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Sustainable Development Goals

Business Innovation Paves the Way to a Sustainable Future

May 31, 2017 8:55 AM ET

We are at the brink of a new era of digital transformation and global connectivity. By 2020, more people will have mobile phones than have electricity or running water in their homes or villages, connecting billions of people in unprecedented ways. The pace of technology is also opening up new ways of tracking resources, increasing efficiencies, and accelerating our irreversible path to a decarbonized world.

Research, Reports & Publications

CapitaLand Limited Publishes Integrated Global Sustainability Report 2016

May 31, 2017 5:00 AM ET

CapitaLand released its eighth Global Sustainability Report entitled “Building Sustainable Real Estate of the Future”. The report reaffirms CapitaLand’s commitment to sustainability and covers CapitaLand’s international portfolio in over 20 countries and global workforce of more than 12,700 employees.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Tips for Crafting a Charitable Giving Strategy

May 30, 2017 6:40 PM ET

This Thursday Christy Duncan Anderson, Executive Director, The Albertsons Companies Foundation, and I will be participating in a webcast hosted by ACCP. The topic -- Crafting a Charitable Giving Strategy – is one that interests (and challenges) many of the organizations we work with.

Environment

Alex Gilbert: Environmental Roots of a Scandal

May 30, 2017 6:20 PM ET

It has been a bit difficult to keep up with the news since January. Every few hours it seems like there is a new revelation in the global political wreckage that is the Trump administration.

Energy

Companies Urge Support for Strong Nevada Clean Energy Standard

May 30, 2017 4:00 PM ET

Five of Nevada’s most prominent employers are urging the Nevada Senate to pass Assembly Bill 206 for a strong clean energy standard for the state. The letter from the five companies – Dignity Health, eBay, Levi Strauss & Co., Switch and Unilever– urges support for the standard, which would increase the percentage Nevadans get from clean renewable energy from 20 percent, where it is now, to 50 percent by 2030.

Events, Media & Communications

Certified Sustainability Practitioner Program, Advanced Edition 2017 - London June 15-16, New York Sept. 28-29, Toronto Oct. 26-27

May 30, 2017 3:15 PM ET

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) articulate an agenda for the next 15 years (to 2030) with a view to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all. The agenda requires input from all sectors of society across the globe, including corporate actors (Business and Industry) who are key in the achievement of the SDG targets.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Bowl Me Over! Arrow Electronics Employees Raise $15K to Support Junior Achievement Business Week

May 30, 2017 3:05 PM ET

They came, they saw, they went bowling. And they also raised $15,000 in scholarship money.

Events, Media & Communications

Free Webinar Tomorrow! The Future of Sustainable Packaging

May 30, 2017 2:30 PM ET

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Corporate Citizenship Center, in partnership with Tetra Pak Inc., is hosting a “peek under the package” webinar exploring the future of sustainable packaging.

Environment

Ecocentricity Blog - Front Two: Benign Emissions

May 30, 2017 2:30 PM ET

Back in September 2003, the EPA decided that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases were not “air pollutants,” meaning that the EPA didn’t have to regulate them under the Clean Air Act. A number of states concerned about climate change didn’t take kindly to this determination. Voila, we have a lawsuit!

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Carnival Corporation Wins Environmental Award for Clean-Air Commitment

May 30, 2017 1:45 PM ET

Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), the world’s largest leisure travel company, has been named winner of the Lloyd's List Americas 2017 Cleaner Safer Seas Solutions award for its environmental commitment to improve the quality of air emissions through first-in-the-cruise-industry adoption of liquefied natural gas (LNG), the world’s cleanest burning fossil fuel.

Diversity & Inclusion

Really Celebrate Older Americans Month

May 30, 2017 1:20 PM ET

As my colleague David Boyd Williams wrote in a recent blog on ageism – leveraging the wealth of experience that older adults offer is good for our society. And, when senior living communities highlight their residents’ vibrant contributions, they underscore the great things inspired age can bring.

Innovation & Technology

HP Labs Developed a New Rewritable Printing Technology Set to Impact Multiple Industries

May 30, 2017 12:15 PM ET

In March, HP Labs piloted a new writable, energy-free display technology that could impact a wide swathe of industries, including finance, hospitality, healthcare, security, retail, and transportation.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Ile de France: Sanofi Employees Support Migrants

May 30, 2017 11:40 AM ET

The Sanofi Espoir Foundation and the Sanofi France Communications Department launched a collection of hygiene products in early April among employees of Sanofi sites in the Ile-de-France area on behalf of migrants living in Paris.

Events, Media & Communications

Sodexo Supports Defense Commissary Agency in Celebrating Grand Opening of New Commissary at Fort Belvoir

May 30, 2017 10:50 AM ET

The Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) recently held a grand opening in celebration of its new commissary at Fort Belvoir in Virginia and Sodexo, world leader in providing Quality of Life services, helped DeCA celebrate the big event. Sodexo is the Deli-Bakery Services operator at the new Fort Belvoir commissary and partner to 24 DeCA commissaries throughout the east coast.

Environment

Volkswagen Group – International Day of Biodiversity

May 30, 2017 10:30 AM ET

The promotion of biodiversity has been a declared corporate objective of the Volkswagen Group since 2007. In 'TOGETHER – Strategy 2025', the Volkswagen Group has set itself the ambitious target of becoming a role model in the topic of environment.

Research, Reports & Publications

UPS and BSR: How Global Materiality Can Help Shape Sustainability Strategy

May 30, 2017 10:20 AM ET

On Thursday, June 29, 2017 at 11 am ET, UPS will host a webinar with 3BL Media to discuss its Global Materiality Assessment. The webinar, featuring Patrick Browne, Director of Global Sustainability for UPS, and Nate Springer, Manager at Business for Social Responsibility (BSR), will cover UPS’s global materiality assessment methodology, and its role in driving UPS’s sustainability strategy, goals and reporting.

Health & Healthcare

Novartis Foundation and Fiocruz Convene Global Experts on Strategies for Leprosy Detection

May 30, 2017 10:20 AM ET

Together with the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), a premier research institution in Brazil focused on public health, the Novartis Foundation is co-hosting an expert meeting entitled ‘Strategies to detect and interrupt the global transmission of leprosy’ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Media & Communications

Domtar Sustainability Monthly Minute | May 2017

May 30, 2017 10:00 AM ET

Energy

Republic Services Further Reduces Carbon Emissions Through Increased Usage of Renewable Natural Gas in its Fleet

May 30, 2017 10:00 AM ET

Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE:RSG) announced today that the Company will increase its usage of renewable natural gas (RNG) by three times what it used in 2016 through an expanded agreement with Clean Energy. This enables Republic to reduce its fleet emissions by approximately 110,000 metric tons of CO2e (carbon dioxide equivalent) over a three-year period, which is equal to planting 2.8 million trees or removing 23,200 cars from the road1. RNG has the lowest carbon intensity of all commercially available transportation fuels.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Last Day to Apply!

May 30, 2017 10:00 AM ET

The 2017 Best Adoption-Friendly Workplace survey closes TOMORROW!

Environment

Unreasonable Impact | The Car Service of the Future: A Q&A with Riversimple

May 30, 2017 9:30 AM ET

Environment

New Global Metric Will Monitor Zero Emission Growth from 2020

May 30, 2017 9:15 AM ET

In October 2016, JetBlue and the aviation industry made history. Alongside the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), we collectively agreed to reduce GHG emissions from international flights.

Research, Reports & Publications

Consumers Energy Commitment to the Environment

May 30, 2017 9:10 AM ET

As featured in the Consumers Energy Sustainability Report 2017: We are the Great Lakes State. Here in Michigan, our lakes, rivers and streams define us. We’re beach-goers, anglers and stone-skippers. We must keep this precious resource thriving for centuries of Michigan summers to come.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Habitat for Humanity and Wells Fargo Team Up with Veterans to Improve 100 Homes

May 30, 2017 9:05 AM ET

Local Habitat organizations will identify home improvement opportunities in their communities and lead the work with veterans and Wells Fargo volunteers to beautify homes by landscaping, painting and other improvements.

Research, Reports & Publications

Just Issued: Saipem Sustainability 2016 - Creating Long-term Shared Value

May 30, 2017 9:00 AM ET

Saipem’s 11th Sustainability Report highlights the company’s constant effort to create value while detailing its efforts to go beyond expectations and, in particular, its achievements in the top areas identified by its managers and external stakeholders.