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Giving business a leg up for effective water stewardship
“To sustain their business, companies need to better understand the costs and opportunities of effective water resource management”, stresses Quantis water expert Jean-Baptiste Bayart. Ahead of the AWS Global Water Stewardship Forum, Quantis s... View More
Ford Motor Company Recognized as Global Leader in Sustainable Water and Climate Change Efforts
Ford Motor Company is honored to again receive an “A” grade for its water conservation efforts from CDP, the international not-for-profit that drives sustainable economies. The company also received an “A-” grade for its climate change effort... View More
GM Earns Global Leadership in Water Conservation
Managing company water in a sustainable way can drive both business and community value. CDP, a nonprofit global environmental disclosure platform, listed GM on its Water A-List for effective water management practices implemented around the world. C... View More
Target Just Announced a New Climate Policy and Goals—Take a Closer Look
As organizations around the world team up to combat the effects of climate change, companies like Target have a big role to play. Since we opened our first store back in 1962, we’ve aimed to make our products and operations more sustainable for our... View More
Trending: Spiders, Butterfly Wings Inspire New Solutions for Urban Ag, Renewables
Innovators continue to look to nature to create new solutions to tackle everything from water scarcity and depletion to climate change. ... View More
Liverpool FC Comes Under Fire for Controversial Deal with Tibet Water Resources
Liverpool Football Club’s latest sponsorship deal, with Tibet Water Resources Limited — a company committing ongoing human rights and environmental atrocities in the region — is a case example of the kind of partnership brands just cannot make ... View More
This Team Traveled the Globe to Kick off Target’s New Sustainable Cotton Sourcing Goal
It’s been nearly a year since Target announced its commitments around responsible sourcing and sustainable products, and since then, we’ve shared a closer look at our goals and progress in several areas, including forest products, chemicals, pack... View More
TSC, Cool Farm Alliance Helping Food Companies Better Manage Farm-Level Sustainability Data
The Sustainability Consortium (TSC) and the Cool Farm Alliance (CFA) — a nonprofit industry platform and creator of the Cool Farm Tool sustainable agriculture calculator — have signed a memorandum of understanding to improve alignment and reporti... View More
Trending: Stella McCartney, Patagonia, Target Deliver Big Wins for Ethical, Sustainable Fashion
While faced by a myriad of social and environmental challenges, the fashion and textile industries continue to edge ever-closer to a more sustainable, equitable and circular future thanks to the innovative thinking of industry leaders. ... View More
Extraordinary Water Conservation is an Everyday Result for Rolland
The Rolland mill manufactures premium post-consumer recycled papers while recirculating each drop of water 30 times. ... View More
Can Performance Reporting for Different Companies Be Both Context-Based and Comparable?
One of the hallmarks of context-based sustainability (CBS) as an approach to performance accounting in business is that it features the use of organization- or company-specific metrics. Indeed, a basic tenet of CBS is that no two organizations are ex... View More
Asda, Co-op Collaborate to Streamline Supply Chain Sustainability Data
British supermarket giants Asda and The Co-operative, together with leading sustainable business and supply chain platform 2degrees, are paving the way for the future of supply chain collaboration by enabling mutual suppliers to submit aggregated dat... View More
Novozymes Invites Collaboration on Global Challenges
Complex problems require advanced solutions and new ways of finding them. This is the thinking behind Novozymes’ new open innovation initiative, HelloScience, which aims to foster collaboration across borders, expertise and technologies on serious ... View More
Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group Supports First Ever Industry-Wide Global Commitment to Sustainability
Ahead of World Tourism Day, Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group, along with other leading global hotel groups in the International Tourism Partnership (ITP), reached a consensus on the goals for a sustainable hotel industry. The ITP today announced these fou... View More
How Domtar Improved Water Quality, Fish Health in Canada’s Thompson River
Flowing through south-central British Columbia is a crisp river, idyllically flanked by black cliffs. But in the 1970s, the clear water of the Thompson River took on a brown hue and bubbled with foam. Rocks were covered with a thick slime. Area leade... View More
New Study Reveals Global Water Supply Contaminated by Microplastic Fibers
Microplastics — extremely small pieces (less than 5 mm) of plastic debris resulting from the disposal and breakdown of consumer products and industrial waste — have been found in tap water around the globe, according to a new report by Orb Media,... View More
Trending: New Water-Saving Tools, Products Drive Textile Industry Paradigm Shift
Water scarcity affects more than 40 percent of the global population, a number which is projected to rise. While about 2.5 percent of the world’s water is freshwater, only 0.5 percent of that is made available to satisfy society’s needs. ... View More
New Ford Sustainability Report Reveals Progress on Water Stewardship Goals
The Ford Motor Company has released its 18th annual Sustainability report detailing its environmental progress across the world and commitment to continued sustainability actions in the future. Coinciding with the release is a short film highlighting... View More
The Burden of Clean Water Worldwide Still Borne by Women
Clean, drinkable water is crucial for human existence, but according to the Women Thrive Alliance, roughly 663 million people worldwide still lack easy access to safe water. ... View More
New CDP Research Finds Cities Catching Up to Companies on Water Security Development
International environmental reporting and data non-profit CDP has released new research in partnership with global infrastructure firm AECOM revealing that $9.5 billion worth of city water projects are now open for investment. ... View More
