Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

The exterior horticulture department at The Venetian and The Palazzo received a Green Star Award from the Professional Grounds Management Society (PGMS). The prestigious Green Star Award recognizes outstanding landscape design and construction.

Sodexo, world leader in Quality of Life Services, helps communities succeed by focusing on the sustainability of its supply chain from farm to fork. The global facilities management and food services provider, which operates locally within each community to purchase food and produce from thousands of local suppliers, farms, bakeries and dairy farms announced today that it spent more than $600 million on local sourcing during FY 2015 in North America, to include $36 million procuring goods from over 1,400 local farmers and co-ops.

Modern day slavery affects 21 million people worldwide and accounts for over $150 billion annually in illegal profits. Research suggests that modern day slavery affects almost every supply chain in the world. From mattress suppliers in the UK to textile factories in Uzbekistan, modern day slavery is present in any tier of the supply chain and can be very challenging to identify. There are practical steps that compliance professionals can take to better identify risk in their supply chains:

Sealed Air Corporation (NYSE: SEE) announced recently the publishing of its annual Sustainability Report. This year’s report chronicles the Company’s journey to achieve its 2020 Sustainability Goals, and provides data showing progress in the year 2015.

Source Intelligence’s Jennifer Kraus and Lina Ramos are being honored tonight (Nov. 9) as top women executives in the greater San Diego area and for their work and expertise in supply chain transparency.

I recently got a “back of house” tour of the huge Las Vegas Sands Corp. (LVS) property on the Strip, thanks to Jenny Yu-Mattson, Executive Director of Global Sustainability.

It might sound like the indoor farm of a chocoholic’s fantasies, but this is not a magic recipe for cultivating ready-made confectionery.

The peak holiday social calendar season is fast-approaching and you’ll undoubtedly have a great number of events to navigate. HEINEKEN USA wants to remind you that just because alcohol may be in excess, doesn’t mean you have to be.