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Biodiversity Management

Biodiversity underpins development through the provision of products such as food, fibre and medicines and ecosystem services such as the regulation of water supply and air quality. Though billions of people around the world depend on such ‘goods’ and services, this contribution is neither fully recognized nor valued in markets. more[...]

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European Business and Biodiversity Platform (B@B)

Shulamit Alony, IUCN

The European Commission has decided to establish a technical support facility to promote the continued development of the EU Business and Biodiversity Initiative. The platform is open to civil society as well as to business in its activities. The platform will work with the interested priority business sectors identified by the European Commission – agriculture, food supply, forestry, extractive industry, finance, and tourism – to promote their awareness of and engagement in biodiversity protection. more[...] login_required

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Early Origins of Health

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The global community is beginning to understand the enormity of the humanitarian, societal, and economic challenge that noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) present. The rates of diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer, and chronic respiratory diseases are rapidly increasing in almost all countries such that these are now among the world’s biggest killers. There is a growing recognition that the development of these diseases may have their roots in our earliest days of life within the uterine environment and up to the age of two years and that early intervention is a cost-effective means of preventing NCDs later in life. Therefore, pregnancy offers a unique window of opportunity to turn the tide of the NCD epidemic. more[...] login_required

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Dille, Scott

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Jenkins, Clinton N.

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Dickinson, Paul

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Differentiation Programme

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The Global Compact Differentiation Programme represents a new phase in the Global Compact transparency and disclosure policy, designed not only to improve transparency among smaller and less experienced participants, but also to stimulate continuous progress and performance improvement among the more advanced companies. The Programme is designed to provide incentives and recognition (based on self-assessment) for businesses at all levels to make meaningful progress towards a comprehensive implementation of the principles in governance, strategy and operations. more[...] login_required

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Securing Yields through Sustainability

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How do we respond to the world’s increasing demand for food while protecting the environment and biodiversity for future generations? BASF’s sustainable agricultural work helps to address these global challenges. Our business is well-positioned to help customers become more sustainable. We provide farmers with reliable and innovative products, but also support them with our know-how. more[...]

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Projects

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ACI Contributes Where Others Do Not

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Following its core values, ACI seeks to play a part in improving the quality of people’s lives through the creation of new jobs and offerings services to people. Based on this belief, the Medical Information and Research Team as well as the Medical Services Department of ACI Pharmaceuticals partnered with CARE Bangladesh – an international development agency – to initiate a healthcare project under the name Amar Shasthya, which stands for “my health.” more[...] login_required

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ACI Contributes Where Others Do Not

Muallem A. Choudhury, Advanced Chemical Industries (ACI)
Dr. Rumana Dowla, ACI Pharmaceuticals
ACI Limited

Following its core values, ACI seeks to play a part in improving the quality of people’s lives through the creation of new jobs and offerings services to people. Based on this belief, the Medical Information and Research Team as well as the Medical Services Department of ACI Pharmaceuticals partnered with CARE Bangladesh – an international development agency – to initiate a healthcare project under the name Amar Shasthya, which stands for “my health.” more[...]

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A Green Building Inspired by the Future

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The recent Sonae Maia Business Center, located at Sonae's Business Park in Maia (Portugal), is the first building on the Iberian Peninsula to be awarded Leed Gold Certification. Built with the most environmental efficiency advanced technologies existing in the world, this eco-friendly building, with an area of 16.000 m2, allows a considerable reduction of environmental impacts, giving their occupants an indoor environment of excellence, quality and comfort. more[...] login_required

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A Green Building Inspired by the Future

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The recent Sonae Maia Business Center, located at Sonae's Business Park in Maia (Portugal), is the first building on the Iberian Peninsula to be awarded Leed Gold Certification. Built with the most environmental efficiency advanced technologies existing in the world, this eco-friendly building, with an area of 16.000 m2, allows a considerable reduction of environmental impacts, giving their occupants an indoor environment of excellence, quality and comfort. more[...]

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Greening of Saline and Alkaline Sediments

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Tata Chemicals Limited (TCL), which was established in 1939, today is the second largest producer of soda ash in the world with manufacturing facilities across four continents. TCL’s journey as a synthetic soda ash manufacturer began in Mithapur, on the coast of Gujarat, on India’s west coast, and for many years Mithapur represented the sum total of TCL’s soda ash manufacturing. Over time TCL’s Mithapur production volume has grown from 80 tons per day in 1944 to its current level of 2,400 tons per day. The volumes of wastes generated from its operations have grown as well. Solid waste disposal was one of TCL’s biggest concerns. Before setting up the cement manufacturing plant that converts these effluent solids into cement in 1993, all the solid waste generated was stored in a corner of the factory site called Malara. more[...]

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Thinking Holistically – Green Building at HOCHTIEF: maxCologne, a quality-certified project

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Lower costs, environmental protection, higher earnings, enhanced user productivity, and comfort – green real estate and facilities designed for sustainability are efficient and attractive, and they blend in perfectly with their socio-cultural surroundings. One basic prerequisite for creating a sustainable property is to view its lifecycle holistically. This is precisely what HOCHTIEF does. more[...] login_required

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