Creating Compost with Less Energy

In Yorkshire, U.K., our energy-efficient Flygt top-entry agitators — a propeller type of mixer that can handle thick, high-fiber sludge — are part of a new waste treatment facility that processes and recycles waste.

Old Mutual on Financial Education: Why it Matters

Why it matters

There are 350 million adults in sub-Saharan Africa. More than half have no ready access to financial services, and financial knowledge could be improved across all our markets.

Monitoring Ocean Health with pH Sensors

Rising levels of atmospheric carbon are resulting in higher ocean acidity, which can have profound negative effects on the health of ocean plant and animal life.

Nestlé Purina in the Americas: Advancing Pet Nutrition, Creating Positive Impacts for Pets and People in Society

Nestlé Purina in the Americas has released its 2015 Creating Shared Value report, demonstrating how the company is making a positive impact for pets and the people who love them.

The report, available on www.Purina.com, provides an in-depth look at Nestlé Purina’s Creating Shared Value activities in 2015, focused on four key areas:

Perfecting Access Through Embedded Sustainability, Pooling Resources and Consolidating Expertise

Anthony Gitau is Country Head of Novartis Access and Familia Nawiri in Kenya. In his current role, Anthony Gitau is in charge of implementing and scaling up the two social business programs of Novartis in Kenya. These are meant to empower people living at the base of the pyramid to take control of their health and to give them access to quality affordable healthcare services and products. Anthony tells his story about his passion for working on affordable access programs on EFPIA Blog.

Whirlpool Corporation Makes Newsweek's 2016 Green Rankings for Environmental Efforts

This month, Whirlpool Corporation was named No. 204 on Newsweek’s 2016 Green Rankings list, one of the most reputed corporate rankings assessing environmental efforts of the 500 largest publicly-traded companies in the United States based on corporate sustainability and environmental impact.

Using Nature's Design Principles to Create a Radically Sustainable Food System

Hundreds of students and professionals answered the call to help fix our broken food system by looking to nature to create design solutions. Now, after receiving 86 submissions from 18 countries, the Biomimicry Global Design Challenge judges have chosen ten winning teams.

Ecocentricity Blog: Solar Juice, from Concentrate

Have you ever seen the trick where someone starts a fire using a magnifying glass to focus sunlight? Concentrated solar power is like that, just way bigger.

Sustainability and CSR: A Word about Terms

What is CSR, what is sustainability, and why does BSR prefer to use one term over the other?

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