Research, Reports & Publications

How Caterpillar Helps Our Customers Build a Better World

A better world is within our reach. Click here to learn more about our new enterprise strategy and how it allows us to grow profitably so we can continue to innovate solutions that help customers build critical infrastructure and meet people’s basic needs. Sustainability remains one of our foundational values.

Innovation & Technology

Data: Our Super Power in the Age of Disruption

We live in an age of disruption, with technological, societal and environmental changes impacting the global marketplace at an unprecedented pace. As a data company, we have unique insight into these changes, along with the challenges and opportunities they present for business and society alike.

Events, Media & Communications

Boost Employee Giving and Scale Your Company's Community Impact With This Modern Approach to Workplace Giving

One of the top five detractors from an employee donor's giving experience is the limited ability to donate how and when they want. And among the biggest obstacles to giving is affordability, with about 1 in 8 Americans surveyed in Thrivent Financial's Money Mindset Report saying it’s because they “can’t give enough to make a difference.”

Innovation & Technology

How Barclays Is Using Financial Intelligence to Tackle Human Traffickers

Green Infrastructure

Verizon Is Helping Cities Improve Their Quality of Life Through Technology Solutions

From population growth to rapid urbanization, cities are facing new challenges to maintaining high standards of livability, resiliency and sustainability. Victoria Dower and the Smart Communities team at Verizon are identifying and delivering solutions. ​

Energy

Opportunities to Procure Renewable Power in India

With the increasing appeal of renewable energy deployment to reduce the environmental footprint and power costs, a new industry guide sheds light on approaches to renewable energy procurement in India for corporate buyers. The “Accelerating corporate procurement of renewable energy in India” report, released by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, was the result of 23 companies, with CLP in the lead.

Education

How Cisco Is Helping Tweens Become Tech-Savvy Global Problem Solvers

For more than two decades, Cisco has built a world-leading IT training program, Cisco Networking Academy, which has empowered millions around the world. Now we are taking this experience to younger learners with Global Problem Solvers: The Series (GPS: The Series), a new animated web series for kids exploring entrepreneurship, life skills, and how to use technology for social good.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

When It Comes to Packaging, Plastic Is the Environmental Material of Choice

This title may scream fake news to many of you. Yet it is true, and particularly relevant given the latest efforts to ban the plastic straw. A 2016 study found that replacing plastics in packaging and consumer products could raise environmental costs nearly fourfold. This is because strong, lightweight plastics help us do more with less material, providing environmental benefits throughout the lifecycle of plastic products and packaging. The study also concludes that the environmental costs of alternative materials can be lower per ton of production but are greater in aggregate due to the much larger quantities of material needed to fulfill the same purposes as plastics.

Innovation & Technology

Shedding an Outmoded Paper Trail in Serbia

Let’s time-travel to Serbia, circa 1999: it was a time before smartphones or Wi-Fi. The largest hard disk available had a 340MB capacity and cost USD$499. Meanwhile, the volume of printed paper generated for record-keeping and the demands of the modern age was reaching new heights with each passing day. Today, every consumer product we desire is ’one click away.’

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Boost Productivity & Employee Retention: Have Everyone Work From Home

In 2017, New York City-based communications strategist Courtney Hamilton and her fiancée decided to forgo a typical wedding, instead eloping to Costa Rica. By the time she returned to the office a week later, Hamilton and her new husband had already decided to keep the adventure going by moving to Los Angeles so he could accept a killer job they just couldn’t pass up.

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Environmental Sustainability

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Rethinking EHS Podcast

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Greener Products and Solutions

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Accelerating access to healthcare technology

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Sustainability Regulations

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Health and Safety by Antea Group

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Enriching Women's Lives

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Ray C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business

The Ray C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business at Georgia Tech acts as a catalyst and connector, bringing together students, research faculty...

Sustainable Operations

ops-related sustainability content (e.g., new electric equipment, decarb efforts, etc.)