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The Rise of Sustainable Marketing
"Although many “green consumers” say they are willing to pay more for sustainable products, the truth is that most won’t pay that much more. According to the International Institute for Sustainable Development, an increase of just 2 percent may actually turn consumers away, especially if they don’t believe the quality is comparable."
Performance-based Specifications can spur innovation and green products, finds new report
Governments around the world have great potential to encourage the development of sustainable and eco-friendly products and services, by using performance-based specifications (PBSs) in their public procurement practices
Something fishy with nanotechnology?
IISD-ELA's Mike Rennie talks about the work being done on nanosilvers at the research facility.
New partnership encourages health care systems around the world to adopt sustainable and green products and services
The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) is pleased to announce that it is partnering with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Joint UN Programme for Green Procurement in the Health Sector in an innovative new project to encourage governments of developed and emerging economies to adopt sustainable and green public procurement practices in their health care sectors.
IISD and CLMA sign partnership agreement to improve health of China’s Chao Lake
The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and the Chao Lake Management Administration (CLMA) are pleased to announce that they have signed a memorandum of understanding to advance the sustainable development of Chao Lake to improve it and its basin’s health.
ELA looks into educational programming
Pauline Gerrard discusses the new and upcoming educational possibilities at IISD-ELA.
A Crash Course on Subsidy Definition by Dante, Shakespeare and Russian Folklore
Do you know what a subsidy is and what is not? If your answer is a definite “yes”, you are either new to the field or recklessly optimistic.
Birth control pills have negative effects on aquatic ecosystem, finds study
India's Down To Earth Magazine reports on the latest findings from IISD-ELA.