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Corporations have embraced sustainability as a key strategic initiative, with organizations lacking a sustainability program or effort underway the exception rather than the norm. While the benefits of sustainability are wide-ranging, business leaders face challenges to ensure that these efforts advance and maximize value to the organization. Siemens and GreenBiz Group conducted a comprehensive research study to determine: • How satisfied are corporations with their ability to address sustainability issues in-house or find quality outsourced assistance? Read More

We asked 1,017 consumers about perceptions of green claims, testing certain claims head-to-head, gauging how they affect purchase behavior and brand perception. We discovered which claims added the most perceived value, which boosted consumers’ perception of the brand, and which were the most risky and spelled potential trouble for a company’s reputation. In other words, we tested what truly matters when it comes to making effective green claims in today’s marketplace. Here’s what we found. Read More

LG aspires to provide products that enhance the quality of life for its customers. The company focused on leveraging sustainability to drive innovation, enhance competitive position, and differentiate products while minimizing impacts to the environment. To do this effectively, LG needed a trusted third-party partner to evaluate, validate, and certify their products and processes – empowering them with information to drive improvements, and lending them credibility to tell their sustainability story in the marketplace. Read More

ASSA ABLOY, the global leader in door opening solutions, capitalizes on the growing demand for healthier and more sustainable products by leveraging sustainability as a strategy to drive innovation, enhance their competitive position, and differentiate their products. To do this effectively, they needed a trusted third-party partner to evaluate, validate, and certify their products and processes – empowering them with information to drive improvements, and lending them credibility to tell their sustainability story in the marketplace. Read More

The movement that started roughly 20 years ago to make the global building stock more “green” and “sustainable,” led by organizations like BREEAM and the US Green Building Council’s LEED, radically changed our approach to buildings. As an extension, UL engaged with a wide variety of constituents in the built environment value-chain to ask where the sources of economic “value” and “returns on investment” were being found in the overall “sustainable buildings” movement. Read More

It’s time to get – and leverage – your sustainability edge. In this report, you will uncover the ROI of sustainability and learn how to communicate your company’s sustainability story to differentiate it as a leader in its industry, secure competitive advantages, and help ensure its long-term success. Evolving your business strategy to address sustainability challenges can lead to benefits, including added profits and risk mitigation. Read More

Consumers and business are increasingly seeking more sustainable products from socially responsible organizations. Johnson & Johnson set out to achieve a new set of environmental and social goals. They sought out to establish a process for identifying and implementing product improvements and needed a trusted, third-party partner to audit their process improvements to tell a compelling story in a credible way. This would enable Johnson & Johnson to maintain internal accountability and drive external confidence. Read More

This second report in SustainAbility's Citystates series explores the opportunity side of this agenda, focusing especially on the case for more companies to take a bolder leadership stance, and providing insight and tools to further accelerate activity in this arena. There is an urgent need, and a huge opportunity, for local and international stakeholders to prioritize the sustainability requirements of cities, and with them, broader sustainable development. Read More

Mobility can be a powerful tool in the right hands. It saves operator time and bolsters labor productivity, provides a system of record with one-to-one accuracy verification, and limits incidents by granting employees access to data in real-time. However, there is more to a mobile initiative than giving an employee a mobile device and sending them on their way: they must have access to the right tools, and you must focus on the right areas of EH&S to get the most out of your efforts. Read More

The National Association for Environmental Management (NAEM) empowers corporate leaders to advance environmental stewardship, create safe and healthy workplaces, and promote global sustainability. In their comprehensive EHS & Sustainability Software Buyer’s Guide, the NAEM benchmarks how those in the market approach a purchase and how past purchasers came to their decision. Read More