Sustainability

  • Webcast
    Boosting your bottom line through eco-efficiency webcast – June 12, 2013

    5/28/13

    Please watch as we explore how leading companies are using eco-efficiency to reduce operating costs and produce strategic advantage.

  • 10Minutes
    10Minutes on conflict minerals

    5/9/13 | Assurance services

    10Minutes on conflict minerals provides insight into the strategic benefits and risks companies will want to focus on as they comply with the SEC's conflict minerals rule. The rule is effective for 2013 calendar year operations, so regardless of whether companies view conflict minerals as a supply chain opportunity, risk to their brand or another regulatory to-do, they should act now to prepare.

  • Beware of cliffs and waterfalls in renewable perspectives (Observations from the front lines)

    2/27/13 | US Capital Markets and Accounting Advisory Services

    Companies that structure renewable energy investments to allow investors to achieve returns through tax credits should also understand that the income statement impact of renewable energy investments can be particularly complex.

  • Shale oil: the next energy revolution

    2/14/13 | Energy & mining

    Shale oil could revolutionise the world’s energy markets over the next 20 years, resulting in lower oil prices, higher global GDP, changing geopolitics and shifting business models for oil and gas companies.

  • 10Minutes
    10Minutes on environmental and social risk

    11/2/12 | Sustainable business solutions

    Environmental and social issues are posing greater commercial risks than ever. In this 10Minutes we'll explore what's changing and how companies can take a more forward-looking risk approach.

  • APEC 2012 CEO Summit: Asia Pacific business economic opportunities and challenges

    9/7/12

    The APEC Summit provides opportunity for dialogue between business and government on key trends and issues for member countries. Our report summarizes a survey of regional CEOs .

  • Sustainability valuation: An oxymoron?

    5/16/12 | Sustainable business solutions

    Considering both direct and indirect valuation methods helps quantify sustainability's value and the impact it makes for shareholders.

  • Converging worlds: Five management principles from companies modernizing our vehicles, buildings and electric grids

    4/27/12 | Sustainable business solutions

    AutoDesk, Cisco Systems, Facebook, General Electric, IBM, Johnson Controls, Microsoft, General Motors, PG&E, Boeing, CBRE, FedEx, Ford, and Jones Lang LaSalle talk to PwC about their roles in accelerating efficiency in our energy, information, building and transportation systems. Stressing the importance of systems thinking, collaboration skills, and innovation capabilities needed for growth, these companies are capitalizing on both technology change and business model innovation to achieve breakthroughs in business and environmental performance.

  • Podcast
    Podcast: Business continuity management in the Utilities industry

    4/26/12 | Advisory services

    Phil Samson and Todd Warren discuss the importance of a business continuity strategy with a specific focus on the Utilities industry in this PwC podcast.

  • Podcast
    Podcast: Business continuity management

    4/26/12 | Advisory services

    In this PwC podast, Phil Samson discusses the importance of a business continuity strategy and how an organization can prepare all aspects of the business - people, processes and technology - to withstand an unexpected business disruption.

  • Do investors care about sustainability?

    3/9/12 | Sustainable business solutions

    A review of investor research reveal a trend that more investors are using corporate sustainability reporting to inform investment strategies. Sustainable investing outpaces the growth rate of conventional investment assets under professional management.

  • Responsible investment: Creating value from environmental, social and governance issues - Private equity industry survey

    3/5/12 | Sustainable business solutions

    Environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues in the private equity industry are increasingly in the spotlight. But many PE houses are struggling with how to demonstrate the value of their ESG activity.