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Nespresso Investing $550 Million to Achieve Carbon Neutrality, Responsible...
Nespresso has announced it will invest nearly $550 million USD over the next six years to implement a new sustainability strategy aimed at achieving carbon neutrality, as well as 100 percent...
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IBM’s Watson Helping Researchers Make Data-Driven Discoveries
IBM has announced significant advances in its artificially intelligent computer system, Watson's, cognitive computing capabilities that are enabling researchers to accelerate the pace of scientific...
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Hyatt Unveils 2020 Sustainability Strategy
In conjunction with the release of its 2013-2014 Corporate Responsibility Report and hot on the heels of a new commitment to sustainable seafood, Hyatt Hotels has unveiled a set of the ever-popular...
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20 Semi-Finalists Announced for 'Socially Responsible Design's Highest Award'
The Buckminster Fuller Institute has announced the semi-finalists for the 2014 Fuller Challenge. Named "Socially Responsible Design’s Highest Award," the Fuller Challenge invites scientists, designers,...
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Grocery Industry Initiative Promoting Food Ingredient Transparency
The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) has announced it is launching a modernization initiative that will improve the process and increase transparency for making Generally Recognized As Safe...
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Target, Brands Gather to Celebrate Official Launch of #MadeToMatter Collection
The City View level of the Metreon in downtown San Francisco was abuzz on Thursday, as Target celebrated the official launch of Made to Matter, a curated collection of more than 120 new and exclusive...
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12 Industry Leaders Unveil Methodology for Assessing Social Impacts of Products
A group of companies united in the Roundtable for Product Social Metrics today announces the publication of the Handbook for Product Social Impact Assessment, a practical tool for assessing a product’s...
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RSF Launches Search for Next 25 'Social Enterprise Stars' at SOCAP 2014
RSF Social Finance, a San Francisco-based organization that lends money to path-breaking social enterprises, is launching a campaign Sept. 2 to find the Next 25 Social Enterprise Stars...
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How Itaú Asset Management Is Driving Integration of ESG Criteria into...
Is the investor community of the world’s most advanced economies informed, engaged and excited enough to make significant progress on building sustainable investment portfolios? How likely is that and...
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Moving Beyond Commitments: Collaborating to End Deforestation
Deforestation can pose significant operational and reputational risks to businesses, and we at EDF are seeing companies start to take action in their supply chains. Deforestation accounts for an...
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New Tool Offers Global Access to More Than 10,000 U.S. Water Resources
The U.S. Water Partnership has announced the launch of a new platform that offers the global community simple online access to a growing library of U.S.-generated water data and knowledge.H2infO was...
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Unlocking the Potential of Social Capital Value
I’ve always been fascinated with social behavior. Why do people react differently when confronted with a certain situation, a new idea, or information that challenges existing beliefs? Why are some...
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Report: Reducing Water in Cotton Industry Makes Good Business Sense
Major brands that drive demand for cotton have an economic interest in reducing the industry's water use because it improves farms’ income and yields, according to a new report by social enterprise...
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Network Waste, University of East Anglia Working to Turn Paper Mill Waste...
UK waste-management company Network Waste recently announced it has been working with the Adapt Low Carbon Group at the University of East Anglia on a groundbreaking approach to waste management that...
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World Water Week: Energy, Water Communities Must Cooperate to Meet Global...
Global leaders gathered in Stockholm Monday for 2014 World Water Week urged the energy and water communities to work together to provide clean drinking water and energy for a growing world population....
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IKEA GreenTech Increasing Design Potential of LEDs with Investment in 'Light...
IKEA GreenTech, an IKEA Group venture capital company, has invested in Design LED Products Ltd, a Scottish company with a unique technology for a new generation of lighting products using...
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CVS Rebrands as CVS Health, Takes Next Steps to Making America Tobacco-Free
CVS Caremark today announced three potentially game-changing developments for its brand and its business. First, the pharmacy chain has changed its corporate name from CVS Caremark to CVS Health, to...
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Russell Athletic Using Boeing's Dreamliner Carbon Fiber in New CarbonTek...
Boeing and Russell Brands LLC have announced that they are working together to incorporate excess carbon fiber from the production of Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner in Russell Athletic protective gear.The...
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Active House USA Shows the Future of Sustainable Living
VELUX America has unveiled Active House USA, a custom sustainable home in the St. Louis suburb of Webster Groves, MO that combines leading sustainability and high performance building practices from...
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Corruption Costs Developing Countries $1 Trillion Each Year
Developing countries lose at least $1 trillion every year through shady deals for natural resources, the use of shell companies, money laundering and illegal tax evasion, according to a new report by...
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