Direct access to renewable electricity no longer is limited to corporate giants. Smaller operators are starting to buy solar and wind using innovative procurement strategies.

New service from the Business Renewables Center simplifies the comparison of contracts, including virtual power purchase agreements.

Citi has focused on supplier diversity since the 1970s, said Javette Hines, the company’s head of supply chain development, inclusion and sustainability.”But as we globalize, we want to make sure we have a more inclusive title and role,” she said. That is why the word “inclusion” was added to her job title in 2016. “It’s ‘inclusion,’ not diversity, because it makes us inclusive of all diverse aspects” of the communities that Citi serves,  such as Aboriginal people in Canada and Afro-Brazilian populations in the U.K., she said.

The recently formed Climate Leadership Council has signed big founding backers like General Motors, PepsiCo and ExxonMobile in its bid to advance a “carbon dividend” model.

Finding the formula for stakeholder engagement and disclosure can be tough — unless you follow these simple rules.

The latest crop of reports you need to read (or at least scan).

It cost $70 million per mile to replace the Rockaway Beach dunes and walkway destroyed by Superstorm Sandy five years ago, a project emblematic of forward-thinking coastal development.


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Miami police officer fines Uber driver for violating ordinance requiring ability to speak English
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UPS to Add Delivery Surcharges for Black Friday, Christmas Orders
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United Parcel Service Inc. plans to charge retailers extra fees to deliver packages during the busiest weeks before Christmas, creating a new challenge for an industry already coping with a shift away from traditional stores. The surcharges, announced …
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Ethiopia's Coffee Farmers Are 'On The Front Lines Of Climate Change'
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Ethiopia gave the world Coffea arabica, the species that produces most of the coffee we drink these days. Today, the country is the largest African producer of Arabica coffee. The crop is the backbone of the country's economy – some 15 million …
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