Community Updates
Corporate Social Responsibility at Target: Behind the Red Bullseye
"At Target, our team is our competitive advantage, and preparing future team members with a quality education today makes good business sense" ... View More
Becker Underwood Releases Inaugural Sustainability Report
Ames, Iowa – Aug., 28, 2012 – Becker Underwood has released the company’s first ever sustainability report, Be Legendary. Be Positive., highlighting the company’s economic, environmental, social and governance performance, compiled in accorda... View More
Sustainable Brands Announces Expansion of Signature Conference to UK/Europe
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., June 7, 2012 – Sustainable Brands today announced the expansion of its signature Sustainable Brands Conference to London, U ... View More
New Metrics of Sustainable Business Conference Offers Leading Edge Corporate Practices, Expected to Sell Out
SAN FRANCISCO, August 23, 2012 – Sustainable Brands expects full capacity attendance at the 2-day conference focused on the New Metrics of Sustainable Business, scheduled for September 27-28 in Philadelphia, PA, at The Wharton School. Sustainabil... View More
BASF, Cargill and Novozymes Target Commercial Bio-Based Acrylic Acid Process
LUDWIGSHAFEN, GERMANY- MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - COPENHAGEN, DENMARK, August 17, 2012 - BASF, Cargill and Novozymes have signed an agreement to develop technologies to produce acrylic acid from renewable raw materials. ... View More
New Leading Indicators of Performance To Be Featured at New Metrics of Sustainable Business Conference
SAN FRANCISCO, August 15, 2012 – Sustainable Brands is set once again to convene business strategists and financial leaders at the Wharton School of Business, to examine leading-edge examples of new business metrics that measure environmental, soc... View More
UL Environment Acquires GoodGuide, One of the Largest Sources of Information on Product-Related Health, Social, and Environmental Impacts
GoodGuide’s interactive database technology empowers the marketplace with product knowledge via cutting-edge mobile software and transparency tools ... View More
Five Questions Businesses Must Answer to Advance Toward Sustainability According to Interface, Inc.
Aug. 2, 2012 – ATLANTA–Interface, Inc. (NASDAQ: IFSIA), the worldwide leader in design, production and sales of environmentally responsible modular carpet, has linked sustainability progress to inquiry since 1994, when a customer asked a question... View More
Earth911 Recycling Locator Speeds Results for Consumers
Barcode scanning highlights the latest feature upgrades Scottsdale, Ariz., August 2, 2012--Finding recycling, reuse and proper disposal options for any number of consumer products just got faster and easier, thanks to recent developments at Earth911,... View More
An End is a Cool, New Start: will.i.am and The Coca-Cola Company Recharge Recycling with Launch of Lifestyle Brand EKOCYCLE™
The EKOCYCLE Brand Takes Sustainable Living and Recycling to the Next Level; Anchor Partners Include Beats by Dr. Dre® and New Era® ... View More
Offsetting The Carbon Footprint of Sustainable Brands 2012
On June 4, 2012, leaders in corporate responsibility convened in San Diego for the sixth annual Sustainable Brands conference. Companies like Steelcase, Ford, Interface, and Green Mountain Coffee Roasters discussed strategies and practices that achie... View More
UPS Sustainability Report Hits "A Plus" Mark for Transparency
UPS (NYSE: UPS) today published its latest annual Sustainability Report, becoming one of only 10 U.S. corporations registered to date this year with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) to have achieved A+ status for superior transparency. ... View More
BASF invited to White House to discuss ‘Greening the Games’
BASF invited to White House to discuss ‘Greening the Games’ WYANDOTTE, MI July 19, 2012 -- BASF Corporation has been invited to participate in the White House’s discussion on ”Greening the Games” on July 19 at the Eisenhower Executive Offic... View More
Unilever partners with PSI And Facebook to launch Waterworks™
Unilever, through the Unilever Foundation, in partnership with PSI (Population Services International) announces the launch of Waterworks™, a not-for-profit programme that will provide safe clean drinking water to communities in need around the wo... View More
UPS Lightens Up – 150 New “Plastic Trucks” to Save 40% Fuel (Infographic)
The trendy sports car Tesla has it. The Boeing DreamLiner has it. And now the UPS package car has it too. Composite materials are now being introduced to replace certain metal components in the ubiquitous brown trucks as a way to lighten the load by ... View More
SB ‘12 Closes with Collaboration Project Commitments from Sustainability, Brand & Design Leaders
SAN FRANCISCO, June 19, 2012 – On June 7, the sixth annual Sustainable Brands conference concluded after four days of insightful plenary sessions, workshops and discussions. More than 1,300 sustainability, brand and design leaders gathered in Par... View More
Becker Underwood partners with Trucost to quantify the environmental impacts of its supply chain
AMES, Iowa – March 2012 – Becker Underwood, Inc., technology-intensive developer of biologicals and specialty products for the ag sector, together with Trucost, today released the first stage results of a comprehensive supply chain sustainability... View More
TOSHIBA Announces National No-Print Day Initiative at SB'12
National No-Print Day Recognizes Contributions of Trees in the Modern Workplace by Giving Them a Well-Deserved Day OffGood-natured ‘Tree’ Spokescharacter Debuts at Sustainable Brands ’12 to Educate the Public on the Environmental Impact of Pri... View More
Green Chemistry Drives Innovation
With thousands of new drugs and medicines entering the market every year and chemistry touching nearly every part of our lives, there is an urgent need to develop chemical compounds in a responsible and sustainable manner. ... View More
