PRESS RELEASE - Caesars Entertainment earned a 100/100 on the 2015 CDP Climate Disclosure Score and landed a spot on the Climate Disclosure Leadership Index (CDLI). The recognition, which was celebrated at the Museum of American Finance in New York City, indicates that Caesars is among the top 10% of US companies participating in the CDP process.
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PRESS RELEASE - Global leaders, Millennials and Savvy Businesses are Driving a ‘Race to the Top,’ a Movement That Will Be Amplified by the UN Climate Change ConferenceParis, 19 November 2015: The future of business and the future of sustainability are the two sides of the same coi
PRESS RELEASE - DEARBORN, Mich., Nov. 12, 2015 – Carol Kordich, Ford lead designer, global sustainability materials strategy development, accepted the Society of Plastics Engineers’ Automotive Innovation Award in the Environmental category on behalf of Ford Motor Company on Wednesday. The SPE® award recognized Kordich’s work to replace traditional seating fabric with one that is made of 100 percent recycled material. Under Kordich’s direction, Ford began working with Unifi in 2012 to bring environmentally responsible, high-performance REPREVE fabric to Ford vehicles. Ford uses REPREVE in five of its vehicles – the new F-150, Explorer, Edge, Focus Electric and Fusion – making it a globally used material.
PRESS RELEASE - Ford Motor Company, in partnership with EVgo, will offer three years of complimentary charging to California and Maryland customers who purchase or lease a 2016 Ford C-MAX Energi with its pilot EV 1-2-3 Charge program.
PRESS RELEASE - Charlotte, NC, November 16, 2015 – Sealed Air Corporation (NYSE: SEE) today announced that its efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate risks of potential climate change have been recognized by CDP, the world’s only global environmental disclosure system. According to this year’s CDP 2015 Climate Change Report, Sealed Air was named to the Climate Performance Leadership Index (CPLI) A List and also earned a position in CDP’s S&P 500 Climate Disclosure Leadership Index (CDLI), for the second consecutive year.
PRESS RELEASE - Sustainable Brands® pan-European conference SB’15 London begins today at the Beaumont Estate in Windsor. Nearly 400 business executives across diverse industry sectors and from 30+ countries are convening today through November 18th to collaborate and demonstrate how brands are transforming sustainability-led initiatives into profitable business outcomes.
PRESS RELEASE - WHO: thinkstep experts, customers and partners will present demonstrations and best practices to move the green building industry toward greater transparency, optimization and ultimately better buildings at the 2015 Greenbuild International Conference and Expo in Washington, DC.
PRESS RELEASE - Nestlé UK and Ireland in partnership with Sheffield Hallam University’s National Centre for Excellence for Food Engineering are leading a series of Innovate UK projects to help improve resource efficiency and deliver impressive cost savings across the food supply chain that will benefit the whole industry Businesses and researchers from across the industry will work together on innovative projects in strategically important areas of science, engineering and technology. Working with Sheffield Hallam’s Centre of Excellence for Food Engineering and Spirax Sarco, Nestlé UK will play a lead role in developing a pioneering project to improve waste heat recovery processes.
PRESS RELEASE - BASF, a Platinum Sponsor of Sustainable Brands, will be presenting the latest developments in its Sustainable Solution SteeringTM project at the Sustainable Brands London event in Windsor (Nov 16-18). BASF has systematically reviewed and evaluated the sustainability aspects of 60,000 product applications in the company’s portfolio. The analysis involved 2,000 experts, and resulted in more than a thousand specific action plans for improving the overall value-chain sustainability performance.
PRESS RELEASE - Earlier this week, Kimberly-Clark was awarded the Singapore Sustainable Business Award for Water Management, presented during the Responsible Business Forum Singapore. The company has made significant investments towards supporting the water needs of the communities in which they operate. In order to minimize its water use, ambitious water reduction targets have been set. Recently, the company exceeded its Sustainability 2015 goal of a 25 percent reduction in water use while maintaining the quality of discharge in manufacturing - between 2010 and 2014, Kimberly-Clark’s manufacturing facilities in Asia Pacific reduced their water consumption by 41%.
PRESS RELEASE - How can we get food to the 800 million hungry people in the world?Esther Ndichu | UPS
PRESS RELEASE - Panera Bread is proud to share its progress in reducing confinement and antibiotics across its U.S. Panera Bread® and St. Louis Bread Co.® bakery-cafe menus.Highlights include:Laying Hens (Eggs): 100% cage-free by 2020Pigs (Pregnant sows): 100% gestation-crate free in 2015Poultry: 100% of chicken and 100% of roasted turkey in sandwiches and salads raised without antibiotics in 2015Beef Cattle: 89% grass fed, free range in 2015
PRESS RELEASE - UPS today announced the deployment of 18 electric, zero emission delivery vehicles to the Houston-Galveston area in Texas. The truck purchases are the result of a partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), local governments and non-profits. These vehicles, designed and built specifically by the Workhorse Group for the “stop and go” needs of a UPS delivery truck, will avoid the consumption of an estimated 1.1 million gallons of diesel fuel over 20 years.
PRESS RELEASE - In much of the world, we take rice for granted. We’ve got canisters of it in our cupboards, and it’s readily available in our stores. Indeed, we can take it or leave it as part of our daily meals.But for billions of people around the globe, rice is the only thing standing between a full stomach and going to bed hungry. For millions of farmers, it’s the only difference between a decent wage and destitution – and the only thing keeping their children alive. But with the world’s population expanding towards ten billion in the next 40 years, we face a very real threat: there may not be enough rice to go around.
PRESS RELEASE - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today revealed the 100 biggest green power users in the U.S., and Mars, Incorporated entered the list at number six. The EPA’s National Top 100 ranks companies based on their use of green power – zero-emissions electricity generated from renewable sources like wind and solar. Mars is now an EPA Green Power Partner and a member of the agency’s Green Power Leadership Club – recognizing the company’s commitment to using cleaner energy. Green Power Partners are part of a voluntary movement that includes more than 1,300 partner organizations using billions of kilowatt-hours of green power annually.
PRESS RELEASE - At the SEPAWA Congress 2015, BASF will present new types of the readily biodegradable chelating agent Trilon® M, which has established itself in the market as the high-performance phosphate alternative for automatic dishwashing detergents. EU regulations stipulate that phosphate will be virtually prohibited for this application in Europe from 2017. In the US, 16 states have already banned phosphate in this application since 2010.Trilon® M binds the hard water ions particularly effectively and prevents limescale buildup on the dishes during the dishwashing cycle. It is readily biodegradable and fulfills the criteria for the EU Ecolabel.
PRESS RELEASE - Fleet is Part of Clean Air Project with U.S. Department of Energy, Local Governments and Non-Profit
PRESS RELEASE - We are delighted to announce the release of our annual Directions Report, known as the definitive guide to trends and issues in sustainability. In our 15th edition, we explore three dimensions contributing to the rise of science in corporate sustainability: science-based targets, science-based frameworks and stakeholder engagement with science.
PRESS RELEASE - Awards $2.5 million in environmental grants