Sustainability

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National Bank of Kuwait Takes Extensive Steps Towards Becoming a Middle East Corporate Sustainability Leader
National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) launched its third annual Sustainability Report today, in alignment with the guidelines from the Kuwait National Development Plan (KNDP), the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDG), the Boursa Kuwait voluntary sustainability disclosure guide and the Equator Principles.

Being in alignment with these five major sets of standards – the de facto international standard for corporate social responsibility reporting – reflects the seriousness of NBK’s commitment to pursuing sustainability at the highest levels of practice in the world. The Boursa Kuwait guide is also aligned with the recommendations of the Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative (SSEI) and the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE).
Research & Reports
Business Call to Action (BCtA)
Business Call to Action Public Eye Q&A Series: Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Interview with Hans Docter, Director Sustainable Economic Development, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Corporate Responsibility
GRI
Update to French Translation of GRI Standards
Additional French translations of the GRI Standards, the world's most widely adopted sustainability reporting framework, are now available.
Research & Reports
Bacardi-Martini, Inc.
Patrón Partners with Leading Bars to Mark World Earth Day
“We are so proud to be bringing our sustainability credentials to the forefront of the conversation around environmental impact, this Earth Day and moving forward,” said Francisco Alcaraz, master distiller at Patrón Spirits International.
Responsible Production & the Circular Economy
Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley Launches Broad-Based Commitment to Develop Systemic Solutions to Reduce Global Plastic Waste
Morgan Stanley will prevent, reduce, and remove 50 million metric tons of plastic waste from rivers, oceans, landscapes and landfills by 2030.
Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment
SCS Global Services
Sustainability at Work: SCS Global Services Releases 2018 Annual Report
SCS Founder and CEO Stanley P. Rhodes attributes the company’s growth and success to the degree that business, government, and NGO measures to promote sustainability have taken hold around the world in every economic sector.
Research & Reports
Deloitte
AmpleHarvest.org Announces New Board President
Today, AmpleHarvest.org, the nation’s only virtual solution to food waste and hunger, has announced the appointment of John Powers, Chief Corporate Development Officer at Deloitte, as their new Board President.

"We are thrilled that John’s taking the reins to help us towards further reducing hunger and food waste in America," said AmpleHarvest.org Executive Director, Gary Oppenheimer. “As a gardener himself, he sees the opportunity, presented by the nation’s 42 million gardeners, to donate their excess harvest to nearly 8,500 AmpleHarvest.org registered food pantries. The solution impacts hunger, food waste and climate change on a vast scale.”
Responsible Production & the Circular Economy
Whirlpool Corporation
Whirlpool Corporation Highlights Significantly Reduced Emissions, Improved Product Efficiency in 2018 Corporate Sustainability Report
Today, Whirlpool Corporation released its 2018 Corporate Sustainability Report, highlighting the company’s progress and accomplishments in the 2018 operational year, with particularly strong results in its efforts to reduce the amount of natural resources required in manufacturing its appliances.
Energy & Infrastructure
Ray C. Anderson Foundation
Ecocentricity Blog: Math Without the Numbers
Ray Anderson's sustainability vision for Interface was for it to rewrite the IPAT equation. He believed that the harmful technologies of the first industrial revolution, extractive and polluting by nature, could be replaced by the technologies of a new, sustainability-focused industrial revolution.
Environment
University of Michigan: Erb Institute | Business for Sustainability
What Does Society Look Like in the Future of the Anthropocene? A Q&A With Andy Hoffman
We have entered a new geologic epoch, called the Anthropocene, that recognizes people’s effect on the Earth’s ecosystems—harming them in ways that are likely irreversible. So what will Anthropocene society look like in the future?
Research & Reports

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