Thermo King Partnered with Fleet Equipment Magazine to Host an Industry Webinar on Transport Solar

Wed, 09/13/2017 - 11:00

Ingersoll Rand is committed to making the world a better place to live, through sustainability and energy efficiency. Thermo King, a manufacturer of transport temperature control solutions for a variety of mobile applications and a brand of Ingersoll Rand, is helping their customers be more sustainable by developing solar panel battery chargers for transport customers.

Myths & Facts About Water Use in Las Vegas Resorts

Tue, 09/12/2017 - 16:45

As a national operator of resorts in the resort destination of Las Vegas, MGM Resorts International recognizes the importance of water efficiency and conservation. As such, we have implemented a wide array of water management innovations that focus on reusing water when we can, avoiding or reducing irrigation in our landscaping, and investing in water efficiency innovations.

New Report Ranks Largest Global Food Companies on Water Risk Management as Climate Change Impacts Accelerate

Tue, 09/12/2017 - 10:20

Climate change is making water one of the biggest risks to the $5 trillion food industry, whether from epic flooding or prolonged drought. A new report released today by the sustainability nonprofit organization, Ceres, calls on major food companies to reduce the impacts of a warming climate—on both the global water supply and on their bottom lines—by adopting far stronger practices to use limited fresh water resources more efficiently.

Counting Our Carbon

Tue, 09/12/2017 - 10:15

For the first time, Domtar’s Transportation and Logistics team estimated the greenhouse gas emissions from shipping pulp and paper products to our customers. The results: an estimated 349,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in 2016.

Keep America Beautiful, Environmental Research & Education Foundation to Collaborate on Food Waste Education in K-12 Schools

Tue, 09/12/2017 - 10:15

Keep America Beautiful, the nation’s iconic community improvement nonprofit organization, and the Environmental Research & Education Foundation (EREF), a nonprofit organization whose mission is to advance scientific research and education for sustainable solid waste management practices, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that outlines an agreement to join efforts on quantifying food waste in K-12 schools. In addition, the MOU outlines the organizations’ aim to provide tools and resources that help reduce school-based food waste.

Bechtel VIDEO | Raising Standards of a Sustainable Supply Chain

Tue, 09/12/2017 - 09:25

Interview with Héctor García Salgó, Regional President of Bechtel in Latin America

Cementos Progreso Joins the CSI to Scale Up Its Sustainability Commitments

Tue, 09/12/2017 - 09:55

Agroforestry in India: National Policy Focuses on Improving the Productivity of Smallholding Farmers and Providing Them Sustainable Livelihoods

Thu, 09/14/2017 - 09:00

Inspired to Make a Difference

Fri, 09/15/2017 - 10:00

Long before the terms corporate responsibility, corporate citizenship and the triple bottom line were used, and before annual corporate responsibility reports were commonplace, Hormel Foods was doing its part to make the world a better place.

It was the company’s founder, George A. Hormel, who recognized the importance of protecting the environment and giving back and instilled it in the company’s values.

Land Restoration Through Agroforestry in Brazil

Tue, 09/12/2017 - 09:05

A new Brazilian Forest Code obliges farmers to restore degraded lands on conservation set-asides required on all rural properties, known as Permanent Preservation Areas and Legal Reserves.