Environment

“Growth” is every company’s goal—including Arrow’s. But it’s also a word that can send shivers down the spines of the sustainability-minded.

Journalist Eric Roston has been overseeing sustainability news coverage at Bloomberg LP since 2011, and over the past 15 years has worked on climate change from virtually every angle, including publishing the popular science book, ‘The Carbon Age’. Eric Roston will be moderating all four plenary sessions at next month’s GRI Global Conference. In this exclusive interview, we discover his views on the key sustainability challenges of our time, and, what action is needed to solve them.

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the main source of multilateral financing for the Latin America and the Caribbean, committed $3.8 billion for projects that target climate change adaptation and mitigation, renewable energy and environmental sustainability in 2015.

This week Antea Group senior consultant Pamela Gordon completed the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's six-week Executive Education Introductory Course, titled "Enterprise, Innovation and the Circular Economy." During the course, she shared insights about how the circular economy is holistically designed to be restorative and regenerative. Now, she capsulizes her learning as relevant to the electronics supply chain.

Richard Hanson of Georgia Water Tanks and Eriqah Vincent of National Wildlife Federation talk with "The Green Guy."

Keep America Beautiful and The UPS Foundation, which leads the global citizenship programs at UPS (NYSE: UPS), today announced the launch of the application period for the 2016 Keep America Beautiful/UPS Community Tree and Recovery Tree Planting Grants program.

Track #2 - Technical: Strategic Approaches and Resources for Integrating Sustainability

In this session, you’ll hear about AIAG Greenhouse Gas (GHG) workgroup activities to help automotive companies with carbon reporting and reduction. Speakers from supplier and government agencies will share their perspectives on the value of practical GHG reductions in logistics.

The PATH Foundation is celebrating its 25th anniversary with plans to add 37 new miles of trails. The organization is seeking to raise $15.8 million in private funds through a recently-launched fundraising campaign. The campaign will leverage more than $34 million in public funding for a total investment of $50 million in new trail projects. To encourage community support, the James M. Cox Foundation has committed $6 million to the effort.