The Brundtland Report, also known as 'Our Common Future' was first published in 1987, and garnered great influence in establishing a sustainability action plan for the following years. 2012 will mark the 25 year anniversary of the paper. While the Brundtland Report inspired many with a positive vision of the future, it is also in need of revision and improvement so that it can be more reflective of today's reality. In response, a group of several hundred people helped found the 'Our Common Future 2.0' Project, which works to build an inspiring vision for the future.

Raising the level of transparency for both individuals and markets is an essential step towards building a sustainable future. As such, transparency is as one of People 4 Earth's core values and bringing it to the marketplace is essential to get at the substance of any issue relating to sustainability. For that reason People 4 Earth's Director Standards & Quality, Mr. René Heusschen, is an active member within this group.

Are you interested in learning more about the 'Our Common Future 2.0' Project? Click here (site is in Dutch only)

After 2 years of working with a local auditor firm in the Netherlands, People 4 Earth has now reached an agreement with Deloitte for its auditing work on a worldwide basis. The agreement is such that Deloitte will perform the financial audits for the 3 entities of People 4 Earth located in the Netherlands (Harderwijk) and the US (Washington DC).

As part of their corporate responsibility program, Deloitte has expressed its willingness to do this work 'free of charge'. We feel this adds credibility to People 4 Earth as a transparent organization. It helps ensure People 4 Earth's commitment to being open about our financial figures that are validated by an independent audit firm that constitutes one of the 'big four'.

The CFO of People 4 Earth, Leon Zijlmans, is pleased with this development, which adds to the growing professionalism of the organization of People 4 Earth and underlines that we as an organization 'practice what we preach'. The Amsterdam office of Deloitte will be coordinating the audit efforts for People 4 Earth.

People 4 Earth and OnePlanet have joined forces, both organizations are integrated within the People 4 Earth Foundation. The experts of OnePlanet have developed a system to make the sustainability of products comparable and easily accessible for consumers. This enables consumers to consciously buy more sustainable alternatives. This system and the developed expertise will be the base of the consumer proposition that People 4 Earth will launch in 2011.

People 4 Earth and OnePlanet are both convinced that cooperation between the many initiatives with similar ideals and objectives is key in reaching fast sustainable progress. Joining forces is a tangible example.

由People 4 Earth和富群环境研究院共同主办的"关爱地球,共创美好生活"可持续发展标准推广活动在上海世博会园区国际组织联合馆世界自然基金会(WWF)馆拉开 帷幕,本次活动将从7月1日-7月31日在WWF馆举行,期间利丰集团的员工将同来自复旦大学,上海外国语大学的大学生志愿者一同参与到可持续标准的环保 宣传中.

环保志愿者们向前来参观的游客宣讲"纯净,公平,生命,可再生"的可持续发展标准,通过跟游客的互动问答宣扬环保理念,并向参观游客分发环保明信片,这些 寄托着环保理念和世博祝福的明信片将由参观者亲手装在信封中邮寄给远方的朋友.馆内宣传海报和宣传片的播放吸引了游客们驻足观看,并吸引游客填写环保意识 问卷调查.在随后的一个月中,主办方还将举办一系列讲座来宣传可持续发展标准,号召企业,消费者等共同来关爱地球,共创美好生活.

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