Author: DNVGL

Sustainability: The Control of Loss to Our People, Planet and Profit

The triple bottom line (or otherwise noted as TBL or 3BL) is an accounting framework with three parts: social, environmental (or ecological) and financial. Some organizations have adopted the TBL framework to evaluate their performance in a broader perspective to create greater business value.[1]Business writer John Elkington claims to…
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Call to fast-track sustainability action

Author: Ulrike Haugen Leading Nordic corporations and institutions are joining forces to create breakthrough action on climate change within the next 1,000 days. The initiative will be launched in New York to an exclusive audience of 100 business and thought leaders…
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Aquaculture freight: Students design autonomous containers

Photo: SEAtrue – self-propelled “robot” containers is part of the supply chain concept. Author: Emily Woodgate Contact: Kristina Dahlberg Senior Consultant Employer Branding, DNVGL The seafood industry must comply with increasingly strict demands of consumers on sustainable seafood production. For that reason,…
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The Future of Spaceship Earth

Together with Bergen Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s  “Årskonferanse” (yearly conference) last year, this report is the single most important factor behind the launch of Bergensia – The Sustainable Gazette. In September 2015, the United Nations adopted the new Sustainable…
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Standards to Fast-Track Business Climate Action

In January 2017, DNV GL’s Climate Action research programme issued a position paper titled:  Business action for climate-resilient pathways: the role of standards. Businesses already rely upon management and corporate governance systems to cope with the rapidly changing, interconnected and…
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Standards for Change?

A few years ago, a colleague of mine who heads up the environmental planning and climate resilience efforts of a mid-sized African city confessed she just threw out every single climate change adaptation planning guide she had collected over the…
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