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Calling All Sustainable Businesses: 2degrees Champions Awards 2014 Now Open for Entries
2degrees is calling for organisations with inspiring examples of sustainable practice to shout about their success stories by entering this year’s Champions Awards.The only sustainable business awards voted entirely by industry peers, the 2degrees ... View More
Top 10 Ways Brands Used Their Power to Create a More Sustainable World in 2013
2013 was a banner year for companies using their muscle to drive transformative change, both internally and globally. Without further ado, here is just a taste of some of the progress we found most inspiring. ... View More
New Report Reveals Global Trends, 'Perspectives' on CR Reporting
CorporateRegister.com, which hosts and manages the global online directory of corporate responsibility (CR) reports, today released its annual free CR Perspectives report, combining data, insight and opinion to reveal how global CR reporting has deve... View More
Co-operative Group's New Office Crowned World's Most Eco-Friendly Building
Just prior to its official opening last week by The Queen, One Angel Square — The Co-operative Group’s new head office in Manchester, England — has been declared the most environmentally friendly building in the world. The Building Research Est... View More
M&S, Waitrose Among UK Retailers Working ‘Stronger Together’ to Fight Forced Labor
Leading organisations and industry bodies within UK food production, retail and horticulture have joined forces to tackle the issue of modern-day slavery, human trafficking, forced labor and other hidden migrant worker exploitation, according to the ... View More
UK Households Waste $11 Billion Worth of Food Each Year
UK households waste £6.9 billion ($11 billion) worth of food and drink, or 7 percent of overall sales, each year, according to new research from WRAP.The organization estimates that the grocery retail supply chain produces roughly 6.5 million tons (... View More
Failure to Communicate: Dry Sustainability Reports a Missed Opportunity
Does your heart sink at the thought of reading yet another sustainability report?Over the last three years I’ve been documenting the ways companies are communicating sustainability online and using social media in particular. Time and time again, e... View More
M&S the First of Few Companies That Come to UK Consumers’ Minds as Being Environmentally Responsible
New research released this week by the Carbon Trust reveals that, while consumers see business as the key to economic recovery, they do not yet see it as key to fixing our environmental problems, with over two-thirds (68 percent) of respondents unabl... View More
Unilever, Molson Coors, Co-operative Top Sustainability Champion Awards
The Co-operative Group, Unilever and Molson Coors are among the winners of the 2degrees 2013 Sustainability Champions Awards, which each year recognizes success in the execution of sustainability initiatives. ... View More
The Co-Operative's Lighter Wine Bottles Save Hundreds of Tons of Glass and CO2
UK grocery chain The Co-operative has just announced significant reductions in the weight of its private label wine bottles. With the help of its supplier, Kingsland Wines and Spirits, the Co-operative achieved reductions that amounted to a savings o... View More
Rainforest Foundation Promotes Sustainable Palm Oil with UK Easter Chocolate Rankings
With Easter just around the corner, The Rainforest Foundation has teamed up with Ethical Consumer magazine to release a ranking of more than 70 UK chocolate brands to encourage companies to use more sustainably sourced palm oil. ... View More
Co-op, Nestlé, Sainsbury’s Using New Research to Inform Reduction in Supply Chain Footprints
The Co-operative Group, Nestlé and Sainsbury’s say they will improve the sustainability performance of some of their products in response to research from the Product Sustainability Forum.The study, published by the Waste and Resources Action Prog... View More
