How corporate reporting improved Microsoft's supply chain

A growing number of organizations using the GRI Reporting Framework and Guidelines to gain better insight into their suppliers’ social and environmental performance. For the past few years Microsoft has encouraged its suppliers to issue public reports, as Microsoft does itself.

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McDonald’s sets sights on local food… or, at least its version

It’s nothing new for McDonald’s to take flavors from local dishes and incorporate them into their menus.

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Successful Sustainability Strategy Leans on Innovation, ‘Gamification’

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There is no better way to get all of your employees thinking about how to solve the challenges facing your company than by motivating them to do so through a process of fun and play. Will we “gamify” innovation?

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Is bio-based packaging becoming a flight of fancy?

Just because something can be converted into packaging doesn’t mean that it should be. A simple checklist of the right questions can go a long way in avoiding disappointing results.

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When You Waste Food, You're Wasting Tons Of Water, Too

Tossing out food is clearly a waste of money and it also wastes a heck of a lot of water, a new report says.

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Marriott Looks to Hotel Sustainability to Attract Millenials

Marriott will be tailoring its hotels – and its marketing efforts – toward Millennials, the generational cohort that represents the future of the hotel industry’s customer base. And Marriott knows that Millennials care about more than sleek design, free WiFi and bistros; they care about sustainability, too.

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More Sustainable Beer from Better Water Practices

It takes five liters of water, on average, to manufacture one liter of beer. When SABMiller discovered in 2009 it was using far too much water, the company decided to make beer more sustainably.

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What Funders of Social Enterprises Want

Interest in social enterprises is growing—and believe it or not (some entrepreneurs may have their doubts), so is the pool of capital available to them. So what do social investors want?

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