Sustainability
Sustainability includes sustainable building, design and operations. Sustainability is the collection of policies and strategies employed by companies to minimize their environmental impact on future generations. Ecological concerns, such as the environmental impact of pollutants, are balanced with socio-economic concerns such as minimizing the consumption of limited natural resources to maintain their availability for the future.
5 Marketplace Trends That Will Shape the Green Economy and Change Brands
The dawn of a more resourceful, creative and sustainable economy is beginning, with a growing number of New Consumers re-thinking what ...
Thomas Cook Sustainability Report: Emissions Rise, Energy Use Drops
Thomas Cook Group, whose North American travel agency brands include MyTravel, ABATours and Exotik Tours, increased its scopes 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions 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 ...
Dystar Launches Textile Industry Supply Chain Tools
DyStar Textile Services has launched a range of programs designed to help audit and recommend sustainable options for the textile industry supply chain.
DyStar's Sustainable Textile Service ...
How Interface Led the Way in Sustainability
For Interface and others like them, learning sustainable manufacturing was a process of trial and error. In this short video, Dr. ...
How All Professional Roles Contribute to Sustainability
In my last article, I wrote about how environmental sustainability can relate to any educational background or functional group in a company. ...
GRI Releases Sustainability Taxonomy, Public Comments on G4
The Global Reporting Initiative has released a taxonomy for tagging sustainability data in reports and has released the results of the first public comment period ...
SCA Sustainability Goals: 5 TWh Wind by 2020, Tripling of Biofuel Production
SCA, the world's third-largest paper company, is aiming to produce 5 TWh of windpower on its forest land by 2020, according to the firm's latest ...
Resource Sustainability in Manufacturing
Patrick Govang, founder and CEO of e2e Materials, shares his disruptive model to enable local economic & resource sustainability in manufacturing.
Networking Key to Mainstreaming Sustainability, AMEE Says
Interconnecting environmental data systems is the key to driving sustainability into the mainstream, according to cloud-based software provider AMEE.
Cloud-based environmental management services provide users a ...
VW to Cut Vehicle Emissions 30% by 2015
Volkswagen has pledged to reduce carbon emissions from the cars it produces by 30 percent by 2015, against a 2006 baseline.
VW's commitment is one of ...
‘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 ...
Six Surprising Sustainability Facts
1. Fuel efficient cars would eliminate North American Oil Imports
If every car in North America got the same fuel ...
Executives, EHS and Sustainability
Pamela Gordon, president and founder of Technology Forecaster's Inc. discusses executives, EHS and sustainability at the 2012 National Auditor's Roundtable in ...
Inefficient Boilers Costing Firms $637m a Year, Carbon Trust Says
U.K. organizations could save over £400 million ($637 million) a year by taking simple, low-cost actions to improve the efficiency of their hot water boilers, ...
Best Practices in Communicating about Sustainability
While sustainability initiatives have boomed in recent years, many companies are still seeking help in developing strategy and others are struggling ...
Andrew Shapiro Discusses Sustainability Drivers
Andrew Shapiro, founder and partner, GO Ventures discusses the relative strengths of the different sustainability drivers at a February 6, 2012 ...
Study: Baby Boomers Believe in Sustainable Principles (and Will Pay for Them)
In the late 1990s I stood with Dr. Henry Kelly, assistant director from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, ...
How Social Purpose Creates Value
Charles Middleton, managing director at Triodos Bank, discusses how organizations with social purpose are aligned with the emerging sustainability paradigm at ...
Dow Aims to Keep Absolute GHGs Below 2006 Levels
Dow Chemical has announced a goal to keep all greenhouse gas emissions below 2006 levels on an absolute basis, marking a shift in reporting practices, ...
