ING stands for "International Netherlands Group" and their total assets amounted to 845 billion euros in 2016. In June of that year, ING joined the Ellen MacArthur Foundation as Circular Economy 100 (CE100) member.
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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...
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.....
UPS allows customers to pay an additional fee when shipping a package to compensate for their contribution to greenhouse gas emissions from the combustion of fuel over the course of transportation for that package. That fee then goes towards funding a project that will offset greenhouse gas emissions, such as methane capture at a landfill or growing a forest in an effort to make the transportation of that package “carbon neutral”...
Fuji Heavy Industry, the parent company of Subaru, first inquired about the feasibility of achieving zero waste at their Indiana manufacturing plant in 2002. Two years later, Subaru had successfully become America’s first “zero landfill” auto maker. Their website states: “Since May 2004, Subaru’s United States manufacturing plants have not sent a single thing to any landfill. 100% of manufacturing waste is either recycled or turned into electricity".....