EDF+Business

Business and the environment are crucial to each other's success. EDF+Business. Where nature AND business prosper.

Sometimes unlikely partnerships drive incredible results. At Environmental Defense Fund, we believe that environmental progress and economic growth can and must go hand in hand. EDF+Business works with leading companies and investors to raise the bar for corporate sustainability leadership by setting aggressive, science-based goals; collaborating for scale across industries and global supply chains; publicly supporting smart environmental safeguards; and, accelerating environmental innovation. 

For over 25 years, EDF has leveraged cutting-edge science, economic expertise and unexpected partnerships to help high-impact companies – including Walmart, KKR and FedEx – transform business as usual in their products, operations, supply chains and advocacy.

Our world needs healthy environments and healthy businesses to truly thrive. This is not an either/or choice. EDF+Business is forging solutions that drive ROI for both.

Environment | EDF+Business

Meet e-Commerce’s Sustainability Problem That Isn’t the Cardboard Box

Jul 16, 2019 6:45 PM ET

With the click of a button, our groceries, clothes, personal care products, household items – just about anything – could arrive on our doorsteps in a neatly packaged cardboard box. It’s convenience, delivered. But at what cost?

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Environment | EDF+Business

Future Fleets: How Clean Air Innovations are Driving Smarter, Healthier Cities

Sep 25, 2018 5:35 PM ET

When you picture a city bus, an animal control van or a waste management truck, you’re probably not thinking about a high-tech, mobile urban sensing platform, about saving millions of lives, or about the smart city of the future. At least not yet. But a new initiative in Houston is turning public fleets into the rolling eyes and ears of the city, and enabling these vehicles to revolutionize the way air pollution is monitored, measured – and ultimately addressed across the United States.

Environment | EDF+Business

New Tactics to Meet 2020 Deforestation Goals

Aug 22, 2018 12:05 PM ET

Over the last 15 years, an impressive number of companies have set ambitious forest targets in their supply chains. As of September 2017, more than 470 companies in the food and agriculture sector have pledged to eliminate deforestation from their supply chains. The Consumer Goods Forum – a group of 400 global companies with over $3.1 trillion in assets – for example, pledged to achieve zero net deforestation by 2020.