General Motors Corporate Responsibility Newsletter - May 2016

General Motors is turning its employees’ recycled water bottles into a new life: noise-reducing fabric insulation that covers the Chevrolet Equinox engine. The bottles – collected from five of its Michigan facilities – are also being turned into air filtration components and insulation in coats for the homeless community.

The Carbon in our Food

“If food waste were a country by itself, it would be the third largest emitter of greenhouse gases behind China and the United States.”

Corporate Action That’s Making a Difference on SDG 6-Water and Sanitation

This week, Global Sourcing Council's 17 Weeks for 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) explores SDG 6 with examples of corporate action to ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.

Teck Reports 2015 Sustainability Performance

Teck Resources Limited ("Teck”) has released its 15th annual Sustainability Report, covering the company’s performance in 2015 and progress towards its short- and long-term sustainability goals.

Boxed Water ​Relaunches ReTree, Aims At 200,000 Trees in 2016

Boxed Water, the sustainable ​consumer ​water company that sells water in cartons instead of bottles, has announced ​the relaunch of​ its ReTree program in partnership with the National Forest Foundation (NFF) whereby they will plant more than 200,000 trees in 2016.

Talk with Green Guy Show - Ray C. Anderson Foundation and The Ray

Riding The Ray. Sustainable Highway of the Future. An interview with Allie Kelly, executive director.

Vigilant Global Offsets Business Travel Impact

Vigilant Global planted 972 trees to offset carbon emissions from the company's 2015 business travel.

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