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Baxter Launches Sustainability Web Site
Baxter International, the U.S. healthcare company, has launched a Web site to provide information and updates on its economic, environmental and social responsibility performance. Read More
Starbucks Joins U.N. Global Compact
The company has joined the United Nations Global Compact, an international network of corporations, U.N. agencies, trade unions, and non-governmental organizations that support a shared set of nine principles on the environment, labor, and human rights. Read More
In the Hot Seat: Shell VP Robin Aram
Shell has built a hard-won reputation for taking human rights seriously. But activists want to know why the company resisted the U.N.'s proposed "Norms on Business and Human Rights." John Elkington asked the man in charge. Read More
Staffing and Structuring Your EH&S Organization
Your environmental management questions answered by two veterans of life in the trenches. Read More
Sustainability Indicators: The Simple, Sobering, and Significant
The worldwide interest in sustainability has brought with it a growing and welcome interest in sustainability indicators -- but what to measure is far from obvious. By Gil Friend Read More
No News Is Good News for Green Buildings
After a decade of fits and starts, the green-building movement is finally nearing its tipping point. One sure indicator, from this journalist’s perspective: Greener buildings are no longer news. Read More
JP Morgan Chase Deflects Criticism with New Environmental Policies
In the latest in a series of 2004 shareholder proxy successes, JPMorgan Chase has agreed to take steps to increase its emphasis on environmental risk management. Read More
Total Corporate Responsibility: Making SRI and CSR Sustainable
Introducing "total corporate responsibility," a new form of CSR focused on promoting system changes that hold firms fully responsible. By Frank Dixon Read More
Starbucks Brews up a Celebration of Environmental Stewardship
Starbucks Coffee Co. is brewing up a month of environmental awareness in stores throughout the U.S. and Canada from now through Earth Day. The first-ever campaign for Starbucks will engage customers “in a dialog of environmental stewardship,” says the company. Read More
EU Smart Construction Materials to Absorb Pollution
Innovative construction materials that can absorb air pollution are being tested and developed by a European consortium and the EC Joint Research Center as part of the PICADA (Photo-catalytic Innovative Coverings Applications for De-pollution Assessment) project. Read More