Ceres
Ceres is a sustainability nonprofit organization working with the most influential investors and companies to build leadership and drive solutions throughout the economy.
450 Business Leaders, Investors Create Roadmap to Low-Carbon Future
More than 450 investor, company and capital market leaders convened at the Investor Summit on Climate Risk last week to map out the next steps for increased action on climate change. ... View More
US Corporate Voices Critical to Saving the Clean Power Plan
Despite the withdrawal of the US government from the Paris Agreement, many US businesses remain unwavering in their commitment to act on climate change. 2017 was a solid year for corporate climate leadership: 1,700 businesses signed the We Are Still ... View More
Quantis Introduces New Land Use Guidance to Slash Global Supply Chain Emissions
Sustainability consulting group Quantis, in conjunction with a pre-competitive consortium of over 40 private companies, NGOs, governments and scientific institutions, has released the Land Use Change Guidance: Accounting for Emissions in the Supply C... View More
What’s the Climate Risk of Your Insurance Company?
Recently, on National Insurance Awareness Day, I reflected on the previous week, when California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones keynoted at the Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2) lunch meeting. ... View More
Ceres Launches Guide to Help Investors Identify Risks in Food Sector Supply Chains
With environmental and social impacts increasingly influencing investor decision making, Ceres has developed a new peer-reviewed resource guide to help investors better analyze financial risks in the food sector. ... View More
3 Key Resources for Benchmarking Your Sustainability Program
What better time to benchmark your sustainability program than the start of the year? Evaluating whether your program is following best practices can spur improvement and provide justification for prioritizing initiatives. This helps determine whethe... View More
New Reporting Guidelines Aiming to Shed Further Light on Palm Oil Industry
With rainforest destruction and forced labor still urgent concerns in palm oil cultivation, a diverse group of NGOs and investor organizations, organized by Ceres, today released shared guidance for corporate reporting on company commitments towards ... View More
630 Companies, Investors Tell Trump: Continue Accelerating a Low-Carbon Economy
More than 530 companies and 100 investors – from iconic Fortune 500 firms to small family-owned businesses – are calling on the Trump administration and the new Congress to continue to support policies to accelerate a low-carbon future that will ... View More
Experts Gather to Discuss Financial Benefits of Sustainability at New Metrics ‘16
SAN FRANCISCO, November 14, 2016 – Members of the Sustainable Brands® community gather in Boston, MA to kick off the 6th annual New Metrics conference. Nearly 300 global senior executives across diverse sectors are convening today through Nov 16t... View More
Diageo, General Mills, PepsiCo Among Food Giants Committing to Tackle Water Risks in Ag Supply Chains
As climate change, population growth and water pollution increase pressure on freshwater resources, seven global food and beverage companies today announced commitments to work with the thousands of growers in their global supply chains to reduce wat... View More
Report: More US Insurance Companies Preparing for Climate Change, But Many Still Ignoring It
As much of the Southeast U.S. is still cleaning up from Hurricane Matthew, the country’s 13th billion-dollar weather disaster this year, a new Ceres report ranks the nation’s largest insurance companies on their responses to escalating climate ri... View More
Sustainable Brands Releases Full Program for Annual New Metrics Conference
SAN FRANCISCO, October 7, 2016 – Sustainable Brands® recently announced the full program for New Metrics’16, scheduled for November 14-16 in Boston, MA. Drawing together over 400 global business leaders, the conference will focus on the emerging... View More
Academia Meets Automotive: College Students and GM Unite to Boost Sustainability
General Motors created its first Student Sustainability Advisory Council this year to begin a new dialogue on sustainability. Composed of five graduate students from MIT, Penn State, Georgia Tech, University of Michigan and Stanford, the council prov... View More
The True Cost of Water: New Partnerships, Business Models and More Tackling the Global Crisis
On the final afternoon of an action-packed week at SB'16 San Diego, this panel brought together stakeholders working to address different facets of the global water crisis, both locally in California, and internationally. The panel provided an opport... View More
Can ‘The Paris Effect’ Take Companies, Governments Beyond Flagship Initiatives?
This Friday, world leaders will convene to sign the Paris Climate Agreement. The international regulatory environment and national policies to curb emissions are reshaping global markets. Decarbonization could define the 21st century economy. But wha... View More
Coalition of Conscious Companies Asks EPA to Strengthen Big Rig Emissions Standards
A coalition of a dozen major food brands and retailers (and Patagonia!) have asked federal regulators not to back down on reducing trucking emissions and increasing fuel economy. ... View More
CI, Starbucks Aiming to Make Coffee World's First Sustainably Sourced Agricultural Product
Conservation International (CI), in partnership with Ceres and industry leaders such as Starbucks and Keurig Green Mountain, have announced a call to action to make coffee the first sustainably sourced agricultural product in the world. The Sustainab... View More
General Mills, IKEA Among Latest Global Players to Join White House Climate Action Pledge
General Mills, IKEA and Best Buy are among the 81 companies to recently join the White House-led American Business Act on Climate Pledge, which sets significant greenhouse gas reduction and renewable energy sourcing goals for 2020 and beyond.The pled... View More
#NewMetrics '15: WWF, CDP, Trucost Present Tools for Staying Afloat in Water Management
How do you make a problem you can’t see important? This is a big theme across all the breakouts at New Metrics ’15 this week — the importance of finding the accurate and appropriate measurement tools for the challenges that face us.In a session... View More
Food Companies to Congress: Step Up with Bold, Enforceable Climate Agreement at COP21
The CEOs of 10 global food companies pledged to accelerate business action on climate change and urged U.S. and world leaders to form a robust international agreement at COP21 in December in a joint letter coordinated by Ceres and released yesterday.... View More
