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European CFOs Publish Practical Ways to Embrace Sustainable Business
Chief Financial Officers (CFO) from Unilever, Sainsbury's and more than a dozen other large European companies making up the Chief Financial Officer Leadership Network (the Network) have published four...
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Trending: Big Banks Bringing Sustainable Investing Further Into the Mainstream
Investors of every stripe are increasingly using Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) data to design their portfolios. While pension funds, insurance companies and sovereign wealth funds have led...
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UCS: 40% Less Fuel Use by Heavy Duty Trucks, Creating $30B in Savings,...
Ahead of the release of a new heavy duty truck fuel-efficiency standard from the Environmental Protection Agency and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration this spring, a new Union of Concerned...
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Celebrity Chefs Taking Turns Cooking Up Unloved Ingredients to Combat Food...
WastED, a pop-up restaurant dedicated to food waste, opens today in Greenwich Village. Starting tonight, chef Dan Barber has suspended dinner service at his farm-to-table Blue Hill Restaurant to host...
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World’s First Solar-Powered Plane Making Its Way Around the Globe
Single-seat, solar-powered plane, Solar Impulse 2 successfully completed the second leg of its five-month journey around the planet, after touching down in Ahmedabad, India on Tuesday.The journey began...
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Dunkin’ Donuts No Longer Dunked in Chemicals
Dunkin’ Brands, Dunkin’ Donuts’ parent company, has agreed to remove titanium dioxide, a whitening agent that is a common source of nanomaterials, from all powdered sugar used to make the company’s...
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Starting Now: A Smarter Approach to Sustainability Management
The importance of sustainability has surged over the last two decades, as has the amount of information available and the demands on companies and practitioners – from regulators, customers and...
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Nestlé USA Celebrating Easter with Expanded Commitment to Sustainable Cocoa
Just in time for Easter, Nestlé USA has announced an expansion of its commitment to sourcing sustainable cocoa through its global Nestlé Cocoa Plan. This year Nestlé, in partnership with UTZ Certified,...
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JetBlue's New Mentoring Program Helping Small, Responsible Food Companies Get...
JetBlue Airways recently launched its first business mentoring program, called BlueBud (buddies + budding new companies), which will offer small and startup responsible food companies an opportunity to...
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London Assembly Calls on Mayor to Divest City from Fossil Fuels
Last week, the London assembly told mayor Boris Johnson to pull City Hall’s £4.8bn pension fund out of coal, oil and gas investments, after assembly members voted on a motion to support the fossil fuel...
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A Sustainable Business Roadmap: The Hagen-Wilhelm Chart for Change
In his recent book, Making Sustainability Stick, Kevin Wilhelm offers a wealth of insight, experience and tools to help individuals and organizations deliver more business value by adding environmental...
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On-Site Water Recycling Could Create Drought-Resilient Homes in California
California builders, water & sewer agencies and homeowners are one step closer to being able to construct bona fide drought-resilient homes.Nexus eWater, maker of home water and energy recyclers,...
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Can Products Be Convenient Without Being Wasteful?
Selling a product in today’s world is not just about quality and price point anymore. Packaging has become a key factor in the way companies sell products, and specifically, how (if at all) they are...
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Bad Palm Oil Production Practices Linked to Devastating Air Pollution, Haze,...
On top of the fact that palm oil production — the biggest driver of deforestation in Southeast Asia and parts of Africa and South America — is responsible for the rampant release of carbon emissions,...
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Hong Kong Cleantech Companies Showcase in San Francisco
Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation ("HKSTP") is showcasing Hong Kong's sustainable innovations to the world by leading a delegation of cleantech companies at an event this week in San...
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Levi's Has Saved 1B Liters of Water Through Its Water
Levi Strauss and Co. today announced it has saved one billion liters of water since 2011 through its Water<Less™ process, which reduces the water used in garment finishing by up to 96 percent. This...
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New York Startup Wants to Clean Up the Hudson River One Pool at a Time
Taking a dip in the Hudson River typically is not something New Yorkers would advise — centuries of city sewage discharges have left the river toxic and harmful to human health. Although public...
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Unilever Achieves Zero Waste Across Distribution Centers in North America
Unilever North America announced on Tuesday it has achieved 100 percent zero waste to landfill (ZLF) at all dedicated distribution centers in North America.To achieve ZLF, the company has adopted the...
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Railsponsible Initiative Out to Rope Railroads into CSR Commitments
Last week, EcoVadis, operator of a collaborative, sustainable global supply chain platform, announced the launch of Railsponsible, an initiative to drive sustainability throughout the railway supply...
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'More Than Scientists' Campaign Hopes to Humanize Climate Scientists
More Than Scientists, launched this week, brings together climate scientists, advocacy organizations and the public in a campaign that offers a glimpse into the stories, views and feelings of various...
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