Sustainability & Corporate Social Responsibility

Clean Air Act Violations Lead to Fines, $300M in Improvements Spending for ExxonMobil

November 9, 2017

Violations of the federal Clean Air Act can lead to hefty fines, and even heftier spending on improvement plans, as ExxonMobil was reminded last week: The company settled with the Department of Justice, the EPA and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality for a civil fine of $2.5m and an agreement to spend approximately $300m on air pollution improvements.

Audi Recalls 5,000 Diesel Cars to Fix Emissions Control Software

November 8, 2017

Reuters

Audi is recalling almost 5,000 cars in Europe for a software fix after discovering they emitted too much nitrogen oxide, the polluting gas that parent Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) concealed from U.S. regulators in its devastating 2015 "dieselgate" scandal.

Apple's Supply Chain Draws Criticism for Performance, but Praise for Sustainability

November 7, 2017

Forbes

Two recent studies report varying performance levels in Apple's supply chain: Bloomberg argues that it's lost its mojo, but Greenpeace rates the tech giant as a sustainability pioneer.

Q&A: Aligning Water Goals With Fiscal Responsibility

November 7, 2017

Environmental Leader

Sustainability and profitability go hand-in-hand at Cox Enterprises, a $20bn company headquartered in Atlanta with major subsidiaries in the communications, media and automotive industries.

Green Age Kicks: How Ethical Trainers Won the Fashion Seal of Approval

November 7, 2017

The Guardian

It seems that the fashion industry has finally woken up. Gucci's scrapping fur; Russian entrepreneur Miroslava Duma is investing $500m in sustainable innovations in textiles, such as leather that can be grown in a lab and silk spun by spiders.

Nestlé, Hershey and Mars Broke Promises Over Palm Oil Use, Watchdog Says

November 3, 2017

The Guardian

Nestlé, Mars and Hershey were accused of breaking pledges to stop using "conflict palm oil" from deforested Indonesian jungles just days before the annual Halloween confectionery frenzy.

Building Offshore Wind Turbines in Port Saves Money, Research Shows

November 2, 2017

Maritime Executive

University of Delaware researchers have developed a new method for constructing offshore wind farms and proven that it is cheaper, faster and could make possible offshore wind deployment at a scale and pace able to keep up with the region's scheduled retirements of nuclear and coal-fired power plants.

Daimler Steals Tesla's Thunder With Heavy-Duty Electric Truck

November 2, 2017

Industryweek

Daimler AG is jumping the gun on Tesla Inc. by showing off a battery-powered heavy-duty truck weeks before the California electric-carmaker's own planned unveiling, in a sign of the growing rivalry between the companies.

China Tells Global Companies to Start Taking Care of Workers

November 2, 2017

Bloomberg

Chinese President Xi Jinping emerged from last week's Communist Party Congress radiating more power than a supernova. He also may have shifted the corporate terrain by presenting a new economic vision in which rising living standards take primacy over high-speed growth.

Rabobank, UN Launch $1Bn Fund to Boost Sustainable Farming

October 30, 2017

The New York Times

Rabobank NA is launching with the United Nations $1bn in financing for farmers to transition to more sustainable practices as food companies and consumers are demanding more supply chain transparency.

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