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Sharon Basel, senior manager of sustainability at General Motors, works a lot on the company’s environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reporting. “I think it’s a really important thing not to be taken lightly,” she says. “A lot of people inside of General Motors call it the encyclopedia of GM and I think how we portray […]
A new report by The Conference Board reveals the latest trends in sustainability reporting. The analysis examined how nearly 6,000 companies in 26 countries are reporting on more than 90 environmental and social practices, ranging from greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to boardroom diversity to water consumption. As companies prepare for the sustainability reporting season, here […]
The Report Report is a periodic article produced by Corporate Eco Forum, a by-invitation membership organization comprised of large, global companies that demonstrate a serious commitment at the senior executive level to sustainability as a business strategy issue. 2019 Industry Report on GHG Emissions (Consumer Technology Association, or CTA) tracks progress that 45 companies in the […]
Welcome to the climate crisis, where once-extreme weather events have gone mainstream. Australia’s raging bushfires are a stark reminder of our “new normal,” with images befitting an apocalyptic Roland Emmerich flick. In Australia, the fires burned more than 27 million acres — an area about the size of Maine — and killed at least 30 […]
Water insecurity plays a driving role in conflicts and famines around the world, while water pollution and scarcity pose long-term economic threats to developing and developed nations alike. And institutional investors around the world have noticed: Water ranks among their top three environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns, according to the 2019 RBC Global Asset […]
As CEO of Ecolab since 2004, Doug Baker has infused sustainability and purpose into the company’s operations and the work it does around the world to help customers achieve their own sustainability goals. In a packed plenary session at GreenBiz 20 conference, Baker shared his vision about how businesses can and should drive change that […]
Two weeks ago, I joined 200 sustainability, finance and investment leaders at the second annual GreenFin Summit during GreenBiz 20, where attendees forged critical connections between the investment and sustainability communities. While many companies have been tackling environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues for decades, investors are newly incentivized to incorporate sustainability into their own […]
The second annual GreenFin Summit, part of GreenBiz 20, brought together 200 sustainability and investment professionals representing $22 trillion in assets under management and more than 50 Fortune 500 companies. The focal question: What would it take to align and leverage capital markets to drive the global economy towards sustainability? This question comes at a […]
GreenBiz 20 Highlights Commentary about our annual conference in Scottsdale, Arizona. Plus, featuring highlights from the plenary program. Look for more main-stage moments in our next episode! Mindy Lubber, president and CEO of Ceres, on crossing the sustainability-investor chasm and fighting short-termism (16:02) Why are “immersive experiences” an effective strategy for getting employees engaged in […]
The omnipresence of corporations — as resource extractors and processors, employers and developers, lobbyists and campaign donors — has spawned countless initiatives to tame their excesses and steer their activities in the direction of the common good. Now, the challenge is to transform shared grievance into joint action among disparate campaigns. Greater strategic and organizational […]
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