In August 2015, the City of Aspen, Colorado joined Burlington, Vermont and Greensburg, Kansas as the third city in the United States to operate entirely on energy from renewable sources...
72% of S&P 500 companies published Sustainability or Corporate Social Responsibility reports in 2014. This reflects a growing trend of corporations being held accountable by shareholders and stakeholders alike to demonstrate social, environmental, and fiscal responsibility. Cannon Inc. is a 79 year-old Japanese company best known in the United States for their cameras and various other optical products. They have a reputation of commitment to environmental disclosure, ranking first in a 2007 survey of 56 climate-friendly companies. This tradition is continued in Cannon’s 2016 Sustainability report, which utilizes the Global Reporting Initiative’s (GRI) G4 guidelines for creating their report.
New Belgium Brewing is a craft brewery based out of Fort Collins, Colorado. They are unique in the world of craft brewing in that they have 100% employee ownership and are a certified B corporation...
Annie’s Inc. is a subsidiary of General Mills, headquartered in Berkeley, California. Annie's is known for their Mac and Cheese and commitment to organic ingredients. Their 2016 Sustainability Report states that 60 million pounds of organic ingredients were purchased and 88% of Annie’s sales came from “Certified Organic” or “Made with Organic” products. In addition, Annie’s announced a plan to “add ~20 farms and ~3,000 acres of domestic organic dairy production over the next 3 years” as part of their Organic Valley partnership.
Starting in 2011, Starbucks adopted a new policy requiring all new building construction conform to certain LEED standards. Thirty major cities in the United States have implemented similar policies mandating certain new building construction meet LEED standards with additional cities adopting similar policies each year...
A 1988 study by researchers in Alaska predicted that marine debris would accumulate in a particular region of the Pacific Ocean due to the behavior of oceanic currents. Their prediction has proven accurate and today this significant and growing concentration of floating, mostly plastic, trash is known as the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch”...
Dell’s most recent 2016 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) report builds on a tradition of detailed disclosure. This post looks into how Dell incorporates the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) into their FY16 Corporate Social Responsibility report.
Jackson Family Wines is a family owned winery founded by Jess Jackson in 1982. The California based business now operates with 1500 employees in California, Oregon, Italy, France, Chile, Australia, and South Africa. The company formally began sustainability monitoring and operations in 2008. Jackson Family Wines publishes a robust sustainability report for a privately held company. Water conservation plays an important role in the overall sustainability strategy at JFW.....