Entries are now open for the prestigious the City of London Corporation’s Sustainable City awards. Give your business the chance to achieve recognition for its outstanding achievements in sustainability.

Discover more about BSI, Carbon Trust, and Defra’s new (PAS) 2050:2008 specification, a robust and consistent standard for measuring the carbon footprint of supply chains.

Find out more about the Green Guide, created to help Muslim households understand the impact of climate change, using Islamic references to inspire behaviour change.

Thought provoking conclusions of a survey carried out by Euromonitor across all 27 states of the EU, naming and shaming which countries are doing most and least about the effects of global warming.

Understand why the Chair of the Commission for a Sustainable London 2012 believes wood should be the building material of choice for organisations concerned about their carbon footprint.

Find out more about the conference and download presentations made by speakers ranging from John Stewart, Director of Policy and Standards at the Office of Government Commerce, to Andy Green, Head of Whole-Life Costing at Faithful & Gould.

The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) published new figures showing that local and previously unemployed people are continuing to access jobs on the Olympic Park as construction work advances on the foundations of London 2012 venues.

Volans (a name that derives from Pisces volans, the Latin for 'flying fish') is airborne. We have new offices, a new COO (Charmian Love) and a new website www.volans.com.

London was awarded the 2012 Olympic Games on the back of a promise that it would put on 'the greenest games in history'. Hear an interview with Shaun McCarthy, Director of Action Sustainability and Chair of the Commission for a Sustainable London 2012 discussing what London can learn from Beijing

The Carbon Trust has published a report showing research by McKinsey on maximum company value creation opportunities for sectors such as aluminium, automotive, oil and gas, and building materials.

On 23rd October, the Government launched ‘Solutions for Business – funded by government’, a national package of publicly funded business support products.

Following on from the Costing the Future: Securing Value for Money though Sustainable Procurement report, this conference looks at how sustainable procurement can deliver real environmental, social and economic benefits.

In the past 10 years, one Danish island has cut its carbon footprint by a staggering 140%. Now, with a simple grid of windfarms, solar panels and sheep, it's selling power to the mainland and taking calls from Shell.

Discover how the Fair Development Fund is promoting fairer trade with producers in developing countries.

Find out more about how much of your energy bill is going to a broker

Thought-provoking report about water footprints, raising a number of questions for those with responsibility for procurement.

September / November Supplier Diversity Europe newsletter

The Business Commitment to the Environment (BCE) Environmental Leadership Awards are making their final call for 2009 applications.

For the second year, NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency (NHS PASA) is sponsoring the Suppliers Delivering Sustainability award.

Every employer in the capital has a moral responsibility to pay the London Living Wage. And doing so makes sound business sense.

Care for the environment is now the concern of every responsible business.

Construction firms are being spurred on by demands from the Olympic Delivery Authority for the greenest possible games.

Shaun McCarthy, director of Action Sustainability and Chair of the Commission for a Sustainable London 2012, talks to GBTV about how he's attempting to create the greenest Olympic Games yet.

In his role as Chair for the Commission for a Sustainable London 2012, Shaun McCarthy is attending the Beijing Olympic Games to witness the actions taken on sustainability issues by Beijing and to learn lessons for the London 2012 Games. His blog will be updated here periodically.

Shaun McCarthy, Director of Action Sustainability is one visitor to the Beijing Games who has more important matters on his mind than the triumphs & disasters of mere sporting competition. As Chair of the Commission for a Sustainable London 2012, he has an eye on a far greater prize.

An international campaign taking place in the run up to the 2008 Olympics to push for respect for workers' rights in the global sporting goods industries

In June, The Carbon Trust launched a new standard to encourage firms to reduce their carbon footprint through direct emission cuts.

Published by the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply, and Traidcraft Exchange, ‘Taking the lead – A guide to more responsible procurement practices’

Discover more about Premier Farnell’s bold decision to challenge cultural values, and find out how sustainable procurement really can lever competitive advantage

Starbucks' audit finds suppliers' CSR flaws

An article in the Harvard Business review looks at how climate change affects your company's competitive landscape in ways you might not realise.

Scientists examined published reports dating back to 1970 and found that at least 90% of environmental damage and disruption around the world could be explained by rising temperatures driven by human activity.

An insight from Shaun McCarthy, Chair of the Commission for a Sustainable London 2012 and Director of Action Sustainability into the myths and legend surrounding the concept of sustainable procurement.

Forum for the Future, the sustainable development charity, has been working with local government and the NHS in the East Midlands to implement more sustainable procurement practice through the BEST Procurement Programme. Buying a better world, a report of Forum for the Future's role in this programme, explains the importance of considering sustainability in buying decisions.

To remain at the cutting edge of sustainable procurement, the Strategic Supply Chain Group has decided to convene a working group to debate the potential to include social issues in both public and private sector procurement. Find out more and discover how you can participate

Despite an overall improvement in government performance in terms of sustainable development, the Sustainable Development Commission report that government departments are a long way from meeting their key sustainability targets

Discover how the GLA group has implemented responsible procurement, bringing about tangible benefits with real progress

The Business Resource Efficiency and Waste (BREW) Programme returns landfill tax to business through a variety of resource efficiency and waste minimisation programmes.

This major international collaborative project on social and environmental procurement is being undertaken by the Centre for Business Organisations and Society (University of Bath www.bath.ac.uk/cbos/) with partners in Italy (ALTIS, Universita Cattolica, Milan) and India (LIBA, Loyola College, Chenai).

Find out more about the Green purchasing support service, The Mayor of London’s Green Procurement Code, and understand how its online forum can benefit your organisation

Find out about the UK Government’s priorities and commitments to tackle climate change as indicated in the Comprehensive Spending Review 07

Understand more about the implications and practicalities of personal carbon trading

In his role as Chair of the Commission for a Sustainable London 2012, Shaun McCarthy, one of Action Sustainability’s Directors, has published an article on the Legacy of London’s hosting of the 2012 Olympics.

The meeting was held in Stockholm from 26th to 29th June 2007. Organised by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and hosted by the Swedish Ministries of Environment and of Integration and Gender Equality, it was attended by more than 250 SCP experts from 66 countries and included a significant participation of business and industry organisations.

Action Sustainability’s first Sustainable Solutions Meet the Buyer event took place in London in March with more than 35 major UK buyers taking part in pre-arranged meetings with more than 100 suppliers of sustainable products and services.

Action Sustainability has completed one year of successful operation. Through our events and activities over the last year we have engaged with more than 2,000 businesses, creating an estimated 2.2M of potential business opportunities.

Acquisti & Sostenibilità (www.acquistiesostenibilita.org) is a brand new Italian not-for-profit organisation, established on 19th March 2007 in Rome, Italy. It aims to create economic, social and environmental value by informing, networking, training and supporting the private and public companies of any sector in their Procurement & Supply Chain Sustainability initiatives.

The Energy White Paper, published on 23rd May, builds on The Energy Challenge published in 2006. It underlines the two long-term energy challenges that the UK faces: tackling climate change by reducing CO₂ emissions both within the UK and abroad and ensuring secure, clean and affordable energy as we become increasingly dependent on imported fuel.

The new European chemicals legislation REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restrictions of Chemicals) entered into force on 1st June 2007. It represents the product of a long period of development since the publication of the White Paper on a Strategy for a future Chemicals Policy in February 2001, during which there was a wide consultation with all relevant stakeholders.

The Waste Strategy for England 2007 was published on 24th May. It stresses the significance of waste not only as an environmental concern including its contribution to GHG emissions but also as a drag on the economy and business as a result of inefficient use of resources.

The first appointments to the Commission for a Sustainable London 2012 were announced today, heralding a major milestone in the establishment of the commission and the sustainability and legacy assurance programme for the London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.

On March 8th a roundtable was held at 30 St Mary Axe to discuss the issue of construction waste in light of recent targets set by the ODA for reusing and recycling demolition waste and materials. Consideration was also given to the challenge set by WRAP and the Sustainability Forum to reduce the amount of construction waste by half by 2012.

Following the report issued today from DEFRA, The Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply (CIPS) has issued its response to the findings.

The Commission for a Sustainable London 2012 will independently monitor and verify London’s 2012 pledge to host the most sustainable Games ever – becoming the first body of its type set up in association with any Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.

The Launch of the UK Green Building Council, which will promote environmental standards, sustainable design and sustainable products in the built environment.

Manchester is to host the first of a nationwide series of meetings to help businesses survive a new tidal wave of change. More than 80 local companies have already signed up to find out more about sustainable procurement.