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Natural Capital Initiative Summit ‘Valuing our Life Support Systems 2014’
Thursday, November 6, 2014
Valuing Our Life Support Systems Summit November 6th & 7th 2014, British Library, London The Natural Capital Initiative's second summit “Valuing our Life Support Systems” brought together leading influencers from policy, academia,... Read More
Australian Sustainable Leaders Forum Sydney Nov 2014
Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Natural Capital was one of the key topics at the Australian Sustainability Leaders Forum (ASLF) Sydney seminar. Dorothy Maxwell presented "Natural Capital: What Corporate Sustainability Leaders Need to Know". With this important... Read More
MISTRA Future Fashion Programme Sweden Oct 2014
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
This week in Stockholm, Mistra hosts the expert evaluation panel of the Mistra Future Fashion programme . Dorothy Maxwell, Stockholm Environment Institute and Sustainable Apparel Coalition are members of the panel. Mistra -... Read More
New Publications: Valuing Natural Capital in Business 2014
Thursday, May 1, 2014
VALUING NATURE IN BUSINESS Towards a Harmonized Framework & Taking Stock - two milestone publications authored by Dr. Dorothy Maxwell for the Natural Capital Coalition - were launched today. These take stock of existing initiatives in the... Read More
Global Leadership Award in Sustainable Apparel 2014
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
As Executive Director at the Natural Capital Coalition, Dr. Dorothy Maxwell represented the Coalition as a finalist in the Global Leadership Award in Sustainable Apparel (GLASA) in association with the Copenhagen Fashion Summit. The nomination was... Read More
Accounting for Sustainability Q&A with Dorothy Maxwell
Friday, February 22, 2013
Accounting for Sustainability Q & A with Dr Dorothy Maxwell While in the contract role of Executive Director of the TEEB for Business Coalition / Natural Capital Coalition, this interview with the Prince of Wales's Accouting for Sustainability... Read More
Rio +20 Outcomes and Next Steps
Friday, June 29, 2012
RIO+20 UN SUMMIT ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (20-22 June 2012) - Twenty years on from the first Rio Earth Summit, the progress of international environmental policy making is as slow as always... Read More
Design and Planning Large Scale Resource Use
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
GVSS worked with partners Bio Intelligence Services and The Institute of Social Ecology on this "Design and Planning Large Scale Resource Use" project which supports DG Environment EU policy making on resource management. We identified the patterns and... Read More
The Rebound Effect Report & EU Green Week
Monday, December 12, 2011
GVSS publish report "Addressing the Rebound Effect" in Climate Change and Resource Policy for the European Commission DG Environment and present the findings at EU Green Week. From The New Scientist to The New Yorker, the existence of rebound effects have... Read More
Carbon Footprint Standard
Thursday, November 24, 2011
GVSS are Technical Advisors to Defra for the PAS2050 Carbon Footprint Standard development and revision. The revised PAS2050 has been designed to harmonise with other international Carbon Footprint standards to best suit the needs of... Read More