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The Consumer Goods Forum Launches Glossary for Sustainability
24 January 2012 — Consumer Goods Forum
The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) announces today the publication of a glossary of commonly used terms that describes their environmental sustainability efforts and achievements. The Glossary provides a common way for companies across the industry to communicate between each other and with consumers using commonly defined and understood terms such as “Life Cycle Assessment,” “Sustainable Sourcing,” “Natural Refrigerants,” and “Recyclable.”
Greening the Supply Chain: Businesses Unlock Hidden Value
26 January 2011
Businesses now 'walk the walk' — embedding sustainable practices into procurement yields better performance and return on investment.
A Study on PV Self-Consumption in Europe
1 November 2010 — SunEdison
In cooperation with the strategy consultancy A.T. Kearney, SunEdison has recently completed the study “Enabling the European consumer to generate power for self-consumption.”
'Sustainability Czars’ Help A.T. Kearney Meet Carbon Neutral Pledge
20 July 2010 — Environmental Leader
A.T. Kearney has met its goal, set in 2007, to be 100 percent carbon neutral across its worldwide operations in 2010 by changing the way the company operates and buying carbon offsets.
A.T. Kearney Achieves Carbon Neutrality in Global Consulting Operations
19 July 2010
A.T. Kearney’s approach to carbon neutrality is built on four planks that reach across its entire organization: defining and measuring a rigorous set of carbon indicators, empowering employees globally to develop greener office protocols, innovating new models for client-service delivery and investing in climate-protecting projects meeting the highest international quality standards.
Solar Thermal Electricity (STE) Reaches Marketability – Generation Costs Can be Reduced by More than 50 Percent by 2025
29 June 2010
A joint study by A.T. Kearney and the European Solar Thermal Electricity Association, ESTELA, shows the growing mid-term potential of STE to progressively substitute conventional energy sources and complement the renewable energy sources portfolio with a cost-competitive dispatchable solution – In a best-case scenario industry roadmap involves creation of 100,000 to 130,000 jobs by 2025.
Carbon Management Becomes Key Part of Corporate Supplier Management Strategy
17 February 2010
Suppliers are now expected by some of their global customers to demonstrate greenhouse gas emissions management, awareness and action, in order to maintain business relationships, a Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) report shows.
Carbon Management Becomes Key Part of Corporate Supply Chain Strategy for Major Global Companies
1 February 2010 — atkearney.com
The Carbon Disclosure Project Supply Chain 2010 Report, produced by A.T. Kearney, details climate change information provided by CDP members and their 710 suppliers. Suppliers provided information about greenhouse gas emissions and reduction targets, governance and assessment of risk, and opportunities associated with climate change.
A.T. Kearney is Selected by the Carbon Disclosure Project to Develop the CDP Supply Chain Report 2010
16 November 2009 — atkearney.com
The CPD Supply Chain Report is the first initiative to bring together the huge purchasing power of global corporations to provide a standard reporting model for suppliers to advance carbon disclosure in the supply chain.
Summit Explores Global Sustainability
28 April 2009 — MIT News
Mike Wise, A.T. Kearney partner and lead for the firm's sustainability practice in the Americas, explained the practices' recent study that shows more sustainable businesses outperform their peers.
Investors Demand Carbon-Risk Disclosure
1 June 2009 — BusinessWeek
Shareholders in many companies want more information on the corporate risks of climate change and a study by A.T. Kearney found a link between performance and sustainability.
Inaugural “Green Mobile Award” awarded
18 February 2009 — atkearney.com
Philippines-based wireless services provider SMART Communications (SMART) was awarded the first-ever “Green Mobile Award”.
 Report: Green Companies Do Better
9 February 2009 — Marketplace
A new study out today suggests that greener, more socially responsible companies tend to perform better than their peers. Sarah Gardner reports which companies were considered more successful and sustainable.
Companies With a Commitment to Sustainability Tend to Outperform Their Peers During the Financial Crisis
9 February 2009 — atkearney.com
A.T. Kearney's analysis found that in 16 of the 18 industries studied, companies committed to sustainability outperformed industry averages by 15% over the six months from May through November 2008.
Obama Policies Trigger Climate Change Consulting Gold Rush
3 February 2009 — ClimateChangeCorp.com
Dramatic policy change means few firms have the in-house expertise to respond to the new environment. A.T. Kearney is cited for climate change strategy development and supply chain sustainability.
Ecoflation, a New Worry, Could Hit Consumer Goods
8 December 2008 — Reuters.com
Add another economic worry to inflation and deflation: ecoflation, the rising cost of doing business in a world with a changing climate.
ECONOMY: Companies Warned to Go Green or Go Under
3 December 2008 — ipsnews.com
If companies in the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector do not implement sustainable environmental strategies, their earnings could be cut in half by 2018.
Go Green Or Else!
2 December 2008—Brandweek
A.T. Kearney Partner Daniel Mahler discusses how environmental legislation and climate changes could eat up as much as 47 percent of packaged goods companies' profits by 2018 if they don't adopt long-term sustainability measures.
Road to Reform: Green Business Travel Turns a Corner
4 November 2008 — CFO.com
Margaret Hansen, A.T. Kearney Procurement Director, is helping establish new standards of reporting environmental impact of business travel.
A.T. Kearney Advances Broad Green Travel Strategy
2 September 2008 — Business Travel News Online
Margaret Hansen, A.T. Kearney director of global travel, is profiled as the 2008 Corporate Travel Best Practitioner for her work with A.T. Kearney's internal sustainability program. Learn more at btnonline.com.
Not a Lot of There, There
9 June 2008—Sustainable Industries
With business and government leaders recognizing climate change as no longer a question of "if" but of "when," a growing number of global and boutique management consulting firms are stepping into the market to offer climate strategy solutions.
A.T. Kearney's Daniel Mahler Named One of Top 25 Consultants by Consulting Magazine
9 June 2008
Global management consulting firm A.T. Kearney today announced that Daniel Mahler, a partner and the firm’s global coordinator for Sustainability, was selected as one of the Top 25 Consultants by Consulting Magazine in its annual listing for 2008.
Low-Cost-Country Sourcing
January/February 2008 — eSide Supply Management
There are many factors that herald Latin America's rising popularity as a low-cost-country sourcing alternative to Asia.
By Ricardo Ruiz-Huidorbo
Is What’s Good For Lean, Good For Green?
4 December 2007 — Manufacturing.net
A lean company makes their processes as efficient as possible to cut costs. A green company makes their processes as efficient as possible to be environmentally-friendly. So, while lean predominately cuts costs, going green can do the same and can also help drive revenue.
For Suppliers, the Pressure Is On
7 November 2007 — The New York Times
Call it Phase 3 of the greening of corporate America. Companies have helped customers go green by stocking green products, selling carbon offsets along with airline tickets or offering electricity from renewable resources for those willing to pay extra.
Greening the Supply Chains of Corporate America
6 November 2007 — International Herald Tribune
Companies have embraced alternative energy, bought hybrid fleets, and otherwise cleaned up their own acts. Now they are looking to their supply chains as the next frontier for combating climate change.
Survey Shows Most Firms Currently Lack Formal Strategies and Processes to Fulfill Sustainability Commitments
27 March 2007—A.T. Kearney press release
While a majority of North American firms in the survey (almost 60 percent) have a documented corporate-level sustainability strategy, just over one-third (36 percent) have adopted a formal sustainability strategy for the supply management organization — a crucial step in ultimately being able to deliver on their sustainability promises.
Structural Shift in EU Energy Portfolio
February 2007—CHEManager Europe
Further biofuel growth is expected at the expense of mineral oil refinary.
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