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Apple to Manage 1 Million Acres of Chinese Forests

May 12, 2015May 12, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Apple has announced a multi-year project with World Wildlife Fund that aims to protect as much as 1 million acres of responsibly managed working forests in China that provide fiber for pulp, paper and wood products. Apple has set a goal to achieve a net-zero impact on the world’s supply ... Read more »

McDonald’s Commits to End Deforestation Across Supply Chain

April 22, 2015April 21, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

McDonald’s yesterday announced a global commitment on deforestation across the company’s global supply chain. The company says the commitment builds upon McDonald’s Global Sustainability Framework. The pledge encompasses all of the company’s products and focuses on beef, fiber-based packaging, coffee, palm oil, and poultry — for which the company will ... Read more »

McDonald’s, Tyson Foods, Walmart Advance Beef Supply Chain Sustainability

March 4, 2015March 3, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Cargill, McDonald’s, Tyson Foods and Walmart are among the founding members of the US Roundtable for Sustainable Beef, launched yesterday. The USRSB — a group of US beef value chain participants including producers, processors, retailers, foodservice operators, packers, allied industry and non-governmental organizations — will identify sustainability indicators, establish verification ... Read more »

Fairmont Cuts Carbon Emissions 20% Below 2006 Levels

February 23, 2015February 23, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Fairmont Hotels & Resorts has achieved World Wildlife Fund Climate Savers targets, reducing its operational CO2 emissions by 20 percent below 2006 levels, becoming the first hotel brand to meet this environmental goal. To meet the Climate Savers agreement, Fairmont undertook a variety of initiatives globally, which included: Created and ... Read more »

LEGO Powered by Wind Energy

February 18, 2015 by Karen Henry

The LEGO Group is closer to reaching its goal of using 100 percent renewable energy by 2020. Kirkby, a holding and investment company that owns 75 percent of the LEGO Group, has invested about $456 million to construct of an off-shore wind farm in the German North Sea. The first turbines have ... Read more »

Volvo Drives Transport Carbon Cuts, Renews WWF Partnership

November 28, 2014November 26, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The Volvo Group is renewing its partnership with a new commitment to the World Wide Fund for the nonprofit’s Nature’s Climate Savers program. In addition to reducing emissions from products and production during the 2015 to 2020 period, Volvo says it will drive the development toward reducing CO2 emissions throughout ... Read more »

Field to Market, TSC Form Sustainable Agriculture Partnership

November 24, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture has partnered with The Sustainability Consortium in a move aimed at creating a common framework to measure and report the sustainability of US agriculture. In a memorandum of understanding, TSC and Field to Market have agreed to work toward greater harmonization of ... Read more »

Mondelez Boosts Sustainable Coffee Farming

November 14, 2014November 13, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Mondelez International, the world’s second largest coffee company with brands such as Jacobs, Carte Noire, Kenco and Tassimo, is boosting its sustainable agriculture initiatives by inviting a third-party to report on the impact of its Coffee Made Happy Program. The $200 million Coffee Made Happy program aims to improve farmers’ ... Read more »

Lego Builds on IPCC Meeting

October 29, 2014October 28, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Lego looks to be continuing its recent climate-change action campaign. After ending its promotional deal with Shell, following pressure from Greenpeace that called on Lego to stop making toys with Shell’s branding, the toy company is partnering with sustainability think tank Sustainia and the World Wildlife Fund to host an ... Read more »

Novelis Opens World’s Largest Aluminum Recycling Facility

October 2, 2014October 1, 2014 by Ken Jennison

Novelis opened the world’s largest aluminum recycling center on Wednesday in Nachterstedt, Germany, at a cost of $258 million. The center, located adjacent to the company’s rolling mill, will process up to 400,000 metric tons of aluminum scrap annually. Since 2011, Novelis has invested about $500 million to expand its recycling ... Read more »

Novelis to Halve Absolute Carbon Emissions

September 22, 2014September 22, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Novelis has been accepted into the World Wildlife Fund’s Climate Savers program, making the aluminum rolling and recycling firm the only metals company to be accepted into the program. As part of its participation in the program, Novelis has established Climate Savers commitments that align with its established sustainability agenda. ... Read more »

Domtar Sells 5 Million Tons FSC-Certified Paper

September 9, 2014September 9, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Domtar has sold its 5 millionth ton of Forest Stewardship Council-certified uncoated paper — a first for the North American market, the company says. Domtar became the first company in North America to offer FSC-certified copy paper in 2005. The company also has long-standing partnerships with the Rainforst Alliance and ... Read more »

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