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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

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

A new handbook explains different carbon-pricing models, including carbon taxes and cap-and-trade, to help select the right one for each economy. Read More

A message in a bottle made the case for investing in ecological systems. The lesson? Balance pictures, words and numbers. Read More

Building on EPA studies and requirements, a California community measures “point source” pollutants and holds businesses accountable. 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

Exit Interview is an occasional series profiling veteran sustainability professionals who recently have left their job. Read More

A new report shows how cities and companies can collaborate more effectively toward their common interests. Does this relationship have a future? Read More