What does TFT Certified Wood Mean?
Source: Eco print
Source: Eco print
Source: Environment 360
Par: Mike Ives
Developing countries are now shipping more e-waste by weight to developed countries than vice versa, according to a recent analysis of United Nations trade data by Josh Lepawsky, a geographer at Canada's Memorial University of Newfoundland and an expert on the electronic waste trade. "Between 1996 and 2012 the dominant inter-regional trade pattern has been turned on its head," he says.
Source: ISEAL Alliance
Par: Kristine Komives
Geneva saw the launch of The COSA Measuring Sustainability Report and the State of Sustainability Initiatives (SSI) Review 2014. Both reports are the culmination of years of research and look at the trade and impact of voluntary sustainability standards.
Source: 2degrees
Par: Stephen Kennett
Source: Green Biz
Par: Molly Miller
Source: Sustainable Brands
Par: Mike Hower
Source: The Guardian Sustainable Business
Par: Rowan Phillimore
A study of laptops by the Öko Institute showed that 56% of the total greenhouse gas emissions of a laptop are produced in the production phase. This means that if you buy a new laptop which is 10% more energy efficient, it would still take up to 89 years of use to cancel out the GHGs generated in the production, distribution and disposal of the product.