Environment

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General Mills
The Bee Lab Takes On a Big Threat to Bees
People know how to protect themselves from disease, but what about bees? Varroa mites are one of the most significant threats to honey bee health today.
Responsible Production & the Circular Economy
JetBlue Airways
Fort Lauderdale Wins Again! Green City Vote Winner Will Receive A New Green Space Courtesy of JetBlue
The Green City Vote is part of JetBlue’s One Thing That’s Green initiative which highlights our commitment to environmentalism. Since 2007, the campaign encourages customers and crewmembers to undertake at least one green initiative in their daily lives to help reduce their carbon footprint.
Environment
Black & Veatch
Beyond Financing: Key Attributes of a Public-Private Partnership
Public-private partnerships (P3s) are most commonly known for funding large-scale water infrastructure projects that a utility can’t support through traditional funding. However, other key attributes in the P3 model are often overlooked. In a P3, the private entity may provide the capital, but the true benefits go well beyond financing alone.
Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment
United Nations Global Compact
UN Global Compact Bulletin (June 2017)
The UN Global Compact Bulletin is designed to keep participants up to date on news, actions you can take, resources and events.
Corporate Responsibility
Subaru of America
High School Students Partner With Subaru and Grand Teton to Encourage Recycling
The Fab Lab is based on Stanford University’s design thinking courses and blends engineering with art. Smith said the projects exemplify the positive and real impact student work has on the community. This winter the teens pitched ideas — from drive-through recycling centers to bottle cap pinball games — to representatives from Grand Teton and Subaru, which has partnered with the park on its zero-waste initiative. The ideas were then narrowed by a panel of judges.
Education & Workforce Development
SCS Global Services
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Approves SCS Global Services as Third Party Certifier for Formaldehyde Emission Standards for Composite Wood Products
Leading third-party certifier SCS Global Services (SCS) announced today that it is now approved by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a Third Party Certifier (TPC) for the Formaldehyde Emission Standards for Composite Wood Products, commonly referred to as the EPA Formaldehyde Rule.
Energy & Infrastructure
Barclays
Unreasonable Impact | Don’t Throw Away Your Utensils…Eat Them!
Bakey’s has developed edible utensils to provide an effective alternative to petroleum-based disposable plastic cutlery. The edible utensils contain no chemicals, preservatives, fat, emulsifiers, artificial coloring, or milk products. Now, instead of throwing away cutlery after a single use, people can eat it, or it will biodegrade in fewer than three days. Bakey’s is targeting a customer base of one billion, helping to avoid 5 million tons of plastic going to landfill.
Environment
Barclays
Barclays Infographic | Utilities: Turned On or Tapped Out?
This new infographic highlights technologies & practices that could save costs, preserve infrastructure & conserve energy to ensure that clean water will be available when we need it.
Environment
Consumers Energy
Consumers Energy Works to Save Michigan’s Water
The company uses hundreds of billions of gallons of water each year, the vast majority related to producing power at its electric generating plants. But in 2016, Consumers Energy reduced water intensity — gallons used per megawatt-hour of electricity produced — by 17 percent at its electric generating plants. The energy provider is aiming for a 20 percent reduction by 2018. Reaching that goal would save more than 100 million gallons of water per year.
Energy & Infrastructure
Bechtel
Sustainability and Profitability
While many companies jump to the conclusion that environmental stewardship and bottom-line profitability are mutually exclusive of each other, Bechtel has always embraced the concept of sustainability and continues to advance it through innovation in the company.
Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

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