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40 Million Global Health Professionals Call For a 'Green Recovery' From COVID-19: Will Governments Listen?

Their vision for a green recovery is bold — including major reforms to fossil fuel subsidies and good-paying, low-carbon jobs for all global workers.

Mary Mazzoni

May 28, 2020

Energy

California’s Plastic Bottle Redemption System Is in Crisis

The California Beverage Container Recycling system, enacted in 1987 to boost recycling rates for plastic and other beverage containers, is facing a crisis.

Nithin Coca

May 28, 2020

Sustainable Living

Upcycled Food Is Finally Having a Moment

With up to 40 percent of food wasted and the U.S. food supply chain currently struggling, upcycled food is now finally having its moment.

Ellen Delisio

May 28, 2020

Brands Taking Stands

Corporate Leaders Caught in the Middle of COVID-19 Misdirection

The Big Three automakers' reopening showed how companies must act swiftly to uphold the principles of social responsibility when politicians drop the ball.

Tina Casey

May 27, 2020

Community Development

It’s Time to Stop Overlooking Rural America

Mariposa County offers a picture-perfect postcard snapshot of California, but this region faces many of the same challenges holding back rural America.

Leon Kaye

May 26, 2020

Sustainable Living

What's New With Loop? How the 21st-Century Milkman is Coping With COVID-19

With health and safety protocols, new product roll-outs and plans to expand across the entire continental U.S., Loop isn't slowing down in the face of challenging times.

Mary Mazzoni

May 26, 2020

The Clean Power Industry’s Growth Offers Lessons for the Water Technology Sector

The move toward more sustainable forms of energy offers a breadth of lessons for scaling and cost-cutting in the water technology sector.

Tina Casey

May 26, 2020

Sustainable Living

Plant-Based Protein Companies See Opportunities in a Crisis

As the U.S. meat sector confronts one fiasco after another, one nascent industry is having a field day: plant-based protein companies are raking it in.<br /> <br />

Leon Kaye

May 26, 2020

Energy

Like a Well-Planted Tree, Corporate Sustainability with Deep Roots Will Outlast the Pandemic

Will corporate sustainability fade during this pandemic? If so, that's news to this NGO, which partners with companies on reforestation efforts worldwide.

Amy Brown

May 25, 2020

Energy

It’s the End of Recycling as We Know It

There's evidence that the recycling industry can emerge from the COVID-19 crisis as a stronger and more resilient force than ever before.

Tina Casey

May 25, 2020

Energy

Infrastructure Investments Crucial for Future Sustainable Development

Infrastructure investments should be part of future U.S. stimulus bills to help build a sustainable recovery after this pandemic, say several organizations.

Kate Robertson

May 22, 2020

Corporate Responsibility

The Recreation Industry Wants Us to Reconsider How We Enjoy the Outdoors

The U.S. recreation industry launched a “Recreate Responsibly” campaign, reminding us that enjoying the great outdoors has a different meaning now.

Leon Kaye

May 22, 2020

Responding to a Pandemic With Solidarity and Purpose: The Evolving Power of Corporate Responsibility

Through the development of sustainable, innovative and inclusive solutions, the private sector can play a critical role in addressing the very disparities COVID-19 has exposed, says this healthcare communications executive.

Trey Watkins

May 21, 2020

Finance

Memo to Investors: Now is Hardly the Time to Dismiss Human Rights

A new toolkit could help asset owners and investment managers assess how their portfolios could impose human rights risks on other citizens worldwide.

Leon Kaye

May 21, 2020

Energy

Renewables Can Benefit from Smart Spending on Infrastructure

Renewables continue to generate more electricity across the U.S., but confusion in energy policies and funding programs often get in the way of progress.

Roya Sabri

May 21, 2020

Corporate Responsibility

The Inevitability of a Sustainable COVID-19 Recovery

Signs of consensus on a sustainable COVID-19 recovery are showing based on growing cooperation between leading responsible business coalitions.

Tina Casey

May 20, 2020

Community Development

As Companies Sing Praises of Remote Work, Employee Engagement Questions Arise

It’s time to discuss how the private and public sectors can work together to reduce inequalities so more workers can reap the benefits of remote work.

Amy Brown

May 20, 2020

Corporate Responsibility

How eBay Created a Global Community of Doing Good

Like many companies, eBay had to adapt fast as the pandemic wreaked havoc; its response, however, offers a case study in how to build trust and goodwill.

Leon Kaye

May 19, 2020

Voices for Change

As COVID-19 Pushes More Into Poverty, ‘Day of Solidarity’ Presses for Bolder Action

On May 22, over 400 NGOs are calling for a “Day of Solidarity” to urge citizens to push leaders to take bolder action against COVID-19.

Leon Kaye

May 19, 2020

Energy

Amid Oil Price Crash, a New Hope for Biofuels

Despite the crash in fuel prices, there are reasons for optimism about the future of biofuels, as the field keeps evolving from where it was a decade ago.

Tina Casey

May 19, 2020

Energy

Can Working Remotely Lead Us to a Cleaner World?

The quiet we hear and see in our cities compels us to wonder: would the environment be better off if across the world if working remotely became the norm?

Bennat Berger

May 19, 2020

Finance

Three Big Reasons Why Clean Tech Jobs Will Bounce Back

Things look gloomy now, but clean tech jobs will bounce back - largely because this sector is leaps and bounds beyond where it was a decade ago.

Tina Casey

May 18, 2020

Sustainable Living

With Electric Vehicles, Brand Reputation Is Not a Sure Thing

Even the simplest of brand calculations can take an unexpected turn when politics are involved, and that includes electric vehicles.

Tina Casey

May 18, 2020

Community Development

It's Time for Industries to Band Together and Launch Job Training Programs

Job training programs are rarely found now – but industries could partner to retrain workers for the countless tasks needed to be done due to this pandemic.

Leon Kaye

May 18, 2020

Corporate Responsibility

Proposed Coronavirus Relief Package Includes Elements of ‘Essential Workers Bill of Rights,’ But Is It Enough?

The new U.S. coronavirus relief package includes elements of the so-called Essential Workers Bill of Rights, but some advocates warn it doesn't go far enough.

Mary Mazzoni

May 15, 2020

Finance

Farmers Find Opportunity in a Disrupted Food Supply Chain

Shifting toward direct to consumer instead of restaurant, processor or retailer, farmers say they must innovate and find a new role in the food supply chain.

Amy Brown

May 15, 2020

Community Development

Why This U.S. Tax Change Is a Good Boost For Philanthropic Giving

As families tighten their belts, philanthropic giving is declining-raising alarm bells at nonprofits relying on donations and grants to continue their work.

Jenna Tsui

May 15, 2020

Community Development

U.S. Farm Bailout Overlooks Small Farms and Food Insecurity

The latest U.S. farm bailout may appear to be a huge amount of money, but critics say this relief fund isn’t going to farmers who are in dire straits.

Jenna Tsui

May 14, 2020

Brands Taking Stands

Companies Risk Irrelevance If Shabby Treatment of Essential Workers Continues

As this pandemic enters its third month, we’ve seen essential workers overlooked, celebrated and now, many of their concerns are again on the back burner.

Leon Kaye

May 14, 2020

Voices for Change

Tired of Waiting For Protections, Essential Workers Take Matters Into Their Own Hands

Some essential workers aren't waiting for the government — or their employers — to step in and keep them safe, and they have backing from some of the country's most powerful investors and labor unions.

Mary Mazzoni

May 13, 2020

Community Development

New Reporting Framework Highlights Employee Health and Well-Being

Companies feel intense pressure to show that employee health is a high priority as they make plans to reopen for business - this new framework could help.

Amy Brown

May 13, 2020

Community Development

COVID-19 Imposes a Life-and-Death Test for Corporate Citizens

Re-opening creates huge challenges for companies seeking social responsibility credibility if their host states pursue ill-advised policies on COVID-19.

Tina Casey

May 13, 2020

Community Development

Restaurant Innovation Takes a High Road by Staying Open While Paying a Fair Wage

The High Road Kitchens project is the latest example of restaurant innovation, providing work, food and funding for restaurants throughout California.

Megan Amrich

May 12, 2020

Community Development

Mayors of 10 U.S. Cities Look to Sustainable Recovery After COVID-19

Mayors of 10 U.S. cities are among those who've endorsed principles for a healthy, equitable, and sustainable economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Kate Robertson

May 12, 2020

Corporate Responsibility

Add These Sustainability and CSR Webinars to Your Calendar This Week

Having trouble sifting through all of those webinar invites? Boy, do we hear you. For this week, we scrolled through dozens of webinars to bring you the most valuable and get that calendar locked in (you're welcome).

Mary Mazzoni

May 12, 2020

Community Development

Worker Safety Is Central to the Economic Case for Keeping Public Transportation Running

Public transportation systems have seen huge declines in ridership during coronavirus-related shutdowns. Here's why cities should do whatever they can to keep them running.

Roya Sabri

May 11, 2020

Corporate Responsibility

At a Time of Loss, the CEO of JetBlue Showed His Humanity

The way CEO Robin Hayes handled JetBlue's quarterly earnings call offers a lesson in how to show compassion and empathy during this crisis.

Leon Kaye

May 11, 2020

Energy

Solar Sees Opportunities in this Major Oil-Exporting Nation

Nigerian solar energy developers see an opportunity to build the country's renewable energy sector and help the vulnerable during this pandemic.

Kate Robertson

May 11, 2020

Corporate Responsibility

In America’s Philanthropy Community, Giving Out Green is Far Too White

Researchers crunched the numbers and concluded that in the world of philanthropy, white nonprofit leaders disproportionately benefit from such largess.

Leon Kaye

May 8, 2020

Finance

Millennials Will Force an ESG Revolution

Driven in part by the activism of millennials, who choose to focus on companies aligned with their values, ESG investing has surged in recent years.

Ian Robertson

May 8, 2020

Corporate Responsibility

A Longstanding Pandemic Response Team Helped Intel Act Swiftly in the Wake of COVID-19

Formed nearly 20 years ago, Intel's in-house Pandemic Response Team helped the company coordinate fast and meaningful action in the wake of COVID-19.

Mary Mazzoni

May 8, 2020

Sustainable Living

Oil Glut or Not, More Automakers Pivot to Hydrogen and EVs

A new joint venture between Volvo Group and Daimler Truck AG indicates that hydrogen fuel cell vehicles could play a larger role than previously thought.

Tina Casey

May 7, 2020

Energy

Beyond Ocean Plastic: Recycling Tackles the Polyurethane Foam Problem

Mountains of polyurethane foam are burned or landfilled every year, but a new technology out of Northwestern University may offer a recycling solution.

Tina Casey

May 7, 2020

Finance

As Finance Options Dwindle, Are COVID-19 Bonds an Option?

Financial companies have noticed an increase in ESG bonds, and the evidence suggests some are issued as a way to fund a recovery from the COVID-19 crisis.

Leon Kaye

May 7, 2020

Corporate Responsibility

How Amazon May ‘Win’ in Battles Over Workers, But Risks Losing the War

Amazon could be in danger of confronting a loss of talent in the long term as concerns keep rising over workers' rights during the COVID-19 crisis.

Tina Casey

May 6, 2020

Technology

Tech Companies Step Up to Help Domestic Violence Victims

More tech companies are offering ways to help domestic violence victims reach out for help even as they are shut inside their homes during this pandemic.

Amy Brown

May 6, 2020

Energy

Sustainability Isn't Stopping: Just Ask These Companies

The climate crisis isn't hitting the pause button while we deal with yet another global challenge — and these leading companies aren't either.

Mary Mazzoni

May 5, 2020

Community Development

These 5 Organizations Show What Giving Tuesday Now Is All About

These five organizations show what today's Giving Tuesday Now effort is all about. For the rest of us, a few dollars or an hour of our time can help.

Leon Kaye

May 5, 2020

Corporate Responsibility

As America Slowly Reopens, Starbucks Shows How to Get it Done

Starbucks shows how the wisest approach to reopening for business is not one that is rushed, but one that puts employees first and could more aptly be called a "soft relaunch."

Leon Kaye

May 5, 2020

Community Development

‘Giving Tuesday Now’ is a Reminder of How Anyone, Anyhow, Can Give Back

Giving Tuesday Now, all day tomorrow, May 5, is a reminder that there are ways we can give back that don't necessarily involve donating cash.

Leon Kaye

May 4, 2020

Community Development

During Crisis, Immigrants Keep Supporting the Economy and Society

Research shows that closing borders doesn’t benefit the American workforce or the economy. Immigrants, in fact, drive economic progress and create new jobs.

Roya Sabri

May 4, 2020

Community Development

During This Crisis, Offer Shopping Mall Space for Community Centers

City agencies and nonprofits running community centers are on the brink. The real estate sector can help, as plenty of empty space exists.

Leon Kaye

May 4, 2020

Voices for Change

Low Wages, High Risk: May Day Strike Underscores COVID-19 Impact on Essential Workers in the Gig Economy

The unfairness of an economy relying on underpaid gig workers to keep essential services going resulted in calls for today's May Day Strike.

Tina Casey

May 1, 2020

Corporate Responsibility

15 Companies Retooling Their Operations to Fight COVID-19

When it comes to corporate action in the face of a global crisis, it's one thing to write a check. A smaller group is going further by retooling their operations to produce critical supplies for those on the front lines.

Mary Mazzoni

May 1, 2020

Community Development

Forced Out of the Friendly Skies, United Airlines Calls in to the Isolated

At least 300 United Airlines employees in Northern California will make wellness calls to older residents who are isolated due to shelter in place orders.<br />

Leon Kaye

April 30, 2020

Energy

COVID-19 Makes the 2020s the Adaptation Decade for Climate Change

If one thing is increasingly clear from this crisis, it is that many citizens will grow poorer from it. And this matters immensely for climate change.

Joyce Coffee

April 30, 2020

Brands Taking Stands

This Pandemic Will See a Return of Consumers Going Local

A recent survey gives us a clue about how many of us will spend our money once we emerge from this pandemic and the economic wreckage accompanying it.

Leon Kaye

April 30, 2020

Community Development

Under COVID-19, Worker Safety Issues Leap Beyond Factory Gates

Worker safety in the U.S. was suffering from a slowdown in enforcement before the COVID-19 outbreak, and now it is cracking under the strain.

Tina Casey

April 29, 2020

Corporate Responsibility

In Crisis, the U.S. Food Supply Could Use a Lift from the Business Community

The U.S. food supply is in disarray and families are going hungry as farmers and food distribution companies are struggling to shift course during this pandemic.

Leon Kaye

April 29, 2020

Corporate Responsibility

Lessons to Learn From: CEOs Explain How They're Responding to COVID-19

These CEOs are leading with vulnerability and authenticity, being straightforward about what they know and what they don't, and putting people and communities before profit.

Mary Mazzoni

April 28, 2020

Furloughed SAS – Scandinavian Airlines cabin crew are volunteering to receive additional training to support front-line workers fighting the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden.

Corporate Responsibility

Furloughed SAS Cabin Crew Retrained as Frontline Healthcare Workers

Furloughed SAS cabin crew are volunteering to receive additional training to support frontline workers fighting the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden.

Amy Brown

April 28, 2020

Energy

U.S. States Step in to Save Green Jobs for COVID-19 Recovery

Looking ahead to an eventual recovery from this pandemic, several U.S. states have begun to take steps boost green jobs and rebuild the clean power sector.

Tina Casey

April 28, 2020

Corporate Responsibility

Leadership at Cisco Rides on Technology and Partnerships

Cisco Systems offers a template for how other businesses, in any sector, can direct their resources to offer society a lift during this ongoing pandemic.

Leon Kaye

April 27, 2020

Community Development

Protecting Privacy While Monitoring Employee Health in the Age of COVID-19

Companies planning to reopen in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis are considering digital tools to track employees’ health - but data privacy risks loom.

Amy Brown

April 27, 2020

Energy

Achieving Paris Agreement Goals can Pay Off in the Trillions

A recent study suggests achieving the Paris Agreement goals could generate hundreds of trillions of dollars in economic benefits through the year 2100.

Roya Sabri

April 27, 2020

Corporate Responsibility

Handwashing Expert Myriam Sidibe Calls for 'Public Health Marketing' to Beat COVID-19

Since leading Unilever's renowned global handwashing campaign, Myriam Sidibe has begun to explore a new discipline she calls "marketing for public health" — and it could play a key role in containing COVID-19.

Mary Mazzoni

April 24, 2020

Energy

Across the Pond, More Signs of a Renewable Energy Renaissance

Policy makers in the EU are beginning to coalesce around a strategy of fueling the COVID-19 recovery with renewable energy, backed by leading companies.

Tina Casey

April 24, 2020

Energy

Mattel Joins the Bioplastic Toy Brigade

Mattel announced this week it would start manufacturing some of its timeless Fisher-Price toys out of plastic derived from sugarcane.

Leon Kaye

April 23, 2020

Corporate Responsibility

Fashion Industry Seeks a More Sustainable Direction Amid This Crisis

If the fashion industry seeks to rebound from the criticism it received during this pandemic, then here are three huge changes the sector should take on.

Megan Amrich

April 23, 2020

Community Development

After COVID-19, We Can Go Back to Normal, or Move Forward

The COVID-19 pandemic will long be a defining event for younger generations - and it will have a huge impact on how we approach daily work and life.

John Friedman

April 23, 2020

Brands Taking Stands

Think Earth Day Doesn't Matter in the COVID-19 Age? Not So Fast

This 50th Earth Day has eerie similarities to one that millions observed in 1970; now, we also face dark days, and again we're confronting a tipping point.

Leon Kaye

April 22, 2020

Energy

COVID-19 Fallout: A Temporary Relief for Plastic Bags

COVID-19 resulted in suspensions or reversals of bans on plastic bags. Is this a temporary setback or a new chance at life for the petrochemical industry?

Tina Casey

April 22, 2020

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40 Million Global Health Professionals Call For a 'Green Recovery' From COVID-19: Will Governments Listen?

California’s Plastic Bottle Redemption System Is in Crisis

Upcycled Food Is Finally Having a Moment

Corporate Leaders Caught in the Middle of COVID-19 Misdirection

It’s Time to Stop Overlooking Rural America

What's New With Loop? How the 21st-Century Milkman is Coping With COVID-19

The Clean Power Industry’s Growth Offers Lessons for the Water Technology Sector

Plant-Based Protein Companies See Opportunities in a Crisis

Like a Well-Planted Tree, Corporate Sustainability with Deep Roots Will Outlast the Pandemic

It’s the End of Recycling as We Know It

Infrastructure Investments Crucial for Future Sustainable Development

The Recreation Industry Wants Us to Reconsider How We Enjoy the Outdoors

Responding to a Pandemic With Solidarity and Purpose: The Evolving Power of Corporate Responsibility

Memo to Investors: Now is Hardly the Time to Dismiss Human Rights

Renewables Can Benefit from Smart Spending on Infrastructure

The Inevitability of a Sustainable COVID-19 Recovery

As Companies Sing Praises of Remote Work, Employee Engagement Questions Arise

How eBay Created a Global Community of Doing Good

As COVID-19 Pushes More Into Poverty, ‘Day of Solidarity’ Presses for Bolder Action

Amid Oil Price Crash, a New Hope for Biofuels

Can Working Remotely Lead Us to a Cleaner World?

Three Big Reasons Why Clean Tech Jobs Will Bounce Back

With Electric Vehicles, Brand Reputation Is Not a Sure Thing

It's Time for Industries to Band Together and Launch Job Training Programs

Proposed Coronavirus Relief Package Includes Elements of ‘Essential Workers Bill of Rights,’ But Is It Enough?

Farmers Find Opportunity in a Disrupted Food Supply Chain

Why This U.S. Tax Change Is a Good Boost For Philanthropic Giving

U.S. Farm Bailout Overlooks Small Farms and Food Insecurity

Companies Risk Irrelevance If Shabby Treatment of Essential Workers Continues

Tired of Waiting For Protections, Essential Workers Take Matters Into Their Own Hands

New Reporting Framework Highlights Employee Health and Well-Being

COVID-19 Imposes a Life-and-Death Test for Corporate Citizens

Restaurant Innovation Takes a High Road by Staying Open While Paying a Fair Wage

Mayors of 10 U.S. Cities Look to Sustainable Recovery After COVID-19

Add These Sustainability and CSR Webinars to Your Calendar This Week

Worker Safety Is Central to the Economic Case for Keeping Public Transportation Running

At a Time of Loss, the CEO of JetBlue Showed His Humanity

Solar Sees Opportunities in this Major Oil-Exporting Nation

In America’s Philanthropy Community, Giving Out Green is Far Too White

Millennials Will Force an ESG Revolution

A Longstanding Pandemic Response Team Helped Intel Act Swiftly in the Wake of COVID-19

Oil Glut or Not, More Automakers Pivot to Hydrogen and EVs

Beyond Ocean Plastic: Recycling Tackles the Polyurethane Foam Problem

As Finance Options Dwindle, Are COVID-19 Bonds an Option?

How Amazon May ‘Win’ in Battles Over Workers, But Risks Losing the War

Tech Companies Step Up to Help Domestic Violence Victims

Sustainability Isn't Stopping: Just Ask These Companies

These 5 Organizations Show What Giving Tuesday Now Is All About

As America Slowly Reopens, Starbucks Shows How to Get it Done

‘Giving Tuesday Now’ is a Reminder of How Anyone, Anyhow, Can Give Back

During Crisis, Immigrants Keep Supporting the Economy and Society

During This Crisis, Offer Shopping Mall Space for Community Centers

Low Wages, High Risk: May Day Strike Underscores COVID-19 Impact on Essential Workers in the Gig Economy

15 Companies Retooling Their Operations to Fight COVID-19

Forced Out of the Friendly Skies, United Airlines Calls in to the Isolated

COVID-19 Makes the 2020s the Adaptation Decade for Climate Change

This Pandemic Will See a Return of Consumers Going Local

Under COVID-19, Worker Safety Issues Leap Beyond Factory Gates

In Crisis, the U.S. Food Supply Could Use a Lift from the Business Community

Lessons to Learn From: CEOs Explain How They're Responding to COVID-19

Furloughed SAS Cabin Crew Retrained as Frontline Healthcare Workers

U.S. States Step in to Save Green Jobs for COVID-19 Recovery

Leadership at Cisco Rides on Technology and Partnerships

Protecting Privacy While Monitoring Employee Health in the Age of COVID-19

Achieving Paris Agreement Goals can Pay Off in the Trillions

Handwashing Expert Myriam Sidibe Calls for 'Public Health Marketing' to Beat COVID-19

Across the Pond, More Signs of a Renewable Energy Renaissance

Mattel Joins the Bioplastic Toy Brigade

Fashion Industry Seeks a More Sustainable Direction Amid This Crisis

After COVID-19, We Can Go Back to Normal, or Move Forward

Think Earth Day Doesn't Matter in the COVID-19 Age? Not So Fast

COVID-19 Fallout: A Temporary Relief for Plastic Bags