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Carbon Divestment Is No Financial Risk, Study Finds
Carbon Divestment Is No Financial Risk, Study Finds

Finance & Investment / Divesting from fossil fuel companies does not incur additional portfolio risk, according to a new report by Aperio Group. - 11 years ago

Circular Economy Promises $700 Billion in Savings for Consumer Goods Industry, Report Says
Circular Economy Promises $700 Billion in Savings for Consumer Goods Industry, Report Says

Innovation & Technology / The consumer goods industry could save $700 billion in materials alone through the adoption of a circular economy, according to a new report by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. The report also details how land productivity and supply chain stabilitydesigning products so they can be recycled or reabsorbed into the biosphere without toxic residuals. - 11 years ago

Foodprint Campaign Wants To Save 1.3 Billion Tons of Food
Foodprint Campaign Wants To Save 1.3 Billion Tons of Food

Circular Economy / Simple actions by consumers and food retailers can dramatically cut the 1.3 billion tons of food lost or wasted each year, according to a new campaign launched last week by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), and partners. - 11 years ago

Umicore Named Most Sustainable Company for Investment
Umicore Named Most Sustainable Company for Investment

Organizational Governance / Belgium‐based materials technology and recycling company Umicore topped the annual list of sustainable companies produced by Toronto-based investment research firm Corporate Knights. The Global 100 list was unveiled at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland this week. Natura Cosmeticos, Statoil, Neste Oil and Novo Nordisk rounded out the top five. (Novo Nordisk held the top spot on the 2012 list.) - 11 years ago

McDonald’s To Sell MSC-Certified Fish in All U.S. Restaurants
McDonald’s To Sell MSC-Certified Fish in All U.S. Restaurants

Organizational Governance / McDonald’s, which uses Marine Stewardship Council certified wild-caught Alaska Pollock for its Filet-O-Fish sandwich, will begin displaying the blue MSC ecolabel on product packaging, in-restaurant communications and external marketing beginning in February — coinciding with the launch of Fish McBites, McDonald’s newest fish menu item, which also uses wild-caught, MSC-certified Alaska Pollock. - 11 years ago

Target, Publix Support Retail Industry Push for Standardized Chemical Reporting
Target, Publix Support Retail Industry Push for Standardized Chemical Reporting

Materials & Packaging / A reporting template released by the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) is expected to enhance supply chain efficiency and communication regarding chemical information. - 11 years ago

EnergyPoints' Universal Metric Is Linchpin for New Integrated Reporting Application
EnergyPoints' Universal Metric Is Linchpin for New Integrated Reporting Application

New Metrics / Software company EnergyPoints unveiled a new application this week designed to enable businesses to issue a single, integrated sustainability report that conveys both the financial and environmental impact of a company’s energy and resource consumption. - 11 years ago

Restaurants Urged To Reduce Staggering Food Waste
Restaurants Urged To Reduce Staggering Food Waste

Circular Economy / Restaurants produce 21 tons of food waste a year, nearly fives times as much per meal as the average UK household, according to the Sustainable Restaurants Association (SRA). - 11 years ago

Report: More Companies Seeing Near-Term Risk in Climate Change
Report: More Companies Seeing Near-Term Risk in Climate Change

Organizational Governance / Seventy percent of companies believe climate change has the potential to affect their revenue significantly, a risk which is intensified by a chasm between the sustainable business practices of multinational corporations and their suppliers, according to research published today by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) and Accenture. - 11 years ago

Report: Business as Responsible as Government for Driving Social Change
Report: Business as Responsible as Government for Driving Social Change

Organizational Governance / The more powerful corporations become, the more obligated they are to behave ethically and with the public interest in mind, according to 73 percent of respondents in a new global consumer survey. - 11 years ago

GE Report: Innovation on the Rise, Executives Conflicted About Best Approaches
GE Report: Innovation on the Rise, Executives Conflicted About Best Approaches

Organizational Governance / Business model innovation and collaborative innovation are expected to play larger roles in global performance, particularly in emerging markets, according to the annual "Global Innovation Barometer," published by GE this week. - 11 years ago

Tata, Unilever Launch Tea 2030 Project
Tata, Unilever Launch Tea 2030 Project

Collaboration & Co-Creation / Tata Global Beverages, Unilever, Yorkshire Tea and Finlays have joined a coalition of businesses and organizations to address sustainability issues within the tea industry. - 11 years ago

Virgin Hotels, Ritz-Carlton Join Industry Initiative To Bottle, Sell Water
Virgin Hotels, Ritz-Carlton Join Industry Initiative To Bottle, Sell Water

Collaboration & Co-Creation / Several hospitality and tourism brands have joined an initiative to bottle and sell their own water and contribute 10 percent of the proceeds to the WHOLE WORLD Water Fund, which benefits clean and safe water programs around the world. - 11 years ago

Notbox Wants To Wrap Up US Market for Cardboard Shipping Boxes
Notbox Wants To Wrap Up US Market for Cardboard Shipping Boxes

Materials & Packaging / A UK-based company with a reusable alternative to single-use cardboard boxes has announced plans to enter the North American market. - 11 years ago

Survey Finds Big Four Firms Dominate Sustainability Consulting, Assurance
Survey Finds Big Four Firms Dominate Sustainability Consulting, Assurance

Marketing & Communications / The Big Four accounting firms — Deloitte, Ernst & Young, KPMG and PwC — have the strongest brand preference in both the sustainability consulting and sustainability assurance markets, according to a global survey of 250 heads of sustainability. Independent analyst firm Verdantix found that in sustainability consulting, Ernst & Young leads with a brand preference score of 39%, relative to 37% for KPMG, 33% for Deloitte and 30% for PwC. Among the management consulting firms, Accenture achieved a score of 22% beating McKinsey on 21% and Bain on 15%. - 11 years ago

AT&T Home Management Platform Includes Energy Options
AT&T Home Management Platform Includes Energy Options

Innovation & Technology / AT&T announced a March launch date for its long-awaited Digital Life platform, which will allow homeowners to take greater control of their energy consumption, among other features that are likely to become commonplace in homes of the future. - 11 years ago

Unilever, P&G, SABMiller To Present Innovations at Packaging Conference
Unilever, P&G, SABMiller To Present Innovations at Packaging Conference

Materials & Packaging / Several major consumer brands are slated to participate in the second Packaging Innovations Conference to be held in tandem with the easyFairs Packaging Innovations show in Birmingham, England, February 27-28. - 11 years ago

Reckitt Benckiser To Reduce Water, Carbon by One-Third
Reckitt Benckiser To Reduce Water, Carbon by One-Third

Innovation & Technology / Reckitt Benckiser, the parent company of well-known consumer brands such as Clearasil and Lysol, announced a new sustainability strategy targeting water conservation, more sustainable health and hygiene innovations for women, and further decreases of its carbon footprint. - 11 years ago

Report: Impact Investing To Grow 12% in 2013
Report: Impact Investing To Grow 12% in 2013

Finance & Investment / Investors seeking environmental and social performance alongside financial returns intend to increase their commitments in the market, according to a new report by J.P. Morgan and the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN). - 11 years ago

Ford, Whirlpool, SunPower Collaboration Envisions 60% Reduction in Home Energy Costs
Ford, Whirlpool, SunPower Collaboration Envisions 60% Reduction in Home Energy Costs

Collaboration & Co-Creation / Ford announced a strategic collaboration that aims to demonstrate how a typical American family can significantly reduce their electricity bills and carbon footprint by integrating home appliance technology with a plug-in vehicle and solar power to achieve an energy-efficient lifestyle. - 11 years ago