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If reporting on sustainability performance is new ground for you or your company, we’ve got you covered. Read More

With $1.1 trillion in total asset backing, the Chemical Footprint Project could be poised to do for toxic materials what water and carbon footprinting have done for conservation and emissions. Read More

Can a holy alliance between Pope Francis and an existing chorus of religious activist investors nudge businesses toward more aggressive action on climate? 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

Upcycling is an art. Can broken table legs become shelves? Can plastic water bottles become gardening tools? Read More

Building skills and reducing recidivism, green prisons generate value beyond energy cost savings. 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

The sustainability reporting organization aims to focus on policy, innovation, collaboration and helping companies extract more value from the process. Read More