Climate change lawsuits now asking for economic damages

Regina Hauser — Tue, 15 May 2012 14:05:27 -0400

When our best friends’ first son was born five years ago, I ran to the bookstore and bought a copy of “Where the Wild Things Are,” which remains one of my favorite books. The author, Maurice Sendak, believed that children need to confront the scary and fearsome things in life. And there are a lot of scary and fearsome things facing children these days.

Last year, a group of teenagers filed suit (Alec L. v. Lisa Jackson, et al, C11-02203) in federal court alleging that the federal government was violating its duty to protect the public by not acting to protect the public trust: our land, water and atmosphere. They request injunctive relief requiring the federal government to act to reduce carbon emissions, create a carbon inventory and create a carbon reduction plan.

IMPACT! Sustainability Champions Training Program for Emerging Leaders (Edmonton, AB)

Neil McCallum — Sat, 05 May 2012 11:21:09 -0400

Start: Jun 21 2012 - 9:00am

End: Jun 22 2012 - 5:00pm

Timezone: Canada/Mountain

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Are you:

A student between the ages of 19 and 25? OR an IMPACT! Alumni?
Passionate about the fate of our planet and its people?
Ready to do more to champion sustainability in your community?

Then you are invited to apply to be part of the IMPACT! Sustainability Champions Training in Edmonton on June 21-22, 2012.

Canada

PVC and innovating for sustainability: conversations with The Natural Step (webinar)

Richard Blume — Fri, 04 May 2012 05:22:12 -0400

Start: Jun 5 2012 - 3:00pm

End: Jun 5 2012 - 5:00pm

Timezone: Europe/Stockholm

The Natural Step is pleased to invite you to a webinar on PVC and sustainability. Targetted toward professionals within the PVC industry in Europe and interested stakeholders, the webinar is an opportunity to:

Learn about our role in VinylPlus and constructive industry collaboration with an NGO.
Get an overview of how to use a strategic sustainability framework in your organization.
Hear stakeholder feedback on VinylPlus, challenges and priorities.
Discuss case examples of how VinylPlus is driving innovation and business success.
Find out about a new Sustainable Innovation Forum in the PVC value chain.

More information

Sweden

Swedish Hotel chain Scandic has cut its carbon dioxide emissions in half

Josefin Nyström — Fri, 04 May 2012 04:41:40 -0400

Since 2007, the hotel chain has been working towards the goal of being completely carbon dioxide neutral by 2025. Now, four years later, Scandic has managed to halve their emissions and have thereby reached its sub target. What made this possible is the fact that Scandic now’s using solely renewable energy from wind and water for electricity in all the Nordic countries.

Sweden

Toward Sustainable Chemical Management dialogue (Stockholm)

Richard Blume — Thu, 03 May 2012 10:09:14 -0400

Start: May 10 2012 - 12:00am

End: May 10 2012 - 3:00pm

Timezone: Europe/Stockholm

The Natural Step is pleased to be hosting an exclusive 1-day dialogue on sustainable chemical management. Together with partipants from the Leading Change for a Sustainable Chemical Industry initiative, invited guests will join us to explore the link between chemical management and the wider sustainability agenda. In particular, what might we learn from combining the perspectives of proactive consumer brands and companies working upstream within the chemical industry?

To learn more about this and future events in this area, please contact us at chemicals@thenaturalstep.org.

Sweden

Adding Sustainable Value - Auckland business programme - DISCOUNTS APPLY

Simon Harvey — Wed, 02 May 2012 04:22:50 -0400

Start: May 28 2012 - 9:00am

End: Nov 14 2012 - 4:30am

Timezone: Etc/GMT-4

Looking for a business course that delivers opportunities to grab new market share AND enables you to deal with sustainability?

Think that off-site, professionally facilitated strategy sessions are currently out of reach?

Enjoy learning with your business peers, to share their experience and get their input on your ideas?

Then this is for you.

Discounted places available for qualifying businesses.

Check out the programme below for further details.

New Zealand

"Sustainability on Tap" with The Natural Step Canada (Toronto, ON)

Neil McCallum — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:33:03 -0400

Start: May 10 2012 - 5:30pm

End: May 10 2012 - 7:30pm

Timezone: Canada/Eastern

The Natural Step Canada invites you to "Sustainability on Tap". Join us at the Labatt Pub for a complimentary draught beer, light snacks, networking, and the opportunity to...

Tap into the leading edge of social innovation for sustainability as The Natural Step's new Executive Director Chad Park discusses the emerging "Sustainability Transition Lab" initiative;

Canada

Chad Park speaking at reThink Waterloo 2012: A Business Sustainability Forum (Waterloo, ON)

Neil McCallum — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 09:51:56 -0400

Start: May 11 2012 - 8:00am

End: May 11 2012 - 3:00pm

Timezone: Canada/Eastern

The Natural Step Canada is excited to be a Partner Organization with reThink Waterlo 2012. Join us to learn how to succeed in the new world of greener operations, climate change risk mitigation, and business sustainability. Leading experts and experienced local, national and global organizations will share their stories and answer your questions.

The conference will feature a keynote presentation by Andrew Heintzman, President and Co-founder of Investeco, as well as two interactive panel discussions.

Canada

Green Globe: On Track to Becoming the Most Green Globe Certified Hospitality Company In the World

Neil McCallum — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 09:11:18 -0400

Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts, a partner of The Natural Step, was recently featured by Green Globe for their leadership towards sustainability in the hospitality industry.

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Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts is proud to announce that all its 21 hotels in Europe have achieved Green Globe certification. The achievement puts the Swiss upscale hospitality company on target to become the most certified hotel company in the world to receive the Green Globe seal.

"We have been very committed to achieving Green Globe certification across all our properties in Europe and in the process enjoyed very positive feedback and engagement from our employees," said Ola Ivarsson, Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts' Chief Operating Officer Europe.

Sweden

Join us at the Stockholm+40 Conference

Richard Blume — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 03:11:15 -0400

The Natural Step invites you to join us at the Stockholm +40 Conference next week. The meeting builds from the UN Stockholm Conference in 1972. We are pleased to host a round table discussion on food in collaboration with the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency. We would also like to take the opportunity to invite you to an open dialogue meeting set up in conjunction to the conference. The dialogue meeting is planned for Sunday between 1-4 pm and will take you into a discussion of the coming challenges and sustainability. The dialogue springs out of a network of organizations and initiatives.

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