Energy & Infrastructure
Energy & Infrastructure
Changing Lives With New Homes, Free Solar Panels
The Ramos and Limon families attend the same church in Montebello. Now, they are also neighbors and new homeowners with solar panels, thanks to nonprofits Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles and GRID Alternatives.
Edison International
Energy & Infrastructure
Energy & Infrastructure
Schools, Parks, Beaches to Get EV Charging Stations
Southern California Edison is seeking state approval for a two-year pilot program to add hundreds of new electric vehicle charging stations at schools and state recreation area parking lots.
Edison International
Responsible Production & the Circular Economy
Responsible Production & the Circular Economy
When It Comes to Packaging, Plastic Is the Environmental Material of Choice
This title may scream fake news to many of you. Yet it is true, and particularly relevant given the latest efforts to ban the plastic straw. A 2016 study found that replacing plastics in packaging and consumer products could raise environmental costs nearly fourfold. This is because strong, lightweight plastics help us do more with less material, providing environmental benefits throughout the lifecycle of plastic products and packaging. The study also concludes that the environmental costs of alternative materials can be lower per ton of production but are greater in aggregate due to the much larger quantities of material needed to fulfill the same purposes as plastics.
PYXERA Global
Environment
Environment
Raising Agrifood Yields Is Not Enough to Achieve Global Food Security
People are still hungry. Despite decades of increasing agricultural yields in less-industrialized regions of the world, in large part thanks to the support from international agencies such as USAID, The Rockefeller Foundation, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, hunger persists. According to the Famine Early Warning Systems Network, food production over the past five years has generally increased worldwide. We grow enough food to feed the world’s population. Why does food security remain so elusive? The answer to global hunger lies in the food supply chain—specifically in reducing the amount of food that rots or becomes contaminated before reaching consumers, or as it is otherwise known, “post-harvest loss.”
PYXERA Global
AI & Technology
AI & Technology
Shedding an Outmoded Paper Trail in Serbia
Let’s time-travel to Serbia, circa 1999: it was a time before smartphones or Wi-Fi. The largest hard disk available had a 340MB capacity and cost USD$499. Meanwhile, the volume of printed paper generated for record-keeping and the demands of the modern age was reaching new heights with each passing day. Today, every consumer product we desire is ’one click away.’
PYXERA Global
Corporate Responsibility
Corporate Responsibility
Boost Productivity & Employee Retention: Have Everyone Work From Home
In 2017, New York City-based communications strategist Courtney Hamilton and her fiancée decided to forgo a typical wedding, instead eloping to Costa Rica. By the time she returned to the office a week later, Hamilton and her new husband had already decided to keep the adventure going by moving to Los Angeles so he could accept a killer job they just couldn’t pass up.
HP Inc.
Media & Communications
Media & Communications
BIER Member Spotlight: Rick Price
Meet Rick Price, BIER member and Director of Global Environment, Health & Safety at Beam Suntory in the first BIER member spotlight.
Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable
Energy & Infrastructure
Energy & Infrastructure
WELL Tip: Pursuing WELL for Existing Spaces
WELL Certification is for all types of projects - from commercial offices to warehouses to apartment buildings. And just as WELL offers flexibility when it comes to project types, it also offers flexibility with regard to project stage. Whether newly constructed, undergoing renovation or existing, your project can achieve WELL Certification.
International WELL Building Institute (IWBI)
Health & Healthcare
Health & Healthcare
WELL Story: Making Waves in the Sports Industry With Allen Hershkowitz PhD
We’re thrilled to have had the opportunity to talk with Dr. Allen Hershkowitz, Chairman and Founding Director of Sports and Sustainability International, about the intersection of sports, sustainability and health. This discussion comes at an incredible moment for both health and sustainability, which have never been more of a polarizing force in our economic, cultural and political discussions.
International WELL Building Institute (IWBI)
Awards & Rankings
Awards & Rankings
What Ecolab Learned From the WEC Gold Medal
It’s been three months now since Ecolab had the honor of receiving the WEC Medal for International Corporate Achievement in Sustainable Development. And while the afterglow is fading – slowly – and the Gold Medal displays have come down from big digital signage screens in the lobby of our headquarters building in Saint Paul, Minn., our efforts in sustainability aren’t slowing down. Quite the contrary.
World Environment Center

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