Michael Porter is a leading authority on competitive strategy and the competitiveness and economic development of nations, states, and regions, as well as a professor at Harvard Business School. Together with Claas van der Linde, Porter explains how a reduction in ecological impact can translate into an increase in resource productivity, which in turn can create a competitive advantage. Click […]
In Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution, published in 1999, authors Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins and Hunter Lovins describe the essential relationship between capitalism, natural resources and ecosystem services through which economic dynamics and profit are possible. Amory Lovins explores the topic of the Natural Capitalism in the video below. Available in English with […]
FIRE – Italian Federation for the Rational Use of Energy – is a non-profit organization for the promotion of energy efficiency as a means to protect the environment and end users. The Federation supports operators working in this field through institutional activities and services, and helps national decision makers to develop legislative and regulatory framework. FIRE also […]
In this lecture, Jeffrey Sachs, a world renowned economist, the Director of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, and one of Time Magazine’s “100 Most Influential People in the World” both in 2004 and 2005, gives us an effective introduction to the concept of Sustainable Development.
You can learn more about the subject of Energy Auditing through the course provided by ENEA. This web seminar is available in Italian. Click here to access the contents.
Al Gore, joint winner of the 2007 Nobel peace prize, together with the IPPC (Intergovernal Panel on Climate Change) “for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change”, gives a new way of looking at the climate crisis.
Steve Howard, Head of Sustainability at IKEA, tells us why sustainability should become less of a gimmick and more of a duty. He throws down the gauntlet to other multinationals to follow suit.
Al Gore, joint winner of the 2007 Nobel peace prize, together with the IPPC (Intergovernal Panel on Climate Change) “for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change”, introduces the challenge of the new millennium: The causes, […]
Energy is critical to organizational operations and can represent a major cost to organizations, whatever their activities. In addition, individual organisations hold little influence over energy prices, government policies or the global economy, so the only option available is to improve the way they manage energy in the here and now. Improved energy performance can provide immediate benefits for […]
More and more companies are deciding to adopt ecologically sustainable policies in order to promote efficiency, stimulate growth, and boost their market position. In “The business of sustainability“, Sheila Bonini, a senior consultant at Mc Kinsey, lays out some of the strategies that companies employ to pursue sustainability objectives, and some of the consequential benefits.