Five Good Reads on Closing the Skills Gap in STEM

This article is part of a series on “solvable problems” within the context of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The Global Engagement Forum: Live takes place this October 10–11, 2018, bringing together leaders from across the private, public, and social sectors to co-create solutions and partnerships to address four urgent, yet solvable problems—closing the skills gap in STEM, reducing post-harvest food loss, ending energy poverty, and eliminating marine debris and ocean plastics.

SC Johnson expande a divulgação de ingredientes nas fragrâncias e continua liderando o setor em relação à transparência dos ingredientes

A SC Johnson anunciou hoje que é a primeira grande empresa de bens de consumo a divulgar globalmente até 0,01% dos ingredientes na fórmula de suas fragrâncias em todo seu portfólio de marcas. Essa ação, que vai além do que é obrigatório, continua a jornada de uma década de trabalho da empresa para a transformação dos esforços do setor quando se trata de transparência de ingredientes.

SC Johnson amplía la divulgación de los ingredientes de las fragancias y sigue liderando en cuanto a transparencia de los ingredientes

SC Johnson anunció que es la primera gran compañía de bienes de consumo envasados (Consumer Packaged Goods, CPG) en divulgar a nivel mundial los ingredientes de sus fragancias hasta el 0,01 % de la fórmula de los productos de toda su cartera de marcas. Esta medida, que va mucho más allá de lo exigido, sigue el camino que la empresa adoptó hace una década para transformar los esfuerzos de la industria respecto de la transparencia de los ingredientes.

SC Johnson Expands Fragrance Ingredient Disclosure, Continues to Lead Industry in Ingredient Transparency

SC Johnson today announced that it is the first major consumer packaged goods (CPG) company to globally disclose fragrance ingredients down to .01 percent of the product formula across its portfolio of brands. This action, which goes beyond what is required, continues the company’s decade-long journey to transform industry efforts when it comes to ingredient transparency.

Join Us to Empower 1.6 Million Women Workers through HERproject by 2022

BSR is proud to launch a new and more ambitious strategy for HERproject, a collaborative initiative that strives to empower low-income women working in global supply chains.

Novelis and Discovery Education Awarded for Global Sustainability Leadership

The Business Intelligence Group today named Novelis and Discovery Education’s Life of a Can initiative Sustainability Service of the Year in the 2018 Sustainability Awards program. The Sustainability Awards honor people, teams and organizations who have made sustainability an integral part of their business practice or overall mission.

Sustainable Development Goals in Corporate Reporting: What Matters to Investors?

Investors care about how companies are advancing the UN Sustainable Development Goals, but businesses don't always report the right information. GA new publication by the Global Reporting Initiative, Principles of Responsible Investment and the UN Global Compact issues 10 recommendations for businesses to meet investor needs in reporting on their SDG progress.

A Data Company Making the World Better

Changing technology, societal, and environmental conditions are disrupting and subsequently influencing how organizations – from FORTUNE 500 corporations to local food pantries – operate. As Larry Fink, Chairman and CEO of BlackRock, Inc., described earlier this year in his annual letter to CEOs, organizations must explicitly convey their strategy for long-term growth and value creation, as financial performance is no longer the only measurement of a company’s strength, but instead the overall societal impact of an organization is paramount.

Republic Services and NJR Clean Energy Ventures Turn New Jersey Brownfield into Green Energy with Completion of New 13 Megawatt Solar Project

Republic Services and NJR Clean Energy Ventures (CEV), the clean energy subsidiary of New Jersey Resources, today celebrated the completion of a 13 megawatt (MW) ground-mounted commercial solar project constructed on the former South Brunswick Landfill Superfund site. Comprised of more than 36,000 solar panels, the project will provide enough clean energy to power 1,360 homes annually. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s carbon calculator, it will also reduce emissions by approximately 14,000 tons, equivalent to removing 2,700 cars from the road each year.

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