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The Infinite Possibilities of Online Sustainability Reporting

By Elaine_Cohen on February 3, 2010 Comments Off on The Infinite Possibilities of Online Sustainability Reporting Adidas, Alcoa, AltaTerra Research, BASF, Bayer, Beiersdorf, BMW, BT, Centrica, cisco, CSR, Deutsche Bank, DIY report builders, FedEx, Gap, Greening the Company Website: A new Era in Sustainability Reporting, Intel, Kingfisher, metrics, Nexxar.com, Online sustainability reporting, Philips, Radley Yeldar, Royal Dutch Shell, SeventhGeneration, sustainability performance, Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, Telefonica, Timberland, TNT, Transparency Inde, Unilever, Vodafone, Voices of Challenge

Elaine Cohen explores the changes that are taking place in sustainability report and makes an assessment on the implications of those changes on organization sustainability. She provides a list of characteristics of what she thinks are needed in an effective online sustainability report that is transparent, engages the reader, and opens up a dialogue.

How Leading Companies are Pioneering Innovation in Carbon, Water and Waste

By Abhijit Khanna on December 13, 2009 2 Comments Abhijit Khanna, AquaSciences, AT Kearney group, BASF, biomimicry, business sustainability, Calera Corporation, Carbon, Carbon Disclosure Project, carbon footprint, CEO Water Mandate, Chicago Climate Exchange, Climate Change, climate change risk management. Mandatory reporting, climate risks, Coca-Cola, compliance, corporate sustainability, corporate water strategy, CorporateRegister, creative destruction, desalinization, DJSI, Dole, Domani Consulting, Dow Jones Sustainability Index, DuPont, e-waste, ecoefficiency, Ecopatent Commons, environmental, environmental performance, Environmental Protection Agency, Global e-Sustainability initiative, Global Reporting Initiative, green innovation, Green Policies, green products, Green Rankings, green rankings. KLD, greenhouse gas emissions, Greenhouse Gas Protocol, Hewlett-Packard, innovation, Innovation Opportunities in Response to Today’s Environmental Hot Buttons, Interfaceflor, LEAN manufacturing, Levi Strauss and Company, life straw, NanoH20, nanotechnology, Nestle, NIKE, Nike Trash Talk, Patagonia, PepsiCo, reputation, reverse osmosis, risk management, risk management practices, SAB Miller, SB Boot Camp, Serious Materials, social performance, Sprint, Subaru, supply chain, sustainability consulting, sustainability performance, Sustainable Brands Boot Camp, Sustainable Life Media, Tennant, Trucost.Green Score, Vestergaard Fransden, Wal-Mart, waste, Water, Water Disclosure Project, water footprint, Water Footprint Network, water management companies, water neutraility, water neutrality, water utilized upstream, water-resource management, Waxman-Markey Kerry Boxer, Will Sarni, World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Xerox, zero-waste

A summary of the second webinar in the Sustainable Brands Boot Camp series, Innovation Opportunities in Response to Today’s Environmental Hot Buttons: Climate Change, Water & Waste. The webinar was led by Will Sarni, CEO and founder of Domani Consulting, an integrated sustainability consulting firm, and featured examples of new, innovative business and product strategies from various markets that are successfully being brought to market in response to emerging environmental and social strains.

Local Green Jobs Roundup: Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, and Wisconsin

By Tracey de Morsella on June 16, 2009 Comments Off on Local Green Jobs Roundup: Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, and Wisconsin ABB, advanced lithium-ion batteries, Argonne National Laboratory, Associated Electric Cooperative, BASF, cathode material production, composite cathode materials, DeKalb County, Department of Energy, DOE, Duke Energy, Electric Car Battery, electric cooperatives, electric transformers, Elyria, GE Energy, green jobs, Green Jobs Grant, Iowa, Jefferson City, Lost Creek Wind Farm, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Conservation Leadership Corps, Mini Solar Plant, Missouri, Mo., NC, North America, North Carolina, OH, Ohio, Oklahoma, SCA. Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board, solar distributed generation program, St. Louis, Student Conservation Association, U.S. Conference of Mayors, United Auto Workers, Wal-Mart Foundation, WI, Wind Capital Group, wind energy development, wind farm, wind turbines

A new wind farm in Missouri will create 2500 green jobs. Duke Energy will be building mini solar plants in North Carolina. Argonne National Laboratory and BASF have established a partnership to build an electric car battery plant in Ohio. The Milwaukee Conservation Leadership Corps was named as a $550,000 grant recipient at the U.S. Conference of Mayors.