Responsible Production & Consumption

Efficiency Meets Sustainability: First-ever Fair Trade USA Certified Organic Palm Oil Now Available

“Consumers and our retail customers want to know that palm farmers are treated fairly, and working with Fair Trade USA and Daabon allows us to meet our consumers’ needs,” said Jessica Sobel, senior director of sustainability at Hain Celestial Group, Inc. “The Fair Trade certification of Spectrum® Organic All Vegetable Shortening reflects a shared commitment to empower farmers and protect the environment.”

Environment

Atlas Copco Eco Design | Sustainable Productivity in Practice

In order to minimize the environmental footprint of our business and the impact from our products we need to target environmental aspects in the early product development stages. We do this through our Eco design concept.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Sustainability Beyond the Photo Op

One of the perks of attending sustainability and corporate social responsibility events is exposure to business leaders who are genuinely excited about the way their organizations are making the world a better place.

Increasingly, I’m encountering senior executives who encourage their peers to look closely at CSR programs to make sure they have adequate scale to actually make a difference, and that they connect to a company’s mission.

Innovation & Technology

Speed Business, Reduce Environmental Impacts? NS Has a Mobile App for That

Norfolk Southern always is looking for innovative ways to improve customer service. In 2015, that drive led to the unveiling of ExpressNS, a name that describes exactly what it does. This mobile phone app – the first of its kind in the rail industry – helps speed the flow of truckers as they arrive at NS intermodal facilities to pick up or deliver customers’ trailers and containers.

Innovation & Technology

New Akzonobel Ingredient Eases Regulatory Pressure on Detergent Makers

Detergent manufacturers can now meet strict environmental regulations relating to the use of phosphates following the launch of a new ingredient developed by AkzoNobel's Chelates business.

Environment

National Geographic's Newest Climate Change Documentary 'Extreme Weather' to Hit Theaters on October 15

National Geographic recently announced that its newest documentary feature Extreme Weather, a big-screen look at how climate change influences natural disasters, will arrive at IMAX theaters and more across North America on Saturday, October 15. The film takes audiences on a nationwide journey, tracking the causes and effects of wildfires in California, tornadoes in the Midwest, and melting glaciers in Alaska. 21st Century Fox expanded its partnership with National Geographic last year to create National Geographic Partners, bringing together all of National Geographic's media properties with 27% of all proceeds going toward the Society's research and grantmaking efforts.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

FOX25 Announces Adam Crellin-Sazama as Boston’s 2016 Cox Conserves Hero

Social Impact & Volunteering

Tetra Tech’s 50th Anniversary Global Clean Water Fund to Support Projects around the World

Helping communities in developing countries meet their basic human needs through lasting, scalable projects and technologies

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Utilities Should Incorporate Asset Management into PPP Models

Water and wastewater utilities considering the use of public-private partnerships (PPP) often express concerns that such arrangements could lead to rate increases and diminished service. However, it is possible to provide ratepayer safeguards and allow reasonable returns on private investments under PPP models through the implementation of an asset management framework.

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