Product innovation is part of what drives Georgia-Pacific's business across all of our segments. But our Consumer Products business has an interesting innovation backstory with NASA and a manufacturing first 212 miles above Earth, resulting in an extraordinary achievement.
How can consumers and local communities move to a clean energy supply chain while maintaining healthy local economies and solving for climate change? Today, National Grid's US President Dean Seavers launched, "The Democratization of Energy: Climate Change, Renewables, and Advancing the American Dream," an eBook that discusses the ways in which we can transition our nation to a decarbonized economy while ensuring delivery of reliable and affordable energy.
On April 4, 2016, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced that the Living Future Institute’s Declare label is now an approved pathway for Option 1 of the Building Product Optimization and Disclosure, Material Ingredients credit for LEED v4. Declare labels with ingredient disclosure greater than 1,000ppm now comply with the LEED v4 credit requirements.
LG Electronics USA is introducing its new energy-efficient, performance “High Bay” wireless LED system, designed for easy installation in facilities with tall ceilings like gymnasiums, for example, thanks to its advanced wireless grouping technology and light weight.
Deirdre White, CEO of PYXERA Global, will moderate “The Big Partnership Debate” at this year’s Responsible Business Summit on June 7 and 8. Joined by Walgreens Boots Alliance, Fairtrade Foundation, Oxfam, REN, and The Irish Food Board, this live, interactive session will examine what to look for in partnership opportunities to add real value. Corporate and nonprofit participants will learn how to evaluate if partnership is the right choice for their programming and how to structure this kind of collaboration.
International Living Future Institute Founder and Chairman Jason F. McLennan received a distinguished Award of Excellence from Engineering News Record (ENR) at a ceremony in New York City on April 7, 2016.
NetSuite.org launched a 7-week course for nonprofits receiving a software donation to help them understand the ins-and-outs of migrating their financials to NetSuite, enabling them to integrate nonprofit fund accounting, back-office operations, and data consumption from multiple online sources into a cohesive platform to address transparency stewardship and outcomes.
When it comes to waste, nobody wants it. The whole idea of trash is “let’s get rid of it,” and “I don’t want to think about it.” When salvage and recycling enter the scenario, the result may be less trash, but it’s never no trash.
The business landscape is reorienting itself and you can almost hear priorities shifting toward change-readiness and the bigger picture. And in this...
AEG embraces its responsibility to enrich the lives of people in the communities around the world where we do business, and to use business to create...
