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No Time to Waste: How Digitalization Can Solve the Carbon Crisis

Jun 14, 2019 2:05 PM ET - Consumers Energy has a long term vision to create a more sustainable energy future for our state. Our Clean Energy Plan,* developed with a variety of Michigan stakeholders, is a path to reduce carbon emissions by more than 90 percent and end the use...

Ten Billion Dollars & Counting: Helping Small Businesses Globally

Jun 14, 2019 1:30 PM ET - For more than 20 years, PayPal has been helping small business owners achieve their dreams. In the beginning, we provided marketplace sellers with a secure way to accept electronic payments from buyers. In 2013, we started pursuing another path:...

Painting A Blue Sky

Jun 14, 2019 11:10 AM ET - Shipping containers play a major role in global trade, helping companies around the world to move goods securely from A to B. However, until recently, containers manufactured in China were painted using solvent-heavy coatings. This endangered the...

Public Consultation Period on the Latest AA1000 Assurance Standard Opened

Jun 14, 2019 10:45 AM ET - The latest revision of the AA1000 Assurance Standard, the AA1000AS (2019), has been initiated by AccountAbility for public consultation via a globally accessible web platform today. The AA1000AS (2019) is an internationally accepted, freely...

Mike Bloomberg Introduces the 2019 Bloomberg Philanthropies Annual Report

Jun 14, 2019 10:05 AM ET - Mike Bloomberg issued his new letter on philanthropy today as part of the release of Bloomberg Philanthropies' 2019 annual report. His lifetime giving now totals more than $8 billion. He writes: “In the year ahead, as political...

Being in the Zone: When Work Just Goes So Right

Jun 14, 2019 9:10 AM ET - I recently had the fortune to visit one of our customers, and this visit was unlike any other I’ve ever had. To understand how we got to this day in March, let me give you some flavor of how these experiences usually go for context. There’s...

Tetra Tech is #1 in Water for 16 Years

Jun 14, 2019 8:00 AM ET - Tetra Tech is Leading with Science® to deliver innovative solutions for its clients’ most challenging water problems around the world.

Sappi Limited's CEO Steve Binnie Reflects on North America's Year of Renewal

Jun 13, 2019 4:10 PM ET - I would like to congratulate the Sappi North America (SNA) team on another successful year, truly embodying this year’s theme of renewal. The business underwent a significant change with the conversion of Paper Machine 1 (PM1) at the Somerset Mill...

Business Leaders Urged to Set More Ambitious Climate Targets in Effort to Limit Global Temperature Rise to 1.5°C

Jun 13, 2019 11:15 AM ET - A broad coalition of business, civil society and UN leaders today issued a call to action for private companies to make their critical and necessary contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions to limit the worst impacts of climate change.

Reaching 100% Renewable Energy

Jun 12, 2019 1:30 PM ET - At VMware, we’re optimistic about the power of technology to help solve big societal problems and are committed to leading responsibly. One of our key focus areas is about changing our relationship with energy. According to the U.N.’s report, as a...

‘Drinkable, Pure, Safe’: The Business Bringing Affordable Clean Water to Bangladesh

Jun 12, 2019 12:00 PM ET - Across Bangladesh, water is readily available to 97% of the population, but it is not always fit for human consumption. As such, 4 million people do not have access to safe drinking water. Communities rely on contaminated water from rivers and wells...

ICYMI! Spring 2019 – Shedding Light on Gender and Navigating Academia

Jun 12, 2019 10:00 AM ET - We are excited to share the latest edition of ICYMI! A Magazine for Business Sustainability Professionals. In each edition of ICYMI!, we share the latest research, teaching and engagement from the Erb Institute. Our cover story for this edition is...

New Solvent, Cyrene, Takes on NMP

Jun 12, 2019 9:10 AM ET - A small Austrailian company called Circa Group and the lab services giant Merck KGaA have teamed up to launch a new solvent intended to replace two old but environmentally suspect standbys: N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP) and dimethyl formamide (DMF).

Our Commitment to Patients and Beyond: Amgen 2018 Responsibility Highlights Report

Jun 12, 2019 8:00 AM ET - Beyond our work to discover, develop and manufacture vital medicines, we are focused on contributing to the greater good in society in numerous ways, which we share in our 2018 Responsibility Highlights Report. We continue to build our Access to...

Fair Trade USA® Raises the Bar for Cocoa Farmers

Jun 11, 2019 8:55 AM ET - Fair Trade USA announced today that it will increase its minimum price and premium for cocoa by 20 percent as of October 1, 2019 to move farmers closer to a living income and reduce the extreme poverty and child labor that is prevalent in West...

The Movement Towards Natural & Organic Food and Healthy Lifestyles

Jun 11, 2019 8:05 AM ET - Consumer demand for healthier products continues to grow. With concerns ranging from the cost of healthcare to the effects of food and agriculture on climate change, consumers of all ages are opting for natural, organic and functional foods and...

Consumers Energy Starts New Era for Renewable Energy in Michigan with Approval of Clean Energy Plan

Jun 11, 2019 8:00 AM ET - JACKSON, Mich., Friday, June 11, 2019 /3BL Media/ -- Consumers Energy has received approval from state regulators for its Clean Energy Plan, ushering in a new era for renewable energy in Michigan. The Clean Energy Plan puts Consumers...

Women Deliver Announces Partnership With Merck and P&G in an Effort to Advance Gender Equality

Jun 10, 2019 2:10 PM ET - Women Deliver has announced Merck and Procter & Gamble as founding partners of the Deliver for Good Business Ally Network at the Women Deliver 2019 Global Conference. The network will provide a platform for private sector champions to work...

Book Excerpt: Designing with Society

Jun 10, 2019 2:00 PM ET - Design is relatively a new discipline, its terminology dating back to the creation of tools and products that have influenced and shaped our world, and our humanity. Today, design is a practice that can solve some of the most complex social...

Sustainable Brands Detroit: Transforming Brands to Deliver the Good Life

Jun 10, 2019 12:20 PM ET - This week, the Porter Novelli/Cone team headed to Detroit for the annual Sustainable Brands conference, contributing to four days of inspirational conversation around transforming brands through sustainable innovation.

Duke Energy Progress Continues to Be a Shining Star for Solar Power

Jun 10, 2019 11:40 AM ET - Duke Energy Progress (DEP) continues to be one of the leading solar utilities in the nation. In the Top 10 utility solar lists compiled by the Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA), Duke Energy Progress was ranked fourth among all utility companies...

A More Sustainable Way to Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth

Jun 10, 2019 11:35 AM ET - Learn how UPS, TerraCycle, Nestle and other brands are changing the future of consumption and creating a more sustainable way to satisfy your sweet tooth with the Circular Economy

CNH Industrial Brands to Show Sustainable Alternatives at the World Biogas Summit 2019

Jun 10, 2019 10:10 AM ET - New Holland Agriculture, IVECO and FPT Industrial will be amongst highly anticipated participants at the UK Anaerobic Digestion (AD) and World Biogas Expo 2019 taking place at the National Exhibition Center in Birmingham, U.K. on July 3 - 4. The...

BNY Mellon Launches Its 2018 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report

Jun 10, 2019 10:00 AM ET - Societal and environmental shifts continually reshape the future and present exciting new opportunities for BNY Mellon’s businesses and stakeholders.

Landsec Publishes 2019 Sustainability Update

Jun 10, 2019 8:00 AM ET - “Sustainability is about the actions we take to fulfil our purpose so Landsec prospers far into the future. We want customers to prefer our spaces. We want communities to be pleased it’s us operating in their area. We want partners to share our...

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