Alexandra Smith
Content Manager, Marketing
Sustainable Brands
Kimberly-Clark Ties Up With Charities Aid Foundation On Sanitation Drive
Multi-billion dollar personal care products firm Kimberly-Clark is hoping to change the approach and impact of private sector initiatives in the sanitation space. Instead of building toilets, it has taken up refurbishing and rebuilding work on existi... View More
Jackson Family Wines Wins Leader Award In California Green Medal Sustainable Winegrowing Leadership Awards
As we celebrate Earth Day, we need to remember that sustainable winegrowing is important to winemakers and vineyards throughout California. The Wine Institute has developed their sustainable winegrowing program and region after region have incorporat... View More
Making the Most of Life's Moments - Campbells Announces New Paid Parental Leave Policy
Today, Campbell is announcing a new Paid Parental Leave policy and our CEO Denise Morrison sent the following letter to employees this morning. ... View More
Dannon Announces Breakthrough Sweeping Commitment for Sustainable Agriculture, More Natural Ingredients and Greater Transparency
The nation’s leading yogurt maker, Dannon, today announced a pledge to its farmers, retail customers and consumers to further improve sustainable agriculture practices for its milk supply, to increase transparency for its portfolio of products and ... View More
Corporate Responsibility Magazine Reveals The 100 Best Corporate Citizens
Corporate Responsibility Magazine is pleased to present our 17th annual list of the 100 Best Corporate Citizens. This year’s 100 Best List began with our research team documenting 260 data points of disclosure and performance measurements for the e... View More
Leave No Bottle Behind: Unilever campaign promotes equal treatment of all household recyclables
When it comes to recycling, soda bottles and shampoo bottles are not treated equally: only 14% of Americans are recycling their bathroom bottles, while more than half of American households are recycling their kitchen items. That is why Unilever is... View More
Recyclebank Collaborates with Disney to Share the Magic of Conservation
Recyclebank, the Marketing-as-a-Service (MaaS) company that helps cities and brands encourage residents and consumers to make more sustainable purchasing and disposal habits, announced today its collaboration with Disney on “The Magic of Conservati... View More
GM Recycles Water Bottles to Make Chevy Equinox Part
General Motors is turning its employees’ recycled water bottles into a new life: noise-reducing fabric insulation that covers the Chevrolet Equinox engine. The bottles – collected from five of its Michigan facilities – are also being turned int... View More
Dow’s Microfoaming Technology to Help Mitigate the Carbon Footprint of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
As the Official Chemistry Company of the Olympic Games and the Official Carbon Partner of Rio 2016, The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) has launched an innovative Microfoaming Technology for the packaging industry in Latin America. The project is pa... View More
Ford transforming Dearborn campus to further drive innovation, collaboration and invest in employees
Ford Motor Company today announces plans to transform its Dearborn facilities into a modern, green and high-tech campus to foster innovation and help drive the company’s transition to an auto and a mobility company. The 10-year transformation of th... View More
UPS names Tamara Barker new Chief Sustainability Officer
UPS (NYSE: UPS) announced today that Tamara Barker has been named the company’s new Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) and Vice President of Environmental Affairs, effective immediately. Barker will succeed Rhonda Clark, a 26-year UPS veteran, who ... View More
Publication of the 2015 "Nestlé in Society Creating Shared Value and Meeting Our Commitments" Report
The 2015 report by Nestlé continues the practice of transparent reporting on a set of forward-looking commitments that articulate the company’s firm belief that to prosper over the long term and create value for shareholders, it must also create v... View More
General Motors Company and Pacific Gas and Electric Win EnergySMART Energy Innovator Award
EnerNOC, Inc. (Nasdaq:ENOC), a leading provider of energy intelligence software (EIS) and demand response solutions, announced today that global automotive giant General Motors Company (GM) and Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E), one of the largest ... View More
Natura and Symrise Amazon gain ingredients certification
Natura Cosmeticos and Symrise Amazon have both received Union for Ethical BioTrade (UEBT) certification for ingredients from the Amazon. The UEBT has awarded certification for 40 natural ingredients from the companies confirming the ingredients are e... View More
Dow Joins The Recycling Partnership
In its latest move to advance the circular economy, The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) has just signed on as a funding sponsor of The Recycling Partnership. The collaboration is an important step in Dow’s journey to reach its 2025 Sustainability ... View More
Dow Wins US Water Prize
The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) has been awarded the prestigious U.S. Water Prize by the U.S. Water Alliance for its work in promoting and enabling more sustainable use and management of water by companies across the water value chain. The prize... View More
Cisco’s Inaugural Be the Bridge Campaign Raises Millions to Change the World
Every day, there are millions in need in our communities and around the world – a mother who is not able to feed her children before putting them to bed; a child who is not able to attend school because of open wounds on his or her body; a family w... View More
Unilever signs $200 million deal for renewable algae oils
TerraVia, formerly known as Solazyme, has pioneered the use of algae technology to produce specialist ingredients for the food and consumer goods sector on a commercial scale. The oil will be produced at its Solazyme Bunge Renewable Oils facility in ... View More
Dow's Sustainability Efforts Recognized with 2016 Label Life Award by UPM Raflatac
Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics, a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company, was awarded the Label Life Sustainability Award 2016 by UPM Raflatac, one of the world’s leading producers of self-adhesive label materials. Dow was recognized for i... View More
U.S. EPA Honors Cisco Systems for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is honoring Cisco Systems, headquartered in San Jose, Calif., with a 2016 Climate Leadership Award for its innovation in helping fight climate change. Cisco—one of just three awardees in California—received a ... View More
