Environment

Hubert Joly, Best Buy's Executive Chairman, discussed his lessons learned on being a leader and creating a powerful environment for employees, by way of references to philosophy and poetry, on the plenary stage at the BSR Conference 2019.

For more than 20 years, this Domtar mill has been using organic and nutrient-rich wastewater treatment residuals and acid-balancing lime residuals to rejuvenate old mine site

When Mark Clack joined Domtar in 2016 as the manager of the Delaware, Ohio, personal care facility, he noted that an impressive 80% of the manufacturing byproducts was being beneficially used or recycled. He made it his goal to reach 100&.

Simone Niven, Rio Tinto's Group Executive in CR, discussed the company's 3 strategic priorities, the importance of transparency, & the need to collaborate with communities and governments during her plenary speech at the BSR Conference

...Albertsons said it won’t just remove plastic bags in Albuquerque, they’ll do it in Rio Rancho, Los Lunas and Taos, too.

Roald Lapperre shared the latest sustainability and circular economy goals in the Netherlands, emphasizing the importance of international collaboration with businesses, on the plenary stage at the BSR Conference 2019.

As companies settle in this world of “corporate purpose”, 2020 will focus on what those purpose statements mean—moving from words to action.

Ten Head Start programs across the country will soon be growing something greater next spring thanks to a grant from The Scotts Miracle-Gro Foundation and National Head Start Association

The Arbor Day Foundation has announced that as of December 19 2019, at 3:28 p.m. CT, #TeamTrees — a viral social media campaign driven by YouTube creators Jimmy Donaldson (aka MrBeast) and Mark Rober — reached its goal of raising $20 million to plant 20 million trees around the globe, beating the initial goal of January 1, 2020. Launched on October 25, the campaign is the largest crowdfunding effort in YouTube’s history and one of the fastest-growing environmental fundraising initiatives to-date.

In conjunction with the Protect the Pitch program, which continues to lead the industry in stadium sustainability and clean energy efforts, Dignity Health Sports Park has installed 12 new Volta electric vehicle charging stations that will be available to guests free of charge at all events.