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Marathon Oil Corporation Releases 2017 Living Our Values Corporate Sustainability Report

Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE: MRO) today published its 2017 Living Our Values Corporate Sustainability Report. In the report, Marathon Oil describes its actions to promote economic, social and environmental sustainability in its business and the communities where its employees live and work.

VIDEO | Barclays Citizenship Awards: The Water Challenge Team

The Water Challenge, Preserving a Global Resource, was published in partnership with Columbia University. The report analyses financial and technical solutions the energy industry can use to lower water-related costs and improve its fresh-water footprint, featuring case studies of companies improving outcomes as a result of these innovative solutions and partnerships.

Erb Featured Business Sustainability Case Study | Dell: Upcycling Ocean Plastics Through Supply Chain Innovation

This case focuses on Dell’s efforts to develop an open-source, scalable, and cost-effective supply chain capable of delivering ocean plastics waste to its production facilities, and potentially to those of partnering companies through a consortium. Piyush Bhargava, vice president of global operations at Dell and leader of Dell’s Ocean Plastics Initiative, must deliver a strategic plan for how to proceed with the initiative but has three primary challenges: (1) how to deliver “additionality”, (2) how to operationalize an ocean plastics supply chain at scale, and (3) how Dell should approach developing a consortium to ensure meaningful demand for the material.

Fortune 500 Companies Focus on Climate Change's Effect on Earnings

The implications are clear for publicly traded companies, said the ratings agency: “We may begin to see institutional investors build climate risk factors into their portfolio selection processes, thereby placing greater emphasis on climate when directing investments.”

Comcast NBCUniversal Releases 2018 Corporate Social Responsibility Report

Comcast NBCUniversal released its 2018 Corporate Social Responsibility Report today. It covers the following seven themes: Bridging the Opportunity Divide; Building a Community of Civic Engagement; Using our Platforms to Inform and Inspire; Supporting our Military Community; Stronger, Better: a Year of Disaster and Resilience; Transforming the Customer Experience, One Customer at a Time; and Sustainable Excellence from the Ground Up.

HP Tracks Progress and Renews Commitment to the Planet, People and Communities in its 2017 Sustainable Impact Report

Sustainability Impact is at the heart of HP’s reinvention journey, fueling the company’s innovation and growth, and strengthening HP’s business for the long term. It supports HP’s vision of creating technology that makes life better for everyone, everywhere.

New Sustainability Report Highlights Ecolab’s Role as a Global Catalyst for Corporate Responsibility

In its new annual corporate sustainability report, Catalyst for a Better World, Ecolab Inc. (ECL) highlights how it helps customers reduce water and energy use, ensure clean hospitals, hotels and restaurants, and safely produce the world’s food and energy.

Singtel Group Publishes Its Fourth Group Sustainability Report 2018

The Singtel Group Sustainability Report 2018 is the company’s fourth Group report which covers the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and sustainability strategies, initiatives and performance of its operations in Singapore and Australia for the financial year ended 31 March 2018 (FY2018).

NRG Energy INFOGRAPHIC | 2017 Sustainability Achievements At-A-Glance

Sustainability is at the heart of NRG’s mission. It is a business opportunity to meet evolving market demands in a rapidly changing industry. Our sustainability efforts focus on driving business results, reducing risk and enhancing our brand value.

A Peaceful War on CSR – Making CSR Work for the Poorest

The Erb Institute participated in the India Centre for Responsible Business's fourth annual International Sustainability Standards Conference in Delhi. We were inspired by Sudhir K. Sinha, the Founder Director and Chief Coach at the Centre for Sustainability and Responsibility Inc (CSR Inc) in India and asked that he write an article on the state of CSR in India.

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