Alexandra Smith
Content Manager, Marketing
Sustainable Brands
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
L'Oreal USA Recognized By EPA With Green Power Partner Of The Year Award
L’Oréal USA announced today that it has received a 2017 Green Power Partner of the Year Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The company was one of only two organizations nationwide to be chosen as a 2017 Green Power Partner ... View More
Braskem and Made In Space expand their partnership to include plastic recycling on the International Space Station
After the arrival in space of I’m greenTM plastic for the 3D printing of tools, astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) now may start using, by 2018, a recycler of plastic objects and packaging that would improve the autonomy and sustai... View More
Timberland Takes Five-Year Urban Greening Commitment to Philadelphia
Outdoor lifestyle brand Timberland today announces the completion of its second annual urban greening commitment to create and restore outdoor spaces in the U.S. with a transformative community service event in Philadelphia last week. In partnership ... View More
Keurig Green Mountain Volunteers Clean up 16,000 Pounds of Trash
Rivers around the United States are several thousand pounds lighter of trash after more than 450 employees from Keurig Green Mountain, Inc. (Keurig), a leader in specialty coffee and innovative single serve brewing systems, took to the water this sum... View More
Johnson & Johnson Takes a Top Spot on the 2017 Thomson Reuters Diversity & Inclusion Index
Johnson & Johnson has secured the #2 ranking on the 2017 Thomson Reuters Diversity & Inclusion Index. The index selects the top 100 publicly traded companies out of a pool of more than 6,000, based on performance across such categories as div... View More
AT&T wins 2017 Sustainability Award
The Business Intelligence Group honored AT&T with a 2017 Sustainability Initiative of the Year award. The award recognizes our efforts to help customers reduce their carbon emissions through the use of AT&T technology, while we also work to r... View More
Dow and WE Launch Partnership to Inspire Innovation from a New Generation of Student Leaders to Solve Global Challenges
Today, DowDuPont Materials Science, the business division of DowDuPont (NYSE: DWDP) to be named Dow, and WE, launched We Are Innovators, a new campaign designed to challenge educators and students to apply chemistry and science to solve global challe... View More
Dow Provides Solutions and Education to Promote Healthy Living through Handwashing
More than one million people are killed by water, sanitation and hygiene-related disease each year.1 One of the most effective and affordable ways to prevent the transmission of disease is through handwashing with soap. This is why Dow Home & Per... View More
Nestlé USA commits to higher standards of welfare for broiler chickens by 2024
Nestlé’s purpose is to enhance quality of life and contribute to a healthier future and this extends to the treatment of animals in our supply chain. We are today pledging that by 2024, we will strive to source all of the broiler chickens we use a... View More
Soap, suds and saving lives
Mission: making cleanliness commonplace In 1894, Unilever’s co-founder William Lever started selling soap. His purpose was a simple one. It wasn’t to get rich. It was this: to help make cleanliness commonplace and bring hygiene, and thereby healt... View More
Biomar Launches a New, Highly Environmentally Friendly Vessel
In two weeks’ time, the MS Nyksund, a new high-tech vessel for shipping fish feed will be put into service for BioMar. As part of the process of modernising BioMar’s shipments of fish feed, an agreement was signed in 2015 with NSK Shipping AS for... View More
3M Canada Hosts Summit on Innovating for Sustainability
As the global population continues to grow and put unprecedented strains on resources, infrastructure and the environment, it has never been more important for businesses to collaborate on finding solutions to the sustainability challenges facing the... View More
Head & Shoulders Receives United Nations ‘Momentum for Change’ Award
The world’s #1 shampoo brand Head & Shoulders was the recipient of a UN Momentum for Change award in the Planetary Health category. The award recognises novel solutions that balance the need for both human health and a healthy planet. The Momen... View More
The BSA Expands Programs to Welcome Girls
Today, the Boy Scouts of America Board of Directors unanimously approved to welcome girls into its iconic Cub Scout program and to deliver a Scouting program for older girls that will enable them to advance and earn the highest rank of Eagle Scout. T... View More
Kohler’s Support of WaterSense® Program Once Again Earns EPA Recognition
Kohler Co. has earned its fifth consecutive Sustained Excellence Award from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Kohler, the leading manufacturer of kitchen and bath plumbing products in the U.S., has partnered with the EPA’s WaterSense® pro... View More
Disney Recognized for Supplier Diversity Efforts
Disney’s commitment to supplier diversity helps teams find innovative, cost-effective and high-quality solutions that help its businesses achieve business goals. As part of the Sourcing and Procurement organization, the Supplier Diversity team prom... View More
BillerudKorsnäs now reporting on ethics to its customers
More and more customers are asking BillerudKorsnäs to report on ethics with regard to Employment Conditions, Occupational Health and Safety, Business Ethics and the Environment. By accessing information from us, they can ensure and demonstrate that ... View More
Kimberly-Clark Named to Working Mother’s “100 Best Companies”
Kimberly-Clark is proud to join Working Mother magazine’s “100 Best Companies” for 2017, which recognizes companies for leadership in creating progressive programs to help employees balance work and family. The magazine cited Kimberly-Clark’s... 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
