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“The US is the Saudi Arabia of wind power”
T. Boone Pickens one of the most famous oilmen in the US is promoting alternative energy. Pickens launched the “Pickens Plan”. The country’s dependency on foreign oil is his main motive. The environment is
Facts and fiction on climate change: ‘how to make up my mind as a consumer?’
On Tuesday, June 24th, the second Triple Value Young Professional Event took place and this time Simon Rozendaal was invited to share his thoughts. Simon has been working as a science journalist for many years and publishes various articles in Elsevier and a blog on climate change. He is averse to the hype around climate change and in his presentation he showed that the public is misled in the information it receives, especially from the media, politicians and lobby groups.
How to make sustainability reports more exiting?
By now most companies that publish sustainability reports are preparing for next year’s round.
I would advise not to have more of the same, no incremental changes but some real improvements. Five suggestions, (a bit long for a blog, but well intended):
1) From aiming at all stakeholders, to targeting a
“Co2 offsetts and knifing someone to death”
An interesting debate in the FT these days on the energy crisis and Co2. In a letter to the editor professor Jagdish Bhagwati makes an interesting observation on Co2 offsetts (FT June 25th “Crook cuts through energy crisis waffle but takes a step too far”). There is something wrong with the notion of maintaining a C02-intensive lifestyle while
Private equity companies blind for sustainability premium?
Recently we have taken the initiative to research the private equity sector in The Netherlands. We felt that in general private equity players are absent in the debate on sustainable entrepreneurship. While listed multinationals are executing their sustainability strategies, the government is committed to 100% sustainable purchasing by 2010 and institutional investors such as ABP are promoting sustainability, private equity seems to be missing opportunities to pocket an additional premium.
Our findings confirmed our hypothesis. Respondents
