Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

As the Ohio House of Representatives prepares to vote on HB 114, major businesses and investors representing more than 30,000 employees, call on lawmakers to vote against the bill, a proposal that they say would dismantle the states renewable energy and energy efficiency standards and create prolonged uncertainty for the business and investor community.

Cemex, S.A.B. de C.V. (“CEMEX”) (NYSE: CX) published today its first Integrated Report, with information covering year 2016. This evolution in CEMEX’s reporting is designed to provide a holistic analysis of the company’s strategic vision, performance, governance, and value creation.

Today Nestlé published the 2016 edition of its annual Nestlé in society: Creating Shared Value full report. It follows the summary version published on 7 March 2017 as part of Nestlé’s Annual Report.

RB, the world’s leading consumer health and hygiene company, today launched both its 2016 Sustainability Report and its Annual Report and Financial Statements.

The 4th Powering Progress Together forum took place in Singapore last March 16 at the Changi Exhibition Centre to kick off the Make the Future Singapore festival. A mix of industry experts, members from the academia, government leaders, partners in the business sectors, as well as media representatives were present.

POWERGRID International has selected CPS Energy’s Demand Response Management System (DRMS) as its 2017 Demand Response/Energy Efficiency Project of the Year. The project will unify demand response (DR) and distributed energy resource (DER) programs totaling 165 megawatts (MW) in capacity on a single application.

Walmart announced today that they are one of nine corporations joining in a collaborative effort to track and report sourcing from self-identified and certified women-owned businesses (WOBs) over the next five years.

“Trump Using Detroit as Stage for Loosening Obama’s Fuel Economy Standards” repeated a fallacy that has become conventional wisdom. The article cited experts who claimed that policy rollbacks by the Trump administration “would make it impossible for the United States to meet Mr. Obama’s commitments under the 2015 Paris Agreement” on climate change.

Sustainable Brands® recently announced full program details for SB’17 Detroit, running May 22-25 at the Cobo Center in downtown Detroit. The conference will convene more than 2,000 senior executives, top brand strategists and leading sustainability practitioners to discover how brands can position themselves for success against a backdrop of changing societal needs.