quarta-feira, 30 de dezembro de 2015
domingo, 27 de dezembro de 2015
«SORELLA TERRA La Nostra Casa Comune» | Papa Francisco e ecologia em exposição organizada pela “National Geographic”
«Cerca de 70 fotografias sobre a proteção da natureza e sobre o papa Francisco compõem a exposição “Sorella Terra, la nostra casa comune” (“Irmã Terra, a nossa casa comum”), realizada pela secção italiana da “National Geographic”». Continue a ler e a ver no site da Pastoral da Cultura.
terça-feira, 22 de dezembro de 2015
terça-feira, 15 de dezembro de 2015
segunda-feira, 14 de dezembro de 2015
«Sustainability Incorporated | How to Integrate Sustainability into Business»
«Executive Summary
Many companies claim that sustainability is embedded in their DNA or sits at the
heart of their business. The reality is that very few corporations have fully integrated
or embedded sustainability into their business models. While corporate sustainability
programs have made significant progress on initiatives like reducing carbon emissions,
conserving water and improving labor conditions, few have broken out of the
sustainability silo and been embedded into the company’s main strategy to form a
fundamental part of business value creation.
The need for integrated sustainability is urgent: in order to address today’s pressing
global issues such as resource scarcity, climate change and inequality, the private
sector must integrate environmental and social considerations into every business
decision. Embedding sustainability into business not only helps secure a sustainable
future but it also benefits companies, enabling them to prepare for future risks, act on
opportunities and create more value for the business and its stakeholders. And yet, we
acknowledge the challenge business faces in trying to do this as it operates within the
larger global system of markets, policies and stock exchanges in which financial capital
is ranked above all other forms of value. This larger system discourages attempts to
integrate sustainability in ways that are material. We therefore see the need to integrate
sustainability simultaneously into business and larger global systems.
In Sustainability Incorporated we focus on ways in which business can integrate
sustainability into its core strategies and business models. In order to do this, our
research indicates that the commitment of senior leadership is critical to making
substantial progress. Yet even in the absence of such leadership we see opportunities
for sustainability practitioners at all levels to move ahead and advance sustainability into
their business in diferent ways. Through our research we highlight five pathways that
practitioners can leverage to further integrate sustainability into the business. While
these pathways are not the only ways to embed sustainability, they have proven useful for
numerous companies and align in practical ways with many of the existing responsibilities
of practitioners. We summarize these five pathways on the following pages».
sábado, 12 de dezembro de 2015
COP 21|Temos acordo!
E na ONU Brasil:
Acordo global sobre mudança do clima é adotado em Paris
Para o secretário-geral da ONU, Acordo de Paris acordado por 195 países na COP21 marca um momento decisivo de transformação para reduzir os riscos da mudança climática e contribui para outros objetivos globais da ONU, como a erradicação da pobreza. Continue a ler.
E o documento chamado de
ACORDO DE PARIS:
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«The Accountancy profession needs to up its game»
Unfortunately, I believe my profession has failed miserably in achieving that objective as our day to day work seems to have become mostly a compliance exercise rather than a communication exercise. In essence, I produce reports that I don’t think too many people actually look at, except the regulators. In my opinion, the accounting profession has really lost its way in external financial reporting and it needs to up its game and take a leadership role. We as a profession need to change the way we do reporting and I personally believe <IR> is the best vehicle for us to actually meet our objective. (...).
I am passionate about <IR> because I believe it offers the potential for significant improvements in the quality of information available to providers of financial capital to enable a more efficient and productive allocation of capital. (...). Leia na integra.
Author: Bob Laux | Treasury Controller, Microsoft Corporation
KPMG E O ACORDO ESPERADO DA COP 21
E a propósito aqui como na KPMG se olha para as questões da SUSTENTABILIDADE de uma forma continuada ...
segunda-feira, 7 de dezembro de 2015
sábado, 5 de dezembro de 2015
quarta-feira, 2 de dezembro de 2015
«TOWARDS A CIRCULAR ECONOMY: BUSINESS RATIONALE FOR AN ACCELERATED TRANSITION»
«INTRODUCTION - Today’s linear ‘take, make, dispose’ economic model, which relies on large quantities
of cheap, easily accessible materials and energy, has been at the heart of industrial
development and has generated an unprecedented level of growth.
Yet recent sharp price rises, increased volatility and growing pressure on resources
have alerted business leaders and policy makers to the necessity of rethinking
materials and energy use – the time is right, many argue, to take advantage of the
potential benefits of a circular economy.
A circular economy is one that is restorative and regenerative by design and aims
to keep products, components, and materials at their highest utility and value at all
times, distinguishing between technical and biological cycles. This new economic
model seeks to ultimately decouple global economic development from finite
resource consumption. A circular economy addresses mounting resource-related
challenges for business and economies, and could generate growth, create jobs,
and reduce environmental impacts, including carbon emissions. As the call for a
new economic model based on systems-thinking grows louder, an unprecedented
favourable alignment of technological and social factors today can enable the
transition to a circular economy.
This document is an executive summary of the analysis that the Ellen MacArthur
Foundation has conducted to date».
terça-feira, 1 de dezembro de 2015
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