Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

Environment

Empowering the Marketplace for a Sustainable Future

Dec 21, 2016 4:15 PM ET

As the year is winding down, Leonardo Academy's team of experts is gearing up to expand the impact of their sustainability and environmental improvement projects.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Best Practice: Autumn 2016

Dec 21, 2016 4:15 PM ET

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Jonathan Lash Appointed to International Living Future Institute Board of Directors

Dec 21, 2016 4:00 PM ET

The International Living Future Institute (ILFI) announced today that Jonathan Lash, president of Hampshire College and an internationally recognized sustainability leader, will join the ILFI’s Board of Directors. Under Lash’s leadership, Hampshire’s newly constructed 17,000 square foot R.W. Kern Center is pursuing certification as a Living Building, a major part of the college’s broad initiative to transform its campus into a living laboratory for sustainability systems and performance.

Energy

LG Leading the Way in LED Lighting Efficiency With 'No-Load Draw' and Wireless Technologies

Dec 21, 2016 3:00 PM ET

New LED ballasted tube lighting fixtures with external drivers from LG Electronics are among the first to meet the U.S. Department of Energy’s stringent new external power supply standards that took effect this year, LG Electronics USA announced.

Environment

An Exclusive Look at Climate of Hope, Michael Bloomberg and Carl Pope’s New Book on Climate Change

Dec 21, 2016 2:40 PM ET

Climate change is perhaps the gravest challenge of this generation. And yet, its sharpest consequences are often local: The tens of thousands who have to flee the flames of a California wildfire. The generation that loses its livelihood after a lake dries up in Bolivia.

Environment

How We Fight Back, Part II

Dec 21, 2016 2:35 PM ET

This week on Sea Change Radio, in the second half of our discussion with former senior advisers to the Bernie Sanders campaign, Becky Bond and Zack Exley, host Alex Wise struggles with the harsh reality of an incoming President completely unqualified and unprepared to lead the planet's only superpower.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

AccountAbility Launches New Website

Dec 21, 2016 1:00 PM ET

AccountAbility is pleased to announce the launch of its newly redesigned website – www.accountability.org. The website is positioned to be a leading source for cutting-edge insights, solutions, and interactive features for the sustainability and CR community.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

AkzoNobel Partners with Leaders of the Future to Revitalize US Community

Dec 21, 2016 11:00 AM ET

A group of young people in the US who are working to eradicate poverty and blight in Pontiac, Michigan, have joined forces with AkzoNobel’s Human Cities initiative in order to further revitalize the city and help make people’s lives more liveable and inspiring.

Health & Healthcare

Food Safety for Holiday Leftovers

Dec 21, 2016 10:30 AM ET

Are you guilty of just throwing your leftovers in the fridge as is after the big meal? Come out of your food coma and do it right. Holiday leftovers are a great way to use up excess food but require proper planning to ensure you use them safely.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Cherishing Memories, Building New Ones

Dec 21, 2016 9:55 AM ET

Six years ago, 77-year-old Mason Linn noticed a change in his wife Yvonne’s behavior. She began doing things like putting the car in reverse instead of drive. Soon after, she was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. Once Mason became Yvonne’s full-time caregiver, he wanted to find a safe, understanding environment that she could visit and enjoy activities outside of their home.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Women in Capital Markets Recognized Scotiabank’s Marian Lawson

Dec 21, 2016 9:35 AM ET

Women in Capital Markets recognized Scotiabank’s Marian Lawson with a leadership award.

Energy

SCA Donates Wood Pallets to Help Heat Greenwich Public Works Building

Dec 21, 2016 9:35 AM ET

Every day, SCA’s converting facility in Greenwich, NY, receives shipments of giant paper rolls for converting to SCA products, like napkins, towels and bath tissue. The rolls are supported by wood pallets to keep them stable inside the tractor trailer. Prior to the winter of 2015, once the materials were offloaded inside, the pallets went unused, sitting in an ever-growing pile outside the facility.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Sodexo Reinforces an Already Robust Commitment to Animal Welfare by Working with U.S. Suppliers to Improve Conditions of Broiler Chickens

Dec 21, 2016 9:30 AM ET

In a joint announcement today with the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), Sodexo, world leader in Quality of Life services, committed to working with U.S. suppliers to further improve the treatment of broiler chickens in its supply chain by 2024.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

EHS Management for Terminal Demolition and Site Restoration for a Global Oil and Gas Client

Dec 21, 2016 9:05 AM ET

A global oil and gas company required final decommissioning at a former terminal and blending facility that had been idle for almost a decade. The 3-acre site, located in Durban, South Africa, required the removal of all above and below ground structures, underground utilities, process equipment, buildings, concrete slabs and foundations.
The objective of the project was to demolish the structures to safety requirements agreed upon by the province, port authority and client, so that the client could completely exit the site.

Environment

CAREton – A Lasting Partnership

Dec 21, 2016 9:00 AM ET

The CAREton Project was launched in 2012, with the aim of building on Tetra Pak Malaysia’s existing work to promote recycling in partnership with our customer Nestlé. While the initial campaign focused on the environmental benefits, CAREton shows how recycling can help local communities, too.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Inclusive Growth in Bangladesh through Agriculture

Dec 21, 2016 8:40 AM ET

Energy

Orvis Goes Solar

Dec 21, 2016 8:15 AM ET

The Orvis Company is pleased to announce the installation of solar panels at their corporate headquarters in Sunderland, VT. As a company founded on fly fishing and wingshooting, Orvis prides itself on its commitment to conservation and sustainability.

Green Infrastructure

MAG Property Development Partners with Delos™ to Introduce New Wellness Single Family Homes in the Middle East

Dec 21, 2016 8:05 AM ET

MAG Property Development (MAG PD), the real estate development arm of MAG Group, today announced a partnership with pioneering wellness real estate and technology firm Delos™, to introduce to the UAE wellness inspired homes over the next five years. The first project to be carried out by the partnership will be the residences at “MAG of Life Creek Resort”, the world’s largest wellness concept in Dubai Healthcare City (DHCC) Phase 2.

Environment

COP22: Business Leadership Will Be Central in Carrying the Climate Agenda Forward

Dec 21, 2016 8:05 AM ET

The UN climate conference in Marrakech (COP22) in November celebrated the entry of the Paris Agreement into force, already ratified by 111 countries. CBRE’s Anastasiya Kostomarova, a member of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network – Youth, reflects on her time at the conference.

Health & Healthcare

Aflac and The Washington Post are Chasing Cancer

Dec 21, 2016 8:00 AM ET

Social Impact & Volunteering

USO Holiday Care Packages Hit the Deck & Deck the Halls

Dec 21, 2016 8:00 AM ET

As a little girl, I grew up watching old WWII shows with my dad, like Flying Leathernecks with John Wayne and Baa Baa Black Sheep. I recall telling him that I wish I could have been a boy, so I could fly planes like they did on TV. I would thumb through my dad’s old photos from his army days in Korea, looking forward to my turn to serve. Military aviation was in my childhood soul. My dad shared with me the tales of the transit to Korea, sleeping in a hammock on a ship – sea sick all the way. These were the earliest memories of my dream of becoming a military pilot.

Environment

Nestlé Working to Achieve Water Efficiency

Dec 21, 2016 7:45 AM ET

Water is vital to our operations, used for washing and processing raw materials, cooling and cleaning equipment, hygiene and our bottled water business. We continue to reduce, reuse and recycle water across our business through water-saving innovations and technologies. Altogether, our U.S. factories are withdrawing 10% less water per ton of product than they did five years ago.

Diversity & Inclusion

Paid Parental Leave: What Working Women Really Need

Dec 21, 2016 7:15 AM ET

Nearly 70% of all working women with children under 18 are trying to balance the needs of their kids with those of a demanding career. This can be challenging at times, however, there are ways to make caregiving easier.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

How Barclays is Waking up to Open Innovation

Dec 21, 2016 7:00 AM ET

“I am very good at brainstorming” says Magdalena Krön, minutes after meeting in the open space of Rise London. Situated in the East End, in a former department store, the centre is open plan and gently buzzing with the activity of a dozen fresh companies. Some may go on to become fintech superstars.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Tetra Tech’s 50th Anniversary Global Clean Water Fund Helps Communities Around the World

Dec 21, 2016 5:00 AM ET

Partnering with Engineers Without Borders organizations to provide clean, safe water supplies