Standards
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A ‘sliding scale’ for steel and glass?
Glass and steel are similar in many ways. They’re both made from raw materials originally mined from the earth: silica sand, trona, limestone and dolomite in the case of glass, iron ore in the case of steel; those raw materials are completely transformed by heating them to around 1500 degrees centigrade; and both glass and…
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Mining and ResponsibleGlass
It was great to see ResponsibleGlass and the Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA) announce that they will be working together to address sustainability issues in the glass value chain. This was almost the first public announcement ResponsibleGlass has made. It raises two questions: firstly, why is it so important for ResponsibleGlass to work with…
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A global standard for protected areas
The IUCN Green List of Protected and Conserved Areas is a global campaign for successful nature conservation. At the heart of the initiative is the IUCN Green List Standard which aims to recognise and support quality management of protected areas around the world. IUCN commissioned OneWorldStandards to lead the development of the Green List standard…
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Mining standards review
The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) ‘State of Sustainability Initiatives (SSI)’ project provides objective, in-depth research into key aspects of voluntary sustainability standards. Flagship SSI reports cover the role of standards in the ‘Green Economy’ (agriculture), the ‘Blue Economy’ (fisheries), and the role of standards in biodiversity, transparency and poverty reduction. Matthew Wenban-Smith was…
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Water Stewardship
Michael Spencer conceived the idea of establishing an international ‘water stewardship council’ in Australia in 2006. He brought Andrew Kinnaird and OneWorldStandards Director Matthew Wenban-Smith on board, and together they founded the Water Stewardship Initiative (WSI) to develop the concept. Determined to ensure that water stewardship would be developed globally and collaboratively, they then invited…
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- “You can only recycle steel in an EAF” – Really?
- A ‘sliding scale’ for steel and glass?
- Mining and ResponsibleGlass
- Steel’s methane footprint
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