Environment

Why This Dead Patch of Grass Is a Good Thing

Around Boise, Idaho, locals have plenty to say these days about HP and the look of its local campus—and they’re not happy about it. The landscaping, they say, looks neglected. The grass is dying, everything is turning brown, and HP doesn’t seem to be doing anything about it. In one sense, they’re right. HP is allowing things to die off. But it’s not due to neglect. Instead, the campus greenery is withering away for the sake of innovation and environmental responsibility. And, soon, things will look much better.

Energy

Regulators Examining Whether Performance-Based Incentives Could Be the Key to a Modernized Grid

Utility regulators in some U.S. states are considering the adoption of performance-based regulation to replace the traditional cost of service regulation. Under this model, the utility’s revenues would not be based on the total costs of providing service, but rather on a broad economic measure such as the Consumer Price Index in conjunction with a set of specific performance metrics related to the utility’s operations.

Environment

One Simple Action: How FSC, Kimberly-Clark Are Engaging Consumers in Sustainable Forestry

The unprecedented corporate-NGO partnership includes FSC, WWF, HP Inc., International Paper, Kimberly-Clark, McDonald’s, Procter & Gamble and Williams-Sonoma, Inc., all of which sell FSC-certified products.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Daimler Is Building the Future

In future, Kamenz will be further developed into a competence center for battery production. From the middle of 2018, the factory will make the lithium ion batteries for all electrified vehicles of Mercedes-Benz and smart, ranging from the plug-in hybrid to the all-electric models. In addition, the Kamenz factory will also produce batteries for the stationary Mercedes-Benz energy storage unit as well as for 48-volt systems.

Environment

2016 Coca-Cola Public Space Recycling Bin Grant Program Awards 4,518 Recycling Bins to 37 Communities and 25 Colleges

As communities across the country recognize the importance of recycling in honor of America Recycles Day on Nov. 15, Keep America Beautiful and The Coca-Cola Foundation announced that they will be awarding 62 grants to communities in 30 states to make recycling bins more readily available and convenient.

Research, Reports & Publications

Sealed Air Publishes Annual Sustainability Report, Provides First Glimpse Into Progress to Achieve 2020 Sustainability Goals

Sealed Air Corporation (NYSE: SEE) announced recently the publishing of its annual Sustainability Report. This year’s report chronicles the Company’s journey to achieve its 2020 Sustainability Goals, and provides data showing progress in the year 2015.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

CSRHub's Bahar Gidwani Elected Member of Global Reporting Initiative Stakeholder Council

CSRHub is pleased to announce that our CEO and Cofounder, Bahar Gidwani, has been elected as a member of the Global Reporting Initiative’s Stakeholder Council. His three- year term will start at the beginning of 2017.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

“Distribute. Analyze. Optimize. Repeat: How CSR & Sustainability Communicators Engage With Target Audiences Using 3BL Media” – Free Webinar, Dec. 7, 9:30 a.m. ET

NORTHAMPTON, Mass., November 15, 2016 /3BL Media/ - The new generation of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability communicators are operating in real-time.

The days of dedicating a company’s resources around a single CSR or sustainability report is rapidly coming to an end in favor of continuous storytelling so key stakeholders can get the full picture of the breadth of social impact and environmental achievements, including the progress being made toward achieving the United Nations’ Global Goals.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

UN Global Compact Bulletin (November 2016)

The UN Global Compact Bulletin is designed to keep participants up to date on news, actions you can take, resources and events.

Energy

David Hart: Dream World of Magic Blues

If you had a functional magic wand wouldn’t you use it to reverse climate change? A quick flick of your wrist and, presto change-o, our troubles would be over! But, as our guest this week on Sea Change Radio, David Hart, rightly points out, that’s not how the world works.

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