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Businesses Stay the Course on Sustainability

November 4, 2010 by Gina Roos

More than eight in 10, or 84 percent, of survey respondents are somewhat or very optimistic that global businesses will embrace corporate social responsibility (CSR)/sustainability as part of their core strategies and operations over the next five years, despite an uncertain global economy, according to a poll released by BSR. ... Read more »

Green Marketing: How It Works and When to Use It

July 28, 2010December 16, 2011 by Emily McClendon

Marketing specialists are in agreement: green marketing campaigns exist and their clients should have one. The debate begins when the question turns to actually knowing what green marketing is and the best way to employ it. Although the rampant confusion is understandable due to the current amorphous nature of green ... Read more »

Roundup -Trafigura, Air Products, World Bank

July 26, 2010July 26, 2010 by Gina Roos

Netherlands: Oil Trading Company Fined in Dumping of Toxic Sludge New York Times Labor pledges $1bn in energy tax breaks The Sydney Morning Herald World Bank Publishes Report on Transport-Related Emissions in Chinese Cities World Bank Montana-Saskatchewan climate project shelved Washington Post Researchers confirm subsea Gulf oil plumes are from ... Read more »

Timberland CSR Report: 2% GHG Reduction

June 17, 2010June 26, 2010 by Paul Nastu

Timberland succeeded in reducing greenhouse gas emissions by a little more than two percent compared with the first quarter of 2009, according to the company’s latest CSR report. In Q1 2010, the company produced the equivalent of 4,172 metric tons of emissions, compared with 4,270 in Q1 2009, according to ... Read more »

Dr Pepper to Recycle 80% of Waste

June 8, 2010June 8, 2010 by Paul Nastu

Dr Pepper Snapple Group said it will recycle 80 percent of its solid waste as part of its set of five-year goals for improved environmental and social performance across the company’s operations, according to its first CSR report. Among the company’s goals for the next five years are plans to ... Read more »

Roundup – Nat’l Geographic, Nokia, Murkowski

June 7, 2010May 12, 2011 by Paul Nastu

Sustainability: The New Corporate Game Changer Green Bang Capturing and Sustaining Value Huffington Post A Case Study in Green Data Center GeekHost Sustainable Agriculture Practices on teh Rise Western Farm Press National Geographic’s New Green Map National Geographic Nokia Offers Eco-Profiles for Devices Treehugger No One Fit Approach to Energy ... Read more »

FedEx Increases Vehicle Fuel Efficiency 14% since 2005

April 21, 2010 by Paul Nastu

FedEx is making progress toward its “20 by 20” goal to reduce aircraft emissions intensity and increase vehicle efficiency 20 percent by 2020, when compared to a 2005 baseline. As of 2009, FedEx had reduced aviation emissions intensity 8.33 percent, while vehicle efficiency has risen 14.1 percent, according to the ... Read more »

Starbucks Nowhere Near 2010 Energy Reduction Goal

April 20, 2010April 20, 2010 by Paul Nastu

In 2008, Starbucks set an aggressive goal to reduce energy consumption in company-owned stores 25 percent by 2010. Judging by the progress so far, that goal may be unattainable. Starbucks was able to reduce energy consumption in company-owned stores about 1.7 percent in 2009, leaving a lot of ground to ... Read more »

Hanes Aims for 30% Renewable Energy Use, 15% Emissions Cut

March 19, 2010 by Gina Roos

Aimed at saving more energy, using less materials and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, Hanes has released a set of global environmental performance goals that includes increasing its use of renewable energy to 30 percent of its total energy consumption, and reducing carbon-dioxide emissions by 15 percent, from a 2007 baseline, ... Read more »

VP-level CSR Jobs Up, Even as All Postings Fell 68% From Q3 08 to Q3 09

March 12, 2010March 12, 2010 by Paul Nastu

Job postings related to corporate social responsibility tumbled 68 percent from the third quarter of 2008 to 2009, according to a recent report. But behind the numbers is a rising trend of executive-level job postings such as vice president and other senior positions such as director, according to Sustainability Recruiting’s ... Read more »

Lenovo to Improve Carbon Efficiency 10% by 2012

December 9, 2009December 14, 2010 by Gina Roos

Lenovo Group has pledged to increase its carbon efficiency 10 percent by 2012 using 2007 as a baseline, according to the company’s second corporate social responsibility report. Lenovo has also set several other goals. As an example, all business units must release at least one product announcement in 2009 supporting ... Read more »

Legal Risks & CSR Standards

November 17, 2009November 16, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Many people wonder if the global recession will make it hard to enforce corporate social responsibility. Michael Levine, of Epstein, Becker & Green explains that in fact there are now an increasing amount of legal risks for companies that don’t live up to CSR standards.

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