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Hasbro Ranks No. 1 in Consumer Discretionary Industry on Civic 50 List of Most Community-Minded Companies
PAWTUCKET, RI – June 28, 2016 – Today, Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS) was recognized by the Civic 50 as the most community-minded company in the Consumer Discretionary industry. The Civic 50 is an initiative of Points of Light that sets the standard ... View More
Apple Quietly Launches ‘Apple Energy’ Subsidiary to Sell Renewable Energy Back to the Grid
Apple seems to be embedding its renewable energy commitments into its corporate structure. The company recently created a new wholly-owned subsidiary known as Apple Energy LLC and filed an application to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC... View More
POWER PLAY
POWER PLAY Toyota’s New Plano Campus Drafts Impressive Energy & Environmental Line Up ... View More
Kohler Launches Six-Minute Shower Challenge to Bonnaroo Attendees
According to research from the EPA WaterSense® program, the average American adult spends 8 minutes in the shower, using about 18 gallons of water each time they lather up.* Kohler, a global leader in the manufacture of kitchen and bath products, en... View More
Duck, Duck, GOOSE!
Duck, Duck, GOOSE! Toyota Tagged to Receive Keystone Leadership in Environment Award ... View More
How Big Brands, Small Startups Have Partnered to Push the Circular Economy
“It didn’t make sense to me — to make a bunch of products that use a lot of materials, and then throw it away,” Scott Hamlin, co-founder at Looptworks, said during a Tuesday breakout session on partnerships in the circular economy at Sustaina... View More
Food and Beverage Giants Appeal to Congress for Urgent Action on Climate Change
In the wake of the signing of the historic global climate agreement on Earth Day, more than a half-dozen leading food and beverage companies converged on Capitol Hill last week to press U.S. House lawmakers for federal action on climate change. ... View More
BSCI, Sedex Launch New Tools, Join Forces in the Fight Against Human Trafficking
BSCI (Business Social Compliance Initiative) and Sedex have been competitors in the past, but this week, the business-driven initiative and non-profit organization signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to reduce duplication of effort while build... View More
5 Global Companies Join Forces to Fight Migrant Worker Exploitation, Challenge Others to Do the Same
The Coca-Cola Company, HP Inc., Hewlett Packard Enterprise, IKEA and Unilever today in London launched the Leadership Group for Responsible Recruitment, a collaboration focused on promoting ethical recruitment and combating the exploitation of migran... View More
Toyota, Ben & Jerry’s Among 155 Companies to Set Science-Based Emissions Reduction Targets
Forty-one companies have joined the Science-Based Targets initiative since the COP21 climate negotiations in December. On the eve of the Climate Action Summit in Washington, D.C. last week, the initiative announced that a total of 155 companies have ... View More
Sustainable Extravagance: Kering Calls for Collaboration to Change Paradigm in Luxury Goods
Luxury goods and responsible consumption need not be contradictory terms — that was the core takeaway from a livestream Q & A session held earlier this week by Kering, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of luxury apparel and home to bra... 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
The Bar for Corporate Leadership on Climate Has Been Raised
As the legal briefings pile up over the EPA’s Clean Power Plan (CPP), I’m inspired by the growing number of companies and business organizations standing up for the most significant step in U.S. history toward reducing climate pollution. The bar ... View More
Standards and Businesses Coming Together in Washington to Discuss Sustainability Challenges
Over 200 of the most influential figures in sustainability standards and certification will join business leaders to share their thoughts on today’s most pressing sustainability challenges on May 10 to 11 in Washington, DC. ... View More
Enrich Not Exploit: The Business Case for Bold Commitments
On significant birthdays, it is traditional across much of the world to receive gifts, but somewhat characteristically, one of the world’s most altruistic brands is bucking that trend. Last month, on the eve of its 40th anniversary, The Body Shop l... View More
Patagonia's 'Tools for Grassroots Activists' Also Offers Lessons for Business, Marketing Leaders
Earlier this month, Patagonia released a new book aiming to offer environmental advocates best practices in grassroots activism. While it may seem counterintuitive for a big brand to be talking about grassroots activism, it’s widely known that Pata... View More
Vote to Allocate Part of €1M Global Change Award to Your Favorite Circular Textile Innovation
According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the US alone generates an estimated 24 billion pounds of post-consumer textile waste (PCTW), which ends up in landfills each year — the equivalent of about 70 pounds of textiles per person. ... View More
Nestlé, Tesco, Unilever CEOs Among 'Champions 12.3,' Determined to Halve Global Food Waste
On Wednesday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, 30 CEOs, government ministers, global institution executives, and civil society leaders announced the launch of the latest full-scale attack on global food waste: an all-sector collaboration aimed at... View More
Industry-Led Roundtable for Product Social Metrics Expanding Into Multi-Stakeholder Group
The Roundtable for Product Social Metrics — a coalition of multinational consumer product companies aimed at developing a comprehensive, consistent methodology for businesses to measure the social impacts of products, launched in 2013 — announced... View More
