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Sustainable life media launches SLM Insights(TM) research division, debuts studies benchmarking sustainability initiatives trends and supply chain issues
Sustainable Life Media launched its proprietary research division, SLM Insights™ today and announced the immediate availability of two new reports: "The 2009 Sustainability Initiatives Report," and "Exporting Textiles: The March to Sustainability". Created in conjunction with Zumer.com and cKinetics, the inaugural reports provide a range of new insights across the sustainability industry. ...
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Johnson controls releases annual business and sustainability performance metrics
Johnson Controls (NYSE:JCI) today announced the release of its latest Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) online sustainability report. The online matrix provides a detailed review of the company's financial, environmental and social performance over the past year. The matrix complements the company's 2009 Business and Sustainability Report, which was released in December 2009 and is available in ...
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Public participation in the GM debate: the case for sustainability reporting
Use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in agriculture remains controversial, particularly in the European Union. Researchers suggest that all members of society need to be engaged in the debate on GMOs to achieve agreement on policy decisions. They propose voluntary sustainability reporting as a suitable method for conducting public dialogue. A number of public concerns continue to be ...
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Johnson Controls Releases Annual GRI Sustainability Report
Johnson Controls, a global diversified company in the building and automotive industries, today announced the release of its latest Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) online sustainability report. The online matrix provides a detailed review of the company's environmental, social and governance performance over the past year. The matrix complements the company's 2011 Business and ...
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Institute at the golden gate releases toolkit to help parks implement sustainable food programs
In continuing support of the National Park Service’s (NPS) Healthy Parks Healthy People US initiative, the Institute at the Golden Gate has released the second in a series of reports addressing ways parks across the U.S. can best implement sustainable and healthy food practices. Expanding on case studies highlighted in the Institute’s initial 2010 report on food in parks, Food for the ...
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Seven Questions CEOs and Boards Should Ask About `Triple Bottom Line` Reporting, a New Report by Ernst & Young LLP
NEW YORK - Research by Ernst & Young LLP shows that more than two-thirds of the Fortune Global 500 companies publish some form of sustainability or corporate responsibility report. These reports increasingly help organizations accomplish cost-cutting goals, improve efficiency, and achieve other business imperatives. Reporting has become an accountability tool as employees, analysts, ...
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Hiring veterans into water workforce a focus at AWWA’s ACE12
With the water sector workforce aging, water utilities and government agencies will explore how to bring veterans into the water workforce during the American Water Works Association’s (AWWA) Annual Conference and Exposition (ACE12), June 10-14, in Dallas, Texas. Veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars are seen as excellent candidates to fill mission critical jobs at water utilities. The ...
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Sustainability reporting can serve as bridge between business and sustainable development, says GRI
A new business engagement architecture unveiled by the UN presents a major opportunity to leverage sustainability reporting to drive the private sector’s contribution to sustainable development, the Global Reporting Initiative said today. At the UN Global Compact's triennial Leaders’ Summit in New York, UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon today launched an implementation architecture ...
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SAP saves millions by becoming more sustainable
SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) today released its quarterly sustainability update. The company shared that it has saved approximately EUR 170 million between 2008 and today as a result of focused sustainability initiatives. The report also details preliminary, unaudited greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for the first quarter ending March 31, 2011, which totaled 111 kilotonnes (not including Sybase), an increase ...
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Novelis Sustainability Report Highlights Progress in Recycling and Water Conservation
Novelis, the world leader in aluminum rolling and recycling, published its 2015 sustainability report today, detailing significant progress toward increasing the use of recycled aluminum and using natural resources more efficiently. At the end of Fiscal Year 2015, Novelis achieved an average of 49 percent recycled aluminum inputs, up 19 percentage points from baseline years of 2007-2009, and a ...
By Novelis Inc.
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Next step in sustainability reporting arrives in the Netherlands
The local launch event, hosted and sponsored by Deloitte Netherlands, will provide companies and organizations with a general introduction to G4, the opportunity to hear debate from an expert panel, and the chance to ask questions and share perspectives with their peers. The GRI Guidelines – the most widely used Sustainability Reporting Framework in the world - enable all companies and ...
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Webinar: Powering Sustainability in Your Business
Every day, greater emphasis is being placed on sustainable business practices and organizations bear the burden of implementing and reporting on various sustainability initiatives across their companies. The challenge with sustainability reporting is that it requires comprehensive data collection from all aspects of an organization in order to provide the most complete picture of the company as a ...
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Opening day of sustainable brands `10 brings visionaries and innovative companies together with game-changing launches and insights
Sustainable Brands 2010 (SB "10) kicked off with brand leaders, entrepreneurs and start-ups vying to build the road to sustainability, despite uncertain economic times. Eleven finalists competed at the 2nd annual SB Innovation Open yesterday, with results (and the winner"s $10,000 prize donated by Nike) to be announced on the closing day, Thursday, June 10th. The first full day of SB "10 ...
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Webinar: Sustainability Reporting – Best Practices and the GRI G4 Update
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Sustainability Reporting Guidelines set out best practices for reporting on sustainability in a global marketplace. In the most recent update to the guidelines, GRI G4, there is increased importance placed on the reporting process and creating highly relevant, credible and user-friendly reports in order to communicate your sustainability performance to your ...
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CSR Minute: HanesBrands donates $2.6M to united way; mGive foundation joins Pew Research Center + Harvard`s Berkman Center for internet and society to study mobile giving
HanesBrands has announced that the company and its employees have raised $2.6 million for the United Way of Forsyth County, North Carolina, exceeding the $2 million goal for its 2010 year-end campaign. HanesBrands’ 300 headquarters employees also volunteered for a day of work at seven area United Way beneficiaries. Hanes’ 2,500 employees have been the largest corporate contributors to ...
By 3BL Media
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CSR Minute: CHEP expands sustainable packaging contract with Nestle USA and Nestle Waters North America; Group O joins U.N. global compact
CHEP Americas, a company that focuses on managed, returnable, and reusable packaging solutions, has announced a contract with Nestle USA and Nestle Water’s North America to provide pallets for food and water products. CHEP’s service is environmentally sustainable and increases efficiency while reducing operating risk and product damage. The new contract extends CHEP’s work for ...
By 3BL Media
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CSR Minute: Aberdeen Group publishes sustainable supply chain report; good business international chooses trailblazers of 2010 list
Aberdeen Group has published a new study that documents the practices of 177 companies in strategic supply chain planning. The report finds that sustainable supply chain management and sustainable risk management are two of the top three areas needing improvement in their organizations for one-third of the respondents. 76 percent of respondents state that they have incorporated sustainability ...
By 3BL Media
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Powering our changing world: Sempra Energy 2009 corporate responsibility report
About this report Powering Our Changing World is Sempra Energy’s second annual corporate responsibility report. It describes our performance on key environmental, social, and economic issues and provides detail on the actions taken to develop sustainable energy solutions for today, and the future. In response to stakeholder feedback, we made several changes and additions to this ...
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CSR Minute: Dell + Texas university launch social innovation contest; global reporting initiative surveys readers of CSR reports
The CSR Minute is your daily video digest of the most relevant Corporate Social Responsible news of the day. Our team of 3BL Media correspondents tracks the global world of corporate social responsibility to bring you coverage of the most important announcements, initiatives, issues, trends, ideas, and breaking news. This CSR Minute is sponsored by the Global Reporting Initiative, pioneer of ...
By 3BL Media
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CSR minute: SAP continues Haiti relief; beyond sport awards opens for applications
SAP is continuing to invest in immediate housing assistance and long-term economic development in Haiti, one year after the earthquake. SAP is partnering with Habitat for Humanity to provide shelter, and is working through the YY Haiti Social business Fund and the Grameen Creative Lab Haiti to support new social businesses. The first social business pilots include a cocoa processing factory and ...
By 3BL Media
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