Heating up the Fight Against Climate Change
SOURCE:Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship DESCRIPTION:Over the past year, the debate about what actions should be taken to halt climate change has continued in earnest. Involvement from...
View ArticleThe Benefits of Quantifying Sustainability
Guest Post By Rob Rouwette, Director and Life Cycle Expert at start2see, and former President of the Australian Life Cycle Assessment SocietySOURCE:CBRE Group, Inc.DESCRIPTION:Building developers and...
View ArticleCOP21: The Starting Point
World leaders are meeting in Paris this week to negotiate a global agreement on climate action, marking a new era of sustainability.SOURCE:Green Builder MediaDESCRIPTION:This week, the much anticipated...
View ArticleBSR COP21 Daily Dispatch: Day 5
SOURCE:BSRDESCRIPTION:Editor’s NoteDespite the world’s attention to climate change right now, it is often thought of as tomorrow’s problem.But the effects of global warming—including intense storms,...
View ArticlePeace Corps and IBM Corporate Service Corps Team Up to Help Communities...
SOURCE:IBMDESCRIPTION:IBM and the Peace Corps have entered a landmark public-private partnership that will combine the strengths of both organizations to benefit communities around the world. Through...
View ArticleTime Warner Cable Hosts Cyber Resiliency Summit to Help Businesses and...
SOURCE:Time Warner CableDESCRIPTION:Cybercrime was estimated in 2014 to cost the global economy upwards of $575 billion annually. Earlier this year, Time Warner Cable Business Class conducted its...
View ArticleSlave Labor Still in Practice Today
SOURCE:Source Intelligence®DESCRIPTION:As the world works hard to ensure that supply chains are free from any type of compromising issue, there are still areas that are difficult to investigate. One...
View ArticleFCA US Launches Largest Private Fleet of Natural Gas-Powered Semitrucks in...
SOURCE:FCA US LLCSUMMARY:Company announces $40 million investment in Detroit to convert 179 parts-hauling trucks to compressed natural gas (CNG)Investment includes facility and infrastructure upgrades...
View ArticleHackbright Goes to Bloomberg!
SOURCE:BloombergDESCRIPTION:Hackbright’s current cohort, nicknamed TwelfthBright, went on an adventure to Bloomberg’s new San Francisco location to explore the office, learn about their software and...
View ArticleAntea Group Participates in Nigerian Water Stewardship Conference
SOURCE:Antea GroupDESCRIPTION:A three-day workshop of major water stakeholders in Nigeria was held last week as part of an initiative headed by Heineken International, Nigerian Breweries, and the...
View ArticleCOP21 Decisions Will Directly Affect the Sustainability of Our Planet
HP Inc. CEO, Dion Weisler, on why we need to take decisive action nowSOURCE:HP, Inc.SUMMARY:"Decisive action to address climate change is required from all of us to create a healthier world that can...
View ArticleIdeagen Convenes the World’s Leading Companies, NGO’s and Public Sector in...
Ideagen Global Good SummitSOURCE:IdeagenDESCRIPTION:BELLEVUE, Wash., Dec. 4, 2015 /3BL Media/ - Ideagen, the world’s leading cross-sector innovation and collective impact member network where the...
View ArticleAction Team Captains and Major Leaguers Give Back in the Spirit of Thanksgiving
SOURCE:Major League Baseball Players TrustDESCRIPTION:This past Thanksgiving holiday, a number of Major Leaguers joined forces with their local Action Team schools in Florida, Maine, and New Jersey as...
View ArticleHP Named as Finalist in The Circulars 2016
SOURCE:HP, Inc.DESCRIPTION:HP, Inc. has been named as a finalist in The Circulars 2016 for embracing the circular economy across its value chain by closing the material loop, designing out waste, and...
View ArticlePlaying a Role in Reducing Ontario’s Carbon Footprint
Bruce Power’s operating life extended to 2064 as TransCanada increases ownership to 48.5 per centSOURCE:TransCanadaDESCRIPTION:In a week dominated by news coverage of the Paris Climate Summit,...
View ArticleGRI’s Reporting 2025: A Look Ahead with Katherine V. Smith
SOURCE:Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship DESCRIPTION:Once the province of a few unusually green or community-oriented companies, sustainability reporting is now a best practice employed...
View ArticleHow Companies Can Take Action on Climate Change
SOURCE:Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship DESCRIPTION:Climate change is again trending as a topic within corporate citizenship and the larger business community. The release of Pope...
View ArticleWhat Paris Talks Have Accomplished So Far
By Michael R. BloombergSOURCE:BloombergDESCRIPTION:By Michael R. BloombergOriginally posted on Bloomberg View The two-week United Nations conference on climate change is halfway over, and no matter...
View ArticleWhat’s the Real Story? Reading Between the ESG Lines
SOURCE:JLLDESCRIPTION:CHICAGO, December 7, 2015 /3BL Media/ - While the triple bottom line is now an established principle in sustainability circles, moving from the platitudes in CSR reports to the...
View ArticleEnvironment: Watch It Like a Hawk
SOURCE:ToyotaDESCRIPTION:Toyota team members are creatures of habitat. And a few who test vehicles for performance and reliability have become a part-time pit crew for red-tailed hawks at Toyota...
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