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New Building Norms Can Drive BIPV Mainstream, with 6.6 GW Market in 2021
Many companies are actively integrating sustainability principles into their businesses, according to a recent McKinsey survey, and they are doing so by pursuing goals that go far beyond earlier concern …
Based on Solidiance's forecast, there could be between 2 to 4 million green cars on the roads in China by 2020, given a 5-10 % penetration rate of the Chinese …
The price returns of Korea's most sustainable companies since 2007 proof beyond doubt that sustainable investment is profitable, given the right research approach.
Manufacturing
Boom in bio-based materials and chemicals finance nears end after $3.1 Billion in venture funding
Big-ticket acquisitions and a dozen IPOs mark an inflection point for the industry, says Lux Research
To measure the impact of sustainability on economic competitiveness, the World Economic Forum is developing a new analytical framework – the Sustainable Competitiveness Index (SCI). The SCI takes a long-term approach to highlight factors that could represent...
Food & Agriculture
Design for sustainable fisheries—modeling fishery economics
The new McKinsey report, Design for sustainable fisheries, explores the best means of establishing sustainable fisheries around the world, based on a clear understanding of the options and their biological …
Carbon & Climate
State of Forest Carbon Markets 2011
This second annual State of the Forest Carbon Markets tracks, reports, and analyzes trends in global transactions of emissions reductions generated from forest carbon projects.
The Ecodesk 2011 Sustainability & Finance Report is a thorough financial and economics based analysis of sustainability data and strategy, affecting all sectors, and using the banks as examples of …
Manufacturing
MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub reports
Concrete is one of the most extensively used materials worldwide -- on average, more than two tons per year of the rock-like stuff is produced for every man, woman and …
Water
The Stockholm Statement
The 'Stockholm Statement' calls on leadership at all levels of government that will participate at the Rio+20 Summit (4-6 June 2012) to commit to achieving "universal provisioning of safe drinking …
Bioenergy and water are inextricably linked. For the first time, this report examines in depth these interlinkages, highlights the risks and opportunities, and offers an outlook on ways to address …
