The Global Sustainable Investment Alliance (GSIA), Washington, D.C., released its biennial Global Sustainable Investment Review 2018 report, showing that global sustainable investment assets reached $30.7 trillion at the start of 2018, a 34% increase from 2016.

Even as topics like climate change continue to make headlines, only 52% have shifted their purchase decisions, with 66% intending to shift within the year, according to “Earth Day 2019,” a study produced by A.T. Kearney, Chicago.

An Agricultural Research Service (ARS)-led team completed a comprehensive life-cycle analysis quantifying the resource use and various environmental emissions of beef cattle production in the United States.

IRI, Chicago, and NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business (CSB), New York, released the findings of a new U.S.-based study and established the Sustainable Share Index, an in-depth analysis of consumer purchases of products marketed for their sustainable attributes.

With greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in supply chains on average 5.5 times those of company’s direct operations, a new report from CDP, New York, reveals a step-change in corporate awareness and action on environmental impacts within the supply chain in the last decade.

The Natural Marketing Institute (NMI), Harleysville, Pa., released its annual State of the Sustainability in America report.

The report, “Consumers Buy The Change They Wish To See in The World,” produced by Catalina, St. Petersburg, Fla., found that natural and organic ingredients and certifications serve as the entry level point for nearly every market when it comes to sustainability attributes.

Purpose is one of three critical dimensions of overall reputation, according to the “2018 Porter Novelli/Cone Purpose Premium Index: How Companies Can Unlock Reputational Gains by Leading with Purpose,” produced by CONE, a Porter Novelli Co., Boston, Mass.

Projected sales from Nielsen, Chicago, echo the steady climb that the sustainability market has experienced in recent years.

From locally sourced or organic options to reducing energy usage in all facilities, there isn’t a part of the supply chain that a corporate sustainability program shouldn’t touch.