America’s largest corporations are increasingly turning good intentions into sound business practices. That’s the promising bottom-line from an analysis of the 2016 Civic 50, the annual Points of Light initiative that recognizes and honors the 50... View More
Hamburg model project for sustainable urban logistics awarded by the German Society for Sustainability DQS ... View More
Twenty two years ago, Ray Anderson - founder of Interface, one of the world's largest manufacturers of carpet tiles - had something of an epiphany. A customer had for the first time asked the firm what it was doing for the environment - and he realis... View More
Specialty outdoor retailer REI has completed a 2.2 megawatt rooftop solar installation at its new distribution center in Goodyear which is expected to offset 100 percent of the facility’s annual electricity consumption. The project was completed in... View More
Cisco's sustainability journey took a big step forward last month with the announcement of a new goal to avoid one million metric tonnes of greenhouse gas (GhG) emissions from our supply chain operations by the year 2020, which will drive emissions r... View More
This article was originally posted on the Conference Board, Giving Thoughts Series May 24, 2016. ... View More
As the global population marches toward 9 billion people, it is creating an even more urgent need to address sustainability challenges –from air pollution and water shortages to food safety and clean energy. 3M sees an opportunity to collectively o... View More
Focus on Inclusive Communities, Economic Empowerment, Higher Education and Mentorship ... View More
Roman Smith, Director of Sustainability Operations at AT&T, reflects on his experience at Sustainable Brands 2016: I recently had the privilege and opportunity to represent AT&T at the Sustainable Brands 2016 conference in gorgeous San Diego.... View More
Hey are you getting older too? Join us on Twitter to our chat about healthy aging with TriplePundit and Caesars Foundation partners Second Wind Dreams, Meals on Wheels America and Lou Ruvo Center For Brain Health on June 22 at 9am PT / 12pm ET at ... View More
At the Creating Shared Value Global Forum in Abidjan, Nestlé announced the winner of the Creating Shared Value [CSV] Prize 2016: Agro-Hub from Cameroon is the new prize laureate, and Natural Extracts Industries from Tanzania the runner-up. Nestlé C... View More
The sun shines brightly as laced-up sneakers of elementary school kids hit the grass and immediately start running to survey the lay the land at the Floyd Lamb Park in Las Vegas. A day of outside learning was possible for the students at Caesars Ente... View More
Harnessing the power of its advanced vehicles, innovative technologies and commitment to a better world, a new Ford Motor Company pilot program aims to enhance mobility health services in rural areas of South Africa and Nigeria. Ford Project Better W... View More
From next year, the DuPont Nutrition & Health plant in Grindsted, Denmark, will become virtually carbon dioxide neutral when the plant’s large coal boiler is retrofitted to burn wood chips. p>“To fire with wood chips instead of coal is a h... View More
A water recycling and treatment plant built by Nestle Ghana Limited at the cost of GH¢14.1 million has been inaugurated at Tema. The facility allows the company to re-use 30 per cent of the waste water which has been treated for non-core activities,... View More
PACT ORGANIC, an organic cotton basics brand, is launching the first-of-its-kind products under Fair Trade Certified label. It will sell men’s undershirt and boxer briefs at 460 participating Target locations across USA and on Target.com. One of th... View More
Carlson Rezidor joins hands with development investors, IFC and CDC to promote green buildings in emerging markets ... View More
A new fundraising effort by the city of Orlando for victims of the terror attack on Pulse nightclub near downtown has already attracted big-name donors like Walt Disney Co. and JetBlue Airways. The city created the new OneOrlando Fund, which will su... View More
Over the last decade, we have seen social media and sustainability play an increasingly important role in the way that businesses conduct and talk about themselves. Together they’ve helped push corporations to new levels of transparency, opened ... View More
BASF Shanghai Coatings Co., Ltd. broke ground today on a new, world-scale automotive coatings plant at the company’s existing site at the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park in Caojing, Shanghai, China. The new plant represents an investment of around ... View More