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| Top Story of the Week New Partnership Offers Clients of Governance & Accountability Institute Access to RepRisk Comprehensive ESG Intelligence (Friday – July 11, 2014) Source: Governance & Accountability Institute New York/Zurich – As part of its portfolio of resources to help managers identify, understand, monitor, and address their sustainability challenges, the Governance & Accountability (G&A) Institute will now bring the benefits of…Sustainability in FocusIs a sustainable supply chain an obligation or necessity? (Friday – July 11, 2014) Source: Packaging Digest – Over the past decade, sustainability across industries has evolved and grown in importance. Most organizations that once felt it was something they needed to do to meet their social, legal and regulatory responsibilities, today… Setting Standards For Corporate Responsibility And Sustainability — Together Sustainable energy becoming cost effective option, says report Study: Shoppers more focused on sustainability With the launch of its first professional body, has sustainability lost its edge? Promote sustainability without disadvantaging business Competent Leaders Need to Understand the Science of Sustainability ESG Issues & Players Three Reasons Why America Has a Shot at Leading on Global Warming New ESG Tool For Advisors Shale Seen Shifting Flows at America’s Biggest Oil Port Proxy Season 2014: A Mid-Year Look at What’s Hot and What’s Not Asset Managers, US Pension Funds, Sovereign Wealth Funds Why Buffett is betting on energy stocks again Sovereign wealth funds: Investing for the unforeseeable future Are Pensions Finally Fed Up with Social Divesting’ Watching the Watchers Established: March 1, 2011 ESG/Sustainability Focus: Yes, a focus on environmental and social issues connected with the apparel industry. KEY PARTNERS The Sustainability Consortium. The Outdoor Industry Association and Nike have offered expertise. Sustainable Apparel Coalition is a membership organization. OVERVIEW/MISSION The Sustainable Apparel Coalition says its vision is: “An apparel industry that produces no unnecessary environmental harm and has a positive impact on the people and communities associated with its activities.” The SAC stresses that its work is a collaborative effort that it sees leading its industry. BACKGROUND The Sustainable Apparel Coalition was officially launched on March 1, 2011, to “successfully frame a pre-competitive, universal index to measure and benchmark sustainable practices and products for use by the entire apparel and footwear sector.” The New York Times provided visibility to the launch. Members initiated the coalition’s founding and support its work through annual dues. STRUCTURE The SAC was founded as an invitation-only membership organization; it may open membership in 2012. METHODOLOGIES / OPERATIONS The Sustainable Apparel Index will be designed “for measuring the environmental and social performance of apparel products and the supply chains that produce them.” The SAC says the index must be transparent and verifiable. Though the index is still in development; Version 1.0 is scheduled for release in mid-2011. The 1.0 index shows three assessment modules: the product, the supplier facility, and the brand and retailer. Assessments will look, as appropriate, at materials, packaging, manufacturing, transportation, use and service, and end of life. News Sweeps NIKE’s Sustainability Report Shows Company Reducing Environmental Impact While Continuing to Grow Freudenberg company joins SAC Freudenberg company joins SAC |
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