Research & Reports

eBay Publishes Annual Impact Progress Update, Including Renewable Energy Milestone and New Carbon Target

eBay released its 2018 Impact Progress Update, an annual report on the company’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) framework, policies and programs. The Progress Update shows not only how eBay manages its own impacts, but also the positive impact that emerges when people use eBay’s technology and resources. Anchoring the Progress Update are details on eBay’s environmental footprint and progress against each of eBay’s five existing impact goals. This year, we also announced a sixth goal within our Progress Update, aimed at reducing the company’s carbon emissions.

Philanthropy

Duke Energy Awards $3.2 Million to Innovative Education Programs As Part of Its Powerful Communities Grant Program

Duke Energy announced today it is awarding $3.2 million in grants to support 131 innovative K-12 education programs across the communities served by the company.

Research & Reports

Verizon (NYSE:VZ) 2018 Corporate Responsibility Report Reveals New Goal to Source Renewable Energy Equivalent to 50 Percent of Total Electricity Usage

Verizon’s 2018 Corporate Responsibility Report reveals an ambitious new goal to source renewable energy equivalent to 50 percent of its total electricity usage by 2025, a significant undertaking for a company of Verizon’s size. This is one of several goals Verizon has set to minimize its environmental footprint.

Environment

Ecocentricity Blog: Revisiting Maria

Though the storm blew over a year and a half ago, Maria has not left the island. I’m not sure she ever will.

Media & Communications

Open Call for GRI Standards Governance Bodies

Nominations are being welcomed for membership of two governance bodies that are critical to the delivery of the GRI Standards - the Global Sustainability Standards Board and the Due Process Oversight Committee.

Philanthropy

Bloomberg Employees Planted 15,000+ Trees Around the World in 2018

More than 2,000 Bloomberg employees dedicated 17,370 hours of hands-on action supporting local greening efforts in 33 cities around the world in 2018. Bloomberg employees were dedicated to preserving and restoring our local green spaces throughout the year.

Energy & Infrastructure

Message From Mike Bloomberg

In partnership with the Sierra Club, we have helped to close more than half of U.S. coal power plants – 286 out of 530, and counting – since 2011. Recently, we set a new goal of retiring every remaining U.S. coal plant by 2030. And we are launching an ambitious new stage of the campaign called Beyond Carbon. It is a grassroots effort to help move America as quickly as possible away from oil and gas and toward a 100 percent clean-energy economy.

Environment

Allbirds Partners with The Audubon Society for Endangered Bird Shoe Line

As issues like climate change, deforestation and water scarcity heat up, so too doe the plight of animals. In fact, there are more than 27,000 species threatened with extinction, according to the IUCN Red List, that is more than 27 percent of all assessed species.

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

MilliporeSigma Tech Talk: Biopharma Recycling Program

See how we're changing the way the world looks at single-use waste with the Biopharma Recycling Program.

Environment

Time for Trash Talk: GRI Waste Standard Out for Public Comment

In the face of a growing global waste crisis, new corporate reporting disclosures are being developed by GRI to help organizations better understand and communicate their waste impacts.

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