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Unilever, BT, 13 Others Top Corporate Responsibility Index

March 16, 2012March 19, 2012 by Leon Walker

KPMG, Unilever, EDF Energy, BT Group, Heineken UK, Marks & Spencer, PwC, J Sainsbury and seven other companies earned the Platinum Plus rating for corporate responsibility, retaining their status from last year, in rankings from U.K. non-profit Business in the Community. Platinum rankings, for scores of 95 percent and up, ... Read more »

2012 Insider Knowledge Report Shares Lessons from McDonald’s, Unilever, 130 Others

March 1, 2012March 2, 2012 by Leon Walker

Environmental Leader has launched its 2012 Insider Knowledge Report, sharing lessons learned from 132 corporate environmental, energy and sustainability decision-makers. The second annual report gives real-world examples of how sustainability initiatives are making a difference at companies including 3M, Diageo, Duke Energy, Fujitsu, GM, IBM, Intel, McDonald’s, Marriott, Nike, Staples, ... Read more »

Forest Footprint Disclosure Annual Review Shames BP, Shell, ExxonMobil, Others

February 16, 2012February 16, 2012 by Leon Walker

Forest Footprint Disclosure has criticized leading oil and gas companies including BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips, Royal Dutch Shell, Total and Valero Energy for their lack of disclosure regarding their forest use. The companies all failed to disclose information of their forest use in 2011 for the third year, and Petrobas ... Read more »

Unilever ‘Green’ Freezers Cut Energy Use 10%

February 15, 2012February 15, 2012 by Tamar Wilner

Ben & Jerry’s and its parent company, Unilever, are starting the U.S. roll-out of ice cream freezer cabinets that are expected to use at least 10 percent less energy. The company said the freezer cabinets, which it has used for several years across Europe and Asia, also replace harmful “F” ... Read more »

North America Lags on Supplier Emission Cuts

February 1, 2012February 2, 2012 by Tamar Wilner

North American suppliers are likely to fall behind in the race to capitalize on climate change opportunities, scoring a D average on emissions performance compared to the C average for European and Asian suppliers, according to research published today by the Carbon Disclosure Project and Accenture. A New Era: Supplier ... Read more »

EU Business Leaders Say ETS Cheap Carbon Prices Hurt Green Investments

December 16, 2011December 16, 2011 by Leon Walker

Leaders of some of Europe’s largest businesses – including Shell, Alstom, Deutsche Telekom, Philips, Skanska, Tesco, Unilever and Vestas – called on the EU’s politicians to recalibrate the EU Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) in order to bring stability to carbon markets. The business group The Prince of Wales’s EU Corporate ... Read more »

Most Climate-Responsible Companies Revealed; Scores up 54% in 4 Years

December 7, 2011December 7, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

Unilever has bumped Nike from its perch as the top company for climate responsibility, in the Climate Counts 2011 review. After holding the top spot for three years, Nike falls to fourth in the rankings, which also show that average Climate Count scores have improved 54 percent since 2007, with ... Read more »

CSR Departments Redundant, Unilever Chief Says

November 30, 2011December 1, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

CSR departments are redundant, Unilever chief marketing officer Keith Weed told the annual Marketing Society conference in London. Weed said brands should weave CSR into their practices across the company, and that stand-alone CSR departments are an “add-on,” Marketing magazine reports. Weed added: “The only sustainable growth is consumer-demanded growth. ... Read more »

Unilever: Eco-Innovation Case Studies

November 1, 2011November 1, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

Bob Crawford of Unilever presents case studies to show how the company is building sustainability into its global operations and services.

Nestle, Nike, GSK ‘Deserve Place’ in Sustainability Rankings

October 21, 2011October 21, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

Campbell’s, Danone, General Electric, Glaxosmithkline, HP, Intel, Nestlé, Nike, Panasonic, Siemens, and Unilever are the companies most deserving of their top places within sustainability rankings, according to sustainability advisor Two Tomorrows. They all were rated Aaa in the Tomorrow’s Value Rating 2011. The report aims to uncover which of 92 ... Read more »

Unilever, Shell Among 185 Companies Calling for Government Action on Climate

October 20, 2011March 14, 2018 by Tamar Wilner

Shell, Unilever, Alcoa, Procter & Gamble and Johnson and Johnson today joined 180 other companies in calling on governments to take action to keep the global rise in temperatures below two degrees Celsius. The companies called for governments to agree a “robust, equitable and effective agreement” at the UN Framework ... Read more »

Unilever, Sainsbury’s: ‘Don’t Wait for Customer Demand – Create It’

October 11, 2011October 11, 2011 by Leon Walker

A report from Sainsbury’s, Unilever and Forum for the Future says companies must drive sustainability, rather than waiting for consumers to demand more sustainable products and services. Consumer Futures 2020 says that companies should create consumer demand through marketing, communications and innovation. This tactic will make money for the most ... Read more »

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