Recently I reached out to Neil Hawkins, Corporate Vice President for Sustainability at The Dow Chemical Company, to hear his thoughts on a range of issues, including the company’s ambitious 2015 goals, natural capital valuation, and their preference to report voluntarily.
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At Microsoft, we are committed to doing our part to create a more sustainable future. Environmental sustainability is core to our business, and key to that is our commitment to reduce our carbon impact.
I've been enjoying GreenBiz's coverage of Rio+20 this week. In their piece about environmental public-private partnerships, writers Tensie Wheland (Rainforest Alliance) and John Williams (Domtar Corporation) write:
In conferences this spring in the United States and abroad, we hear sighs of relief as the economy begins to turn around and we see signs of renewed support for sustainability and CSR among CEOs and business leaders.

People outside of the CSR and community relations fields don’t often think about this, but businesses can be greatly affected by challenges that sit outside of their control.
Last month in New York, I attended the CEO Water Mandate conference on corporate water stewardship, which was part of the UN Global Compact Leaders’ Summit that brought together leaders from business, go
By: Richard Crespin, CEO, CollaborateUp, and Senior Fellow, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation and Jennifer Gerholdt, Director, Environment Program, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation
By Shannon Schuyler, Corporate Responsibility Leader, PwC and Jeff Senne, Director, Environment & Marketplace, Corporate Responsibility, PwC
Our prior blog took us on a tour of innovations in sustainable food and farming in the U.S. Here the foodies’ tour continues with what’s new in these regards in Europe, Asia, and other parts of the