Corporate leaders from some of the world's largest companies gathered at a Rio+20 business action day, not to talk about industry assistance, but instead to discuss how industry could assist - 'at speed and at scale' - in making business more sustainable.
An Australian technology company has won the contract to capture, manage and report energy and sustainability data for Microsoft's global operations – and the test-bed of NGERS was crucial in giving it a competitive edge, says its CEO.
The old ways of doing business and measuring its performance are betraying the future, and urgent action is needed to end the corrosive influence of short-term thinking, says a new paper by Al Gore.
Social issues that will become material for Westpac over the next 30 years include the prospect of 'systemic disruptions' caused by environmental changes, says the bank's sustainability report, released today.