Energy & Infrastructure

Michigan Utilities Look to Lower Rates Through EV Time of Use Charging

Michigan is moving ahead of other Midwest states as its two largest utilities propose a combined $20.5 million investment in electric vehicle infrastructure.

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

How Changing the World’s Food Systems Can Help to Protect the Planet

Going into debt with nature is a dangerous thing. When our stocks of water, land and clean air are spent – we don’t have a second planet to borrow from. But that’s exactly the way that Earth is heading. 1 August 2018 marks an annual event, “Earth Overshoot Day”: the day on which the natural resources the planet can regenerate within one year are exhausted. This is the earliest date on which Earth Overshoot Day has ever been reached.

Energy & Infrastructure

Brand Renovations: A Tree Grows in Manhattan

Sustainability and wellness have become a cornerstone of the Mohawk brand, so it was obvious that the New York flagship showroom should likewise highlight the importance for designers to take these characteristics into consideration in their own designs. “We’re leveraging our sustainability acumen as well,” explained Bandy, “and creating a ceiling for people to think about how they eat, how they exercise, how they come to work, how they do that as a part of the culture – not separate from it.”

Energy & Infrastructure

Behind the Scenes VIDEO | Heathered Hues Sustainable Yarn System from Mohawk Group

Our Best of NeoCon Gold award-winning Heathered Hues is a new sustainable, high-performance color yarn system available in Mohawk Group’s Duracolor and Colorstrand technologies.

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

How This Sustainable Yarn System Is Changing the Flooring Industry

We are proud to introduce everyone to Heathered Hues, our new sustainable high-performance color yarn system developed to give our soft surface products a more natural and variegated, wool-like effect.

Environment

Novelis and Discovery Education Awarded for Global Sustainability Leadership

The Business Intelligence Group today named Novelis and Discovery Education’s Life of a Can initiative Sustainability Service of the Year in the 2018 Sustainability Awards program. The Sustainability Awards honor people, teams and organizations who have made sustainability an integral part of their business practice or overall mission.

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

Save Water Locally, Grow Your Business Globally

Water is on executives’ minds these days. More and more, business people realize that water scarcity is the new normal, and if they want to put their companies in a position to keep growing, they have to adapt. I can confirm that much after living out of suitcases for most of the month of June and, at conference after conference, meeting numerous business leaders who expressed their sense of urgency about the topic.

Environment

Mongabay | Farmer-Managed Natural Regeneration: The Fastest Way to Restore Trees to Degraded Landscapes?

Farmer-managed natural regeneration (FMNR) of trees made headlines several years ago when 5 million hectares of Niger were found to have re-greened via the practice. FMNR is the encouragement of regeneration (and then management) of trees and shrubs that sprout from stumps, roots, and seeds found in degraded soils, such as those currently under agricultural production.

Environment

New Report: Forests are Key to Combating Looming Water Crisis

A new report released today at the United Nations High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development in New York suggests that successfully managing the world’s forests will be key to ensuring safe and sustainable water supplies for all.

Research & Reports

PRI and Ceres Expand Sustainable Forest Initiative to Include Dialogue with Companies in the Soy Value Chain

The PRI and sustainability nonprofit organization Ceres today announced that their collaborative effort to address tropical deforestation, the Investor Initiative for Sustainable Forests, has expanded to include engagement with companies exposed to deforestation risks linked to soy production in South America.

The Initiative will support and coordinate investor’s engagement with companies to eliminate deforestation from their soybean supply chains within South America.

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