Alexandra Smith
Content Manager, Marketing
Sustainable Brands
Renewable Power Direct Sources Wind Energy for Iron Mountain
Renewable Power Direct (RPD), the national green power marketer, today announced it has signed Iron Mountain Incorporated (IRM), the global leader in storage and information management services, to a new power supply agreement to fulfill a portion of... View More
PepsiCo Signs On To Renewable Energy Buyers' Principles
PepsiCo has signed on to the Renewable Energy Buyers’ Principles, which tell utilities and other suppliers what industry-leading, multinational companies are looking for when buying renewable energy from the grid. Sixty-five corporate signatories d... View More
Danone Joins Ellen MacArthur Foundation as Ninth Global Partner
We are delighted to announce that global food company, Danone, has become the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's ninth Global Partner, embarking on a three-year partnership to further embed circular economy principles both inside and outside the organisat... View More
BillerudKorsnas Recognised as Gold Class
BillerudKorsnas has announced that it has received Gold Class and Industry Mover Sustainability Awards 2017, according to RobeccoSAM’s annual Corporate Sustainability Assessment. The winner of the Gold Class award ranks in the highest 1% in the act... View More
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Links Commitment and Actions to Global Goals
A turbulent economy and global forces, such as climate change and poverty, have created pressing social challenges that demand urgent action. In response, 193 world leaders signed-on to the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)—... View More
Hellmann's® Mayonnaise And Mayonnaise Dressings Now Use 100% Cage-Free Eggs In The U.S., Three Years Ahead Of Schedule
As part of its ongoing commitment to use real, simple sustainably-sourced ingredients, Hellmann's, a Unilever company, today announced that all Hellmann's Mayonnaise and Mayonnaise Dressings are now made exclusively from Cage-Free Eggs across the U.S... View More
Eastman Supplies for Soldiers Ships Record Number of Packages
Thanks to our Eastman team members - and several community partners and neighbors, we collected a record-setting 25,000 items for the 2016 Supplies for Soldiers campaign! In December, more than 1,000 care packages made their way around the world to ... View More
Nestlé in the U.S. Announces Veteran Career Support Partnerships with Hiring Our Heroes and The Mission Continues
Nestlé is expanding its commitment to U.S. veterans under its Project Opportunity initiative, with two new partnerships aimed at offering career support and workforce transition services to current and former members of the U.S. military. Nestlé’... View More
New Avery Dennison ClearIntent Portfolio Enables Sustainability Improvements
As part of its ambitious 2025 sustainability goals, Avery Dennison Label and Packaging Materials has created a new portfolio designed to enable customers choose products that can help to make a positive environmental impact. ... View More
Cisco Helps Accelerate Digitization in the Netherlands
Cisco has launched a targeted investment program called Digital Acceleration Netherlands (DAN), aimed at helping to boost the digitization of the Dutch economy and society. Over the next three years, Cisco will be working closely with the Dutch gover... View More
Sealed Air Named Goodwill 2016 Power Partner
Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Wisconsin has named Sealed Air their 2016 Power Partner. This prestigious award was established to recognize organizations that provide ongoing and sizeable work opportunities for people with disabilities or disadv... View More
Unilever Advances Carbon Reduction Commitment at Five UK & Ireland Sites
Unilever UK & Ireland has signed a deal with a renewable energy company GENeco, which means that from 1 January 2017, its offices in Leatherhead (Surrey) and 100 Victoria Embankment (London), and its food and drink factories in Norwich, Trafford ... View More
Toyota to Participate in Collaborative Research for the Creation of a Hydrogen-Based Society in the United Arab Emirates
Toyota Motor Corporation has agreed to collaborate with Masdar, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), Air Liquide, and Toyota distributor Al-Futtaim Motors in a joint research program to explore the potential of hydrogen energy use in the United Ar... View More
Detroit Rooftop Garden Fed Diners and a Nonprofit
The rooftop garden next to General Motors’ Renaissance Center world headquarters wrapped up another productive growing season. Now in its third year, the garden – thriving from the landfill-free facility’s compost – resulted in 815 pounds of ... View More
21CF and Pepsico Award $200,000 Scholarships to Women in Stem as Part of ‘The Search for Hidden Figures’ Contest
21st Century Fox and PepsiCo, in partnership with the New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS), have named Yuna Shin from Bothell, Washington, and Joy Bualamwini from Cambridge, Massachusetts, as the two grand prize winners of “The Search for Hidden Fig... View More
Nestlé Invests in Pakistani Mango Sector Sustainability
Nestlé Pakistan has signed two Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) that will see it give financial backing to mango growers who employ drip irrigation systems, while also partnering with a leading research institute to help improve farming practices. T... View More
GM Partners with Girls Who Code to Empower Future Technology and Engineering Leaders
The gender gap in technology and engineering is getting worse, despite the increased demand for STEM-related jobs. GM and the national nonprofit Girls Who Code (GWC) today announced a partnership to inspire and empower thousands of U.S. middle and hi... View More
GM Donates $1.7 Million Across U.S. Through Community Grants Program
In 2016, General Motors awarded $1.7 million to nonprofit organizations located in and serving General Motors communities across the U.S. through the company’s Community Grants Program. With a special focus in the areas of STEM education, vehicle a... View More
Unilever Opens $272m Manufacturing Plant in Dubai
Consumer goods giant Unilever has opened a Dh1 billion ($272 million) manufacturing plant, the region’s largest personal care products facility, at Dubai Industrial Park. The company will mark products manufactured at the factory with a ‘Made in ... View More
UPS And Optoro Form Strategic Alliance To Enhance Retail Reverse Logistics Services
UPS (NYSE:UPS) has formed a strategic alliance with Optoro, providing a one-stop shop solution for retailers and manufacturers to optimize the transportation and disposition of returns and excess inventory. The companies’ joint reverse logistics so... View More
