Category: CSR/ECO/ESG

Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT, BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO), a leading technology services and consulting company, announced that it has been selected as a member of the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI) – 2022 for the thirteenth year in succession. Wipro’s unbroken track record is unique for the IT Services sector. This year saw a […]

(PRESS RELEASE) NEW YORK – Grandview Klein Diamonds (GKD), once part of the Julius Klein Group, announces the appointment of Brandee Dallow as chief communications & sustainability officer, effective January 3, 2023. Dallow spent over 11 years at Julius Klein in the early onset of her career and is returning to the company as it […]

For many business leaders, corporate norms today have expanded beyond the focus on maximizing shareholder value to take into account the broader needs of the community — what is colloquially described as environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. Yet ESG is also regularly condemned today, primarily by conservative critics, as wrongheaded and inappropriate manifestations of […]

SARASOTA, Fla. — Instead of visiting a deceased loved one at a cemetery, imagine swimming out to see their memorial underwater in a public reef in the Gulf of Mexico. What You Need To Know An Eternal Reef combines a cremation urn, ash scattering and burial at sea into one permanent environmental tribute to life […]

The beleaguered environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investment sector has taken a pummeling from all sides this year, most recently from a Republican-led offensive accusing $8 trillion asset manager BlackRock and other investment companies of hostility toward the oil and gas sector. The problem with ESG as an investment approach is the lack of standardized criteria […]

STORY CONTINUES BELOW THESE SALTWIRE VIDEOS By Tommy Wilkes and Patturaja Murugaboopathy LONDON (Reuters) – Investors pulled more money from funds marketed as “sustainable” than they added for the first time in more than a decade in 2022, hit by fallout from the Ukraine war, tumbling financial markets and a political backlash against the industry. […]

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KOAA) — An elementary school in Colorado Springs, Colorado, is one step closer to a zero-waste lunch program. “Students threw about 500 foam trays in the landfill every week,” said Buena Vista Elementary kitchen manager Tammy Burghart. “I got tired of seeing all the waste. We went from five to six trash […]

Klarna is helping consumers on its platform measure the sustainability of certain products, using artificial intelligence (AI). The global payments provider and shopping platform is leveraging the Clarity AI sustainability solution to display AI-based sustainability data on electronics items. After consumers make a purchase using Klarna in the electronics category, new Clarity AI-powered information on […]

In the latest in the series of monthly Green Leaders Q&As, in partnership with Vision: 2025, we hear from Anna Johnson, sustainability and environment officer for Involved Group. Johnson has worked in the music industry for over a decade including festivals Shambala, Love Saves the Day, Glastonbury, and Boomtown Fair. She is sustainability and environment […]

If you know a South Florida middle school student with a passion for our planet, we’ve got good news for you. Our Local 10 News Eco-Hero contest is back! When you say Florida, most people think of our beautiful beaches, stretching from the panhandle south to Key West. But our state is much more than […]