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Industry Progress towards Sustainable Development
New UNEP Report: “Class of 2006: Industry report cards on environment and social responsibility.”
New York, 10 May 2006 – A growing number of business and industry groups are making efforts to improve their environmental and social performance according to a new report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
The challenge today, says the report, is to speed up progress in moving towards the life cycle economy, doing accountable reporting against corporate responsibility commitments and strengthening engagement of business and industry from rapidly industrialising developing countries.
In most cases, significant steps have been taken towards putting policy, programmes, new technologies and reporting systems in place, says the report, “Class of 2006: Industry report cards on environment and social responsibility.”
“The progress is especially evident with respect to key global issues, notably climate change, and in high impact industries that face heavy criticism from stakeholders and public institutions,” says Monique Barbut, Director of UNEP’s Division of Technology, Industry and Economics, which produced the report...
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