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  • United Arab Emirates - Qatar - Business - Energy - Ras Laffan Gas Terminal<br>07 Nov 2007, United Arab Emirates  --- Ras Laffan Gas Terminal. The Qatar Liquefied Gas Company Limited (Qatar Gas), a joint venture company set up by Qatar Petroleum and ExxonMobil Corporation, has expanded its facilities at the Ras Laffan industrial city natural gas liquefaction plant in Qatar.     --- Image by   Olivier Polet/Corbis

    'ExxonMobil has its head in the sand and shareholders should be worried'

    Todd Cort
    Yale sustainability expert Todd Cort says the oil company’s failure to adapt to changing growth models has landed it between a rock and a hard place
  • TBC

    Nine ways to overcome barriers to sustainable business

    From competition to communication, there are numerous challenges to sustainable business. Here’s what the experts say about overcoming them
  • Jessica Ennis-Hill in Women's 100m Hurdles

    How do we overcome the biggest barriers to being a sustainable business?

    Join some of the winners of the 2015 GSB Awards from 1 - 2:30pm BST on 1 July to discuss how businesses can overcome hurdles to sustainability
  • Trophies given out at the 2015 GSB Awards.

    Guardian Sustainable Business Awards 2015 - in pictures

  • Representatives from Ikea, with their awards in the net positive and supply chain categories.

    Guardian Sustainable Business Awards 2015: the winners

  • Portrait of Indra Nooyi in business jacket and pearl earrings and necklace

    Women at the top is better for business and the environment

    Female leadership is characterised by vision and the ability to convey it to others, research shows, but senior sustainability jobs are more likely to held by men
  • palm oil plantation in Trumon subdistrict, Aceh province, on Indonesia's Sumatra island.

    What will the chief sustainability officer of the future look like?

    Even companies with high sustainability reputations are facing criticism, so perhaps we need to re-evaluate the role of the CSO
  • Leaning Tower of Pisa

    3D building models help bring sustainability into construction

    A new tech-savvy generation is helping to boost the use of computer simulations in construction with significant benefits for the environment
  • Large white suburban house

    Spacehus sets a new standard for energy efficient homes

    Sweden’s building design saves energy, but is the British construction industry ready to innovate? Gordon Miller visits a pioneering development in the UK
  • Arugam Bay, Sri Lanka

    Tourism is a global force for good. It needs the best leaders at the helm

    One in 11 people worldwide works in travel and tourism, but who will steer its evolution into the world’s largest sustainable sector?
  • Traffic jam in China

    Business sector likely to be first to adopt driverless cars by 2025

    Businesses are likely to be an early adopter of safer, more sustainable automated cars due to high turnover of vehicles and ability to invest in longer-term options
  • Ugly carrot on a plate

    How businesses can engage consumers in their sustainability stories

    Consumers are facing information overload. Tapping into people’s values and sharing positive messages will help connect over sustainability
  • National Grid database

    How the internet of things is slashing energy costs for business

    A worldwide network of objects already helps businesses to control energy use, but now there’s money to be made by bringing them together, says Duncan Jefferies
  • Graphic of two people speaking

    Lessons from history: why what we say about sustainability matters

    The battle for the heart and soul of business will not be won by inventing new and unfamiliar labels, warns Richard Roberts
  • Waste food composting

    The future of waste: five things to look for by 2025

    From turning waste into energy to charging consumers for the food they throw in the bin, Oliver Balch explores how our attitudes to rubbish are set to change
  • Business woman surrounded by robots.

    What will artificial intelligence mean for the world of work?

    Machines are good at complex tasks, but not at activities that humans find simple. The answer is for people and computers to work together, says Lynda Gratton
  • Man in overalls using vintage scales

    Can you set a standard for social impact?

    The growth of social impact has led to a proliferation of reporting methods, meaning business are working towards different bottom lines. Tim Smedley reports
  • Ian Cheshire walking through a store

    Business bosses should speak out against 'anti-sustainability rhetoric'

    We need a new generation of business leaders to stand up against dinosaur corporates, argues former chief executive of Kingfisher Ian Cheshire
  • Boy looking at object through a magnifying glass

    2015: the year of hyper-transparency in global business

    Mark Robertson
    With all eyes on sustainability, this is the year that businesses will change their attitudes. But real progress requires courage
  • River surrounded by trees and grass

    Can business learn to speak the language of natural capital?

    There are so many initiatives to help businesses place a value on natural resources that confusion is setting in – and momentum may be lost
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