Sustainability
Ban Views UN as Solution to World's Challenges
May 16, 2012
At a recent speech in Washington, D.C., UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the audience that engagement through the UN is the way forward to find solutions for global climate change, social inequality, and insecurity.UN Hires PR Firm to Push ESG Agenda
May 16, 2012
The Principles for Responsible Investment Initiative (PRI), a non-profit formed in conjunction with the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative and the UN Global Compact, has hired Lansons Communications to spread its message that the investment community should incorporate environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) issues into their decision-making.UN to Re-brand Population Control as Sustainable Development
May 14, 2012
In a recent article, Timothy Herrmann addresses the United Nations Population Fund's plans to use the upcoming Rio+20 conference in June to re-brand population control as the "backbone" of sustainable development.UN Urges Stakeholders to Follow Examples of Sustainability Practices
May 6, 2012
The UN's Global Outlook on Sustainable Consumption and Production Policies report encourages stakeholders to emulate actions taken by others, such as implementing global multilateral agreements domestically, to accelerate the switch to more sustainable consumption and production.Tennessee House Members Reject UN's Sustainability Action Plan
May 2, 2012
House Members of the Tennessee General Assembly have adopted a resolution that rejects the UN's Agenda 21 plan, which calls on governments across the globe to focus on sustainable development. The resolution has been transmitted to the Governor of Tennessee for his action.Pillay Urges Countries to Adopt Redistributive Sustainability Policies
April 27, 2012
To "create a world free from fear and from want," UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay has called on countries to adopt sustainable development policies that give "due regard for equity and related environmental, social and human rights considerations."World Bank Pumps Billions Into Climate Change "Portfolio"
April 18, 2012
In response to a growing and "unprecedented" demand from developing countries to support their green policy efforts, the World Bank Group's renewable energy portfolio increased from a total of US$3.1 billion between FY2008-09 to US$4.9 billion in FY 2010-11.UN and Telecommunication Union Join Push Climate Change Agenda
April 16, 2012
A new report from the United Nations-backed Broadband Commission Working Group on Climate Change recommends ten steps that policymakers and global leaders can take to "hasten and strengthen the power of information and communicative technology and broadband to accelerate global progress towards a low-carbon economy."UN Looking at Domestic Courts As Means to Carry Out Green Agenda
April 4, 2012
The UN's World Congress on Justice, Governance and Law for Environmental Sustainability, to be held June 17-20, will bring together Chief Justices, senior judges, attorneys general, public prosecutors, compliance and enforcement officers, national auditors, and legislators from across the world to discuss the role of courts in bringing about a global green economy.UN's Sustainability Education Initiative Promotes Redistributive Policies
April 4, 2012
The key message from the March 20 panel discussion of the Interagency Committee for the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) was that ESD educational programs should be implemented since they play a crucial role in empowering citizens "to achieve the transition towards more sustainable and equitable societies."A JOINT PROGRAM OF
