New Report Ranks Largest Global Food Companies on Water Risk Management as Climate Change Impacts Accelerate

Tue, 09/12/2017 - 10:20

Climate change is making water one of the biggest risks to the $5 trillion food industry, whether from epic flooding or prolonged drought. A new report released today by the sustainability nonprofit organization, Ceres, calls on major food companies to reduce the impacts of a warming climate—on both the global water supply and on their bottom lines—by adopting far stronger practices to use limited fresh water resources more efficiently.

Counting Our Carbon

Tue, 09/12/2017 - 10:15

For the first time, Domtar’s Transportation and Logistics team estimated the greenhouse gas emissions from shipping pulp and paper products to our customers. The results: an estimated 349,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in 2016.

Keep America Beautiful, Environmental Research & Education Foundation to Collaborate on Food Waste Education in K-12 Schools

Tue, 09/12/2017 - 10:15

Keep America Beautiful, the nation’s iconic community improvement nonprofit organization, and the Environmental Research & Education Foundation (EREF), a nonprofit organization whose mission is to advance scientific research and education for sustainable solid waste management practices, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that outlines an agreement to join efforts on quantifying food waste in K-12 schools. In addition, the MOU outlines the organizations’ aim to provide tools and resources that help reduce school-based food waste.

Bechtel VIDEO | Raising Standards of a Sustainable Supply Chain

Tue, 09/12/2017 - 09:25

Interview with Héctor García Salgó, Regional President of Bechtel in Latin America

Cementos Progreso Joins the CSI to Scale Up Its Sustainability Commitments

Tue, 09/12/2017 - 09:55

Agroforestry in India: National Policy Focuses on Improving the Productivity of Smallholding Farmers and Providing Them Sustainable Livelihoods

Thu, 09/14/2017 - 09:00

Inspired to Make a Difference

Fri, 09/15/2017 - 10:00

Long before the terms corporate responsibility, corporate citizenship and the triple bottom line were used, and before annual corporate responsibility reports were commonplace, Hormel Foods was doing its part to make the world a better place.

It was the company’s founder, George A. Hormel, who recognized the importance of protecting the environment and giving back and instilled it in the company’s values.

Land Restoration Through Agroforestry in Brazil

Tue, 09/12/2017 - 09:05

A new Brazilian Forest Code obliges farmers to restore degraded lands on conservation set-asides required on all rural properties, known as Permanent Preservation Areas and Legal Reserves.

Hormel Foods Surpasses Water Reduction Goal and Has Record Year of Giving

Tue, 09/12/2017 - 09:30

Hormel Foods has launched its 11th annual corporate responsibility report. The report is available online and includes information related to the company’s corporate responsibility performance in fiscal 2016.

The Subaru Fall Festival at Greensgrow Farms Returns to Philadelphia

Mon, 09/11/2017 - 16:00

Subaru of America, Inc. and Greensgrow Farms, Philadelphia’s famous urban farm and community garden center, will welcome its neighbors and visitors to celebrate the fall season at the Subaru Fall Festival at Greensgrow Farms on October 7, 2017. The Subaru Fall Festival at Greensgrow Farms is Philadelphia’s premier harvest season event, expecting crowds of over 4,000 people from all over the region.