Responsible Production & Consumption

Schneider Electric’s Perspectives Day Asia Reframes Risk

Cascale

Responsible Production & Consumption

Why Living Incomes Matter

Fairtrade America

Responsible Production & Consumption

Waste Reduction Through Donation at Bath & Body Works

Bath & Body Works

Events, Media & Communications

Aviso: Departamento de Estado de los Estados Unidos, Embajada de los Estados Unidos en El Salvador y World Environment Center harán un webinar sobre ‘El Poder de Crecer’

El día lunes 14 de mayo del 2018 a las 3:30 PM EST, el Departamento de Estado de los Estados Unidos hará un webinar con sesión de preguntas y respuestas sobre ‘El Poder de Crecer’.

El Poder de Crecer busca identificar y premiar a organizaciones sin fines de lucro que están empoderando a micro emprendimientos en Centroamérica. Los ganadores recibirán hasta USD 43,000 para ejecutar su solución propuesta, además de una alianza con una organización miembro de La Red de Innovación e Impacto con el fin de trabajar juntos hacia el mismo objetivo y un paquete completo de asesoría y capacitación para mejorar sus capacidades de negocio. El plazo de las aplicaciones es hasta el 14 de mayo del 2018 a las 11:59 PM (EST).

Social Impact & Volunteering

Timberland’s Global Stewards Convene to Set Strategy for Employee Engagement in Service and Sustainability

Timberland’s Global Stewards recently convened in the Dominican Republic for annual training to inspire and equip the team to drive the brand’s service and sustainability agenda worldwide. The team of 28 dedicated and passionate employees from 19 different countries volunteer, above and beyond their regular job responsibilities, for a two-year term to serve as ambassadors of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) to their location. The Stewards’ role is to drive service, forward Timberland’s environmental agenda, create business value, ensure accurate reporting, and to pay it forward by leaving detailed notes on best practices and lessons learned for future Stewards who follow in their footsteps.

Energy

“Clean Trillion” Investment Goal in Sight and Achievable, New Ceres Report Says

As global clean energy transition takes hold and the market matures, a new Ceres report released today finds that the “Clean Trillion” – the goal of an additional $1 trillion investment in clean energy per year through 2050 needed to keep global temperature rise below 2-degrees Celsius and avoid the worst impacts of climate change – is eminently feasible.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

More Than $1 Million Awarded for Mexico's Earthquake-struck Monte Albán

World Monuments Fund (WMF) announced today more than $1 million in funding to support disaster response and restoration efforts at Monte Albán Archaeological Site in Oaxaca, Mexico. The new project is the latest in WMF’s long history of supporting cultural heritage sites damaged or destroyed at the hands of natural disaster – beginning with the floods of Venice in 1966.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

The Road of Change: Circular Economy in the Automotive Industry

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Bloomberg Provides ESG Data to Nearly 15,000 Investors on the Bloomberg Terminal

Bloomberg collects, scrubs, verifies and continually updates environmental, social and governance (ESG) data from published company disclosures on the Terminal. Currently, we provide company-reported ESG data for almost 9,500 companies in 83 countries and executive compensation data for more than 5,600 companies in 69 countries — and we’re on track to provide ESG data on 13,000 companies by the end of 2018. Investors across asset classes can dig into data on energy and emissions, waste, gender diversity on boards, independent directors, workforce accidents and more to better understand the risks and opportunities associated with potential investments and counterparties. Our ESG data now also includes daily corporate governance data that displays changes in board membership when proxy docum

Responsible Production & Consumption

IES Unveils Healthy Materials Management System in Partnership With International Living Future Institute

Finding building materials that won’t harm human health is now simpler and easier with the introduction of Red2Green (R2G), a new platform that slashes the time and effort required to pursue the ambitious requirements of the Living Building Challenge by crowdsourcing and documenting key materials health data for building and construction materials.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Medtronic Named Among 'Most Admired' Companies in the World

Fortune magazine announced that Medtronic is included on the 2017 World’s Most Admired Companies list. The annual list measures corporate reputation among the world’s largest companies. This year Medtronic ranked third within the Medical Products and Equipment category, up from ninth in 2015 and marking the second year in a row in which Medtronic has been in the top five.

Energy

As a Member of RE100, Bloomberg Has Pledged to Obtain 100% of Our Electricity From Renewable Sources by 2025

Bloomberg began investigating renewable energy projects in 2008; our first project, a 1.8MW solar installation in New Jersey, began providing us with energy in 2012. We currently obtain energy from five on- and off-site solar and wind sites. Our newest installation is a 5MW wind farm in Hidalgo, Texas, which started providing us with energy in 2017.

Research, Reports & Publications

Smithfield Foods 2017 Sustainability Report: Innovative Prime Fresh Packaging Video

Our new Prime Fresh line uses proprietary, minimalist packaging, which uses 31 percent less packaging than the conventional tubs that hold other pre-sliced deli meats. This provides a host of sustainability benefits such as fewer transportation miles (due to more product able to fit on trucks) and less waste sent to landfill.

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