Gas flaring, biofuels and solar lamps came up for discussion during an oil and gas industry session at Rio+20, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development which concludes today.

The EPA and Brazil’s Ministy for the Environment unveiled a new online tool that highlights key links between policies, funding and on-the-ground projects that can help drive urban sustainability investment around the world.

A new 3.2 million Euro program that aims to build capacity of local businesses in developing countries on corporate sustainability management and reporting is being launched by the UN Global Compact, the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), ahead of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development – Rio+20.

L’Oreal has published its 2011 Sustainable Development Report in the form of a printable summary in the corporate website.

On the evening of January 25th, 2012, the Centre for Sustainability and Excellence (CSE), in partnership with CSRwire and the Illinois Chamber of Commerce, hosted a Sustainability Roundtable Discussion and reception at the Hotel Monaco in Chicago.