Ball Corporation (NYSE: BLL), a recognized sustainability leader in the global packaging industry, is honoring seven of its 58 global manufacturing plants with the R. David Hoover Sustainability Award for making a substantial impact toward Ball's sustainability goals, both inside the plant and within their communities, in 2014.
The International Labour Organization (ILO) and Stora Enso have entered into a unique public-private partnership to strengthen Stora Enso's global policy and efforts to promote decent work and progressively eliminate child labour in its value chain in Pakistan.
As a participating company of the United Nations Global Compact, Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) has been documenting its activities and progress in the areas of human rights, labor standards, environmental protection, and the fight against corruption since September 2010. G&D has now published the fourth Communication on Progress in conjunction with the annual report 2014 for the first time.
Global Print Monitor meets Dr. Subhash Chandra, Chairman, Essel Group & Zee TV from India to hear more about the country's ambitious plan of building 100 smart cities. By Sabine A. Slaughter
The Sustainable Forestry Initiative Inc. (SFI) is pleased to announce that four leaders have been elected to the independent Board of Directors. Joining the board are Mary Klein, President and CEO, NatureServe; Guy Gleysteen, Senior VP, Time Inc.; Bettina Ring, State Forester, Virginia; and Steve Bullard, Dean, Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture, Stephen F. Austin State University.
The PEL Baby & Mega Jaws bottle crusher range reduces waste glass bottle bulk by 80% and diverts millions of bottles away from landfill sites
We are pleased to announce that UBM EMEA is the co-winner of the annual Sustainable Development Award competition for 2015 of UFI, the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry. This year's competition theme was Innovative cost-saving in the value chain.
Ministers from governments across Africa have renewed their call for a strong and universal climate change agreement with increased flows of funds, including through market and finance opportunities, sufficient to fulfill Africa's development aspirations.
The Italian Firm's Lifestyle Brand Message Is Helping It Expand in the Automotive, Fashion, Consumer Electronics and Interior Design Industries
The implementation of smart energy grids in the consumer market is worth between 1 and 3.5 billion euros. This has been revealed by a study carried out in PowerMatching City, the first pilot project in the world to implement a smart energy grid in practice.
SmartBin, the leading provider of Intelligent Remote Monitoring solutions in the Waste Management and Recycling sectors, has announced that Portuguese municipality Cascais has deployed SmartBin's Intelligent Remote Monitoring as part of its Smart City initiatives, reducing collection costs and improving waste collection processes.
TCO Development has issued new draft criteria for the IT product sustainability certification TCO Certified. One of the major changes in the new generation criteria set is a new approach to reducing hazardous substance content in computers, displays and other electronic devices. Moving away from focusing on banned substances alone, the draft proposes the addition of a list of permitted substances that are declared safe for use. The draft is open for comments until May 19, 2015.
In 1970, environmentalists celebrated the first Earth Day while simultaneously developing plans to protect the environment. Conservationists across the country noted, "Every environmental problem is a population problem."
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