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Whirlpool Corporation’s ReNEWW House is a traditional US home on the campus at Purdue University in Indiana, USA, that has been given a deep retrofit and is a “live-in laboratory” where R&D teams can experience sustainable living. It’s goal is to be a “Retrofitted Net-zero Energy Waste and Water” home.

An organization’s enterprise risk management function plays a critical role in monitoring and managing the risks and opportunities that stem from the internal and external forces that can impact a company’s profitability, success or even survival.

Birmingham City Council (BCC) and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) Zero Emission Cities (ZEC) team have identified the Smithfield development as the (…)

Getting the Numbers Right (GNR) is an independently managed database of CO2 and energy performance information on the global cement industry.

The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) embarked in 2013 on an experiment to determine whether a localized and coordinated effort, led by the private sector, can drive the uptake in energy efficiency investment in global markets.

This Guide has been developed in line with the Ten Principles of the United Nations Global Compact and is related to human and labor rights, the environment and anti-corruption issues.

This report provides insight for companies interested in understanding the interplay between cities, citizens, and businesses, the challenges and complexities that remain to be solved, and the power businesses hold to effect change and enable the future sustainable prosperity of cities worldwide.

In this report we look at the reductions that can be achieved today with currently available solutions and behaviours, and we consider some of the trends, innovations and barriers that will influence the direction and rate of progress.