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Responsible Production & Consumption | Tetra Pak

Why Aseptic Cartons Matter in Global Food Systems

Most of us don’t often consider what happens to our milk or juice cartons once they’re empty. But the truth is, cartons do more than just contain food and drink—they protect it.
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Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Europe Leads the Way on Scope 3 Emissions: What Investors and Companies Need To Know

CSRHub

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Cocoa Market Turmoil: How Hershey Is Innovating Through Unprecedented Challenges

The Hershey Company

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Sustainable Strategies for Grocery Growth

Tetra Pak

Energy

Stop Buying Energy Infrastructure. Start Buying Results.

Veolia North America

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Why Sustainability Is the Smartest Investment in an Uncertain Trade Landscape

DP World

Energy

Energy for a Better Future: Entergy’s Growth and Resiliency Strategy

Entergy Corporation

Energy

AllianceBernstein: Power Play: How To Invest Smarter in the Race for Electrification

AllianceBernstein

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Sysco 2024 Sustainability Report: At the Heart of One Planet One Table

Sysco Corporation

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Recognizing Our Best: Dane Dickie

Dane didn't turn water into wine. But he did help turn whiskey into hand sanitizer. And for that, we think he's something of a miracle worker.

Research, Reports & Publications

JetBlue Releases Annual Social Impact and Environmental Social Governance Reports

The annual reports focus on how and where JetBlue crewmembers volunteered for 1 million hours of caring, the airline’s philanthropic efforts, and key sustainability factors that affect the airline’s business and financial performance.

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Environment

Boeing Advances Environmental Leadership

Read about how Boeing employees are solving for sustainability in its 2020 Global Environment report, released today.

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Responsible Production & Consumption

A New Approach to Safety

Following a recent analysis of processes in CNH Industrial’s factories, the Company’s health & safety team has launched a two-day safety training program designed to reduce risk and accidents.

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Innovation & Technology

Smart Field Tests for Smarter Airports

Air travel will get a facelift in the near future thanks to modern technologies like the Internet of Things (IoT) and 5G. Smart airports will improve passengers’ travel experiences and make operations more efficient. Improvements include...

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

AnnieCannons: Creating Opportunities for Survivors of Human Trafficking

We recently sat down with CEO and co-founder Jessica to learn more about how AnnieCannons has adapted to the pandemic, how they are reaching their goals earlier than expected, and creating more opportunities for their students and instructors.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Land Betterment Corporation Appoints Sustainability and Impact Industry Executive, Cabot Brown to Leadership Council

Land Betterment, an environmental solutions company fostering positive impact through upcycling former coal mining sites, today announced the appointment of Cabot Brown to its Leadership Council.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Xylem Watermark Donates 40,000 Masks to Essential Water Workers in Rural Communities

The program is providing for the safety of essential water, wastewater and solid waste utility workers in smaller, rural and tribal utilities who have kept water flowing in their communities amidst the challenges of COVID-19.

Environment

BIER Member Spotlight: Karen Kennedy

Learn how these practitioners and their companies are addressing pressing challenges around water, energy, agriculture, climate change, and what inspires each of them to advance environmental sustainability in the beverage sector and collectively

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

“I Was Working on a Potential COVID-19 Vaccine—Then My Wife Got Sick”: Meet a Researcher Whose Personal Experience Is Fueling His Fight Against the Pandemic

In late January—weeks before many people had even heard of the novel coronavirus—Ramon Polo, PharmD, Ph.D., started to work on finding solutions to fight the virus, which data suggested had the potential to become a global pandemic.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Unusual Donation of Redfish Feeds Hungry in Florida

Even though the Citrus County Family Resource Center in Florida has more people to feed because of the pandemic, families will get something special this summer. Duke Energy donated 500 pounds of redfish fillets...

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Yara Shahidi, Andrew Yang, Karamo Brown, CEOs and Nonprofit Leaders Convene for Citizen Verizon Assembly

Yara Shahidi, Andrew Yang, Karamo Brown, CEOs and Nonprofit Leaders Convene for Citizen Verizon Assembly Addressing Responsible Business and Creating Social Change

Energy

Dal-Tile's Superpower Energy Solution

The spray dryer at Dal-Tile’s Dickson, Tennessee, plant is the first in the world to be powered by microturbine engines, which makes for greater energy efficiency as microturbines automatically adjust generated power to match a facility’s load.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

CIT Joins With Flushing Town Hall to Provide Virtual Community Programming for Families

CIT Group Inc. announced that the nonprofit Flushing Town Hall received the most support in its Acts of Caring online poll, and as a result the company will double its grant to expand virtual family programming for the diverse communities of Queens, NY.

Benevity

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

[WEBINAR] Taking Action on Racial Justice and Equity Through CSR

Recent events have shown us that racism is still very much alive, and that people are hungry to make a difference. Join Benevity & Mortenson on July 29th for a deep dive into how companies can continue to take action.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Employees Lead the Way on Community Investment in India

Article 135 of the India Company Act introduced the first mandatory CSR law in the world, requiring large companies to spend at least 2% of annual profits giving back locally. We turned to both our India-based employees and CAF India for guidance.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Rising to the Challenges of COVID-19

From 3D-printing PPE to creating rapid COVID-19 test kits and key ventilator components, employees across Koch Industries have stepped up in response to this pandemic. Learn how Barbara, Tim, Eric, Mike and Pami all helped develop projects and products for a greater purpose.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Becoming the Biggest B Corp

In an interview on the Leadership Next podcast with Alan Murray of Fortune, Danone CEO Emmanuel Faber reaffirmed the company’s ambitious goal of becoming one of the first multinational companies to certify as a benefit corporation (B Corp) by 2025.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

CSR in 2020: Trends, Guiding Questions and Resources

Learn how to ask guiding questions when evaluating current CSR trends and best practices, with our helpful list of CSR studies and resources.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Anti-Bullying App Captures 2020 Arrow Innovation in Electronics Award

Arrow Electronics honored eighth-grader Aryan Mangal with its 2020 Innovation in Electronics Award at the fifth annual Invention Convention U.S. Nationals. Held virtually, the competition showcased nearly 500 K-12 inventors and entrepreneurs from around the country.

The life science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany operates as MilliporeSigma in the U.S. and Canada

Social Impact & Volunteering

MilliporeSigma Employees Give Back Through Virtual Volunteering Opportunities

The life science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany—which operates as MilliporeSigma in the U.S. and Canada—is now offering virtual volunteer opportunities to employees across the globe through its SPARK™ online portal.

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Research, Reports & Publications

National Bank of Kuwait Takes Further Steps in Building a Sustainable Future

National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) launched its fourth annual Sustainability Report today, in alignment with the guidelines from the Kuwait National Development Plan (KNDP), the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDG), the Boursa Kuwait voluntary sustainability disclosure guide and the Equator Principles.

Diversity & Inclusion

Bloomberg New Voices Initiative Expands to Add Cohort of Black Executives in the United States

During a virtual event today, Bloomberg announced the New Voices media training program will add a cohort of Black executives in the United States.

Research, Reports & Publications

Alliant Energy Announces Accelerated Sustainability Goals in New Corporate Responsibility Report

Today, Alliant Energy releases their 2020 Corporate Responsibility Report (CRR) highlighting their purpose-driven strategy.

Gilead Sciences

Diversity & Inclusion

A Personal Journey to Make Science More Inclusive

Throughout my education and during the first decade of my career as a clinical pharmacologist, I carried a huge burden. Around classmates and colleagues, I held a secret about who I really was – I was in the closet.

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