By Making It on 2 February, 2013
SABMiller’s Andy Wales on how to manage the inevitable trade-offs between scarce resources.
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged Andy Wales, beer, brewing, crops, efficiency rewards, energy, fertilizer, food, freshwater, hydropower, nexus, Rajasthan, resouce scarcity, Rochees, SABMiller, trade-offs, water, water demand, Water Resources Group, water-food-energy nexus, World Water Week
By Making It on 19 June, 2012
Is the complex interrelation between food, energy, and water security in the context of climate change taking us into a ‘perfect storm’?
Posted in All Posts, Extra! | Tagged biodiversity, clean and affordable energy, climate change, crops, diversity within species, ecosystems, energy, food, perfect storm, pollution, population growth, Sir John Beddington, water, water security
By Making It on 26 August, 2011
Governments are re-evaluating their nuclear plans, but are their fears misplaced? Chris Goodall and José Etcheverry are both environmentalists, but are divided on nukes
Posted in All Posts, Global Forum, Hot Topic | Tagged Chris Goodall, climate change, creativity, debate, Denmark, economy, electricity, environmentalist, feed-in tariffs, fossil fuels, fourth-generation nuclear, Fukushima, germany, global warming, grid, hydropower, Industrial Development, industrialization, industry, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, International, International Renewable Energy Agency, IPCC, IRENA, Japan, José Etcheverry, low carbon energy, Making It magazine, mining, nuclear disaster, nuclear energy, reactor, reliance, renewable energy policies, renewables, solar, solar panels, tsunami, turbine, UK, UNIDO, United Nation, water, wind, wind power, zero-carbon
By Making It on 28 July, 2011
Nestlé’s Paul Bulcke recognizes success depends on creating value for everyone – from farmers to consumers – and discusses how to achieve it
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged advice, agribusiness, agriculture, ambition, Brazil, business, child labour, civil society, community involvement, consumers, creating shared value, CSV, deforestation footprint, doing business, economic growth, economic reality, employment, environment, food security, future, global export, globalization, Harvard, HIV, hope, Industrial Development Organization, infrastructure, interconnectivity, interdependence, investment, issue 6, local government, Making It magazine, Michael Porter, micronutrients, milk, mutual value, Nestlé, nutrition, Paul Bulcke, poverty, product strategy, roads, rural development, social benefits, societal advancement, South Africa, supply chain, sustainability, sustainable business practices, UN, UN Global Compact, UNIDO, United Nations, unwelcome, vaccines, values, water, water management, Water Mandate, Water Resources Group, water treatment systems, working together, World Economic Forum
By Making It on 20 April, 2011
Two British greens give their backing to nuclear power
Posted in All Posts, Extra! | Tagged Birmingham, calamitous, climate change, earthquake, economy, England, Europe, extra content, fossil fuels, fourth-generation nuclear, Fukushima, George Monbiot, global warming, grid, hydropower, Industrial Development, industrialization, industry, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, International, IPCC, Japan, low carbon energy, Making It magazine, Mark Lynas, mining, nuclear disaster, nuclear energy, reactor, reliance, renewables, small-scale production, solar panels, sun, tsunami, turbine, UK, UNIDO, United Nations, Wales, water, wind, wind power, wood, worthless, zero-carbon
By Making It on 23 March, 2011
An interview with Satish Chand on island states, rising sea levels, and economic dynamics created by their small size and isolation
Posted in All Posts, Extra! | Tagged 2011, Africa, aid, airport, Asian Development Bank, biodiversity, Caribbean, coconut, coral, culture, customs, economic vulnerability, éducation, employment, environment, ethnic group, export, fertility, Fiji, fishing, freshwater, Gambia, GDP, global warming, Guadacanal, health, Indian Ocean, infrastructure, instability, land, landlocked, language, ldc, least developed countries, Line Islands, low-lying islands, Malaita, management, marine ecosystems, marine resource development, Marshall Islands, migration, mobility, Nepal, ocean, pacific, Pacific Island states, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, production, Satish Chand, sea, sea levels, seaweed, Solomon Islands, temperature, territory, tourism, unesco, vulnerable, water, World Bank
By Making It on 22 March, 2011
SABMiller’s Andy Wales argues that many companies now view corporate social responsibility, philanthropy, and environmental compliance as increasingly important to business strategy
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged 2030 Water Resources Group, agriculture, Andy Wales, Asia, Big Business, Big Responsibility, book, British, business strategy, child labour, China Mobile, climate change, Coca-Cola, collaboration, communication, community, companies, Corporate Leaders Group on Climate Change, corporate social responsibility, credibility, development, ecology, efficiency, environmental compliance, expression, freedom, from villains to visionaries, Global Network Initiative, GNI, government, guidelines, Gulf of Mexico, human rights abuses, India, Industrial Development Organization, information, International Finance Corporation, intervention, local, magazine, Making It, market, McKinsey, media, Nestlé, ngos, Nike, non-governmental organizations, oil spills, opportunity, philanthropy, philosophy, policy, privacy, protection, public, resources, risk, rural areas, rural information network, SABMiller, South Africa, Standard Chartered, sustainability, technology, Unilever, United Nations, violation, water, World Economic Forum
By Making It on 15 February, 2011
Taking a closer look at the rising issues surrounding biodiversity and sustainable industrial development
Posted in All Posts, Policy Brief | Tagged Applied Population Biology, biodiversity, biology, carbon, cities, clean water, climate change, danger, earth, energy, food, fresh air, future, green space, habitat loss, Imperial College, issue 4, life, London, medicine, natural processes, overexploitation, policy, pollination, pollution, population, poverty, preserving ecosystem, purifying, Sir John Beddington, species, sustainability, UK, water
By Making It on 12 November, 2010
Industry accounts for almost 40% of global CO2 emissions, and CO2 is one of the main contributors to the greenhouse effect. Pacific Islander Krishneil Narayan calls for action to save the region from looming disaster.
Posted in All Posts, Global Forum | Tagged Alliance of Small Island States, AOSIS, Cancún, Carteret Islands, climate change, climate frontlines, co2, COP15, COP16, culture, emissions, Fiji, food, Funafuti, GHG, greenhouse effect, Industrial Development Organization, industrial policy, industrialized nations, issue 4, lifestyle, Making It magazine, Mexico, pacific ocean, Papua New Guinea, Project Survival Pacific, PSP, resources, SIDS, small island developing states, Solomon Islands, supply, sustainable, tradition, Tuvaluans, UNIDO, United Nations, water, weather
By Making It on 4 October, 2010
No more geopolitics as usual. Robert Zoellick, President of the World Bank Group, sees a changing international arena.
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged climate change, demographics, developing countries, development, disease, Doha Round, efficiency, electriciy, energy, environment, financial reform, G-20, G-7, geopolitics, global economy, globalization, government, growth, innovation, international issues, internet, legitimacy, migration, multi-polar global economy, multi-polar system, multilateralism, mutual interests, network, NGO, post-conflict states, poverty, productivity, protectionism, resources, solidarity, water, World Bank, world trade, Zoellick
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