Kimberly-Clark Professional is not only incorporating its “Reduce Today, Respect Tomorrow” sustainability message into every aspect of its operations, it is taking it to the streets, according to a recent company press release.
Understanding ISO 26000 is important because the document may serve as an initiative to establish social responsibility requirements from other sources.
Corporate Knights, a Canadian magazine that bills itself as “for clean capitalism,” has announced its sixth annual Global 100 list of the most sustainable large corporations in the world.
According to a recent American Society of Safety Engineers’ (ASSE) webcast “Sustainability: An Emerging Force in Business & Its Impact Upon the Safety Profession” presented by Kathy A. Seabrook, CSP, CMIOSH (UK), safety and health are considered by many companies to be integral to their organizations’ corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability plans.
The recently released MIT Sloan Management Review study showed that while most companies (92%) are addressing sustainability in some way, most companies don't have a clear idea of where to start. Those who do pursue sustainability aggressively, however, are seeing positive effects on their bottom line.
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) will hold a national research workshop, Making Green Jobs Safe: Integrating worker health and safety into sustainability, on Dec. 14 – 16, 2009, in Washington, D.C., according to a recent NIOSH press announcement. The purpose of the workshop is to stimulate and begin planning national research to help make worker health and safety an integral component of the new green economy.