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UPS Earns Top Score Among U.S. Firms on Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index
PRESS RELEASE - New York, September 13, 2012 Recognized as World-Class Sustainability Leader In the S&P's Industrials Sector For the second consecutive year, UPS (NYSE: UPS) has received the highest score in the 2012 Carbon Disclosure Project's "Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index" of S&P companies, receiving a 99 out of 100.
BASF again included in three renowned indices
PRESS RELEASE - BASF again included in three renowned indices -- BASF listed in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index, the Carbon Performance Leadership Index and the Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index -- Carbon Disclosure Project: BASF is among the leading companies in the world in climate protection
Sustainable Brands Announces SB London 2012 Conference Speakers
PRESS RELEASE - SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., September 12, 2012– Sustainable Brands today revealed an early look at top tier speakers for its upcoming SB London 2012 conference, focusing on sustainability as a worldwide driver of business growth, brand value and innovation for the 21st century.
New Benefit to "World's Best Cheddar": Cabot Creamery Cooperative Achieves B Corp Certification
PRESS RELEASE - Cabot, Vt. (August 27, 2012) – Cabot Creamery is the first dairy cooperative to achieve B Corporation Certification, a validation of its attention to environmental and social impacts on stakeholders.
BASF launches broad-spectrum UV filter Z-COTE® LSA
PRESS RELEASE - BASF launches broad-spectrum UV filter Z-COTE® LSA FLORHAM PARK, NJ, September 5, 2012 -- BASF announced today the launch of Z-COTE® LSA, its latest inorganic, broad-spectrum ultraviolet (UV) light filter. Z-COTE LSA provides broad-spectrum protection from long wave UVA rays and medium wave UVB rays by physically scattering, reflecting and absorbing solar radiation.
CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT AND WORLD SERIES OF POKER “CHIP IN” TO THE TUNE OF $6 MILLION TO ONE DROP ORGANIZATION
PRESS RELEASE - Caesars Entertainment Corporation and the World Series of Poker (WSOP) worked together this summer to support ONE DROP, an international organization dedicated to give access to safe water for all, today and tomorrow.
Game-changing breakthrough to make snack packaging more sustainable
PRESS RELEASE - Game-changing breakthrough to make snack packaging more sustainable BASF partners with Seattle Mariners to debut new compostable snack bags SEATTLE, WA, & Wyandotte, MI, September 4, 2012 -- BASF, The Chemical Company, has made a game-changing breakthrough towards sustainable snack packaging that can help companies and communities everywhere get closer to their goal of zero-waste.
Rhode Island CPAs Create Pilot Program Around Sustainable Business Metrics
PRESS RELEASE - Rhode Island is a small state with big challenges - high unemployment, declining income and limited choices…. but a group of Rhode Island business thought leaders and consultants in collaboration with the Rhode Island State Society of CPAs and the Social Enterprise Organization of Rhode Island have decided it’s time for a change.
Corporate Social Responsibility at Target: Behind the Red Bullseye
PRESS RELEASE - "At Target, our team is our competitive advantage, and preparing future team members with a quality education today makes good business sense"
Becker Underwood Releases Inaugural Sustainability Report
PRESS RELEASE - Ames, Iowa – Aug., 28, 2012 – Becker Underwood has released the company’s first ever sustainability report, Be Legendary. Be Positive., highlighting the company’s economic, environmental, social and governance performance, compiled in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). Becker Underwood’s approach to sustainability revolves around the company’s NET positive™ strategy, which is built on the philosophy that all businesses have positive and negative impacts on the environment and society through their policies, processes and products.
Sustainable Brands Announces Expansion of Signature Conference to UK/Europe
PRESS RELEASE - SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., June 7, 2012 – Sustainable Brands today announced the expansion of its signature Sustainable Brands Conference to London, U
New Metrics of Sustainable Business Conference Offers Leading Edge Corporate Practices, Expected to Sell Out
PRESS RELEASE - SAN FRANCISCO, August 23, 2012 – Sustainable Brands expects full capacity attendance at the 2-day conference focused on the New Metrics of Sustainable Business, scheduled for September 27-28 in Philadelphia, PA, at The Wharton School. Sustainability executives, business strategists and financial leaders from across the globe will convene to disc
BASF, Cargill and Novozymes Target Commercial Bio-Based Acrylic Acid Process
PRESS RELEASE - LUDWIGSHAFEN, GERMANY- MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - COPENHAGEN, DENMARK, August 17, 2012 - BASF, Cargill and Novozymes have signed an agreement to develop technologies to produce acrylic acid from renewable raw materials.
New Leading Indicators of Performance To Be Featured at New Metrics of Sustainable Business Conference
PRESS RELEASE - SAN FRANCISCO, August 15, 2012 – Sustainable Brands is set once again to convene business strategists and financial leaders at the Wharton School of Business, to examine leading-edge examples of new business metrics that measure environmental, social and financial impact.
UL Environment Acquires GoodGuide, One of the Largest Sources of Information on Product-Related Health, Social, and Environmental Impacts
PRESS RELEASE - GoodGuide’s interactive database technology empowers the marketplace with product knowledge via cutting-edge mobile software and transparency tools
Five Questions Businesses Must Answer to Advance Toward Sustainability According to Interface, Inc.
PRESS RELEASE - Aug. 2, 2012 – ATLANTA–Interface, Inc. (NASDAQ: IFSIA), the worldwide leader in design, production and sales of environmentally responsible modular carpet, has linked sustainability progress to inquiry since 1994, when a customer asked a question about the company’s position on the environment and Interface was not satisfied with its own answer.
Earth911 Recycling Locator Speeds Results for Consumers
PRESS RELEASE - Barcode scanning highlights the latest feature upgrades Scottsdale, Ariz., August 2, 2012--Finding recycling, reuse and proper disposal options for any number of consumer products just got faster and easier, thanks to recent developments at Earth911, creator of the nation’s largest recycling and proper disposal directory.
An End is a Cool, New Start: will.i.am and The Coca-Cola Company Recharge Recycling with Launch of Lifestyle Brand EKOCYCLE™
PRESS RELEASE - The EKOCYCLE Brand Takes Sustainable Living and Recycling to the Next Level; Anchor Partners Include Beats by Dr. Dre® and New Era®
