Corporate Responsibility Archives - Page 3 of 4

Campbell Soup Cuts Water Use by 9%, Recycles 85% of Waste

May 6, 2010December 14, 2010 by Gina Roos

Campbell Soup Company has reduced water in food production by more than 9 percent and invested more than $6 million in environmental sustainability projects over the past year, according to the company’s 2010 corporate social responsibility report. In 2009, the food company also recycled more than 84 percent of waste ... Read more »

Ogilvy Says Corporate Responsibility PR Can’t Wait

April 28, 2010May 13, 2011 by Gina Roos

Businesses shouldn’t wait for world leaders to decide on climate-change legislation before driving their own sustainability goals, according to a new guide from Cranfield University and Ogilvy PR Worldwide, reports Marketing Week. They need to decide this year how and where they will invest in sustainable activities, says Ogilvy. The ... Read more »

An Interview With Best Buy’s Corporate Responsibility Team

April 23, 2010April 20, 2010 by Paul Nastu

Mary Capozzi and Hamlin Metzger of Best Buy discuss the electronics chain’s corporate responsibility strategies.

Motorola Struggles to Meet CO2 Emissions, Waste Reduction Goals

April 21, 2010December 14, 2010 by Gina Roos

Motorola has reduced its CO2 emissions by 35 percent since 2005 thanks to energy-efficiency efforts, buying renewable energy and consolidating facilities, according to the company’s 2009 Corporate Responsibility Report. Despite reducing total emissions of CO2e since 2005, Motorola said normalized emissions increased slightly due to weaker sales in 2009. As ... Read more »

General Mills Cuts Solid Waste, Behind on Other Targets

April 15, 2010April 15, 2010 by Gina Roos

General Mills has cut its solid waste generation rate by 24.5 percent since 2005, which exceeds its goal of 15 percent, according to the company’s 2010 Corporate Responsibility report (PDF). The company is also making progress on its five-year goals in the areas of water usage, energy consumption, and greenhouse ... Read more »

Nikwax Sets Goal for 100% Renewable Energy

April 15, 2010April 15, 2010 by Gina Roos

Nikwax sources 95 percent of its energy from renewable sources, with a worldwide goal to reach 100 percent, according to the company’s corporate social responsibility report (PDF). The company also has been carbon neutral for four years, offsetting CO2 emissions through the World Land Trust. Nikwax’s Seattle offices are 100 ... Read more »

Abercrombie & Fitch, Weight Watchers Make ‘Black List’ of Least Transparent Firms

April 15, 2010May 18, 2016 by Gina Roos

Abercrombie & Fitch and Weight Watchers are just a few of the biggest brands on Corporate Responsibility (CR) magazine’s inaugural “Black List” of the 30 least transparent companies when it comes to disclosing information about their practices in the environment, climate change, human rights, philanthropy, employee relations, finance and governance. ... Read more »

Sainsbury Reports on CR as part of Quarterly Financial Updates

January 18, 2010 by Gina Roos

UK supermarket chain Sainsbury’s says it will start reporting progress on its corporate responsibility (CR) initiatives, together with its quarterly financial updates. The first quarterly CR update was issued with the company’s third quarter results last week. In 2008, Timberland began releasing quarterly CSR data. Here’s a column from Alex ... Read more »

Sustainability Execs Gain Corporate Prominence

January 4, 2010 by Gina Roos

A new type of executive is emerging across all businesses, ranging from real estate brokerage firms to giant retailers, as they deal with climate change, attract eco-conscious customers and implement alternative energy programs while meeting new regulations, reports the Los Angeles Times. Sustainability officers are succeeding the diversity managers and ... Read more »

Seizing the Reins on Sustainability

November 30, 2009November 25, 2009 by Paul Nastu

While most executives realize that sustainability could have vast implications for their business, our research reveals that few companies are acting meaningfully on that insight. To the contrary, most firms to date have made only token moves regarding sustainability, and most of those moves have been driven by regulatory pressure ... Read more »

Carbon Footprint Tracking Model Offered

July 8, 2009 by Gina Roos

In the wake of the UK government’s launch of its carbon reduction goals, aimed at achieving an 80 percent reduction of carbon emissions by 2050, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) has developed a carbon emissions reporting model as a guideline for UK businesses for climate change and greenhouse gas emissions reporting. The ... Read more »

Abbott Cuts CO2 Emissions and Water Use by 15% in 2008

April 30, 2009October 18, 2009 by Gina Roos

Abbott has reduced its CO2 emissions and water use by 15 percent in 2008, according to the company’s 2008 Global Citizenship Report. The report provides an update on the global healthcare company’s progress and results in 2008 in four key areas: innovating for the future, enhancing access, safeguarding the environment, ... Read more »

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