A defined goal centred on sustainability reporting by companies ‘a must’ at global summit

Corporate reporting needs to be brought into the 21st century by integrating material sustainability information into corporate reports, asserts ACCA today ahead of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, which will take place in Rio, Brazil in mid June 2012.

25 May 2012 - The European Committee for Standardization (CEN), the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC) and the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Euro-Asian Council for Standardization, Metrology and Certification (EASC).  This agreement provides a basis for closer collaboration on various aspects of standardization, which will facilitate trade in goods and services between Europe and the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).

The European Council is threatening to dilute the content of the Energy Efficiency Directive by proposing substantial changes to the Commission’s proposal and the European Parliament’s approach. Orgalime, which represents the European Engineering Industries is severely concerned about this news. “When it comes to talking about energy efficiency and proposing regulation or standards for energy efficiency on manufacturers, governments are the champions.

CLEPA, the European Association of Automotive Suppliers gives its firm support to the FIA’s Action for Road Safety.

Road fatalities have become the main cause of death among young people aged 15 to 29 years with nine out of ten victims living in developing countries. In 2010 road accidents resulted in the deaths of 1.3 million people worldwide and injuries among nearly fifty million more. In 2011, in Europe the number recorded accidents reached 1.1 million in total.