When investors with trillions of dollars at stake ask about the environmental risks in a company’s supply chain, corporate leaders tend to pay attention. FAIRR’s engagement on the global fast food supply chain is a prime example. Started about three years ago by Jeremy Coller, founder and CIO of the […]
Amazon expects that 50% of all its shipments will be net zero carbon by 2030; the commitment, dubbed “Shipment Zero,” was announced this week in a blog post by Dave Clark, the company’s SVP of worldwide operations. While the goal will not be easy to achieve, Clark wrote that with […]
A new lithium-ion battery recycling research and development center, launched by the Department of Energy (DOE), has been opened at Argonne National Laboratory. Aiming to reclaim and recycle critical materials (e.g., cobalt and lithium) from lithium-based battery technology, the ReCell Center will focus on developing cost-effective recycling processes to recover as […]
The AB InBev European headquarters is sending the leftover alcohol from the creation of its low- and no-alcohol beers to a biofuel plant in Belgium where its is converted into fuel. Alcohol left over from the brewing of 85 beers is enough to create one liter of biofuel, writes The […]
Campbell Soup’s work with the Land O’Lakes Sustain program over the last year has yeilded important insights that are helping the company improve the sustainability of its crops, including wheat, soybeans and corn. Sustain is helping Campbell Soup aggregate data across its farms to discover, field by field and acre […]
(Photo: Zoggs introduced Ecolast swimwear made from Econyl yarn. Credit: Zoggs) Australian swimwear company Zoggs launched a bathing suit line called Ecolast made from Econyl brand yarn manufactured using regenerated plastic waste. In addition, the company committed to switching to sustainable packaging across their product range by 2020. Econyl yarn […]
WaterSmart Software, the self-service and customer engagement platform for the water utility industry, has introduced a new service offering known as Integration-as-a-Service (IaaS). Water utilities make substantial investments in data systems that run their operations. Unfortunately these systems often don’t share information with each other, creating data silos that leave […]
New Belgium Brewing Company emerged from Jeff Lebesch and Kim Jordan’s basement in 1991 with an outdoorsy egalitarian ethos. Early on, the Fort Collins, Colorado-based brewery’s co-founders sought to demonstrate that business could be a force for good. Since then, New Belgium became entirely employee-owned, achieved B Corp certification, and […]
(Photo Credit: Laura Lefurgey-Smith) As more investors pursue strategies that consider relevant environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors, they look to data to inform the investment process. A new World Resources Institute analysis found that investors still face significant sustainability data challenges. WRI associate Ariel Pinchot and senior associate Giulia […]
State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, diverted nearly 12 tons of waste from landfills during the week of January 28; the stadium, home to NBA’s Atlanta Hawks Basketball Club, hosted more than 50,000 press and invited guests for five events during the week leading up to the Super Bowl on February […]
