Sustainable Investment

Owen Smith, director, energy policy and strategy, Center for Energy Efficiency & Sustainability (CEES) at Ingersoll Rand (NYSE: IR), a world leader in creating comfortable, sustainable and efficient environments, shared insights at the 2016 Building Energy Summit in Washington, DC on March 16 to help building owners understand and maximize the benefits of smart buildings.

What are the environmental “bad words” to which society has become desensitized? I think “disposable” is one. We need to replace it with “reusable.”

Ingersoll Rand has introduced the new RS30 and RS37 models, the first in a series of next generation oil-flooded, rotary screw air compressors, to enhance reliability, shorten maintenance intervals and reduce life-cycle costs.

The Land Institute is offering a $1000 prize for the best submission that addresses their specific design brief in the Biomimicry Global Design Challenge

Ingersoll Rand was recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other prominent climate organizations for its exemplary leadership in addressing climate change and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

In view of the rapidly growing interest in sustainable investing worldwide, investors require more effective tools to assess whether the funds they are considering adding to their portfolios reflect best sustainability practices.

On May 16-17, the U.S. Chamber Foundation, in partnership with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and PXYERA Global, will host the 2016 Sustainability Forum, Better Business, Better World: Mainstreaming the Circular Economy in Washington, DC.

Carbon is not our enemy. It is the basis of life, working in tandem with the water and oxygen with which we are abundantly blessed to fashion all of the beauty of nature.

The Ray C. Anderson Foundation is the new sponsor of “Talk with Green Guy,” a rapidly growing weekly show hosted by Eric Moncrief on WGST 640 AM, which airs locally Sunday mornings at 9:00 a.m. Eastern with podcasts available at www.greenguymedia.com.

This month, we are excited to launch the research phase of Global Trends in Shared Value and enlist your help in making it happen. In order to bring about representative perspectives from different regions and industries, we invite the shared value community to participate in our global survey to contribute to a forthcoming Global Trends online platform.