Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

Environment

Upgrade an Industry and Cut Global Emissions in Half ... at Neutral to Negative Cost

Apr 11, 2016 10:05 AM ET

Hidden away or underground, wastewater infrastructure is an essential component to growing, sustainable communities. Around the world, this infrastructure enables cities to develop, economies to grow and communities to thrive. It is also a major source of global greenhouse gas emissions, primarily due to inherent inefficiencies

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Sustainable Brands Encouraging Business Leaders to Imagine a World of Tomorrow

Apr 11, 2016 10:00 AM ET

Sustainable Brands® is bringing together over 145 notable sustainability leaders, influential business leaders, and prominent local and government representatives this week in Detroit to visualize a future of global social and economic prosperity. At the forefront of discussion: The influence that brands have in shaping a vision for the aspirational lifestyle of the future.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The Drive to Succeed at Walmart

Apr 11, 2016 10:00 AM ET

After years of working jobs that didn’t make her happy, Andrea decided it was time to learn something new. A Walmart Foundation grant to Jobs for the Future helped her get into an academy for truck drivers, and her motivation carried this mother of two from inexperienced to accomplished.

Research, Reports & Publications

Shire Releases 2015 Annual Responsibility Review

Apr 11, 2016 10:00 AM ET

We're proud of the progress we are making. Responsibility has always been embedded in our business. It underpins our daily work, our decisions, and our relationships and remains with us as we move even further into complex and challenging areas. Our commitment to Responsibility remains steadfast.

Environment

Learn About Changes in the 2016 CDP Scoring Methodology

Apr 11, 2016 10:00 AM ET

CDP 2016 Updates - Free webinar series

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Compliance Goes Beyond Environment, Health and Safety Requirements

Apr 11, 2016 10:00 AM ET

Hector Rodriguez, Director of Global EHS and Sustainability for Biogen Idec, describes how the emerging regulatory environment and its challenges for business.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

India Wants The UK To Stay In the EU

Apr 11, 2016 9:00 AM ET

'Brexit' is a word on everyone's breath, since UK Prime Minister David Cameron announced a referendum on whether Britain should remain in the 28-nation EU to take place on 23 June this year.

Environment

WWF & Leonardo DiCaprio: For the First Time in 100 Years, Tiger Numbers are Growing

Apr 10, 2016 7:20 PM ET

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Living Future Founder Jason McLennan Honored by Engineering News Record With Top Industry Recognition for Leadership in Green Design

Apr 8, 2016 7:00 PM ET

International Living Future Institute Founder and Chairman Jason F. McLennan received a distinguished Award of Excellence from Engineering News Record (ENR) at a ceremony in New York City on April 7, 2016.

Events, Media & Communications

Deirdre White, CEO of PYXERA Global, to Moderate “The Big Partnership Debate” at Responsible Business Summit

Apr 8, 2016 6:00 PM ET

Deirdre White, CEO of PYXERA Global, will moderate “The Big Partnership Debate” at this year’s Responsible Business Summit on June 7 and 8. Joined by Walgreens Boots Alliance, Fairtrade Foundation, Oxfam, REN, and The Irish Food Board, this live, interactive session will examine what to look for in partnership opportunities to add real value. Corporate and nonprofit participants will learn how to evaluate if partnership is the right choice for their programming and how to structure this kind of collaboration.

Education

Education is the Promise of a Future

Apr 8, 2016 5:00 PM ET

Today’s learners must be able to think critically, recognize patterns, solve problems and communicate effectively in the workforce and society to be successful. Sixty-three percent of education leaders state job placement as the leading success factor for higher education, though only 43% of industry leaders indicate higher education is preparing learners with the needed workforce skills.

Energy

NREL Study Shows US Rooftop Solar Potential Had Been Underestimated

Apr 8, 2016 5:00 PM ET

Good news, bad news. The more we learn about the world around us, the more we can improve the models we use to plan and to set rational policy from.

Social Impact & Volunteering

#GoingToBat Community Spotlight: Curtis Granderson

Apr 8, 2016 5:00 PM ET

Curtis Granderson is stepping up to the plate in an attempt to fill a plate for others.

Granderson’s foundation, Grand Kids, is on a mission to aid positive youth development via education, physical fitness and nutrition. The Grand Giving initiative is just one example of how this objective is being met.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Viva® Brand and Monica Potter Team Up with Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Ventura to Unleash Clean for Families in Need

Apr 8, 2016 3:30 PM ET

Diversity & Inclusion

One Year Later: How Walmart Has Invested in People

Apr 8, 2016 2:40 PM ET

A little more than year ago, our CEO Doug McMillon shared the exciting news that we’re doing even more to invest in our people. As we head into the second year of our $2.7 billion investment in higher wages, training and education, we’ve made a lot of progress, and I’m pleased to share this update.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Barclays Concludes 2015 Citizenship Plan Commitment: Helping to Build the Skills of Five Million Young People

Apr 8, 2016 12:35 PM ET

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Toyota DARTs Forward in Texas

Apr 8, 2016 11:50 AM ET

Residents of Collin County searching for secure, reliable transportation for their elderly or disabled family members can rest easy, thanks to Toyota.

Environment

Top EHS Consulting Considerations for the Automotive Segment

Apr 8, 2016 10:05 AM ET

Knowing when and how to use EHS consulting to supplement an EHS Team can be challenging, particularly in the automotive industry. Increased globalization, shrinking budgets, and a dynamic regulatory climate mean consistent challenges for manufacturers and suppliers alike. These challenges, however, also create opportunities. Here are some EHS consulting considerations for automotive companies looking to reduce risk and improve operational performance.

Responsible Production & Consumption

​​​Tetra Pak Reaches More Than 70 Million School Children

Apr 8, 2016 10:00 AM ET

Health & Healthcare

Celebrities Advocate National Dining Fundraiser on April 28

Apr 8, 2016 9:15 AM ET

Though there have been many strides made towards curing the HIV/AIDS epidemic, such as the recent breakthrough of scientists using gene editing to remove HIV from the genome of T-cells, there is still much work to be done and over 1.2 million in the United States affected.

Innovation & Technology

Why “Extended Producer Responsibility” Makes Sense

Apr 8, 2016 9:10 AM ET

When it comes to waste, nobody wants it. The whole idea of trash is “let’s get rid of it,” and “I don’t want to think about it.” When salvage and recycling enter the scenario, the result may be less trash, but it’s never no trash.

Research, Reports & Publications

Accenture Equips 1.2M People with Job Skills

Apr 8, 2016 9:00 AM ET

In a rapidly transforming political, economic and social environment, one thing that remains constant is the responsibility of corporate leaders to global sustainability.

Innovation & Technology

Atlas Copco: Sustainability Across the Board

Apr 8, 2016 8:55 AM ET

Atlas Copco has been recognized as a global leader in sustainability for more than a decade, earning high rankings in innovation from Forbes and making the Global 100 list of most sustainable companies announced at the World Economic Forum. Atlas Copco’s customers around the world appreciate the cost benefits of premium products as well as the strides that Atlas Copco’s energy-efficient products make toward helping them meet government regulations to reduce CO2 emissions and increase conservation of natural ­resources established by the United Nations Conferences of the Parties (COP).

Responsible Production & Consumption

The Magic of Lake Tahoe: Sustainable Spring Skiing

Apr 8, 2016 8:30 AM ET

Lake Tahoe's Ski Industry is taking climate change one run at a time.

Education

Travel Award Allows Amgen Scholar to Present Sweet New Results

Apr 8, 2016 8:20 AM ET

If you asked me ten years ago whether I would be studying the sugary fuzz that covers the outside of cells, I would have laughed. I was interested in psychiatric diseases and the brain. But when I saw a picture of this fuzz — what we call the glycocalyx — during my first year of medical school as an MD/PhD student, I realized that these sugars connect cells with their environment and could be the key to understanding disease.