Sustainability

Carbon markets are now seen as a way to drive efficiencies in the economies of countries and have grown momentum among countries and business to bring down emissions and drive investment into cleaner alternatives.

What is the role of companies in addressing societal concerns such as climate change, biodiversity and inclusive economic growth? To discuss this DSM is gathered leaders from the public and private sectors as well as civil society at the NY Public Library for a multi-stakeholder event.

Why did the Business Roundtable promise to no longer make shareholder returns their primary focus? There’s a lot more to it than just trying to be a good corporate citizen.

The Responsible Mica Initiative and the Responsible Minerals Initiative have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to work toward ending the use of child labor and to improve working conditions in mica industry supply chains globally.

Michael Horn, chief data officer at Huge was speaking at a Campaign-Huge hosted dinner discussion on how marketers can be champions for more sustainability practices, and was chaired by Campaign US editor Lindsay Stein.

“Moving to a new office space was an opportunity to set a commitment to reduce dependence on plastic, particularly single-use plastic products."

While 38% of companies say it’s difficult to train in-demand technical skills, 43% find it harder to teach soft skills such as analytical thinking and #communication.

Philip Morris International proclaims on its website that it is shifting resources to transform its business and become a smoke-free technology leader as quickly as possible with new offerings such as IQOS, a heated tobacco product.

For the second consecutive year, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recognized American Standard with a 2019 WaterSense Sustained Excellence Award for its heroic efforts to defeat water waste and promote WaterSense in 2018.

Scotiabank is adding two additional paid personal days for eligible Canadian employees in support of mental health and broader wellbeing.