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The International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
Yesterday marked the launch of The International Year of Sustainable Energy for All by the United Nations’ Secretary-General, HE Ban Ki-moon, at the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi. The Secretary-General’s objectives, to be achieved by 2030, are:
1. To ensure universal access to modern energy services
2. To double the rate of improvement of energy efficiency
3. To double the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix
Globally, one person in five lacks access to modern electricity and twice that number, three billion people, rely on wood, coal, charcoal or animal waste for cooking and heating. In developed countries the problem is a substantial waste of energy.
What can business do about this? Well, read here for more:
Our Events
- Ownership – the only thing that matters for long term growth?Wednesday 29th February 2012
What effect does an organisation's ownership have on its approach to growth and its long term success in achieving it? We are interested in not just who has ownership, but how they own as well.
There is currently a lively debate around this issue and we’ve assembled three speakers with interesting and useful perspectives. Luke Mayhew, former MD of one of the country’s favourite employee owned retailers (now a non exec at a range of businesses owned in other ways). Michael Green, who's written a book all about long term growth and ownership and how stock-markets could be changed to promote not prevent (The Road from Ruin). And our favourite grouchy city journalist who has many points of view, all strongly held, Anthony Hilton (a member of our Advisory Board).
For more information and to RSVP please email Sonia sstuart@the-foundation.com.
19:00 - One Alfred Place - About our events
