The UN Global Compact announced on April 11th that WindMade has been appointed as the official sustainability partner for their RIO+20 Corporate Sustainability Forum to be held from June 15th until June 18th, 2012 in Rio. WindMade is the organization responsible for the first global consumer label identifying products made with wind power. The label [...]
Procter & Gamble is a multinational corporation that provides consumer products in the areas of pharmaceuticals, cleaning supplies, personal care, and pet supplies. The Scorecard Analysis Tool is the latest component of P&G’s Supply Chain Environmental Sustainability Scorecard. It was designed to improve the environmental footprint of P&G’s supply chain, fuel innovation, and encourage suppliers [...]
On April 25th, 2012, from 12:00 – 1:30 pm, Center for Governance and Sustainability Co-Director and UMass Boston Professor Maria Ivanova will speak at the Great Transition Initiative Lunch Seminar at the Tellus Institute in Boston. Prof. Ivanova will present a lecture focused on her chapter in State of the World 2012: Moving Toward Sustainable [...]
The Center for Governance and Sustainability is proud to announce that UMass Boston Professor of Biology and Center Faculty Fellow Kamal Bawa has been elected to the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Prof. Bawa is being recognized specifically for his contributions to public discourse and public policy surrounding sustainability. His election to the Academy [...]
On April 17th, The Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters presented Kamal Bawa, professor of Biology at the University of Massachusetts Boston and Faculty Fellow at the Center for Governance and Sustainability, the first Gunnerus Sustainability Award. The award acknowledges and honors Prof. Bawa’s research as having a distinct impact towards the sustainability of [...]
From the 23rd to the 25th of April, 2012, the Swedish Ministry of the Environment and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs will host an environmental conference to commemorate the first UN Conference on the Human Environment held in Stockholm in 1972. Known as Stockholm+40 – Partnership Forum for Sustainable Development, the 2012 international conference will bring [...]
