CDP to push water disclosure

Seeking to replicate its success in increasing voluntary reporting by companies on carbon emissions, the CDP develops a mechanism for corporate reporting on water use.
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“Outstanding” response to PepsiCo acceptance of the human right to water

Dan Bena, is currently the Director of Sustainability, Health, Safety, and Environment for the international division of PepsiCo. He is also the opening keynote speaker at next month’s Corporate Water Footprinting conference in San Francisco. PepsiCo is one of the first, and probably the largest, companies to make an explicit commitment to the human right [...]

The human right to water

 Last year was our first Corporate Water Footprint conference. The event, held in San Francisco, attracted vociferous and theatrical protest as well as local main stream media interest. 
The conference was criticised for not involving more NGO voices with most criticism coming from Food and Water Watch and the Council of Canadians. This year both of [...]

The background to PepsiCo’s commitment to the human right to water

Though announced in April this is still an interesting read for those involved in water issues, corporate governance, shareholder activism. Dan Bena from PepsiCo International will discuss this at Corporate Water Footprinting in December in San Francisco.
Full details here

The first water offset product

Bonneville Environmental Foundation has launched what is the first water offset product. Rob Harmon from BEF will be speaking about this innovation at our Corporate Water Footprinting event in San Francisco in December – press release below
BEF Water Restoration CertificatesTM Help Americans Take Responsibility For Their Water Use
PORTLAND, Ore. /Businesswire/ – In an effort to [...]

EPA Finalizes the Nation’s First Greenhouse Gas Reporting System/Monitoring to begin in 2010

WASHINGTON – On January 1, 2010, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will, for the first time, require large emitters of heat-trapping emissions to begin collecting greenhouse gas (GHG) data under a new reporting system. This new program will cover approximately 85 percent of the nation’s GHG emissions and apply to roughly 10,000 facilities.
“This is a [...]

Greenbiz story on last week’s Sustainability Stakeholder Engagement conference in NYC

Stakeholder engagement is a critical, yet often overlooked or under-prioritized aspect of many organizations’ sustainability efforts. The Sustainability Stakeholder Engagement (SSE) conference offered insights and practical ways to build effective relations with stakeholders, from customers, employees and investors, to suppliers, NGOs and communities. Read more.

The first food product with a water footprint label

Raisio CEO Matti Rihko  is speaking at our Corporate Water Footprinting conference in December. In this 60-second interview he outlines the details of what is thought to be the first water-footprint label on a food product.
What prompted you undertake the water footprint and label product?
As a pioneer in plant-based, ecological food, and as one of [...]

Media and NGO reaction to the climate bill

Last Thursday (May 21)  the Waxman and Markey cap and trade climate bill was passed which should see new environmental legislation come in to effect by the end of the year.
Here are what some of the media and ngos think of the legislation.
Time – Greens Celebrate Cap-and-Trade Victory — Cautiously
WSJ – Pollution politics and the [...]

Citizen journalism, open government, status updates, community building, information sharing, crowdsourcing, and the election of a President.
Editor’s note: This is first guest post from Max Gladwell.
Our children will inherit a world profoundly changed by the combination of technology and humanity that is social media. They’ll take for granted that their voices can be heard [...]