Sustainability & Corporate Social Responsibility

E.U. Banks to Support Green Shipping

April 28, 2017

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Dutch bank ABN Amro have signed an agreement to support investments for greening the European shipping fleet.

Tesco Reduces Food Packaging Waste, Increases Recyclability

April 27, 2017

Environmental Leader

British retail grocery giant Tesco Plc will offer fresh food packaging for meat and poultry from 95-percent food-safe recycled content, which is typically recovered from plastic (PET) water bottles from household waste. The packaging, dubbed "Rfresh Elite," is from LINPAC; Tesco is working with its key supplier, Hilton Food Group, to bring the meat and poultry to market in the recycled packaging.

Blockchain Used to Power Brooklyn Microgrid for Solar Energy Re-Sale

April 27, 2017

CIO

Residents of the Park Slope area of Brooklyn are now able to sell power generated from rooftop solar panels via a microgrid enabled by a blockchain ledger that records every transaction made with a local utility.

Status of Forests Is 'Dire' As World Marks 2017 Earth Day

April 27, 2017

Los Angeles Times

They cover a third of the world's landmass, help to regulate the atmosphere, and offer shelter, sustenance and survival to millions of people, plants and animals.

Wal-Mart Wants Suppliers to Eliminate a Gigaton of Greenhouse Gases by 2030

April 26, 2017

Bloomberg

Wal-Mart Stores Inc., long known for squeezing its suppliers on prices, is now pressuring companies including Unilever and Colgate-Palmolive Co. to help the world's biggest retailer remove a billion metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions from its supply chain by 2030.

Target Agrees to Phase Out Use of Polystyrene Packaging

April 25, 2017

Environmental Leader

Target has announced it will begin to phase out use of polystyrene foam packing in its e-commerce operations.

Seafood Joins Fair Trade Revolution, a Scallop at a Time

April 25, 2017

The New York Times

Fair trade coffee, bananas and ... scallops? Yes, very soon.

Microgrids Help Businesses Shave Energy Costs and Bolster Aging Infrastructure

April 21, 2017

Computerworld

At the end of a heavily wooded, sparse industrial park here sits the North American headquarters and R&D center for Schneider Electric, which earlier this month unveiled its own campus power microgrid.

Q&A: Bringing Sustainability to Supply Chains

April 19, 2017

Environmental Leader

What's at stake when an organization's supply chain lacks transparency? Just about everything, if you ask David Meyer, a senior consultant with BSI EHS Services and Solutions. Companies that don't make an effort to develop value-added transparency and proactive collaboration throughout their supply chains are putting their businesses on the line.

Sushi Stress: Fishermen Not Catching Many Baby Eels

April 19, 2017

The New York Times

The chilly rivers of Maine are causing trouble in the world of sushi. The state's brief, annual season for baby eels is off to a slow start because of a cold spring that has prevented the fish from running in rivers.

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