Brightening Our Corner Newsletter - August 2016

Brightening Our Corner is the quarterly newsletter of the Ray C. Anderson Foundation. This edition features news from The Ray, the Ray C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business at Georgia Tech's Scheller College of Business, Green Guy Media, Georgia News Network, Georgia Department of Transportation, Biomimicry Institute and Bioneers.

IAA Preview Mercedes-Benz Trucks

Mercedes-Benz: First Fully Electric Truck

This means that in the future, heavy trucks will take part in urban distribution operations with zero local emissions and hardly a whisper. The market launch of this technology is conceivable for Daimler Trucks at the beginning of the next decade. In the light distribution sector, Daimler Trucks has already been impressively demonstrating the day-to-day suitability of the fully electric truck in customer trials with the FUSO Canter E-Cell since 2014.

How 7 Different Industries Benefit from EHS & Sustainability Consulting

When it comes to designing, implementing and managing EHS and sustainability programs, each industry faces unique requirements, challenges and opportunities. There’s no one-size-fits-all approach, and many companies find they lack the resources or expertise to create programs that meet compliance and add business value.

If this is what you’re experiencing as you work to implement or refine your company’s programs, enlisting the help of an EHS and sustainability consultant may provide the direction and helping hands you’re looking for.

Protecting the Future of Our National Parks

Our national parks have a big, big problem. It’s you.

Addressing Fresh Water Deficiency

For many countries, fresh water availability is an acute concern. In some cases it is the sheer number of people in one location that is triggering the deficiency, in others it is rising sea levels due to climate change and in some situations it is a particular industry, such as cotton that is causing the problem. Because of this, over 1 billion people have no access to clean drinking water and 2 million people die annually from water-related diseases.

Don't Lose Your Cool: Katie Herzog on A/C

Who doesn't enjoy that refreshing feeling when you walk in from 90 degree heat to the cool blast of an air-conditioned room? Last month extreme heat blistered most of the US, from the Northeast, to the Southwest and practically every place in between.

On World Elephant Day, a Victory for Wildlife

Elephant populations across the globe are threatened due to habit loss and poaching, but on World Elephant Day, celebrated last week on August 12, the beleaguered giants​ and other animals​ have something to celebrate as leading e-commerce and social media companies came together to take action on the sale of illegal wildlife products all over the world.

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