How & Why Businesses Are Offering Products That Can Be Differentiated By Carbon Footprint or Impact on Emissions Reduction

Many companies offer products that can be differentiated by carbon footprint or impact on emissions reduction. Industries leading the way include utilities, industrial goods manufacturers and those supplying basic materials.

Internal Operations Key to Reducing Emissions for Large Companies

While it's not uncommon for companies look to their own operations to improve energy efficiency, over 70 percent of the largest businesses target internal processes as the most common way to help mitigate #ClimateChange. See the variety of actions business leaders are taking and considering for the future. http://bit.ly/263pLl6

Business Leaders Disclose How Companies are Acting on Climate Change

As part of a global study, business leaders discussed actions being taken to help mitigate #ClimateChange. More than 80 percent of these companies have committed to reducing emissions. Many, including Ingersoll Rand, have implemented wide-ranging activities to reduce the carbon footprint of their operations and product offerings.

Companies Focus on Energy Efficiency to Fight Climate Change

Energy efficiency plays a big role in how companies are acting on #ClimateChange and reducing their own #CarbonFootprint. New study details wide-ranging initiatives. http://bit.ly/263pLl6

Ingersoll Rand Releases Study Revealing How Corporations are Taking Action on Climate Change

Ingersoll Rand revealed findings from a new survey conducted in partnership with GreenBiz Group that details the current landscape of corporate action on climate change. Findings include that more than 90 percent of companies are working to reduce their carbon footprint.

CITGO Lemont Refinery Promotes STEM Education in Illinois with Project Infinite Green

CITGO Petroleum Corporation employees from the Lemont Refinery served as mentors teaching interactive workshops on diverse energy sources and sustainability to local middle and high school students as part of Project Infinite Green. This innovative, locally based afterschool program offered middle- and high-school students the opportunity to learn about science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) from industry experts both inside and out of the classroom.

New Report—Hardware Pioneers: Harnessing the Impact Potential of Technology Entrepreneurs

This report investigates the obstacles that block entrepreneurs who are designing innovative technologies for people living in poverty in developing countries and identifies a variety of actors, from foundations to corporates, who are in unique positions to support these pioneers. These actors can leverage their unique resources to strategically support the journeys of these pioneers, from the initial inspiration to ultimate impact at scale.

Republic Celebrates Earth Day in St. Louis by Expanding Compressed Natural Gas-Powered Fleet

Republic Services announced today the addition of four Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) solid waste collection trucks to its fleet serving customers throughout metropolitan St. Louis. The CNG trucks replace older diesel-powered trucks, and bring the total number of natural gas vehicles operated by Republic in metropolitan St. Louis to 107.

A Banner Year for Sustainability: Translating the Results of 2015

2015 was a pivotal year for global sustainability. In September, the leaders of 193 United Nations (UN) Member States adopted 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs, comprised of a set of 169 targets, are the heir to Millennium Development Goals and represent a shared vision for what needs to be achieved by 2030 to secure a sustainable future. A few months after the SDGs were announced, world leaders gathered in Paris and agreed in principle to a new global framework to address climate change.

While both the SDGs and Paris Agreement are public sector commitments, achieving them will require multi-stakeholder collaboration. Yet these landmark agreements also take center stage in a sustainability environment already ripe with a dizzying array of sustainability frameworks, g

Republic Commemorates Earth Day in South Florida with Expansion of Compressed Natural Gas-Powered Fleet

Republic Services announced today the addition of 62 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) solid waste collection trucks serving customers in Broward and Dade Counties. The new CNG trucks replace older diesel-powered collection trucks, and bring the total number of natural gas vehicles operated by Republic in South Florida to 127

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