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WAP: Helping Companies Navigate Hot Spots in Quest for Supply Chain Transparency
WAP Sustainability Consulting works with manufacturers and brands to help them meet customers’ expectations on sustainability – specifically around life cycle assessment (LCA), carbon management and product ingredient transparency, particularly i... View More
Target, GSK, Kaiser Honored for Partnerships Promoting Community Health
Last week, during the inaugural Healthy10 Awards, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation honored 10 partnerships for their efforts to connect businesses and communities promote good health. The Healthy10 Awards con... View More
How the Chemical Footprint Project Is Helping Business Build Health Into Products, Brands
Chemicals have a huge impact on our health and environment. Over 3,000 chemicals come onto commerce each year and only a small percentage of those chemicals are ever tested for health impacts. Fortunately, some organizations are undertaking the big, ... View More
CEOs, Entrepreneurs Share 'The Best Advice I Never Got'
In Spring 2014, the Social Venture Network (SVN) began asking its conference speakers to share words of wisdom that they wished they’d heard on their road to success - and the tradition has continued ever since. Here, we hear advice from companies ... View More
Staples, Marriott Now Requiring Suppliers to Assess 'Chemical Footprints'
Next Wednesday, June 17, U.S. businesses representing more than $50 billion in investment and purchasing power will require that their vendors, suppliers, and builders use a new assessment tool that measures usage of harmful chemicals in their produc... View More
Google, Facebook Flex Market Muscle in Favor of Healthier Building Materials
Google, Facebook, Genentech and several other companies and organizations comprising a working group of The Building Health Initiative are actively using their collective market influence to create demand for new and innovative products that improve ... View More
J&J, HP, Kaiser Discuss Effective Metrics, Messaging in Push for Sustainability in Healthcare
On Wednesday, I had the pleasure to attend Metrics that Matter, Messages that Motivate — Making the Right Case for Sustainability in Healthcare, an event hosted by The Wharton Initiative for Global Environmental Leadership (Wharton IGEL) and Johnso... View More
Kaiser Permanente Exec Says Hospitals Should Help Heal the Planet
Hospitals deliver life-saving care to individuals, but their substantial environmental footprint can be detrimental to environmental and community health, according to a newly released book by Kathy Gerwig, Kaiser Permanente's environmental stewardsh... View More
Kaiser Permanente Commits to Flame-Retardant-Free Furniture
Kaiser Permanente has announced that it will stop purchasing furniture treated with flame retardants. Its new standard specifies that upholstered furniture in new or remodeled buildings should not contain added fire-retardant chemicals.The medical gr... View More
Kaiser Permanente To Pursue LEED Gold For All New Major Building Projects
Kaiser Permanente has announced it now will seek Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification for all new construction of hospitals, large medical offices and other major projects. ... View More
Kaiser Permanente Converts to PVC- and DEHP-Free IV Equipment
Kaiser Permanente announced it is converting to more eco-friendly IV medical equipment made without PVC and DEHP, two industrial chemicals that have been shown to harm human and environmental health.Kaiser Permanente will purchase IV solution bags th... View More
