability at Hayleys Fabric’s ‘Nature’ forum

Textile manufacturer, Hayleys Fabric, hosted its inaugural Sustainability Forum ‘Nature’, showcasing a new generation of home-grown innovations with the potential to enable greater circularity in fashion globally. Drawing together an array of distinguished industry stakeholders, the event served as a platform for Hayleys Fabric to demonstrate the versatile form and function of extensive collection of […]

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CSE encourages ESG reporting | Sunday Observer

The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) encourages listed companies to measure and publicly report their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance and impact, said Chief Executive Officer Rajeeva Bandaranaike. “This is a part of sustainable reporting,” he said on Thursday when the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE), in collaboration with the Rotary District 3220 Sri Lanka and […]

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Hong Kong charity and firm add arts, sustainability twist to STEM education for underprivileged children

Brimming with excitement, a group of young children in festive headwear in Hong Kong are in high spirits as they design and make electric model cars at a workshop with an arts, science and sustainability twist. “It exceeds my expectations. I thought I would learn some theories here, but today I actually have the chance […]

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City In Oregon Drops Fight To Keep Water Used By “Eco-Conscious” Google Private

The Dalles Google Data Center, Google Earth A city in Oregon has dropped its lawsuit to keep the water used by “eco-conscious” tech-giant Google private. According to The Blaze, Google, which touts itself as “eco-conscious,” showed no conscience in trying to hide the fact that it consumed nearly 300 million gallons of water during a […]

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Caremark Claims Under SEC New ESG Reporting Requirements

Saturday, December 17, 2022 Recent developments in the Court of Chancery concerning a corporate board’s duty to monitor and provide oversight over a corporation’s operations, so-called Caremark claims, are likely to intersect with the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) proposed new ESG disclosure obligations to create a new category of corporate risk.  In this article, we discuss […]

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Eco-friendly fast food deliveries create jobs for young people

Finding no job opportunities in his home town of Mthatha in the Eastern Cape, 22-year-old Yandisa Mbhadeko came to Cape Town to look for work, with the hope of saving enough money to fund his journalism studies. While he was staying in a one-room shack with his brother and his brother’s girlfriend in Dunoon, he […]

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Institutional Corruption and Avoidance of Taxation – VIRTEU Roundtable Session (Video)

*** On the 12th of March 2021, it was held the fourth session of the VIRTEU Roundtable Discussion Series, which focused on “Institutional Corruption and Avoidance of Taxation“. VIRTEU (Vat fraud: Interdisciplinary Research on Tax crimes in the European Union – Grant Agreement no: 878619) is a high profile legal research project funded by the […]

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