From now until the end of the year, we will meet our ecological demand by depleting resource stocks and accumulating greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Global Footprint Network calculates nature's supply in the form of biocapacity, the amount of resources the planet regenerates each year, and compares that to human demand: the amount it takes to produce all the living resources we consume and absorb our carbon dioxide emissions. Its data reveal that, as of August 21, humanity will have demanded all the ecological services - from filtering CO2 to producing the raw materials for food - that nature can provide this year.

From now until the end of the year, we will meet our ecological demand by depleting resource stocks and accumulating greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

"If you spent your entire annual income in nine months, you would probably be extremely concerned," said Global Footprint Network President Mathis Wackernagel. "The situation is no less dire when it comes to our ecological budget. Climate change, biodiversity loss, deforestation, water and food shortages -- these are all clear signs that we can no longer finance our consumption on credit. Nature is foreclosing."

Learn more: http://www.footprintnetwork.org/earthovershootday

NXP Semiconductors N.V. (Nasdaq: NXPI) announced today the publication of its Sustainability Report for 2009. The report, "High Performance Mixed Signal: Innovations for a better tomorrow," explains how NXP products are helping to enable society as a whole to reduce energy consumption; describes the performance of NXP itself with regard to sustainability; and outlines how the company is working toward sustainable growth in the future.

Highlights of NXP's sustainability performance in 2009 include:

• The strong reduction of direct Green House Gas emissions since 2004, resulting in NXP already achieving its 2010 goal
• Over 70 percent of products shipped by NXP qualified as "Dark Green" (free of halogenated flame retardants)
• All NXP manufacturing operations, including controlled JVs, now OHSAS18001 certified
• Continued reduction of energy and water use, and in the generation of waste
• The integration of corporate responsibility in NXP's core businesses and activities through its responsible products, particularly in the areas of energy efficiency, mobile connected devices, security and health.

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Minister Huizinga of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (VROM) is urging a long-term, robust energy policy to serve as a guideline for a sustainable energy supply by 2050. The policy is to be set out in an energy plan, including a ‘roadmap' similar to that used in the Delta programme. The minister made the announcement today in The Hague, at a symposium for sustainable solutions and innovation organised by the Confederation of Netherlands Industry and Employers (VNO-NCW), the Dutch Association of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (MKB-Nederland) and the Dutch Federation of Agriculture and Horticulture (LTO Nederland). ‘If what we want is to provide future generations in the Netherlands with a secure energy supply in a climate-proof world, what we need is an energy plan with a roadmap leading to a sustainable energy supply by 2050. Such a plan will give investors and businesses the clarity that they need. They need to know where they stand - after all, innovation and entrepreneurship are essential in facing this future challenge. It is up to the national government to facilitate the process of innovation and investment, where necessary at an international level, by creating preconditions that are supported by solid, long-term energy policy.'

Source: VROM