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Announcing the CSR Board: The Community for Heads of Corporate Social Responsibility at the World’s Biggest Companies

May 20, 2019May 15, 2019 Stuart Mitchell

Heads of corporate social responsibility at 27 major companies have come together to launch the CSR Board. The mission of the group is to help members engage in management-level discussions with a trusted network of their peers. The group is managed by Board.org, a membership organization where senior-level leaders at big companies collaborate in private, peer-to-peer discussions. Membership is exclusively for the people leading the programs and their inner circle. No vendors or junior staff are allowed to participate. CSR Board Members include Allstate, Beam Suntory, Best Buy, BJ’s Wholesale…

Kraft Heinz Expands Environmental Commitments to Include Sustainable Packaging and Carbon Reduction

August 27, 2018August 23, 2018 Stuart Mitchell

As part of its commitment to reduce natural resource needs and manage overall environmental footprint, The Kraft Heinz Company has announced the expansion of its environmental stewardship strategy to include time-bound targets for achieving greater packaging sustainability and setting science-based goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Specifically, Kraft Heinz supports the move toward a circular economy and aims to make 100 percent of its packaging globally recyclable, reusable or compostable by 2025. This announcement, a complement to its Growing a Better World strategy released in last year’s Corporate Social Responsibility…

Ford Hits CO2 Manufacturing Emissions Reduction Target Eight Years Early

July 7, 2018July 3, 2018 Stuart Mitchell

Ford Motor Company has announced, as part of its 19th annual Sustainability Report, it has met its goal to reduce manufacturing emissions – eight years ahead of schedule. In 2010, Ford’s Environmental Quality Office announced a goal – to reduce the company’s carbon dioxide emissions from manufacturing operations by 30 percent per vehicle produced by 2025. Ford hit the target twice as fast as expected. The results are dramatic, with a global manufacturing CO2 emissions reduction of more than 3.4 metric tons from 2010 to 2017 – equivalent to greenhouse…

HNA Hospitality Joins Hands with TerraCycle in ‘Zero Waste’ Campaign

January 17, 2018January 11, 2018 Stuart Mitchell

Chinese hotel operator HNA Hospitality Group has achieved initial success with its new “Zero Waste” campaign, underscoring HNA Hospitality’s commitment to corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainable development. Launched in partnership with TerraCycle, the world’s leading innovative recycling company, the program recycled 600 kilograms of discarded toiletries from three hotels in HNA’s Tangla brand over four months, representing 900 kilograms’ worth of reductions in CO2 emissions. That is equivalent to saving 942 KWH of electricity. From July 24 – November 30, HNA Hospitality collected used cotton swabs, shower caps, shaving…