Wal-Mart plans to create a sustainability index to track every product it sells while using energy efficiency efforts to cut $1 billion in costs by 2020.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Business Civic Leadership Center highlighted the challenges presented by the intersection of economics and the environment and how public-private partnerships can turn these obstacles into opportunities.

United Airlines will thoroughly review each of its suppliers and their ecological programs.

Chief marketing officers can add strategic value by integrating the company's sustainability ethic and messages into the corporate brand, independent analyst firm Verdantix says.

Sustainability is now a major strategic concern for many companies, Matteo Tonello of The Conference Board says.

The New York State Common Retirement Fund withdrew shareholder proposals at Bed Bath & Beyond and Best Buy after the companies agreed to encourage suppliers to report on worker safety, rights, and environmental compliance.

Harley-Davidson discontinued its printed annual report, opting for a web-based version with fewer financial details.

Directors and officers are doing what is best for their companies in many of this issue's stories, including promoting sustainability measures and pursuing internal fraud.

Every board and advisor should strive to attain proper perspective.

For directors, the crush to join the sustainability movement means more, more, more: more scrutiny, more disclosure, and more audits.

During his February 5th State of the Union address, President Obama took the opportunity to laud recently-enacted legislation that has trimmed nearly $2.5 trillion from our projected deficit over the next decade. The President went on to explain, howev...

Companies' impacts on the environment caused financial costs exceeding $1 trillion in 2011, finds a new GreenBiz Group study.

Firms posting a profit from sustainability efforts increased 23 percent in 2012, a study by MIT Sloan Management Review and the Boston Consulting Group finds.

Activists convinced Apple to shorten Foxconn workers' days, disappointing workers looking to earn higher wages.

Boards should emphasize culture, openness, candor, social responsibility, and continuing education in 2013.

Walker, Kullman Address Fiscal Issues at D100 Forum; Europe Steps Back on Board Quotas; Director Compensation Continues Upward Swing

NACD Directorship spoke with Glass Lewis Chief Policy Officer Robert McCormick on what boards and shareholders can expect in the upcoming proxy season.

Today, 66 percent of corporations polled had a climate and energy strategy in place.

A majority of the world's largest companies have a renewable energy goal, a greenhouse gas reduction goal, or both.

Several Wisconsin companies are looking for ways to "green" their operations.