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Sustainability

Type: Keyphrase

Name: Sustainability

description: A characteristic or state whereby the needs of the present and local population can be met without compromising the ability of future generations or populations in other locations to meet their needs.

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 6 Documents (in Environment)

Forum for the Future

Newcastle 'most sustainable city'

Newcastle has beaten places with 'greener' reputations to come top in an annual league of Britain's most sustainable cities.The league table produced by sustainable development organisation Forum for the Future showed Newcastle outperformed previous winners ... [Virgin Media - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Forum for the Future, Newcastle upon Tyne (United Kingdom), Sustainability

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 3 Documents

Kraft Foods Eliminated More Than 50 Million Truck Miles Since 2005 Through Focus on Transportation Sustainability Efforts Trucking Alternatives, High

(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090420/KRAFTLOGO)"We think about miles, piles and idles when moving our product," said Steve Yucknut, Vice President, Sustainability. "We're finding ways to drive fewer miles, reduce inventory piles and eliminate ... [Yahoo! Canada - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Kraft Foods Incorporated, Sustainability, Coffee, Oscar Mayer

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 2 Documents

Sustainable agriculture an evolving concept

Sustainability is todays buzzword.It is hard to find any company that is not promoting its sustainability efforts.Count agriculture in that group.But, just what is sustainable agriculture?You know it when you see it, but it is hard to define and there ... [Iowa Farmer - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Sustainability, Sustainable Agriculture, Ann Johnston, Wikipedia

First Reported 17 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 3 Documents (in Environment)

US Environmental Protection Agency

Kraft Foods Cuts More Than 50 Million Truck Miles

Enter the verification code as it is shown below without spaces. (Not case-sensitive)Enter Code:Image Code VerificationAutomated programs can't 'read' the code you see in the box: only humans can.When you enter this code, it ensures that your order is ... [Work Truck Online - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Kraft Foods Incorporated, Sustainability, US Environmental Protection Agency

First Reported 10 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 2 Documents

CSR: It's All About Marketing

C. B. BhattacharyaCorporate responsibility policies have been gaining increasing attention from senior executives as questions of sustainability and green agendas have come to permeate business the world over.The financial crisis has only heightened this ... [Forbes.com - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Sustainability, European School of Management and Technology, Induction, Ignorance

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 20 hours ago - 2 Documents (in Environment)

Melbourne Convention Centre wins ‘Public Building and Urban Design’ award

The Melbourne Convention Centre has been named the ‘Overall Winner’ of the 2009 BPN Sustainability Awards and the category winner of the prestigious ‘Public Building and Urban Design’ award.Judges said: “This project provides positive urban design outcomes, ... [TravelDailyNews.com - 20 hours ago]

Entities: Urban Design, Melbourne, Environment, Yarra River, Sustainability

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 2 Documents (in Environment)

Sustainable ag targets profitable production

-- when meaningful work on sustainable agriculture began at Iowa State University.Thats when the Department of Interiors Fish and Wildlife Service conducted a conference about preserving natural resources, recalls DeWitt, director of the Leopold Center ... [Iowa Farmer - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainability, Agriculture

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 3 Documents (in Energy)

Oil attracts again

Oil rose in Asian trade on Friday as investors bought the commodity at more attractive prices, but concerns over the strength of the global economic recovery has injected caution into the market.New York's main contract, light sweet crude for December ... [iafrica.com - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Victor Shum, Light Sweet Crude Oil, Brent Crude Oil, Distillation

First Reported 15 hours ago - Updated 15 hours ago - 2 Documents

Newcastle-upon-Tyne Named Greenest City in the U.K.

Newcastle-upon-Tyne has been named the greenest city in the U.K. in a sustainability audit conducted by . Photo by Draco2008 via Flickr.com.Shrouded in smoke and the center of ship building, Newcastle-upon-Tyne was once a major industrial center. But ... [Treehugger - 15 hours ago]

Entities: United Kingdom, Newcastle upon Tyne (United Kingdom), John Shipley, Peter Madden (actor), Leeds

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 2 Documents (in Energy)

National Wildlife Federation includes Centre's Green Fund in newest report

DANVILLE, KYThis week, the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) issued a report titled 'Generation E: Students Leading for a Sustainable, Clean Energy Future.' In the report, 165 different U.S. colleges and universities are profiled because of their students' ... [Centre College - 11/20/2009]

Entities: National Wildlife Federation, Ann Lee, Hydroelectricity, Surcharge, Harrodsburg (United States)

First Reported 14 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 2 Documents

Indian to grow @8% next fiscal: Nomura

The Indian economy is likely to grow by eight per cent in the next fiscal, propelled by domestic demand, financial services firm Nomura has said."The fundamental drivers of domestic demand are falling into place. We ...expect growth to rebound to eight ... [Indian Express - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Nomura Holdings Inc, Sustainability, India

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents (in Politics)

Ascent Healthcare Solutions Receives 510(K) Clearance To...

Ascent Healthcare Solutions, a leader in delivering healthcare resource sustainability, today announced that it has received the industry's first and only 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to reprocess the Biosense Webster ... [Hospital Network .com - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Health Care, Ultrasound, Sustainability, Catheter

Quotes

'We think about miles, piles and idles when moving our product,' said Steve Yucknut, vice president, sustainability. "We're finding ways to drive fewer miles, reduce inventory piles, and eliminate idling trucks. We're collaborating with customers and suppliers. And we're using a number of high-tech innovations for our trucks and warehouses to reduce energy and CO2 emissions."

Kraft Foods Cuts More Than 50 Million Truck Miles [Work Truck Online - 1 hour ago]

"The biggest challenge we face is people," said Nakheel's head of sustainability and environment, Brendan Jack. "People are a double-edged sword when it comes to efficiency - they want to do bigger and better things."

The future face of construction [Arabian Business - 1 hour ago]

...Business In The Community, the Carbon Disclosure Project, The Climate Group and Oxfam offer specialised services which differentiate their value. "Environmental NGOs provide a wide range of advisory, thought leadership, partnering and brand-credibility services to UK corporates" commented Verdantix Director Rodolphe d'Arjuzon...

WWF and Forum For The Future lead the UK environmental NGO market [CSR Europe - 3 hours ago]

...the year as investors lock in profits from a volatile year of trading and watch for signals about the pace of the economic turnaround, they said. "Part of it is driven by questions about the sustainability of the recovery" said David Gilmore, a managing partner at Foreign Exchange Analytics in Essex, Conn

Jitters, disappointing data get the best of Wall Street: Many stocks finish down after week, but ... [Washington Post - 3 hours ago]

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ASU, UAE partner for global decision-making pla... [Arizona State University - 4 hours ago]
Gold silver traders book profit as prices fall [CommodityOnline - 4 hours ago]

Blogs

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Information and Crude Complexity [The Oil Drum - Discussions about Energy and Our ... - 3 hours ago] This is a guest post by WebHubbleTelescope. Scientific theories get selected for advancement much like evolution promotes the strongest species to survive. New ...
We now return you to your regularly scheduled&#... [insideHPC - 9 hours ago] SC09 is now officially in the rear-view mirror, having ended around lunch west coast time today. While we are returning insideHPC to the look you’ve all become accustomed ...
U.S. layoffs fall in October [Economy-Finance - 12 hours ago] WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of mass layoffs reported by U.S. employers fell last month from September, a government report showed on Friday, suggesting job ...
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Named Greenest City in the ... [Treehugger - 15 hours ago] Newcastle-upon-Tyne has been named the greenest city in the U.K. in a sustainability audit conducted by . Photo by Draco2008 via Flickr.com.Shrouded in smoke and ...
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Named Greenest City in the ... [Treehugger - 15 hours ago] Newcastle-upon-Tyne has been named the greenest city in the U.K. in a sustainability audit conducted by Forum for the Future. Photo by Draco2008 via Flickr.com. Shrouded ...

Audio/Video

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The job market will rebound a lot sooner than y... [Slate Magazine - 11/14/2009]
Coming Soon: Jobs! [Slate Magazine - 11/14/2009]
Christmas Confusion [Slate Magazine - 11/11/2009]
Are holiday "adopt-a-family" programs... [Slate Magazine - 11/11/2009]
Your GreenGov Ideas [The White House - YouTube - 11/06/2009]

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