Welcome to our series aimed at spotlighting the individual leaders within BIER member companies and stakeholder organizations. Learn how these practitioners and their companies are addressing pressing challenges around water, energy, agriculture, climate change, and what inspires each of them to advance environmental sustainability in the beverage sector and collectively, overall.

Franklin Templeton welcomes the new EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), which is an important step in driving forward transparency and authenticity in how investors approach ESG and sustainability.

Becoming the first Latin American restaurant company to take this important step, further reinforcing the significance of ESG to the long-term sustainability of its business and stimulating shared responsibility for meeting its social and environmental commitments

The 5G Open Innovation Lab, a global applied innovation ecosystem for corporations, academia and government institutions, announced the selection of its third batch of companies to participate in the Spring 2021 program which launched this month.

SCS Global Services (SCS), a global third-party certification body, announced today that PINDÓ SA, a family-owned agro-forestry industrial company located in Misiones, Argentina, has obtained PEFC Chain of Custody Certification (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification) for its sawmill and its energy plant, which generates electric power from forest biomass.

The Provincial Municipality of Arequipa in Peru presented Cerro Verde with an award for its commitment to art and cultural conservation during a ceremony celebrating the city's historic center and its 20th anniversary as a World Cultural Heritage of Humanity site.

As we reflect on a full year of COVID-19, it is obvious that our lives have been changed immeasurably, and business across the board has shifted to meet the demands of the “new normal.”

Working with Colorado Coalition for the Homeless (CCH), Northern Trust has invested a total of $13.2 million in equity to finance medical respite and housing for people experiencing homelessness.

Key takeaways from Morgan Stanley’s Sustainable Investing Summit illustrate how companies, investors and governments can pursue systemic solutions to interrelated sustainability problems.

Becky House, senior vice president and chief people and legal officer at Rockwell Automation has been instrumental in helping to reevaluate and shape how the company supports working parents during the pandemic.