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New IWBI Report Underscores the Powerful Business Case for Health in Buildings and Organizations

International WELL Building Institute (IWBI)

Research, Reports & Publications

3BL Announces 100 Best Corporate Citizens of 2025
3BL Announces 100 Best Corporate Citizens of 2025

3BL

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Circularity in Action: Decarbonization for Refrigerated Transport
Circularity in Action: Decarbonization for Refrigerated Transport

Trane Technologies

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Environment

Happy Earth Day from Qualcomm!

Happy Earth Day! This year, the theme of our celebration is “Global Goals, Local Action,” in recognition of the international climate agreement that was reached in December 2015 in Paris, and which we hope will be signed into force by world leaders in New York City today.

Education

Norfolk Southern Rolls Out New Safety Train and Website to Educate First Responders

In keeping with a strong tradition of safety, Norfolk Southern today rolled out a new educational train and website to help first responders across its network respond to potential rail-related incidents.

Environment

Etsy to Make Their Decentralized E-Commerce Model 100% Renewable by 2020

Chelsea Mozen joined the inaugural class of Bard’s MBA in Sustainability program in the fall of 2012 because she wanted to help rewire the world with clean energy. Today, one year after graduation, Chelsea joined Etsy CEO Chad Dickerson and other team members at the company headquarters to announce a bold, near-term commitment to achieve “carbon neutrality.”

Environment

TD Forests Helps the Nature Conservancy of Canada Protect 167 Hectares of Critical Forest Habitat

To celebrate Earth Day, the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) is announcing that it has acquired 167 hectares (412 acres) of cedar forest near the Pugwash River in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. TD Bank, through the TD Forests program, helped secure this property, which is one of the largest stands of cedar in the province and one of only a handful in northern Nova Scotia.

Social Impact & Volunteering

#GoingToBat Community Spotlight: Sam Fuld

Sam Fuld doesn’t let anything stop him, especially Type 1 Diabetes. Diagnosed at age 10, Fuld learned to manage his disease so he could pursue his passion – baseball.

Environment

Companies Address Energy Efficiency in Operations, Supply Chains & Product Offerings

A new whitepaper, Accountability for Climate Action: How Corporations Are Tackling Climate Change, shows that businesses are a powerful force in addressing climate change, with a large majority making commitments to increase energy efficiency, reduce CO2 emissions or increase the use of renewables.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

CSX Named in Top 50 Best Corporate Citizens

Reflecting CSX’s ongoing commitment to being a good neighbor in the communities it serves, the company was recognized as one of Corporate Responsibility Magazine’s Best Corporate Citizens for 2016, with a ranking of #47 in the company’s fourth appearance on the list. CSX was the only railroad included in the ranking.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Whirlpool Corporation Ranked As One Of Top 100 Corporate Citizens By CR Magazine

Whirlpool Corporation announced today that the company has been named as one of CR Magazine's Top 100 Corporate Citizens of 2016. The announcement marks Whirlpool's fourteenth consecutive appearance on the list, which ranks companies based on seven categories including environment, climate change, human rights, employee relations, corporate governance, philanthropy and financial performance.

Environment

First Tetra Top Carton Bottle with Bio-based Plastic Hits the Market with JUST Water

Tetra Pak announces that a new version of its Tetra Top® package, more than 80% of which comes from plant-based materials, will make its global debut in the United States with JUST™ water.

The new generation carton bottle now comes with a cap and top made from high-density polyethylene (HDPE) derived from sugarcane. Combined with the FSC™ certified paperboard used in the main sleeve of the carton, this pushes its renewable content up from 53% to 82%, with no impact to its recyclability. This unique bio-based bottle delivers another milestone in a long line of successful environmental innovations at Tetra Pak.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

UN Global Compact Calls on Companies to Set $100 Minimum Internal Price on Carbon

UN Global Compact Executive Director Lise Kingo calls on companies to set an internal carbon price at a minimum of $100 per metric ton over time.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

For 8th Consecutive Year, Diageo Canada Recognized as a Great Place to Work®

Diageo Canada has been recognized as one of this year’s Best Workplaces in Canada for the 8th year in a row. This year, the company moved up from #11 to earn 3rd place on the Best Large and Multinational Workplaces in Canada and moved up from 19th to earn 10th place on the list of 50 Best Workplaces in Canada for Women.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

CR Magazine Reveals 17th Annual 100 Best Corporate Citizens List

Corporate Responsibility Magazine announced today its 17th annual 100 Best Corporate Citizens List, recognizing the standout performance of public companies across the United States.

Environment

Kimberly-Clark: Why Sustainability Matters

Environment

On Earth Day, Partner for a Purpose

Environment

The Rise of On-Demand Problem Solving

There is increasing awareness of issues such as growing populations and congestion in cities, as well as how these trends are impacting the planet. There is a growing urgency surrounding climate concerns and pollution. And there’s a movement to get ahead of the root causes of these issues.

Environment

Join the 2016 #CleanEnergyU Earth Day Dialogue

Join the 2016 #CleanEnergyU virtual Twitter dialogue this Earth Day, April 22 from 12-4 ET, where students and national clean energy and White House leaders will engage directly in conversation with each one another. They will share creative ideas on delivering the Paris promise of a future “well below 2 degrees.”

Energy

What the Paris Climate Deal Means For the U.S. Utilities Industry

There were a lot of remarkable things about the first Earth Day, but looking back from 2016, what’s most striking is how it brought people together when it felt like society was falling apart.

Environment

Earth Day is a Time to Reflect

Related Reading:

http://www.mgmthink.com/CO-EarthDay-042116

http://www.mgmthink.com/CO032216WorldWaterDay

Events, Media & Communications

Sounds Like a Good Sustainability Strategy in the C-Suite / Board Room -- But What About On the Ground in Locations Thousands of Miles Away?

Many businesses over the past three decades have reshaped themselves, becoming “multi-national enterprises” (MNEs in NGO-speak), thanks in great measure to the advances in information and other technologies, where everywhere is a keyboard click away for communication, and to the end of the Cold War in 1989-1990. Corporate organizations have also become “flatter,” with power and influence dispersed (more) to the far reaches of the operations or supply chain footprint.

Environment

Timberland Celebrates Earth Day with Community Service Projects Around the World

Global outdoor lifestyle brand Timberland, a leader in sustainability and corporate social responsibility, today announced it plans to exceed 60 service projects in more than 20 countries throughout April and May as part of the company’s 18th consecutive celebration of Earth Day. Timberland has supported thousands of communities around the globe as part of its longstanding commitment to community service, from its headquarters in Stratham, New Hampshire to Taipei, Taiwan.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

GRI Urges Businesses to go Beyond Carbon as World Leaders Sign the Paris Climate Change Agreement in New York

The Paris Climate Change Agreement opens for signatures today during a high-level ceremony convened by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in New York. All Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UN FCCC) are invited to sign the agreement. GRI’s Chief Executive, Michael Meehan is attending, together with some 60 world leaders, among them, President Francois Hollande of France, and China’s President, Xi Jinping. The attendance by China is seen as a major step, with the country dubbed as the world’s manufacturing powerhouse and largest carbon emitter. Over 150 countries will be present at the event.

Environment

Is Data the Key to Profitable Plastics Recycling?

This month Antea Group Senior Consultant Pamela Gordon co-led an ISRI workshop on measuring and maximizing the business and environmental benefits of plastics recycling. The workshop was attended by numerous metals recyclers who shared that they view themselves as being at the beginning of a learning curve, and need direction and coaching to ramp up their plastics-recycling efforts efficiency and profitably

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Aramark Earns a Place on the 2016 DiversityInc 25 Noteworthy Companies for Diversity List

Aramark (NYSE: ARMK), a global leader in food, facilities management and uniforms, earned a place on the 2016 25 Noteworthy Companies for Diversity list, DiversityInc announced during diversity and inclusion’s keystone event held at Cipriani Wall Street on Tuesday, April 19.

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