Increasingly many businesses are prioritizing social innovation strategies and aligning these within their overall business strategy.
By exploring long-term business opportunities and challenging the status quo, businesses can deliver disruptive innovations that take advantage of new business opportunities and establish a leadership position in the market.
This paper focuses on a Sustainable Portfolio Management (SPM) approach that Solvay developed to support decision making and inform strategic direction.
This report finds that some commonly mentioned barriers to mobilizing finance for social impact are myths, for example, there is no legal obligation for short-term shareholder value maximization.
In June 2015, the WBCSD launched A Call for Collaboration, initiating the development of a Social Capital Protocol – a harmonized approach for businesses to measure and value their interactions with society.
The CSI has developed this document to guide the preparation of an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA), replacing the earlier guidelines published in 2005.
The objective of this document is to provide guidance in measuring and controlling mercury emissions from cement manufacturing.
Energy consumption by buildings accounts for more than 20% of China’s primary energy consumption. Shanghai was the 10th market to develop an action plan on energy efficiency in buildings as part of the EEB2.0 project.
The Food Loss and Waste Accounting and Reporting Standard (or FLW Standard) is a global standard that provides requirements and guidance for quantifying and reporting on the weight of food and/or associated inedible parts removed from the food supply chain—commonly referred to as “food loss and waste” (FLW).
The Jaipur market is very dynamic and has significant energy saving potential. Jaipur is the largest city in Rajasthan. Its population increased from 2.3 million in 2001 to 3.1 million in 2011 and is projected to double to 6.5 million by 2025. This will generate demand for approximately 650,000 new residential units.