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13 Aug 09
The Business Case for Corporate Responsibility - Business in the Community
A simple guide to understanding how the business benefits of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) can be realised.
Peak oil theory: when oil becomes too expensive to extract | This is Money
Economics books can be pretty dry affairs. But not this one. Why Your World is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller is a rollicking account - packed with relentlessly depressing facts and stories - of how the price of oil and the effect of peak oil is going to mould a new world and a new way of life for us all.
Our civilisation depends on cheap oil, without it our way of life will grind to a halt, says Rubin. As high prices become the norm our oil-dependent, long-distance lifestyles will become untenable. Triple-digit oil price will be the norm, China will no longer be the source of cheap goods as manufacturing moves back home, suburbs without public transport will become ghost downs. Many proposed sources of alternative energy are fatally flawed. And so it goes on.
Over the following few pages you'll find a selection of snippets from the book illustrated with pictures from our library. Enjoy.
12 Aug 09
Squeezing oil from sand - Mail & Guardian Online
A long-term decline in the demand for oil could undermine the huge investments in Canadian tar sands, which have been heavily opposed by environmentalists, according to a report published last month.
Report: Can do better, must do better - business | Stuff.co.nz
Opinion piece by Rod Oram on the key challenges for NZ and approaches we can take to deliver more sustainable economy.
07 Aug 09
How to Talk to a Climate Sceptic : A Few Things Ill Considered
Below is a listing of all the articles to be found in the "How to Talk to a Climate Sceptic" guide, presented as a handy one-stop shop for all the material you should need to rebut the more common anti-global warming science arguments constantly echoed across the internet.
McKinsey: interview Jeroen van der Veer (Shell)
The former CEO reflects on the oil industry’s future, as well as management lessons learned over a long career.
Sustainable Business Network Challenge
The Get Sustainable Challenge is a programme offered by the Sustainable Business Network to promote sustainable business practice through networking and practical advice and support.
06 Aug 09
McKinsey: Increasing energy efficiency in supply chains
Increasing the energy efficiency of supply chains
The supply chains of many manufacturing sectors went global when oil was cheap; today, improving energy efficiency is a top concern for executives. This interactive shows numerous opportunities to dramatically reduce energy costs in supply chains.
04 Aug 09
Best Years of Auto Industry Ahead
Booz Allen report arguing that even as they struggle through the economic meltdown, vehicle makers can look ahead to a high-growth, flexible, global future.
03 Aug 09
NASA Climate Change
Key page on NASA's website linking through to a number of sites relating to climate change.
02 Aug 09
SustainAbility
SustainAbility is a strategy consultancy and think tank working with senior corporate decision makers to achieve transformative leadership on the sustainability agenda. We offer a range of services and undertake advocacy in order to create financial value at the same time as addressing environmental, social and governance issues in an integrated manner.
Oxfam Report: Climate Change in the Pacific
The Future is Here: climate change in the Pacific documents how people are facing increasing food and water shortages, dealing with rising cases of malaria, coping with more frequent flooding and storm surges, losing land and being forced from their homes. The report argues that unless wealthy, developed countries like New Zealand and Australia take urgent action to curb emissions, some island nations face the very real threat of becoming uninhabitable.
01 Aug 09
The New Zealand psyche revealed in new survey
Three out of four New Zealanders say they do not understand what sustainability is and almost half of those surveyed could not name an inspiring business leader.
McKinsey: Interview with Nicolas Stern
In this video interview, noted economist Nicholas Stern makes the case for green investments to stimulate the economic growth.
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noted economist Nicholas Stern makes the case for investment.
Post Carbon Institute
The Institute aims to help understand and respond to the environmental, societal, and economic crises created by fossil fuels dependence. Has a couple of useful reports on the site.
US GAO Report to Congress (Peak Oil)
Uncertainty about Future Oil Supply Makes It Important to Develop a Strategy for Addressing a Peak and Decline in Oil Production
The Oil Drum
Site focused on the study of Peak Oil.
New Scientist: Guide to Climate Change
Useful series of links looking at the respective arguments associated with climate change and explaining them for the non-scientific.
31 Jul 09
The Heartland Institute
Chicago-based right-wing think tank promoting a sceptical line on the anthropomorphic view of climate change.
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