Inspiring Sustainability Champions
Today Earth Day, we introduce you to the teachings (video) of Ilarion (Larry) Merculieff (Aleut), Founder of the Global Center for Indigenous Leadership and Lifeways and Dr. Robin Kimmerer, SUNY distinguished teaching professor and Director, Center for Native Peoples and the Environment.
Las Vegas Sands Commemorates Success of “I Will If You Will” Campaign
In celebration of Earth Day, Las Vegas Sands (NYSE: LVS) proudly announces that more than 26,000 individual green actions were completed by its team members during the company’s annual “I Will If You Will” (IWIYW) global challenge. Initiated by Sands ECO360, Las Vegas Sands’ global sustainability program during the week leading up to Earth Hour on March 19th, the challenge encouraged the company’s team members to take action to reduce their impact on climate change.
Volunteer Projects Engage Employees and the Community
In corporate volunteerism, a company’s employees and retirees work together with local young students and residents to revitalize a community in need. Schools are cleaned up, fresh flowerbeds are planted in parks and colorful murals are painted in children’s play areas.
Timberland and Lindt USA Join Forces on Community Supported Agriculture Program
What do a leading global outdoor lifestyle brand and a premium chocolate company have in common? Their commitment to community. Timberland and premium chocolatier Lindt USA may seem like an unlikely pair, but the Stratham, New Hampshire neighbors have joined forces to provide their employees access to a Community Supporter Agriculture (CSA) program that will deliver all-natural pasture-raised, antibiotic- and hormone-free meat to their headquarters.
Earth Week Guest Post: Corporate Renewables Growth: The Sky is the Limit
Fossil fuels make up two-thirds of the approximately 1,100 gigawatts of capacity in the U.S. bulk power fleet. However last year the United States retired 14 gigawatts of fossil-fueled generation and brought 16.4 gigawatts of carbon-free generation online, with wind energy leading the mix at 8.5 gigawatts of newly installed capacity, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance. Even with low natural gas prices, new natural gas projects brought 6 gigawatts online. This is an exciting sign of a changing tide.
TD Forests Helps the Nature Conservancy of Canada Protect 167 Hectares of Critical Forest Habitat
To celebrate Earth Day, the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) is announcing that it has acquired 167 hectares (412 acres) of cedar forest near the Pugwash River in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. TD Bank, through the TD Forests program, helped secure this property, which is one of the largest stands of cedar in the province and one of only a handful in northern Nova Scotia.
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