Sustainability Reports
The latest news on corporate environmental, sustainability and energy initiatives and goals. Sustainability reports are published by over two-thirds of the Fortune Global 500 companies. Sustainability reports have evolved from environmental reports to include measures of economic and social performance.
Texas Instruments Sustainability Report: Normalized Emissions Jump 23%
Technology firm Texas Instruments' emissions normalized on a per-chip basis rose 23 percent year-on-year amid a host of other disappointing environmental figures, according to its ...
Alcoa Sustainability Report: 4.5% Drop in Water Intensity, but Landfilling up 10%
Last year saw aluminum products supplier Alcoa cut its normalized water use by 4.5 percent from 2010 levels, but increase the amount of waste it ...
Kimberly-Clark Sustainability Report: 99.9% of Virgin Fiber From Certified Sources
Kimberly-Clark, the company behind Kleenex, Scott and Huggies, has made significant progress on some of its 2015 sustainability goals, including aiming to source 100 percent ...
Intel Sustainability Report: Tech Giant Commits to 10% GHG Cut
Intel has pledged to reduce its direct greenhouse gas emissions by 10 percent on a per-chip basis by 2020 compared to 2010 levels, and announced ...
Ericsson Sustainability Report: Direct Carbon Intensity Drops 6%
Direct emissions from telecommunications firm Ericsson's in-house activities totaled around 0.84 Mtonnes during 2011. This corresponds to a six percent reduction in direct emissions intensity ...
CVS Sustainability Report: Carbon Intensity Drops 3.9%
Pharmacy chain CVS Caremark's absolute CO2 emissions rose 1.2 percent from 2010 to 2011, but when rationalized against the square feet of retail space the ...
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 ...
Kohl's Sustainability Report: CO2 Emissions Rise 2.8%
Total CO2 emissions at department store chain Kohl's rose 2.8 percent from 2010 to 2011, while the company's sales rose by 2.25 percent, according to ...
AEP Sustainability Report: Carbon Emissions Rise 1.5%, Revenues up 4.8%
American Electric Power's total CO2 emissions rose just shy of 1.5 percent from 2010 to 2011, while revenues rose 4.8 percent over that time period, ...
Adidas Carbon Tool Snafu Keeps Data out of Sustainability Report
Adidas missed the chance to include energy, water and carbon metrics in its 2011 sustainability report because of data deviations caused by a new environmental ...
Nike Sustainability Report: Aims for 20% CO2, 15% Water, 10% Waste Cuts by 2015
Nike has committed itself to a 20 percent reduction in CO2 emissions per unit, a 15 percent improvement in water use per unit of production ...
Abbott Sustainability Report: Three 2015 Targets Met Four Years Early
Global health care company Abbott Laboratories reached its 2015 goals for carbon dioxide emissions, water intake and waste output in 2011, while increasing year-on-year sales ...
Hershey Sustainability Report: Sets Goals to Cut Water 10%, GHGs 13%
Hershey used its second corporate sustainability report yesterday to publish a set of new sustainability goals including reducing its waste by a quarter, achieving a ...
Timberland Sustainability Report: Absolute Emissions Increase 4.5%
Clothing brand Timberland's greenhouse gas emissions increased by 4.5 percent from 2010 to 2011, according to its 2011 corporate social responsibility report. The company says ...
SAP GHGs Up 22 Percent in Q1 2012 Compared to Q1 2011
Software company SAP emitted 145 kilotons of greenhouse gasses in Q1 2012, a 22 percent increase in GHGs this quarter compared with ...
AB InBev Sustainability Report: Meets CO2 Target a Year Early; Water Use Down 8%
AB InBev last year cut its greenhouse gas emissions relative to production by 5.3 percent, meeting its goal of a 10 percent reduction on 2009 ...
Unilever Sustainability Report: Sustainable Palm Oil Sourcing Doubles
Unilever doubled the amount of the palm oil it draws from sustainable sources last year, but made little progress on greenhouse gases, waste and ...
Kellogg's Sustainability Report: Falls Behind Target With Normalized Waste Production Up 13%
Kellogg's increased its normalized waste to landfill by 13 percent last year, putting the cereal company behind schedule to meet its 2015 goal on ...
Citi Sustainability Report: Meets 2011 10% Carbon Reduction Goal
Financial giant Citi has exceeded its 2011 goal to reduce operational greenhouse gas emissions by 10 percent from a 2005 baseline, according to the company's ...
Shell Sustainability Report: Waste Up 24%, Water Use Up 3%
Royal Dutch Shell's waste production increased almost 24 percent year-on-year from 2 million metric tons in 2010 to 2.47 million metric tons in 2011, according ...
