Supply Chain
Aveda and Estee Lauder Find Common Ground on Sustainability
Since Aveda was purchased by Estee Lauder Companies in 1997, the smaller, environmentally-focused personal care company has benefitted from the larger scale of its owner while also influencing Estee Lauder's sustainability efforts. Read More
Sustainability and M&A
As the M&A market continues to ramp up in many industries, issues of sustainability are higher on the radar for acquiring companies. Read More
The Latest CDP Results Reveal the Rise of Scope 3 Reporting
The Carbon Disclosure Project revised its questionnaire this year to make the reporting of indirect emissions more robust, revealing these so-called Scope 3 emissions may be up to 50 times the size of a company's direct carbon footprint. Read More
U.S. Law on Illegal Timber and Paper Bares its Teeth
Enforcement of the amended Lacey Act has begun, both on and off the public radar. A recent seizure of Peruvian tropical hardwood provides several insights into how companies can stay in compliance with the amended Lacey Act. Read More
What Color is Your Fish? Whole Foods Adds Sustainable Sourcing Label
Green means go for shoppers seeking fish caught in the wild in sustainable and responsible ways, in a new project unveiled by the natural foods grocer in partnership with the Monterey Bay Aquarium and the Blue Ocean Institute. Read More
Coca-Cola Reveals Lessons Learned from 3 Water Footprints
The Nature Conservancy and Coca-Cola released a report today with the results from three product water footprints. A big takeway: The numbers associated with a water footprint aren't nearly as important as how its water use impacts local watersheds. Read More
Burger King Drops Controversial Palm Oil Supplier
Burger King has become the latest company to stop buying palm oil from Sinar Mas, an embattled Indonesian company its critics accuse of deforestation. Read More
An Inconvenient Sandwich: The Throwaway Economics of Takeaway Food
This report investigates the economic pressures facing independent cafés and sandwich bars which often forces social justice, sustainability and health off the menu. Read More
View from the C-Suite: MillerCoors' Tom Long
The president of the second largest beer company in the United States talks traditions of sustainability, water management practices, and the challenges of greening micro- and macrobrews alike. Read More
Interpreting Pre-Consumer Recycled Content Claims
Which materials can be claimed as pre-consumer recycled content -- and which definitely can't? UL Environment has developed this white paper to provide clarity about guidelines to validate claims of pre-consumer recycled content and to serve as a reference for manufacturers. Read More
