Reporting & Disclosure
Why Energy Reduction Goals Are Moving Up the Corporate Agenda
Establishing an energy reduction goal offers benefits that carbon reduction goals do not in today's business climate, such as the direct relationship to dollar savings, which may be easier to sell internally. Read More
Diversey's Portfolio Approach Toward Sustainability ROI
How Diversey sustainability program delivered an impressive ROI by providing a new perspective on old issues. Read More
Maersk Orders 'World's Greenest Container Ship'
The Danish shipping giant has penned a $1.9 billion deal with Daewook for 10 next-generation vessels that can carry 18,000 containers, and which run slower as a way to cut emissions by an expected 35 percent. Read More
Sustainability Doesn't Sell … or Does It?
When surveying executives about their top priorities for the year, sustainability falls way, way down the list. But there's a lot more to the story of how and why companies are embracing green initatives. Read More
Wanted: Chief Sustainability Officer
Avon's Tod Arbogast offered a look at how chief sustainability officers can identify and manage potential environmental and social business risks before a crisis requires immediate action. Read More
Enterprise Rent-A-Car Makes $150M Green Building Pledge
The company has developed a new green building standard to guide its investment called the Enterprise Sustainable Construction Protocol (ESCP). Enterprise Rent-A-Car expects ESCP could rack up energy and water savings of up to 35 percent. Read More
Sales Rise as Emissions Fall at SAP
Preliminary data shows SAP AG's greenhouse gas emissions fell 4 percent in 2010, a year in which its business software sales grew 17 percent Read More
4 Steps to Build Trust into Sustainability
Research shows CEOs believe consumers trust their companies far less than they believe. This overestimation traps business leaders in a trust delusion that will prevent them from understanding what drives trust and how to address it. Read More
A Photo Tour of Masdar City
This week, I took a tour of Masdar City -- the audacious, carbon-neutral, zero-waste $15 to $20-billion planned development rising out of the Arabian desert. Here's the view from the ground. Read More
FedEx Express Global HQ, Vegas Facility Earn LEED-Gold Ratings
With two of its more high-profile facilities recognized as green buildings, FedEx Express is making LEED certification a requirement for all new construction. The move by FedEx's cargo airline is the latest sustainability measure to emerge under the rubric of the corporation's EarthSmart program. Read More