Government Purchasing: Sustainability’s Best-Kept Secret?
By Mary Hoff
Archimedes once observed that with a long enough lever he could move the world. In the case of moving the world to a more sustainable place, government purchasing could be just what he would have ordered.
Tricky Recovery as Western Drought Looms Over Summer
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After the long, dark night of the pandemic, many are predicting a rosy dawn followed by a bright summer day. The feeling is that we, the people, have borne the battle and can now celebrate the victory.
From Vikings to Wind Turbines - Demark's journey toward sustainability
| Fri, Oct 15, 2021 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM EDT |
Join George Washington University and the Security and Sustainability Forum for the eighth webinar in the Leadership in Our Time webinar series. Danish Minister of Climate, Energy, and Utilities Dan Jørgensen will be interviewed by Atlantic Council Senior Fellow Ambassador András Simonyi. Topics include European Commission 2021 "Fit for 55" legal framework to achieve climate goals, Denmark's pioneering role in energy transition, transatlantic climate and energy cooperation, and preparation for COP26.The Social Scolds Are Set To Take Up Global Warming
The Social Scolds Are Set To Take Up Global Warming
The latest report from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change gives humanity a simple directive: Get a grip on greenhouse gas emissions or the dear old planet won’t be the dear old planet we have known and loved down through the millennia.
Sustainable Consumption at COP 26: Implementing SDG 12
| Tue, Oct 26, 2021 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM EDT |
Join SSF and the Global Electronics Council to delve deeper into the role of sustainable purchasing at COP26 and how to engage in a new GEC Global Campaign to coalesce individual and country initiatives into global demand for sustainable and circular technology products & services that mitigate climate change and create jobs. Participants in the series will learn about the power of institutional sustainable purchasing and learn procurement and human resource tools and approach to transform their organizations
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