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Giving Small Businesses the World--While Keeping Jobs Close to Home
Through Retail Revival, we are working with the city of Akron and other partners to identify promising local retail businesses and onboard them to eBay, providing store set-up support and ongoing training. The Akron pilot is our first in the U.S., but it builds on similar–and highly successful–programs we’ve executed in communities in Europe.
Expert Interview with Mark Oven, Energy Sector Development Expert
Mark Oven’s life’s work has been dedicated to improving energy in developing countries. He has been at the forefront of energy project implementation since 1986. Mr. Oven has provided oversight and quality control on more than 20 major projects for various government agencies and development organizations, including the U.S. Agency for International Development, International Development Bank, and Millennium Challenge Corporation.
CLP Publishes Its 16th Sustainability Report: Making Lives Brighter
CLP, one of the largest investor-operators of power assets in the Asia-Pacific region, has published its 2017 Sustainability Report showing how its business creates value from and in the different capitals for its stakeholders over the long term.
Turning Haiti’s Mountains of Plastic Garbage Into High-tech Printer Gear
In Haiti after the devastating 2010 earthquake, piles of plastic bottles littering the island mushroomed into mountains. Bottled water and other supplies shipped in to help Haitians wound up everywhere — in canals, on beaches and lining the streets. Now, those bottles are finding a second life as printer cartridges.
British American Tobacco Underlines Commitment to Transforming Tobacco in Latest Group Reports
British American Tobacco (BAT) today published its Annual Report and Sustainability Report – both of which outline the Company’s commitment to transform tobacco by offering an unrivalled suite of potentially reduced-risk products that address the varied preferences of today’s consumers.
Sustainable Investing Challenge Expands Its Global Footprint
This year’s 8th annual Sustainable Investing Challenge has attracted the most geographically dispersed slate of finalists yet, with an equally diverse offering of investment proposals.