ESG News from Leading Brands

Responsible Production & Consumption

Achieving Sustainable Development Goals to Eradicate Human Trafficking and Forced Labor: New Global Organization Alliance 8.7 Launched

Oct 6, 2016 4:40 PM ET

Alliance 8.7 was launched on September 21 during the UN General Assembly in support of meeting Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 8.7, to “take immediate and effective measures to eradicate forced labour, end modern slavery and human trafficking and secure the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour, including recruitment and use of child soldiers, and by 2025 end child labour in all its forms”.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

IFF CEO Andreas Fibig Elected to WBCSD Executive Committee

Oct 6, 2016 4:35 PM ET

International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (NYSE:IFF) (Euronext Paris:IFF), a leading innovator of sensory experiences that move the world, today announced that Chairman and CEO Andreas Fibig was elected to the Executive Committee of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). The WBCSD is a CEO-led organization of forward-thinking companies that galvanizes the global business community to create a sustainable future for business, society and the environment.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Price Alone Is Not Enough: U.S. Military Embedding Sustainability Criteria in Spending

Oct 6, 2016 4:05 PM ET

Research, Reports & Publications

Caterpillar Construction Industries Review

Oct 6, 2016 4:00 PM ET

Education

Boston College Center For Corporate Citizenship Offers New Online Learning Program

Oct 6, 2016 3:00 PM ET

Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship, Carroll School of Management new online course titled, Corporate Citizenship 101: The Fundamentals, will run from October 31 through December 16, 2017.

Events, Media & Communications

Socially Responsible Brands Have the Power to Grow Business

Oct 6, 2016 2:45 PM ET

Today’s buyers are increasingly choosing purpose-driven brands and those brands are seeing the power being socially responsible holds. Laura Asiala, Vice President of Public Affairs at PYXERA Global shared examples of large, multi-national companies that have built socially responsible brands using different tactics while also growing their business at the Big Talk: Branding October 5, 2016 in Georgetown, D.C.

Green Infrastructure

How Infrastructure Companies Deliver Real Benefits

Oct 6, 2016 2:40 PM ET

Sustainable infrastructure is a confluence of ideas. It’s physical, eco-friendly, and smart. It seeks to minimize costs and maximize the use of resources. It’s also global. The United Nations specifically mentioned infrastructure in its 17 Sustainable Development Goals. The role of infrastructure is to provide essential services to societies and industries, including transportation networks, energy grids, and wastewater-treatment plants. Such projects are critical to economic development and to connecting people and ideas.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Sodexo Leverages Scope of its Supply Chain to Make Positive Economic Impact in the Local Communities Where It Operates

Oct 6, 2016 1:25 PM ET

Sodexo, the world leader in Quality of Life services, is a global company operating in 80 countries around the world, but with a keen focus and commitment to local communities. In serving its more than 9,000 client sites across North America the integrated facilities management and food service operations organization leverages the scope and scale of its supply chain to create economic opportunities for small and rural communities, sourcing more than $36.6 million annually in produce that is grown in the same state or region where it is served.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Mimicking Nature to Fight Climate Change

Oct 6, 2016 1:15 PM ET

Can nature teach us how to mitigate the effects of climate change, or even to reverse it?

Responsible Production & Consumption

How Sodexo’s Commitment to Small Businesses Helps Communities

Oct 6, 2016 1:00 PM ET

Environment

New Data: Water Use in Hydraulic Fracturing a Key Risk in Water-Stressed Regions in Texas and Colorado

Oct 6, 2016 11:45 AM ET

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Amber Cove Named A Top-Rated Cruise Line Private Island Destination in Inaugural Cruise Critic Cruisers’ Choice Destination Awards

Oct 6, 2016 11:30 AM ET

The Caribbean’s newest destination, Amber Cove in the Dominican Republic, has been named among the Top-Rated Cruise Line Private Island Destination in Cruise Critic’s first-ever Cruisers’ Choice Destination Awards. The awards are given based on consumer feedback submitted on the Cruise Critic website over the past year.

Environment

Why Don’t We Ever Discuss the Carbon Impacts of Flying?

Oct 6, 2016 11:00 AM ET

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Commonwealth of Kentucky Makes Being an Adoption-Friendly Workplace a Top Priority

Oct 6, 2016 11:00 AM ET

The first family of Kentucky is making their connection to adoption very well-known as they continue to ensure adoption benefits remain a priority for state employees. This year, the Commonwealth of Kentucky ranked second as an industry leader in the government category on the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption’s annual Best Adoption-Friendly Workplace list.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Atlas Copco and Stop Hunger Now Partner to Package Meals for Those in Need

Oct 6, 2016 10:25 AM ET

Events, Media & Communications

Mercedes-Benz 'EQ' Show Car | Into the Future with Zero Emissions

Oct 6, 2016 10:25 AM ET

Paris Motor Show, late September 2016. Mercedes-Benz issued invitations to a major press conference.

Education

CITGO Lemont Refinery Promotes Higher Education through STEM Scholarships

Oct 6, 2016 10:00 AM ET

Fifteen college-bound students from three Lemont area high schools were awarded a CITGO Fueling Education Scholarship for excellence in the areas of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). The students received their award from Peter Collarelli, Government and Public Affairs Manager and were recognized by their peers during a school assembly.

Events, Media & Communications

The Dos and Don'ts of CR reporting

Oct 6, 2016 10:00 AM ET

Sustainability Report. Corporate Social Responsibility (or CSR) Report. Environmental, Social and Governance (or ESG) Report.
As sustainability practitioners, we know it’s a report that goes by many names. Today, however, one element is unchanging: Reports that disclose material information on a company’s sustainability progress are no longer "nice to do." They are quickly becoming a non-negotiable "must do" that help to not only inform a company’s CR strategy but also its investment decisions and business strategies.

Health & Healthcare

Mars Symbioscience and Women’s Heart Alliance Partner for Better Heart Health

Oct 6, 2016 10:00 AM ET

Mars Symbioscience and its CocoaVia® brand have joined together with Women’s Heart Alliance (WHA) on its mission to improve heart health and reduce cardiovascular disease among women in the United States.

Events, Media & Communications

Free Webinar on the Future of Renewable Packaging

Oct 6, 2016 10:00 AM ET

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Corporate Citizenship Center, in partnership with Tetra Pak Inc., is hosting a “peek under the package” webinar exploring the future of renewable packaging.

Environment

Infographic: Carbon Neutrality in Today’s Climate

Oct 6, 2016 10:00 AM ET

Climate change is attributed to deforestation and emissions from the combustion of fossil fuels, among other causes. Biomass is considered carbon neutral when the growth rate of forests is greater than or equal to harvest levels, as is the case in North America.

Events, Media & Communications

Bloomberg D4GX 2016 Keynotes: How Big Data Can Be a Tool for Good (Or Evil)

Oct 6, 2016 9:50 AM ET

Can city governments use data analytics to help improve the lives of citizens? That was the question presented to attendees at Bloomberg’s annual Data for Good Exchange conference on Sunday, September 25, 2016, and the answers weren’t always easy to hear.

Environment

NeighborWoods® Month Survey Reveals How Important Trees Are to Home Owners

Oct 6, 2016 9:30 AM ET

Alliance for Community Trees, a program of the Arbor Day Foundation encompassing a collective of local tree planting non-profits, kicks-off NeighborWoods month, the annual celebration of trees and green communities.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Inclusive Economy: Perspectives from Premal Shah of Kiva

Oct 6, 2016 9:25 AM ET

At Kiva we have a saying: Talent is universal equally distributed, but opportunity is not. We believe in a world where everyone can participate in their economy. Digital technology is enabling that reality.

Events, Media & Communications

Troy Wiseman Joins Earth Day Network Board of Directors

Oct 6, 2016 9:05 AM ET

Earth Day Network is the world's largest environmental movement. EcoPlanet Bamboo CEO & Co-Founder Troy Wiseman joins its Board of Directors.