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Report: Some ‘Megacities’ Are More Sustainable Than Others
New York consumes too much energy, London and Paris use relatively fewer resources and Tokyo conserves water well, according to a new study on "megacity metabolism," as reported by ScienceDaily.As the...
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From Connected Homes and Cars to Socially Responsible Devices, AT&T's Out to...
AT&T sees vast opportunity for mobile technology to enable sustainable lifestyles and the efficient use of resources. Did you forget to turn off the heat when leaving the house? No problem; we are...
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Science, Certifications, Stories: 3 Reasons You Can't Afford Not To Leverage...
Your company is doing all the right things: You’re making a product with sustainable attributes, your manufacturing process is diverting waste from landfill, and your products contain recycled content....
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Project Everyone Aims to Engage 7 Billion People in the UN Development Goals...
In September, The United Nations will launch its post-2015 Development Agenda, which outlines ambitious targets that include ending extreme poverty, promoting equity within and among countries, and...
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M&S Launches Companywide Campaign to Engage Employees in 'Making Energy Matter'
UK retailer Marks & Spencer has launched a new employee engagement campaign to help the company cut energy use by 50 percent across its UK operations by 2020. According to a recent blog post by...
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Top 5 Reasons to Communicate About Your Supply Chain Sustainability Efforts
Companies face a harder time today satisfying their customers. They expect their purchases to deliver as promised and, increasingly, they want to ensure the manufacturing process didn’t cause social or...
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World's Largest Rayon Producer Announces Game-Changing Forest Protection Policy
Today, global viscose giant Aditya Birla Group announced an industry-leading commitment to eliminate sourcing from the world’s ancient and endangered forests for all of its Viscose fibers, which are...
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'Amongst Bees': Spreading Eco-Consciousness Through Comedy in Brazil
Those of you in the English-speaking world may not realise just how massively famous Brazilian soap-opera stars have become around the world. For example Avenida Brasil broke records in 2012 after...
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CVS Health Kicks Off 2nd Annual Fundraiser to Fight Lung Cancer
CVS Health today released its eighth annual Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report, outlining the company's progress against its CSR strategy, Prescription for a Better World. President and CEO...
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Report: Unilever, Coke Have Strong Water Management Practices But Most Food...
Unilever, Coca-Cola, General Mills and Nestlé rank highest among food and beverage businesses in managing scarce water resources, but most major companies need to adopt far stronger practices,...
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O2: How We're Measuring Up Against Our Think Big Blueprint Goals
In 2012, we launched the Think Big Blueprint, our first sustainability plan that set big, ambitious goals that we hoped would transform our role in the world around us. We set three goals and 40...
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Trending: Fossil Fuel Divestment Enters Primetime
From universities and churches to prominent investment funds, fossil fuel divestment continues to gain traction among diverse groups around the world.80 percent of global fossil fuel reserves need to...
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Shareholders, Interest Groups Launch Two-Pronged Assault on Kraft’s...
At a shareholder meeting on Tuesday, a proposal to Kraft FoodsGroup asserting that non-recyclable packaging — particularly that of Capri Sun pouches — is wasting valuable resources received the support...
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Less than Half of Brands Deliver on Their Brand Promise, According to Gallup...
A recent Gallup survey found that most companies are failing to make good on their agreements. Only half of the almost 18 million customers Gallup surveyed strongly believe that the companies they do...
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Levi's Educates the Next Generation, Continues to Innovate Around Water...
More and more companies are beginning to acknowledge the importance of water stewardship to the longevity of their operations, regardless of industry. Consumer-facing brands can have added impact — and...
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How a Life Cycle-Driven Business Model Can Accelerate Sustainable Value Creation
When Peter Bakker from the WBCSD declared that corporate social responsibility is dead, he urged us to create new definitions of success. The change to a more holistic approach is already happening....
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G20: Food Waste An 'Enormous' Global Concern
Food wasted by consumers is an enormous economic problem and countries should ensure excess food is given to the hungry instead of being thrown away, according to agriculture ministers from the Group...
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What Can ‘The Systems View of Life’ Teach Us About Sustainable Leadership?
Fritjof Capra is the author of many best-selling books, including The Tao of Physics, The Turning Point, The Hidden Connections and The Web of Life. His most recent book is The Systems View of Life: A...
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Offsetters, Eco Fashion Week Team Up to Reduce Environmental Impacts of...
Last month, Vancouver welcomed back the ninth season of Eco Fashion Week (EFW), to celebrate the ongoing transformation of the fashion industry into one that is aware of and co-exists with the...
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10 Critical Corporate Sustainability Trends to Watch in 2015 and Beyond
If the global business community is to thrive in the long term — and carry us to that flourishing future we are trying to imagine and help build — it needs to continue to scale up the ambition and...
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