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Google, Facebook, Others Launch Sustainability Platform

October 8, 2014October 7, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Unilever, Coca-Cola, Google, Facebook, Nike, PepsiCo and dozens of other major companies and nonprofits have launched a digital sustainability platform intended to drive conversation and action on sustainability. The companies say the nonprofit editorial platform, called Collectively, aims to “make sustainable living the new normal.” Collectively brings together global sustainability ... Read more »

GE, McDonald’s, Starbucks, Nike Cut from DJSI World

September 12, 2014September 12, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Amgen, Commonwealth Bank of Australia and GlaxoSmithKline are among the new additions to the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices World. Meanwhile Bank of America, General Electric, McDonald’s, Starbucks and Nike are among the companies to get cut from the DJSI World this year. These companies did, however, make the North American ... Read more »

Diageo Moves Towards Integrated Reporting

August 14, 2014September 2, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Diageo’s 2014 Annual Report incorporates for the first time increased disclosure of sustainability and responsibility performance alongside financial reporting, the alcoholic beverage maker says. Diageo says this first step towards integrated reporting reflects its belief in the strategic importance of its Sustainability and Responsibility (S&R) Strategy. Among the company’s sustainability targets ... Read more »

Beverage Industry Drafts GHG Emissions Reporting Framework

January 24, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Diageo, the Coca-Cola Company, AB InBev and other members of the Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable (BIER) have published a document that establishes a common framework for greenhouse gas emissions reporting — an industry first, member company Heineken says. The guide harmonizes reporting within each category — beer, wine spirits, carbonated ... Read more »

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Microsoft, Owens Corning Join Climate Declaration

September 19, 2013September 19, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Microsoft, Owens Corning, Diageo, Thornton Tomasetti and Acer America have signed the Climate Declaration, calling on US policymakers to enact climate and clean energy policies that will benefit the economy. These five global companies, all with more than 100,000 employees, join more than 650 other companies including General Motors, Unilever ... Read more »

Scotch Whisky Makers Trial Train to Cut GHGs

September 17, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Scotch Whisky producers including Diageo, Chivas Brothers, John Dewar & Sons, Whyte & Mackay and Glen Turner are trialing a system to deliver Scotch Whisky by train from Speyside to central Scotland in a bid to cut emissions and trucks on roadways. The area covered by the trial is home ... Read more »

Diageo Sustainability Report: Beats Water Target Two Years Early

August 23, 2013August 23, 2013 by Tamar Wilner

Diageo has improved water efficiency in its African operations by 32 percent since 2007, surpassing its target of 30 percent by 2015, according to the company’s latest sustainability and responsibility report. On a worldwide basis the alcoholic beverage maker also aims to improve water efficiency by 30 percent by 2015, ... Read more »

Diageo Reduces Waste-to-Landfill by 53%

August 21, 2013August 25, 2013 by Jennifer Hermes

Diageo reduced waste to landfill by 53.4% in FY 2012-13, contributing to an overall reduction of 77.9% against its 2007 baseline. This has eliminated an estimated 80,000 metric tons of GHG emissions, equivalent to 11 percent of Diageo’s total emissions from direct operations, according to its latest sustainability report. At its ... Read more »

Co-op Lightweights Wine Bottles

April 9, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The Co-operative has reduced the weight of its own-brand wine bottles, saving 725 metric tons of glass and more than 556 metric tons of CO2 per year, according to the company. The UK grocery chain worked with its supplier, Kingsland Wines and Spirits, on lightweighting the glass bottles. It says ... Read more »

Anglo American Named Top Sustainability Reporter

March 7, 2013March 7, 2013 by Leon Walker

Mining group Anglo American, energy company Centrica and finance group HSBC Holdings have been named the European companies with the year’s best records of sustainability reporting, in an assessment by communications agency Radley Yeldar. The top five European reporters are rounded out with drinks company Diageo and technology firm Siemens, according to How Does ... Read more »

Diageo Headquarters Transitions to 100% Renewable Electricity

February 7, 2013August 2, 2019 by Linda Hardesty

Alcoholic beverage maker Diageo is getting 100 percent of its power from renewable sources at its North American headquarters in Norwalk, Conn. Diageo’s Norwalk office joins three of the company’s other sites, including Plainfield, Ill., Relay, Md., and Tullahoma, Tenn., in using 100 percent renewable electricity. In addition, 50 percent ... Read more »

Diageo, British Land Lead FTSE Carbon Disclosure Ranking

October 12, 2012October 12, 2012 by Kirsten Korosec

Anglo American, Diageo, Mondi, Morgan Crucible, Reckitt Benckiser and Unilever are among the companies leading the Carbon Disclosure Project’s annual report ranking the carbon reporting and disclosure efforts of FTSE 350 companies. “The Future of Reporting: CDP FTSE 350 Climate Change Report 2012,” which was co-written by PricewaterhouseCoopers, found that ... Read more »

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