Clik here to view.
CA Business Leaders Call For Oil Industry to Comply with CO2 Law
More than a thousand California business leaders are urging the State to deny requests to exempt oil companies from its cap and trade program aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions.The California...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Natural Capital Protocol Will Demystify Business Value of Nature
The Natural Capital Coalition (NCC) announced this week its selection of two consortia to develop what will be known as the Natural Capital Protocol.The Coalition says the Protocol will be a global,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
SABMiller Aims to Help the World ‘Prosper’ with New 2020 Goals
SABMiller has set new 2020 targets for its sustainable development programs. The new program, called Prosper, focuses on supporting the role small businesses play in generating economic growth and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
FOE's Report Card, EU's Emission Law Knocking Wind Out of Cruise Industry's...
Members of the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), including Royal Caribbean International, Carnival and Disney Cruise Line, have announced they will no longer participate in the Cruise Ship...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Greenpeace's 'Awesome' Video Plea to LEGO Blocked by YouTube
Greenpeace’s viral video, “LEGO: Everything Is NOT Awesome,” released earlier this week, has apparently been suspended by YouTube due to a copyright claim from Warner Brothers. The environmental...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Are You a Radical Intrapreneur?
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about what we need from business leaders. And by business leaders, I mean everyone who is actively making (or influencing) business decisions. We know there are myriad...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Dell’s 2014 Products Save Customers $449 Million in Energy Costs
Dell reduced the energy intensity of its product portfolio by 23.2 percent over the last two years, and that of its server portfolio by roughly 50 percent, according to the company’s new sustainability...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Coke, WWF Highlight Progress Toward 2020 Water Goals in 1st Annual Review
The Coca-Cola Company and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) on Thursday released an Annual Review on the one-year anniversary of their global partnership to protect our freshwater resources. Reporting on their...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Whitepaper: Don’t Leave Smallholders Out of the Palm Oil Debate
The public debate on palm oil centers on large corporate entities driving the industry, while ignoring smallholders that make up 40 percent of planted hectares, according to a new whitepaper by CSR...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New Research Shows Coffee-Farming Communities Experiencing Fewer 'Thin Months'
Keurig Green Mountain has announced the results of a 2013 scientific study, Thin Months Revisited. Conducted in partnership with the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) and the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Is Lyft Facing a Restraining Order Ahead of Its NYC Launch?
The New York attorney general reports the State Supreme Court has granted an injunction that kept Lyft from launching as planned on Friday. However, Lyft claims this a "deliberate misstatement," and it...
View ArticleClik here to view.
CDP: Most Cities Moving to Protect Businesses From Climate Change
The majority of the world’s major cities have disclosed that climate change presents a physical risk to the businesses operating in their cities and are taking concrete action in response, according to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
WWF to Fisheries: Catch 50% Less or Lose Pacific Bluefin Tuna Altogether
The long-term sustainability of the Pacific Bluefin Tuna fishery can only be guaranteed by following the science and halving catch limits, WWF will tell the two Regional Fisheries Management...
View ArticleClik here to view.
From Commodity to Asset: How Conversations About Workers Are Changing in China
Last month we held our fifth annual Sedex conference in Shanghai. With tickets sold-out weeks before the event it was our biggest China conference yet, filling the room with over 200 delegates from...
View ArticleClik here to view.
CPG Brands Still 'Respected' While Airlines, Retailers Lag on New CoreBrand...
CoreBrand, a brand strategy and communications firm and creator of the Corporate Branding Index® (CBI), which provides continuous benchmarking data, insights and corporate brand valuation for more than...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Give the People What They Want — Start Selling 'Better'
Our annual Eco Pulse study will be out later this month, and we’ll start blogging about what we found over the next few weeks. One consistent theme that we see in this study and last year’s Energy...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Major US Companies Band Together to Assert Market Demand for Renewables
Looking to increase availability of cost-competitive renewable energy to run their businesses, this week 12 leading US companies signed the Renewable Energy Buyers’ Principles, created by the World...
View ArticleClik here to view.
No More Eco-Babble: How to Construct a Meaningful Social-Good Narrative
For the second year in a row, I was in Cannes last month doing a Palais session on marketing sustainability. This year, I was joined by my colleague Chip Walker, director of global planning for Young...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Regeneration Regenerated: Moving From 'Doing Good' to Significant Change
The sustainability movement, in the last few years, has figured out that “doing less harm” is insufficient. It is based on fixed ideas to which we implicitly agree to adhere. We become attached to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Södra, James Cropper Unveil 100% Renewable, Biodegradable Alternative to Plastic
UK specialty paper and advanced materials manufacturer James Cropper PLC — which has developed breakthrough processes for recycling cocoa husk waste into paper and for recycling both the paper and...
View Article