Investment Strategies 2/5/2013 Global Footprint Network

Demands on our planet’s natural resources are increasing: they have begun to exceed the Earth’s regenerative capacity. ...more

2013: Green Economy Inflection Point 3/1/2013 Garvin Jabusch

There are a few truths that make the fundamental case that investing in the emerging next economy is the clearest path to long term competitive portfolio performance. First, innovation – meaning improving economic output without increasing material or capital inputs - always wins. ...more

OFID’s projects for water, energy and food security 1/1/2013 Suleiman Al-Herbish

For continued action on the water issues facing our world today, creating a strong foundation of understanding is crucial. Despite substantial progress in many areas, human development remains inequitable. The world’s ‘bottom billion,’whoconstitute one-seventh of the globalpopulation, still do not have a secure food supply and have only limited access to clean water, sanitation andmodern sources of energy. ...more

District S: Green Neighborhood Development 26/11/2012 Nader Al-Nakib

District S is a neighborhood development project located in Beirut, Lebanon, that employs green planning and design principles in architecture, materials, mobility, and energy and water consumption. The development of the neighborhood adopts the premise that environmentally sustainable communities will offer residents and visitors a better quality of life and health. District S qualifies Lebanon as the fifth country worldwide to apply the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification system to neighborhood development (ND), endorsing green living on a lifecycle basis. District S will be the first sustainable neighborhood in Lebanon, the Arab world, and the Mediterranean basin, according to LEED-ND. ...more

BankMed Goes Green 26/11/2012 Reem Haddad

Little did BankMed employees know that one day they would be setting the trend for a company – a bank nevertheless - to turn philanthropic. And little did administrators realize that a small idea to support a few environment projects would end up a permanent feature in their company. ...more

Lebanon’s Construction Boom and the Challenges to Urban and Environmental Planning 26/11/2012 Waltraud Frommherz-Hassib

While a number of countries slid into a deep recession in 2008, Lebanon witnessed spectacular economic growth. Over the last few years, not only trendy downtown Beirut but other parts of the country, too, have seen a major construction boom. ...more

Waste-to-Energy Technologies 26/11/2012 Boghos Ghougassian

The world is now discovering new means to meet the growing demands for energy, to fight climate change. And “Waste-to-energy” (WtE) is the slogan, which is a sustainable waste management paradigm and at the same time a renewable energy generator with proven success stories. ...more

Korea’s 4 Years of Green Growth Policies: Impacts and Prospects 1/11/2012 Soogil Young

Green growth was formally launched as a development paradigm of a nation for the first time internationally when President Lee Myung-bak declared it to be the main pillar of Korea’s new development vision in his speech on August 15, 2008, marking the 60th anniversary of the Republic. In this speech, President Lee explained that: ...more

Sustainability Seoul Style 1/11/2012 Shada El-Sharif

Over eight hundred delegates from all over the world converged in South Korea’s vibrant capital, Seoul, for the annual World Consulting Engineering Conference of the International Federation of Consulting Engineer’s (FIDIC) this past September. The conference was an open invitation to industry professionals from over 67 countries to engage in this year’s theme: Beyond Green: A New Paradigm. ...more

Global Green Growth Forum in Copenhagen 1/11/2012

The 2nd Global Green Growth Forum, which took place in October in Copenhagen, brought together 250 business, public and civil society leaders committed to advancing inclusive green growth. ...more