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In the beginning…there were the high-stakes / high-visibility crises events that are now part of corporate legend -- the ExxonValdez tanker oil spill in Alaskan waters (in resource-rich Prince William Sound) just as the fishing season got underway -- the deliberate poisoning of over-the-counter Tylenol pain relief pills, resulting in the tragic deaths of retail customers trusting in the product (the most recommended by physicians, it was said at the time). 

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News & Updates

March 31, 2020 Coronavirus job losses could total 47 million, unemployment rate may hit 32%, Fed estimates

Source: CNBC

Millions of Americans already have lost their jobs due to the coronavirus crisis and the worst of the damage is yet to come, according to a Federal Reserve estimate.

March 31, 2020 Johnson & Johnson wants to start testing its coronavirus vaccine by September

Source: CNN

Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson plans to begin human clinical trials of its Covid-19 vaccine by September with a goal of the first batches being made available for emergency use authorization by early next year, according...

March 31, 2020 Macy's will furlough the majority of its 125,000 employees

Source: CNN

New York (CNN Business)Macy's is furloughing a majority of its 125,000 employees because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, which has sunk sales and forced it close to its stores.

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Research & Insights

December 3, 2019 Hancock Natural Resource Group Successfully Completes Inaugural Sustainability Examination of Select Managed Agricultural Operations

Source: PR Newswire

The examination found the operations fully conform to a new sustainable agricultural standard (the Standard) for farmland management which is expected to launch more broadly in 2020. The Standard was developed by the Sustainable...

December 2, 2019 New study analyzes viability of sustainable fuels developed through new process

Source: PHYS.org

A technology developed at the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and scaled up by Vertimass LLC to convert ethanol into fuels suitable for aviation, shipping and other heavy-duty applications can be...

November 29, 2019 A new world map rates food sustainability for countries across the globe

Source: Science Daily

A global food system sustainability study builds the first map of its kind to score the sustainability of food systems, country-by-country. The study goes beyond usual questions of productivity and nutrition, and includes...

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Commentary & Opinion

March 31, 2020 COVID-19 Exposes Opponents Of ‘Fracking’ For Oil And Natural Gas

Source: Forbes

The question: why did so many presidential candidates (two still are) propose energy policies that were: (1) a direct threat to U.S. national security, (2) morally unjust, (3) counter to climate change goals, (4) sure to raise...

March 26, 2020 How the Pandemic Will End

Source: The Atlantic

A global pandemic of this scale was inevitable. In recent years, hundreds of health experts have written books, white papers, and op-eds warning of the possibility.

March 3, 2020 5 parts of the economy most at risk from coronavirus

Source: The Hill

The growing threat of a coronavirus pandemic is raising fears about the toll it could take on the U.S. economy.

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