Environment

Brightening Our Corner Newsletter - May 2016

The Ray C. Anderson Foundation Newsletter is out today, with lots of great news about grants, projects, awards and upcoming events pertaining to #theray, biomimicry, MBAs in Sustainability and much more.

Environment

A New Kind of Climate Change Graphic

On climate change: Urgency. Not panic, but a healthy sense of urgency. That’s what we need.

Corporate Responsibility

GRI Podcasts: Beyond Reports - Episode 4, Tamara Barker

Research & Reports

JetBlue Releases Annual Responsibility Report

JetBlue (Nasdaq: JBLU) recently released its annual responsibility report outlining progress the airline made in environmental, social and business responsibility in 2015. This report highlights major developments including a 3.7 percent reduction in standardized emissions since 2009 and carbon offsets totaling more than 1.1 billion pounds of CO2e emissions.

Environment

Invest in Wind Today to Power our Future

Businesses must step up to the plate and lead by example. It’s in the best interest of not only the planet and the people who live on it, but industry as well - climate change is a very real threat to every sector of business.

Corporate Responsibility

Businesses Expected to Excel and Grow in Infrastructure and Innovation (SDG 9)

This week, Global Sourcing Council's 17 Weeks for 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) explores SDG 9 with examples of corporate action for building resilient infrastructure, promoting sustainable industrialization and fostering innovation.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

A New Look at CSR - Corporate Social Responsibility (All-Videos issue)

GreenMoney Journal launches its first-ever all Videos issue on “CSR – Corporate Social Responsibility” (May 2016)

Events

Two Weeks Left to Register for Youth Education Roundtable in Boston

Today’s business leaders are redefining business success by how their companies work and impact society, driving the need for a deeper understanding of the relationship between environmental, educational and economic demands.

Energy & Infrastructure

Corporations School US Universities on Buying and Using Clean Energy

In 2015, corporations bought roughly 3.2 gigawatts (GW) of electricity from utility-scale renewable energy facilities, which generate power from sources like wind and solar and then pump it into the grid to supply energy to utilities and other customers. Indeed, corporations surpassed utilities last year as the majority buyers of wind power. But universities may be the next big customer for utility-scale renewable energy.

Events

CleanMed – Health Care and Sustainability Nirvana

I fell in love with the CleanMed conference when I first attended in 2010. CleanMed is a content-rich gathering, chock full of heart. It was started by two determined nonprofits, Healthcare without Harm andPractice Greenhealth, in 2001.

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