ESG News from Leading Brands

Environment

Investors Ratcheting up Their Contributions to Climate Action

Dec 7, 2015 12:00 PM ET

As world leaders and government representatives continue negotiations to hammer out a global climate deal at COP21 in Paris, institutional investors are ratcheting up their contributions in a number of areas.

Environment

HEINEKEN USA Reduces Carbon Emissions with BSR’s Clean Cargo Working Group

Dec 7, 2015 11:50 AM ET

HEINEKEN works with different industries to improve the environmental performance of marine container transport through BSR’s Clean Cargo Working Group.

Research, Reports & Publications

Employee Giving Trends & Practices Are Evolving at a Very Rapid Pace. How Do You Stack Up?

Dec 7, 2015 11:45 AM ET

This Thursday, December 10th at 11:00 am ET, America's Charities will unveil findings from its new Snapshot 2015 report, The New Corporate DNA: Where Employee Engagement and Social Impact Converge, during a free webinar hosted by 3BL Media. Attendees of this webinar will receive a complimentary copy of Snapshot 2015.

Environment

Paris Climate Meeting Spreads Collective Responsibility

Dec 7, 2015 11:30 AM ET

Even in the best case, the Paris climate talks will fail to reduce greenhouse gases below the level at which our world will be disastrously altered.

Environment

Interview with Kumi Naidoo, International Executive Director at Greenpeace

Dec 7, 2015 11:00 AM ET

GRI’s Sustainability and Reporting 2025 project is designed to promote an international discussion about the purpose of sustainability reporting and disclosures looking ahead to 2025. Watch this interview with Kumi Naidoo, International Executive Director at Greenpeace.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

5 Tangible Ways CSR Can Impact Your Business

Dec 7, 2015 11:00 AM ET

Environment

The Corporate World is Increasingly Seeing Climate Change as Key Issue

Dec 7, 2015 10:45 AM ET

World leaders began meeting on November 30 to hammer out a successor to the Kyoto Protocol. They have until December 11 to agree on a climate agreement good enough to keep temperature rise to two degrees. That’s the threshold scientists say we don’t want to cross in order to avoid the worst climate change impacts.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Carnival Cruise Line’s Comedy Benefit at Fort Lauderdale Improv Raises More Than $12,000 for Kids in Distress of Broward and Palm Beach Counties

Dec 7, 2015 10:35 AM ET

The Fort Lauderdale Improv was recently transformed into Carnival’s Punchliner Comedy Club – for one night, at least – as part of a special fundraiser that generated more than $12,000 for Kids in Distress of Broward and Palm Beach Counties – a 20 percent increase over the amount raised at last year’s event.

Events, Media & Communications

Are Public Companies Including Sustainability Information in the Traditional Financial Communications Channels? And a Conversation with Mondelez International Reporting on the Sustainability Journey

Dec 7, 2015 10:30 AM ET

We are almost at calendar year end and for many companies approaching fiscal year end -- and that means busy-busy-busy times in the corporate suite as senior managements prepare 4Q / year end results for the earnings release and the details of the earnings call to be scheduled not too far into the new year 2016.

Environment

Environment: Watch It Like a Hawk

Dec 7, 2015 10:30 AM ET

Toyota team members are creatures of habitat. And a few who test vehicles for performance and reliability have become a part-time pit crew for red-tailed hawks at Toyota Arizona Proving Ground (TAPG) in Phoenix.

Environment

What Paris Talks Have Accomplished So Far

Dec 7, 2015 10:20 AM ET

The two-week United Nations conference on climate change is halfway over, and no matter what else happens, it has already been a clear-cut success in two critical areas.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

What’s the Real Story? Reading Between the ESG Lines

Dec 7, 2015 10:20 AM ET

While the triple bottom line is now an established principle in sustainability circles, moving from the platitudes in CSR reports to the hard data investors seek to understand the ROI of these measures involves a far more rigorous approach to disclosure. In a recent presentation to SRI, JLL’s General Counsel, Mark Ohringer, and Global Treasurer, Bryan Duncan, provided the following practical insights on how to translate ESG impacts to shareholder benefits.

Social Impact & Volunteering

The Impact of CSR Storytelling Through Video

Dec 7, 2015 10:05 AM ET

The 2016 Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship Film Festival, sponsored by Mary Kay, provides your company with a platform to share your CSR story with thousands of viewers.

Environment

All Eyes on Paris: Sustaining Global Action Beyond COP21

Dec 7, 2015 10:05 AM ET

COP21 runs the risk of falling short of expectations. In the wake of Montreal, Kyoto, Copenhagen and all the other COPs, leaders must sustain the massive drumbeat of COP21 engagement in order to make an impact far beyond the next week. Companies, NGOs and global influencers alike need to inspire interest and engagement of the masses – to make all global citizens want to take action.

Environment

Brightening Our Corner - Fall 2015

Dec 7, 2015 10:00 AM ET

Environment

For the First Time in COP History, Business has an Official Role

Dec 7, 2015 10:00 AM ET

December 5 was Action Day at COP21 and for the first time in the history of the COP climate conferences, business has an official role through the Lima-Paris Action Agenda (LPAA).

Responsible Production & Consumption

Nespresso Made First Payments to Colombian Farmers’ Pilot Retirement Savings Plan

Dec 7, 2015 10:00 AM ET

A year on from the launch of the Farmer Future Program, more than 850 coffee farmers in Caldas, Colombia have registered in the ground-breaking initiative that will give them financial security when they reach retirement age.

Environment

BSR COP21 Daily Dispatch: Day 8

Dec 7, 2015 9:30 AM ET

The BSR COP21 Daily Dispatch highlights news and insights on the policy negotiations and their implications for business and a sustainable future for our climate.

Energy

Novo Nordisk Joins RE100 with 100% Renewable Ambition

Dec 7, 2015 9:00 AM ET

Global diabetes company, Novo Nordisk, produces nearly half of the world’s insulin at its production sites across the world. A new commitment to renewable electricity ensures meeting the needs for the company’s products is done in a sustainable way.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

SASB: Why CFOs Should Embrace Sustainability for Strategic Growth

Dec 7, 2015 8:40 AM ET

Interview of Jeff Thomson with Jean Rogers, co-founder and CEO of SASB.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

CBRE Teams Up with Soles4Souls® To Provide Shoes to 19,365 People Worldwide

Dec 7, 2015 8:05 AM ET

Events, Media & Communications

Responsible Business Takes Action

Dec 7, 2015 8:00 AM ET

Caring for Climate Business Forum at COP21 – looks at emissions performance as well as the progress companies have made against the five commitments they made when they joined the initiative.

Environment

Robert Redford: Mayors Can Move Quicker on Climate Change

Dec 7, 2015 6:00 AM ET

Actor and Environmentalist Robert Redford and Bloomberg LP founder and majority owner Michael Bloomberg discuss the potential influence of Mayors on climate change at the COP21 Summit in Paris on "Bloomberg Markets."

Environment

How Companies Can Take Action on Climate Change

Dec 6, 2015 9:00 AM ET

Climate change is again trending as a topic within corporate citizenship and the larger business community. The release of Pope Francis’ encyclical, “Laudato Si” (Be Praised), which highlights the impact developed economies are having on our planet and our responsibilities to act, the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Power Plan, and the upcoming COP21—the 21st Session of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change—are creating a buzz.

Research, Reports & Publications

GRI’s Reporting 2025: A Look Ahead with Katherine V. Smith

Dec 5, 2015 8:20 AM ET

Once the province of a few unusually green or community-oriented companies, sustainability reporting is now a best practice employed by companies worldwide. A full 95 percent of the Global 250 issue sustainability reports, and by doing so gain a competitive edge in every aspect of the triple bottom line.