Posted on July 27, 2009 by clementrms
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Opening in 181 countries on June 5th, 2009 during the World Environment Day (WED) and thanks to the contribution of many luxury brands, this movie without copyright by Yann Arthus-Bertrand was widely broadcasted for a few days for free in french, english and [...]
Filed under: climate change, ecological footprint, pollution, sustainable development, sustainable living | Tagged: 10 years, climate evolution, deforestation, environmental sustainability, France, Home, Home movie, sustainable development, waste management, WED, World environment day, Yann Arthus-Bertrand | 4 Comments »
Posted on June 17, 2008 by rtelmosse
–WOW– to be honest, I am not sure we have firms like this in Canada, but the Vigeo Group are, in essence, THE Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) police in France.
Vigeo examined ~ 1,500 European, American and Asian companies with regards to:
Human Rights
Human Resources
Environment
Business Behaviour
Corporate Governance
Community Involvment
I L I K E.
Offering services similar to that of [...]
Filed under: corporate sustainability | Tagged: CSR, ethical investment, France, Vigeo | 1 Comment »
Posted on July 18, 2007 by sdcastudent
Ecologists often oppose nuclear as a viable source of energy to ensure our future or to reduce GHG emissions, arguing the nuclear waste and proliferation threats are too dangerous.
I feel the nuclear industry, combined with renewable sources of energy, is the only heavily energy productive system virtually CO² emission free that can provide energy for [...]
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Posted on July 17, 2007 by sdcastudent
A famous french scientist Claude Allègre wrote in September 2006 an article that lead to a big controversy in France. He was, 20 years ago, one of the first scientists who started to worry about CO2 concentration in the atmosphere and its potential disastreous effects. But recently he totally changed his mind. As he has [...]
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Posted on July 16, 2007 by sdcastudent
Taking the train is the first step to protect the environment.
A TGV emits 5,7g of CO2 per km/traveller, whereas the car emits 111g, and plane 180g.
THe sustainable development and the SNCF
The SNCF, the french railways company is very concerned about its role into the society and its responsability towards present and future generations, so SNCF [...]
Filed under: pollution, sustainable technologies | Tagged: France, SNCF, TGV, trains | 4 Comments »