Whether it’s microbeads clogging our oceans, difficult-to-recycle beauty packaging, or paying people a decent wage for their ingredients, it’s fair to say that the impact cosmetic products have goes far beyond concealing our blemishes. So how can the industry, which is already beginning to step up, best tackle issues such as these? This year, Fast […]
The world’s largest telecommunications firm, AT&T, is promising not only to be net positive, but to save ten times the carbon footprint of its operations by 2025. The concept of developing net positive companies is now common jargon and if looking at the current corporate landscape is anything to go by, it’s becoming more ambitious. […]
If you hate the idea of living in a digitally connected, always-on world, look away now. Unplugging and getting away from technology is going to get incredibly difficult, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center and Elon University. With almost half of the world’s 7.5 billion people connected online, technology is an […]
Artificial intelligence and robotics no longer belong to a post-apocalyptic future. The future is now; we’ve already accepted technology as part of our daily interactions with businesses. After all, we’ve probably all used a self-serve checkout at a supermarket, slightly infuriating though they may be. And robots are infiltrating other areas of business, from manufacturing […]
During last week’s EHSS Connect event in Nashville, EHS & Sustainability Advisory Services hosted a diverse group of sustainability professionals to discuss the value and challenges encountered in sustainability reporting. The goal of the roundtable discussion was to understand how sustainability professionals are navigating the current ESG (environmental, social, and governance) and disclosure landscape, and […]
The ubiquity of plastic means that we all have a unique relationship with the material. It plays a big role in our lives. It keeps our food fresh. It stops the consumable goods we buy from getting damaged. Its durability, resilience and ability to be transparent or printed upon makes it a very attractive material […]
It is time for business to stop paying lip service to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). That is certainly the view of Louise Scott, director of PwC’s Sustainability and Climate Change team and co-author of the recent SDG Reporting Challenge report. Take a favourite SDG for most UK firms, No. 13 on Climate Action. […]
Several executives from UL EHS Sustainability attended the recent EH&S Summit hosted by the independent industry analyst firm Verdantix. They provided a number of key takeaways about the state of the industry in 2018. Companies, especially those in high risk industries like oil and gas, chemicals, and manufacturing, are beginning to look for integrated solutions […]
It is said that the B Corporation concept is to business what Fairtrade certification is to coffee. Designed as a unique tool to enable for-profit companies to prove they are operating within rigorous social and environmental standards – and being totally transparent about how they are performing in creating positive change – the B Corp […]
The Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) Programme has so far been a great success in bringing together players big and small from across the global textile, leather and footwear sectors to start building more robust and resilient supply chains. With a key focus on removing hazardous chemicals from the industry, and backed by a […]