INFOGRAPHIC | How to Minimize Your Ecological Footprint

To address the impact of our ecological footprint, Schneider Electric recently hosted a webinar that considered the various ways humans can utilize the earth’s resources in a more responsible manner.

The Second Life of Tetra Pak Packaging

Beverage cartons are an environmentally sound packaging option. Not only are they manufactured mostly from renewable materials such as paperboard, (over 75%), they can also be easily recycled and turned into new products. When recycled beverage cartons are given a second life, we protect natural resources, reduce climate impact and contribute to local communities.

Rebecca Vallas on Poverty Denialism

“Just remember that what you’re seeing and what you’re reading is not happening,” said the President of the United States this week to a group of veterans. It was a statement eerily reminiscent of the quote from George Orwell’s 1984, “The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears.” It was also yet another example of gaslighting, a term derived from the 1938 Patrick Hamilton play “Gas Light” that’s used to describe efforts to manipulate someone’s perception of reality. It’s, of course, a term with which more and more of us are becoming familiar as of late since we seem to be getting a consistently unhealthy dose of gaslighting under the current Administration. Recently, the White House Council of Economic Advisers published a report that essentially declared poverty in thi

Yum! Brands’ Recipe for Good: 2017 Global Citizenship & Sustainability Report Showcases Company’s Efforts to Serve Food People Trust, Grow Sustainably to Protect the Planet and Unlock Potential in People

Yum! Brands, Inc. today released its 2017 Global Citizenship & Sustainability Report, citizenship.yum.com, highlighting the company’s progress in 2016 and 2017 and outlining efforts by KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell to make a meaningful impact in three areas of strategic focus: Food, Planet and People.

Live Twitter Chat: #YumRecipeforGood, July 31, Noon ET

Please join us for a LIVE 1-hour Twitter chat with Yum! Brands as the company discusses its 2017 Global Citizenship & Sustainability Strategy, which highlights the company’s progress and outlines efforts by KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell to make a meaningful impact in three areas of strategic focus: Food, Planet and People.

Serving millions of customers across 45,000 restaurants in more than 135 countries and territories worldwide, Yum! Brands takes its role as a global citizen and its impact on society and the environment seriously and is focused on building three iconic restaurant brands that people worldwide trust and champion.

Ecocentricity Blog: A Fish Tale

Projections have our oceans containing more plastic than fish, by weight, by the year 2050. A ridiculous amount of the plastic pollution I wrote about last week ends up in our oceans, where it gets caught up in massive swirling ocean currents called gyres.

NRG Sustainability Report: Key Issues Assessment

Our key issues matrix identifies sustainability issues that are relevant to NRG’s current business and operating environment. While creating this matrix, NRG personnel interviewed more than 100 internal and external stakeholders – the results were synthesized into an executive briefing document shared with NRG leadership.

Shortlist Announced! Ethical Corporation Responsible Business Awards

The shortlist for Ethical Corporation's 9th Annual Responsible Business Awards has been announced. The winners will be revealed and celebrated at a glamorous Awards Dinner ceremony on 9th October in central London

Expanding Safe Water Access – An Urgent Global Need

Perhaps it goes without saying: no resource is more vital to humanity than water. And yet, 844 million people—one in ten worldwide—do not have access to #cleanwater. And demand for water is on the rise.

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