Sustainable Brands
Bosch Connected Devices and Solutions to Broaden Possibilities for Internet of Things and Services
Bosch has expanded its offering beyond the design of home appliances to form a new company, Bosch Connected Devices and Solutions GmbH, for the Internet of things and services: The company will supply compact electronic products and software expertis... View More
Whole Foods' Brooklyn Flagship Store to Use 60% Less Energy Than Typical U.S. Grocery
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has announced the completion of Whole Foods Market’s flagship Brooklyn store, which it is heralding as a model of energy efficiency and the company’s commitment to protecting ... View More
Ford C-Max Solar Energi Concept Provides Sunny Glimpse of Future for Clean Vehicles
Ford Motor Company announced today the C-MAX Solar Energi Concept, a first-of-its-kind sun-powered vehicle with the potential to deliver the best features of a plug-in hybrid without relying on the electric grid for fuel. The concept car will be exhi... View More
Top 10 Ways Brands Used Their Power to Create a More Sustainable World in 2013
2013 was a banner year for companies using their muscle to drive transformative change, both internally and globally. Without further ado, here is just a taste of some of the progress we found most inspiring. ... View More
UK Brewers Meet 2020 Carbon Target Eight Years Early
The UK brewing sector says it has met its 2020 carbon emissions target eight years early, is on track to achieve its 2020 target for improved water efficiency and is making significant progress in reducing excess packaging and waste, as detailed in B... View More
Sherwin-Williams, ConAgra, NL Industries Fined $1.1 Billion in 1990 Lead-Paint Poison Case
Sherwin-Williams, NL Industries and ConAgra Foods have been found liable for removing lead-based paint from the interiors of thousands of homes throughout California to the tune of $1.1 billion, thanks to a ruling by Santa Clara County Superior Court... View More
EPA Releases Screening Data on 1,800 Chemicals, Announces ToxCast Data Challenges
“EPA’s use of cost-effective advanced chemical screening techniques has transformed this country’s knowledge of the safety of almost 2,000 chemicals currently in use,” said Lek Kadeli, acting assistant administrator for EPA’s Office of Rese... View More
Lincoln Introducing Tree-Based Alternative to Fiberglass for Interior Parts in 2014 MKX
While many Lincoln MKX drivers may be tying trees to the top of their vehicles this time of year, 2014 will see the MKX crossover with tree-based components inside the vehicle.A three-year collaboration between The Lincoln Motor Company, timber giant... View More
USAID, P&G, Coke Partnering to Boost Entrepreneurship in Philippine Recovery Effort
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) announced today it has signed Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) with Procter & Gamble (P&G) and Coca-Cola to support the revival of economic activity and livelihoods in Leyte, the ... View More
New Study Shows 51 of Top 100 Companies Emitting Unsustainable Levels of CO2
Today, Climate Counts and the Center for Sustainable Organizations (CSO) released a collaborative report, Assessing Corporate Emissions Performance through the Lens of Climate Science, which revealed that, surprisingly, almost half of the Top 100 com... View More
Call for Entries: Business in the Community's 'Engaging Customers on Sustainability' Award
Business in the Community (BITC), the UK's business-led charity championing corporate social responsibility, is calling for entries from businesses engaging customers on sustainability. ... View More
Microsoft Releases Carbon Fee Playbook
Earlier this month, the CDP released a report highlighting 29 public U.S. companies across various industries that have incorporated an internal carbon price as a strategic planning tool, effectively holding themselves accountable for the carbon emis... View More
Caesars Reports Strides in Energy & Waste Reductions, Commitment to 'Vibrant Communities'
In 2012, Caesars Entertainment Corporation achieved a total savings of roughly 750 million kWh since its benchmark year in 2007, representing an 8.5 percent absolute reduction in electricity and gas. The savings equal enough energy to power a communi... View More
The SB 2013 Holiday Gift Guide: 10 Gifts That Truly Keep On Giving
We like these gift ideas because they’re thoughtfully and responsibly produced, they each have a story and many embody the true spirit of giving by benefiting people in need through buy-one-give-one models or increasing the financial stability of a... View More
Disney, Wells Fargo, Google Among U.S. Companies Proactively Pricing Carbon, Says CDP
CDP announced today that 29 major publicly traded companies based in or operating in the U.S. disclosed an internal price on carbon pollution to CDP (formerly known as the Carbon Disclosure Project) in 2013, detailing both the risk and potential busi... View More
Lucid, Urjanet Partnering to Increase Accessibility of Building Energy Data
Oakland, CA-based software company Lucid and utility data management provider Urjanet today announced they are teaming up to solve one of the largest barriers to deploying energy efficiency: the cost of acquiring and managing building performance dat... View More
How Green Is Your Coffee? New PCR Standardizes GHG Calculation for Coffee Production
A new Green Coffee Carbon Footprint Product Category Rule (CFP-PCR) was published this week, providing the first CPR for the calculation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from coffee production. The Green Coffee CFP-PCR rule was initiated by SAI Plat... View More
BBMG-SHFT Partnership Helping Brands Engage Savvy, Values-Driven Consumers
Last month, brand innovation consultancy BBMG and sustainable-lifestyle platform SHFT announced they are joining forces on a new branded content offering for organizations aiming to reach and engage Aspirational consumers, a fast-growing consumer seg... View More
Consumers Give Microsoft, Disney, BMW, Google Highest Marks for CSR Performance
For the second year in a row, consumers named Sustainable Brands® corporate member Microsoft the company with the best CSR reputation, according to a new study by corporate reputation management consultancy Reputation Institute. This year, the IT co... View More
Ambitious Day Two Agenda Educated and Challenged New Metrics Audience on Next-Generation Practices
The New Metrics of Sustainable Business Conference convened some of sustainability’s top minds to examine leading-edge work that is expanding the way business creates, quantifies and manages the value it delivers through the metrics it adopts. This... View More
