SustainabilityHQ.com Weekly Highlights July 05, 2012

Top Story of the Week

Developing world caused more climate change before Industrial Revolution
(Thursday - July 05, 2012)
Source: NY Daily News - Mankind was causing climate change long before the combustion engine was even invented, according to a new study that suggests developing countries like China and India have contributed more to global warming than previously...

Public pension finances could soon look shakier
(Tuesday - June 26, 2012) Associated Profiles : New York City Comptroller’s Office: Bureau of Asset Management
Source: CNN Money - NEW YORK -- States and cities will soon have to reveal just how big their pension holes are ... and that disclosure is likely to prompt more calls to reform public pension plans.The Governmental Accounting Standards Board on...

Sustainability & Corporate Responsibility Reporting
G&A Institute is the Global Reporting Initiative's (GRI) sole data partner for the United States of America, the United Kingdom, and the Republic of Ireland. As the data partner we monitor, analyze and database information on all Sustainability reports issued in these territories. Recent Sustainability and CR Reports issued in the USA, UK and Ireland are:

USA

• Monsanto Company Releases 2011 Corporate Social Responsibility Report
  June 29, 2012 Source: Sacramento Bee

• Owens Corning Sustainability Report: Landfill use, air quality numbers improve significantly
  June 28, 2012 Source: MarketWatch

• Hain Celestial Releases 2011 Sustainability Report
  June 28, 2012 Source: Hain Celestial

• Americas Styrenics LLC Releases Inaugural Corporate Social Responsibility Report
  June 26, 2012 Source: Financial Post.com

• Andersen Corporation Announces Its First Corporate Sustainability Report
  June 26, 2012 Source: MarketWatch

• IZZY+ 2011 Sustainability Report
  June 25, 2012 Source: IZZY+

• CSX Launches Corporate Social Responsibility Report, Microsite
  June 25, 2012 Source: MarketWatch

• Clover Issues Third Annual Sustainability Report
  June 25, 2012 Source: Recharge Magazine

• Crown Equipment Commits to Sustainability
  June 25, 2012 Source: Crown Equipment

• Clean Earth, Inc. Publishes 3-Year Sustainability Plan with Integrated Approach to Improve Triple Bottom Line of Environmental, Social & Economic Performance
  June 25, 2012 Source: Clean Earth

• CH2M HILL Reports Company-Wide Greenhouse Gas Inventory
  June 25, 2012 Source: MarketWatch

• Cognizant publishes their Sustainability Report 2011.
  June 25, 2012 Source: Cognizant

• Morgan Stanley's 2012 Sustainability Report
  June 23, 2012 Source: Morgan Stanley

• Hyatt GRI Corporate Responsibility Report
  June 22, 2012 Source: Hyatt

• ABM Reports on Corporate Sustainability Initiatives; Improves GRI Rating
  June 22, 2012 Source: MarketWatch

United Kingdom

• Land Securities publishes 2012 Corporate Responsibility report
  June 23, 2012 Source: Land Securities

• Orange publishes its 2011 Corporate Social Responsibility Report
  June 22, 2012 Source: Oranga

ESG / Sustainability

Commission Calls Fukushima Nuclear Crisis a Man-Made Disaster
(Thursday - July 05, 2012)
Source: NY Times - TOKYO — The nuclear accident at Fukushima was a man-made disaster rooted in government-industry collusion and the worst conformist conventions of Japanese culture, a high-level parliamentary inquiry concluded on Thursday...

Court Backs EPA Over Emissions Limits Intended to Reduce Global Warming
(Wednesday - June 27, 2012)
Source: NY Times - WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld a finding by the Environmental Protection Agency that heat-trapping gases from industry and vehicles endanger public health, dealing a decisive blow to companies and states...

Feds: Sting targeted online financial fraud
(Wednesday - June 27, 2012) Associated Profiles : State Street Global Advisors (SSgA)
Source: MSNBC - Two dozen people on four continents, including alleged two hackers from New York, have been arrested in an elaborate sting targeting a black market for online financial fraud, federal officials said Tuesday.

Anti-Trafficking Groups Raising Awareness Ahead of London Summer Games - Christian Post
(Tuesday - June 26, 2012) Associated Profiles : ICCR
Source: Christian Post - Christian Brothers Investment Services (CBIS) is working in partnership with 37 nonprofit organizations and investment firms, including the Ecumenical Council for Corporate Responsibility, FairPensions, Interfaith Center on...

A third of all food produced globally is wasted: United Nations - Economic Times
(Tuesday - June 26, 2012) Associated Profiles : United Nations - All Programs
Source: Economic Times - One-third of food produced globally every year does not reach human mouths - it is either lost in transit or wasted by consumers themselves. This amounts to a staggering 1.3 billion tonnes every year. These chilling...

Global water crisis costs millions of lives: UNICEF
(Thursday - June 21, 2012) Associated Profiles : UN-Water
Source: Deutsche Welle - The UN children's agency has highlighted the global water crisis ahead of a UN summit on sustainability. Every day around 3,000 children die of diarrhea caused by unsanitary conditions, UNICEF said in its annual report.

Sovereign Wealth Funds

Singapore fund Temasek says investment growth slows as global slump buffets Asian companies
(Thursday - July 05, 2012) Associated Profiles : Temasek Holdings
Source: Washington Post - Singapore state investment company Temasek Holdings said growth in the value of its investments slowed in the last financial year as a weakening global economy undermined the value of Asian companies.

China's external debt highest since 1985 - Jakarta Post
(Wednesday - June 27, 2012) Associated Profiles : State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) Investment Company (China)
Source: Jakarta Post - China's outstanding external debt in 2011 totaled more than $751 billion by the end of March, the highest since 1985, according to data released by the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Tuesday. The proportion of...

Abu Dhabi fund cautious on Europe - Financial Times
(Tuesday - June 26, 2012) Associated Profiles : Abu Dhabi Investment Authority
Source: Financial Times - The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, one of the worldâ??s largest sovereign wealth funds, expressed caution about Europe and reiterated its optimism toward emerging markets in its 2011 review released on Monday. Sheikh Ahmed...

Libyan fund lost $1.75 bln in investments managed by Goldman, SocGen-head - Reuters
(Monday - June 25, 2012) Associated Profiles : Libyan Investment Authority
Source: Reuters - Mohsen Derregia, chairman of the Libyan Investment Authority, told reporters in Milan LIA needed to review these investments and how they were managed. "Then we will talk to the investment houses and see if we can claim a...

This is just a sample of some of the articles from this weeks SustainabilityHQ Highlights.  You can view the full Highlights by using the following links.  Sustainability | ESG, Highlights for the Week of July 05, 2012