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Corporate Governance for Sustainability Needed for a Green Economy

By David Levy on May 10, 2011 Comments Off on Corporate Governance for Sustainability Needed for a Green Economy Beyond Rio+20: Governance for a Green Economy, Boston University Pardee Center, Brazil, carbon dioxide, carbon lock-in, Climate Change, David Levy, environmental, environmental externalities, global warming, green economy, International Society for Industrial Ecology, John Ehrenfeld, Rio de Janeiro, stakeholders, sustainability, sustainable economy, sustainable technology, vested interests

Meeting the challenges of climate change and a global transition towards a sustainable economy is such a monumental task that it requires the suitable governance structures that are able to channel corporate and other resources toward sustainability. This post covers some of the issues in this important subject including carbon lock-in, shorthand for the “interlocking technological, institutional and social forces…that perpetuate fossil fuel-based infrastructures in spite of their known environmental externalities”. It suggests a four pronged approach combining regulatory requirements, economic incentives for sustainability, public pressures, and finally to restructure the foundations of corporate governance to serve multiple stakeholders.

Platts Seeks Nominations for 2009 Global Energy Awards

By Tracey de Morsella on June 8, 2009 Comments Off on Platts Seeks Nominations for 2009 Global Energy Awards Anadarko Petroleum, CO, Commercial Technology, Edison International, Elster Integrated Solutions, EMFESZ First Hungarian Natural Gas and Energy Trading and Service, energy companies, energy efficiency, energy industry, energy producer, ENR, GDF Suez, Gerard Mestrallet, green energy, infrastructure, innovation, McGraw-Hill, oil prices, Platts, Platts Global Energy Awards, Prasert Bunsumpun, PTT, Royal Dutch Shell, SolArc, sustainable energy, sustainable technology, UNION FENOSA, Westminster

Platts, a leading energy information division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, is currently seeking nominations for the 11th annual Platts Global Energy Awards, which recognize excellence of companies and individuals in the global energy industry. Eighteen performance categories will be recognized. All nominations must be received by September 12, 2009 to be considered. Established in 1999, the Platts Global Energy Awards will seek to recognize corporate leaders and companies that are successfully coping with the difficult economic environment as they continue to address the domestic and global challenges of sustainable and “green” energy, efficiency and innovation.

L.A. Makes Play to Become World’s Clean Tech Capital

By Chris de Morsella on April 25, 2009 1 Comment Antonio Villaraigosa, California Institute of Technology, Caltech, clean tech corridor, clean technologies, clean technology, CleanTech Los Angeles, Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles, CRA/LA, DWP, green building techniques, green economy, green jobs, green manufacturing, green technology, JPL, L.A., Los Angeles Department of Water & Power, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, renewable energy resources, sustainable technology, UCLA, USC, water conservation technologies

CleanTech Los Angeles is a multi-agency collaboration between CRA/LA, Caltech, DWP, JPL, Mayor’s Office, Port UCLA, and USC to establish Los Angeles as the global leader in research, commercialization, and deployment of clean technologies. It brings together groups like the city’s power and water utility, the chamber of commerce, and the universally recognized scientific research heavyweights UCLA, USC and CalTech with the aim to help LA region become a global center of green technology, green jobs and green manufacturing, officials explained. The ultimate goal is a lofty one: to become the global capital of clean technology.