Major Players
ExxonMobil, Chevron Investors Call For Fracking Risk Disclosures
Chevron and ExxonMobil shareholders have filed proposals asking the companies to disclose risks to their operations and finances from hydraulic fracturing.
Shareholder advocacy group As You ...
Coca Cola Enterprises Sustainability Report: Carbon Emissions Down 8.5%
Coca Cola Enterprises decreased its carbon footprint by 8.5 percent from 2010 to 2011, while increasing production volume by 3.5 percent, according to the company's ...
Coke, Sony, Volvo and Other ‘Climate Savers’ Cut CO2 by 100 Million Tons
Coca-Cola Company, Johnson & Johnson, Sony, Volvo and other members of WWF's Climate Savers program cut their carbon dioxide emissions by more than 100 ...
Big Companies Hold the Key to Sustainable Commerce
The world's largest companies hold the key to setting global commerce on an environmentally sustainable path. The top 500 companies in the ...
Microsoft Commits to Carbon Neutrality in FY 2013
Microsoft will charge an internal carbon offset fee starting in fiscal year 2012-2013 in its effort to be carbon neutral beginning July 1, according ...
Diageo Stops Heartland Donations in Wake of Unabomber Billboard
Drink giant Diageo says it will no longer fund the Heartland Institute, a free-market think tank that denies global warming, the Guardian reports, following ...
Puma Earns A, Apple Takes Home D in EIRIS Sustainability Rankings
German sportswear manufacturer Puma tops EIRIS' Top 10 Global Sustainability Leaders list while Apple earns a D, in a ranking that sees UK and European ...
EPA Releases Green Power List, Microsoft Debuts at Third
Microsoft has ranked third in the EPA's list of organizations using the most green power, and along with McDonald's, ...
Coca-Cola, Vodafone, Marks & Spencer Win Environmental Reporting Awards
Coca-Cola Enterprises has won the top honor in the CR Reporting Awards 2011, taking home the Best Report award for its corporate responsibility ...
GE, Alcoa, Johnson Controls, Ford and Intel Top Climate Innovation List
GE, Alcoa, Johnson Controls, Ford and Intel lead their peers in the innovation of clean-tech solutions and products, mitigation of climate change-related risks and management ...
Walmart Sustainability Report: Supplier Scorecards to Launch in 100 Categories this Year
Walmart expects to develop supplier scorecards in up to 100 major product categories by the end of this year, in the latest stage of ...
Three CEOs in One Room: Walmart, Coca-Cola, Unilever
Some of the biggest CEOs in Canada come together for the Walmart Green Student Challenge. I took this rare opportunity to ask them: ...
Google, Pepsi, MillerCoors Highlight World Water Day Initiatives
Google, Coca-Cola, Levi Strauss and other major companies used videos, environmental alliances and unwashed jeans to highlight their commitment to the environment on World Water ...
Google Data Center Gets Water Reuse System
A Google data center in Georgia is the internet firm's first U.S.-based data center to conserve water using a water reuse system.
The system, financed by ...
Starting Over, Sustainably
Or, Rise of the Planet of the Reboot.
America loves reboots. It's a go-to strategy for Hollywood accountants and humans looking for ...
‘For-Benefit’ Corporations Value Environmental, Social, Financial Impacts
Fortunately, we're seeing a plethora of green products flood the market, as well as prolific messaging about decisions that individuals can make ...
Apple Facilities Report: 'Biggest On-Site Fuel Cell' Planned for N.C. Data Center
Apple is building the largest non-utility fuel cell installation in the country, the company has announced in its 2012 facilities report.
The 5 MW system ...
Lessons from Kraft and Tesco on Making LCA Count
There have been two particularly "mediatized" stories recently in the food industry that I felt needed some reality checking. The first was ...
GM, Microsoft, Diageo Gave to Climate-Denier Think Tank
Microsoft, General Motors and Diageo are among the companies that have donated money to the Heartland Institute, a free-market think tank that denies ...
Could Efficiency Help Iron out the Bumps in Ore Prices?
Many manufacturers now see raw materials as their biggest risk. Carmakers are among industries caught between volatile commodity prices and cash-strapped customers. Companies ...