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LONDON, Feb. 01- Sainsbury’s is the only UK supermarket Retailer to be recognised as one of the "Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations" by Corporate Knights Inc, an independent media company focused on sustainable development. The list is announced each year during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and includes the corporations that have been most proactive in managing environmental, social and governance issues, and those with strong strategic management capabilities, capacity for innovation and ability to respond to changing competitive forces.
Business in the Community’s Awards for Excellence showcase the best of responsible business in action. They are the UK’s most influential, independent, peer assessed corporate responsibility awards. Now in their fifteenth year they are widely acknowledged as one of the most respected endorsements of responsible business.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 19- Sustainable Brands has released its full calendar of topics for the successful Issues in Focus series, continuing to explore a wide spectrum of issues including impending global regulatory changes, economic pressures, and changing customer demands. Guest editors will curate content including research, analysis, case studies and innovations across topics currently being confronted by brands leading the shift to a prosperous future. Each month will feature content, as well as opportunities to engage in conversation with both subject matter experts and peers. Issues in Focus Archives remain part of the Sustainable Brands library to facilitate researching best practices in sustainable brand building as the sector continues to mature.
CHICAGO, Jan. 18- If you prefer to read from paper instead of an electronic screen, you're not alone. According to a recent survey commissioned by Two Sides, the fast-growing non-profit organization created to promote the responsible production, use and sustainability of print and paper, 70 percent of Americans, including 69 percent of 18- to 24-year-olds, say they prefer to read print and paper communications compared toreading off a screen.
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 13- Portfolio 21 Investments, a Portland-based investment management firm, has published two reports highlighting significant factors and trends impacting investors in the 21st Century. The publications, Peak: Investing at the Edge of Ecological Limits and A New Foundation for Portfolio Management, offer a new framework for managing ecological risks and emerging opportunities, and meeting the multi-faceted needs of today’s investors.As we speak...
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