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The Next Mile Podcast: Allie Kelly of The Ray

May 21, 2019 11:00 AM ET - Allie Kelly, executive director of The Ray shares information about how the The Ray is tangibly working toward reducing waste, increasing productivity, and transforming the everyday transportation experience for Americans.

The Business Case for Clean Power

May 21, 2019 9:30 AM ET - General Mills began milling grain with water power from the Mississippi River 150 years ago. Now, the Fortune 500 company is using wind to power operations and cut its carbon footprint.

Update to Chinese Translations of GRI Standards

May 21, 2019 9:15 AM ET - Additional Chinese translations of the GRI Standards, the world's most widely adopted sustainability reporting framework, are now available...

Timberland, Wrangler, VF Foundation Support Regenerative Ranching Research

May 21, 2019 8:00 AM ET - The VF Foundation (the charitable arm of VF Corporation) and the Timberland® and Wrangler® brands today announced $150,000 in grants to researchers at seven US universities — including Arizona State University and Michigan State University — that...

How One Small Business in Brazil is making a Big Impact on the Country’s Deforestation Problem

May 21, 2019 8:00 AM ET - The Kitambar factory, which formerly used firewood to fire up its kilns, was indirectly involved in this trend by sourcing its wood fuel from forests that are "unmanaged," which essentially means that the biodiversity and health of these...

13 Major Companies Call On Congress To Accelerate Climate Legislation. Here’s Why.

May 20, 2019 1:40 PM ET - Corporate America is setting – and meeting – increasingly ambitious climate and clean energy goals. But the hard reality is that individual corporate action, no matter how big, won’t solve this great climate crisis. In order to avoid the worst...

Announcing the 2019 Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge Winners

May 20, 2019 1:05 PM ET - Today, in our third year of the Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge, we are proud to be recognizing a new group of young entrepreneurs who are creating cutting-edge, technology-based solutions capable of solving some of the world’s toughest...

Good News and New Tools to Help Companies Fight Against Global Deforestation

May 20, 2019 11:35 AM ET - Every day, we see another article about forests disappearing in the Amazon. This ...

‘The Bobs’ Are Back: 4 Motivational Employee Engagement Lessons for EHS Leaders

May 20, 2019 10:45 AM ET - Get your employees interested in EHS with the help of our blog on four lessons in employee EHS engagement.

Major League Baseball and Discovery Education Invite Students and Educators Nationwide to Participate in the Global Sustainability Challenge

May 20, 2019 10:25 AM ET - Major League Baseball® (MLB) and Discovery Education, the leader in standards-aligned digital curriculum resources, engaging content, and professional learning for K-12 classrooms, invite all students and educators nationwide to participate in the...

GreenMoney’s Videos Issue on Sustainable Business, Impact Investing and Environmental Sustainability

May 20, 2019 10:10 AM ET - GreenMoney’s annual all-Videos issue (May 19) is now online. Check out the lineup of selected short videos on Sustainable Business, Impact Investing and Environmental Sustainability

Whole Kids Foundation Unites with Top Chefs and Celebrated Restaurants to Raise $100,000 and Fund 50 New School Beehives

May 20, 2019 10:00 AM ET - Today, World Bee Day, Whole Kids Foundation launched the Give Bees a Chance campaign to showcase the vital role that bees play in our food system, winning support from some of the nation’s most celebrated chefs. The monthlong fundraising effort to...

For the Love of Dirt: General Mills Invests in Soil Health

May 20, 2019 9:30 AM ET - General Mills is committed to advancing regenerative agriculture practices on 1 million acres of farmland by 2030. In partnership with organizations like The Nature Conservancy and Understanding Ag, the company trains farmers to use soil health...

Water Reuse, Resilience Gain From New Black & Veatch Appointment

May 20, 2019 9:15 AM ET - As climate change carries increasingly varied challenges of both too little and too much water, cities and utilities are renewing their focus on reuse strategies to ensure a safe and resilient supply. Black & Veatch announced today the addition...

The Arbor Day Foundation Recognizes Dr. Edward E. Louis, Jr. of Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium with J. Sterling Morton Award

May 20, 2019 8:00 AM ET - The Arbor Day Foundation has announced today that Dr. Edward E. Louis, Jr. has been awarded the Foundation's J. Sterling Morton Award. This award recognizes an individual who has had a positive impact on the environment due to his or her...

Interview With Alexandra Der, Mechanical Design Engineer

May 20, 2019 8:00 AM ET - Alexandra Der is a mechanical design engineer at Tetra Tech. She has a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Boise State University, and she is currently working on completing her master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering at Seattle...

Heathrow 2.0: Inspiring a Sustainable Future for Air Travel

May 20, 2019 4:00 AM ET - Heathrow 2.0, launched in 2017, signalled the beginning of a new chapter for Europe’s busiest airport. It sets out an inspiring journey to a sustainable future for air travel, moving beyond Heathrow’s own operations to create positive change across...

Ten Years of Sustainable Operations at Bloomberg

May 17, 2019 11:25 AM ET - Today, Bloomberg’s sustainability initiatives are built into our everyday lives at work. Our coffee cups are compostable. Lights and screens shut down when not in use. Our printers default to double-sided printing, and most office paper has recycled...

Consumers Energy Releases 12 Rare Blanding’s Turtles Protected During Natural Gas Pipeline Project

May 17, 2019 11:10 AM ET - Twelve rare juvenile Blanding’s Turtles hatched from incubated eggs were released today back into a turtle-friendly habitat created for them near Saginaw by Consumers Energy employees. The eggs, two adults and a juvenile Blanding’s Turtle were...

A More Sustainable Way to Print on Fabric

May 16, 2019 5:35 PM ET - First plastic, then glass and wood, and now — fabric. At FESPA this week in Germany, HP touted its new lineup of large-format printers, marking the company’s first foray into the fast-growing $3.6 billion textile market for printing everything...

UPS Named a "Best Corporate Citizen" Again - Marks Decade being Honored on an Annual List

May 16, 2019 1:30 PM ET - UPS (NYSE: UPS) today announced Corporate Responsibility (CR) Magazine has named the company to its “100 Best Corporate Citizens” annual listing for the tenth straight year.

FPT Industrial Promotes the Importance of Sustainability Through Its Commitment to Art

May 16, 2019 12:15 PM ET - FPT Industrial, the global brand of CNH Industrial N.V. (NYSE: CNHI /MI: CNHI), and a leader in the powertrain sector, is the Main Sponsor of Padiglione Italia at Biennale Arte 2019 and will present, in Venice, a large installation by American...

Whirlpool Corporation Ranked a Top Corporate Citizen by CR Magazine

May 16, 2019 12:00 PM ET - Whirlpool Corporation has been named one of the Top 100 Best Corporate Citizens in 2019 by Corporate Responsibility Magazine (CR Magazine). The publication’s list honors the top 100 U.S. public companies in the Russell 1000 Index for outstanding...

Brightening Our Corner Newsletter - May 2019

May 16, 2019 11:30 AM ET - The quarterly newsletter for the Ray C. Anderson Foundation has been published. Check it out - Brightening Our Corner

Review of the GRI Universal Standards

May 16, 2019 10:30 AM ET - The Global Sustainability Standards Board (GSSB), the independent standard setting body of GRI, is launching a project to review the universal Standards.

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