Three Key Steps: Grow Your Business, Not Your Footprint

Mon, 07/23/2018 - 13:30

With the recent launch of our 2017 Sustainable Impact report, we reflect on how we are contributing to a more efficient, circular, and low-carbon economy and how we can continue to strengthen our business in 2018 and for the long-term. Here are three top learnings from our progress.

Beyond the Smart City

Thu, 07/26/2018 - 11:05

The bright lights of the big city aren’t as bright as they used to be, because they’re getting smarter. Street lights in cities like San Diego are turning off, and conserving energy, when vehicles and pedestrians aren’t nearby.

Physical Risk: Second Part of Guidance for Banking Industry to Implement TCFD Recommendations Now Available

Tue, 07/24/2018 - 11:45

UNEP FI's newly released report "Navigating a New Climate" outlines findings from 16 banks piloting the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and the estimated impact of climate change on their corporate lending portfolios. The report prominently features the use of MAPS as a geospatial mapping tool for physical risk assessment.

America’s Pledge Outlines Bottom-Up Opportunity Agenda for U.S. State, City and Business Action on Climate

Mon, 07/23/2018 - 16:00

The America’s Pledge report provides a ten-part opportunity agenda for bottom-up climate policies and programs to help deliver America’s Pledge under the Paris Agreement on climate change.

Bold ideas for South Africa’s Development at World Economic Forum

Mon, 07/23/2018 - 12:45

Novartis Renews Drug Donation of Egaten® (Triclabendazole) Until 2022, Reaffirming Its Commitment to the Fight Against Liver Fluke

Mon, 07/23/2018 - 13:00

Novartis reaffirms its commitment to the fight against liver fluke (fascioliasis), signing a renewed memorandum of understanding with the World Health Organization (WHO) to extend its drug donation for Egaten® (triclabendazole) until 2022. Egaten is currently the only treatment for fascioliasis recommended by the WHO and is on the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines.

Novartis Announces US Renewables Agreement to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Thu, 08/02/2018 - 08:50

Novartis announced today a Virtual Power Purchase Agreement (VPPA) in collaboration with Invenergy, North America’s largest privately held renewable energy company. As part of the Novartis environmental strategy, the initiative aims to add 100 megawatts (MW) of wind power to the electrical grid.

Mohawk Group Leaves A Positive Handprint at NeoCon with Solar Energy

Fri, 07/20/2018 - 13:10

Mohawk Group donated the solar flower through our collaboration with Groundswell and Elevate Energy, among others, to benefit The Renaissance Collaborative (TRC), a non-profit organization that supports sustainable and affordable housing and related programming in Chicago. TRC’s offices and its Renaissance Apartments are housed in the restored Wabash Avenue YMCA, continuing the legacy of providing housing and job training in the Bronzeville neighborhood.

Finalists for the International Responsible Business Awards Have Been Revealed

Fri, 07/27/2018 - 12:20

The shortlist for Ethical Corporation's 9th Annual Responsible Business Awards has been announced. The winners will be revealed and celebrated at a glamorous Awards Dinner ceremony on 9th October in central London.

HPE VIDEO | Powering the Digital Economy

Fri, 07/20/2018 - 09:30

Emerging technologies get a lot of attention for the promise of transforming the future. But there’s not enough energy available to power the IT infrastructure to run these IT applications at their imagined scale. HPE is creating solutions to power the future sustainably.