Category: CSR/ECO/ESG

(Bloomberg) — ESG is beset from every angle. Republicans want to cancel it. Business leaders are muffling their former enthusiasm. Some money managers have even scrubbed the three letters from their funds. To meet this fraught moment, brand executives who work with some of the largest US companies, including Amazon.com Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google, […]

“Your retirement account is collateral damage to radical environmentalists, who are leveraging Wall Street through ‘woke’ ESG investment strategies to kill the oil and gas industry.” Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – The Senate Committee on State Affairs held a hearing in Marshall, Texas, on Thursday investigating the expansion of the Environmental, Social, and Governance […]

143 third-semester Georgian College students worked on developing a Sustainability Action Plan Report with three Muskoka area resorts NEWS RELEASE GEORGIAN COLLEGE ****************************** Georgian College introduced a new course this fall where students in Hospitality – Hotel and Resort Operations Management worked with three Muskoka-area resorts to address sustainability in the hospitality sector. The course, […]

Gabrielle Durisch (pictured above, left) – previously from the Zurich Insurance Group – is the new global head of ESG & sustainability solutions. She will work with all lines of AGCS business starting April 2023 to develop new insurance solutions geared towards supporting renewable energy, sustainable construction and transport, and low-carbon technology. Durisch was previously […]

Sustainability is top of mind for companies across the logistics industry. Carriers, specifically, are facing a combination of corporate responsibility, government regulations and growing expectations from industry partners. They are taking a wide variety of approaches — from embracing electric vehicles to eliminating wasted miles — to cleaning up their supply chains. While various new […]

The preliminary report of the satellite survey undertaken by the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government to demarcate Eco-Sensitive Zones (ESZs) around protected areas like national parks and wildlife sanctuaries in the state has caused widespread discontent among people. The satellite survey was conducted due to a Supreme Court order issued on 3 June 2022, which […]

Gildan Activewear has been included in the Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index for its leading ESG practices. This marks Gildan’s 10th consecutive year of inclusion in the DJSI. In 2022, Gildan was the only apparel manufacturing company included in the North American Index. Gildan has also announced that for the third time it has […]

Dec 20, 2022, 05:47PM ISTSource: BCCL The youth of Agra opened an eco-friendly cafe where every item is served in an earthen pot. Not only this, but here the kulhad in which the tea is being served is eatable. Yes, You will be familiar with the sip of tea but it seems uncomfortable to eat […]

The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) has set out a series of measures designed to support those organisations looking to comply with its new Climate-related Disclosures Standard (S2) by disclosing their Scope 3 value chain emissions. The new package of guidance and reliefs is designed to help embed and improve corporate processes for measuring and […]

UNION TOWNSHIP − Freepoint Eco-Systems announced Friday plans to open its first commercial-scale advanced plastics recycling facility in the Newark Industrial Park in 2024. The Connecticut-based company said it will employ 70 and create 200 construction jobs for what it calls one of the largest advanced recycling facilities in the world, with the capacity to […]