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Apple, the world’s most valuable corporation (valued at $567 billion, 42% more than the second most valuable firm, Exxon), again succumbed to stakeholder pressure because of sustainability concerns. This is a reminder for all executives that failing to monitor stakeholder concerns about sustainability can hurt business. Last week Apple got slammed for withdrawing 39 of [...] Read more »
It’s summer, and thousands of companies are busy completing the now-familiar annual report submittals about their carbon emissions and sustainability plans to the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP). Included in this reporting is the CDP Supply Chain Program, where companies such as Accenture, Coca-Cola Company, Colgate-Palmolive Company, Jaguar Land Rover, Johnson & Johnson and Philips Electronics [...] Read more »
Walmart continues to outdistance other firms with the sophistication and scale of its sustainability program for its more than 100,000 suppliers. Many firms now have supplier sustainability programs, but few have made this program such an integral part of operations. Jeff Rice, Walmart’s director of sustainability, shared with us how Walmart operates its program. The [...] Read more »
A recent Deloitte survey concluded that “90% of companies have set goals regarding electricity and energy management practices.” This seems high to us and is not consistent with what we are seeing in the market. This may be perhaps to survey respondent selection (perhaps more heavy industry companies responded) or due the question formulation. The [...] Read more »
A longtime leader in energy and sustainability, Genzyme, reduced its energy spending and emissions considerably in 2011. This is a major accomplishment for any organization, and especially for a large, complex multinational. Sustainability and energy program leaders could learn much from this impressive program at Genzyme. For those unfamiliar with Genzyme, it is one of [...] Read more »
Walmart is poised to transform the sustainability and retailing world — again — with a significant expansion of its highly influential supplier scorecard program. This week in a webinar and its Global Responsibility Report, Walmart announced that it will broaden its initial 15-question scorecard to 100 major categories, with category-specific questions, by the end of [...] Read more »
P&G recently announced the free availability of its supplier scorecard tool. P&G has saved over $1B in operational savings in its own operations through reductions in energy and waste and is encouraging its suppliers to do the same. The scorecard tracks energy, waste, carbon emissions, and other factors and provides a numerical score. PG recognized [...] Read more »
After an undoubtedly extensive evaluation, Microsoft this week selected CarbonSystems software to meet its sustainability and environmental reporting needs. This is an important win for CarbonSystems and illustrates that vendor leadership for sustainability software remains very much up for grabs. The deal also definitely puts to bed the notion that spreadsheets are sufficient to track [...] Read more »
Wow, the nonprofit Environmental Investment Organization (EIO) lists 38 large companies that publicly report at least four of the Scope 3 categories. Sustainability leaders should continue to learn from these early pioneers as they evaluate the benefits and cost of Scope 3 reporting for their companies. Thousands of firms around the world already use the [...] Read more »
While very useful, energy audits and building assessments are labor intensive, as the experienced energy professional needs to physically walk through the buildings and analyze energy consumption data manually, often with spreadsheets. Energy audits of commercial and industrial facilities involve a large amount of data collection and analysis. Utility bills must be gathered for at [...] Read more »
