The International Air Travel Association reported that airlines lost $1.7 billion due to the shutdowns in Europe. But disrupted business travel and tourism (this writer's family vacation to Paris was buried in volcanic ash) are only the tip of the iceberg. Please click here.

Newsweek: OUR ENDANGERED PLANET by Fareed Zakaria

What follows is a list - arbitrary to be sure, and far from all-inclusive - of some of the places that could disappear, or be radically changed, if climatologists are right in their predictions of global warming. To read more please click here.

from Ethical Corp - Paul Hohnen says that a clear passage for the long awaited ISO 26000 guidance standard is far from certain.

Crunch time is coming for the draft ISO 26000 guidance standard on social responsibility. Five years in the making, in a process involving hundreds of experts from government, business, employee, consumer and other organisations from around the world, the draft standard has reached the final phase in ISO’s standards development process. To read more click here.

A majority of the country's top 100 companies by revenue fall short of being equipped with measures needed to meet international standards of corporate social responsibility, an industry report showed yesterday.

Climate Change in Southeast Asia: Why It Matters - LOSS EQUIVALENT 6.7% GDP EACH YEAR

Southeast Asia is one of the world’s most vulnerable regions to climate change due to its long coastlines, high concentration of population and economic activity in coastal areas, and heavy reliance on agriculture, natural resources, and forestry.

Malaysia ranks no. 23,

Thailand 11, Japan 15, South Korea 19 and Singapore no. 1!

Reforming Through Difficult Times is the seventh in a series of annual reports investigating regulations that enhance business activity and those that constrain it.

The future International Standard ISO 26000, Guidance on social responsibility, has reached an important phase in its development with its publication as a Draft International Standard (DIS).

Timber export ban to save forests, promote carbon-credit trading Cambodia's "avoided deforestation project", part of an agreement signed last month with nine community forestry groups in Oddar Meanchey, is expected to generate 8.5 million tonnes of carbon-offset credits over 30 years, according to the NGO Terra Global.