Sustainability Blog

Good Emissions News from the Port of L.A.

Written by Jon Templeman Thursday, 17 June 2010 00:00

We've written before about the Port of LA's sustainability efforts. According to the port's just-released emissions inventory for 2009, diesel particulate matter emissions fell by 37% from the previous year, nitrogen oxide emissions fell by 28%, and sulfur oxide emissions fell by 36%.

The UN and GRI Working Together

Written by Jon Templeman Thursday, 17 June 2010 00:00

The United Nations Global Compact and the Global Reporting Initiative, two of the most important business sustainability intiatives, have announced that they have reached an agreement to align their work.

Under the new agreement, the GRI will incorporate the Compact's ten principles and issue areas into the next version of its Sustainability Reporting Guidelines. In turn, the Compact will adopt the GRI's Guidelines as the recommended reporting framework for its members.

A New Company-Level Sustainability Standard

Written by Jon Templeman Tuesday, 08 June 2010 00:00

Underwriters Laboratories has announced that, in partnership with Greener World Media, it will be releasing its own sustainability standard at the end of the year.

The new product – yet to be named – will be one of the few company-level sustainability standards available, and, its designers claim, the first that is 'comprehensive in scope, global in application, and verifiable by trained, accredited third parties'.

Puma and Supplier Sustainability

Written by Jon Templeman Tuesday, 08 June 2010 00:00

We posted recently about Ford and P&G's new supply chain sustainability initiatives, both of which follow in the footsteps of Walmart's ambitious project, launched last year, to survey its 100,000+ suppliers and rank them in a sustainability index. It looks like all this marks a new trend as more and more companies pay attention to the sustainability of their suppliers.