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Novo Nordisk, a global healthcare company specialising in diabetes, obesity and other serious chronic diseases, published its Annual Report 2017 online today at novonordisk.com/annualreport. It is the company's fourteenth integrated annual report accounting for the company's financial, social and environmental performance.

The Hershey Company has introduced Sourcemap, an online supply chain transparency platform that allows consumers to explore where and how companies source their product ingredients. Consumers can now explore the origin of ingredients used in two Hershey's products: Hershey's Milk Chocolate with Almonds and Reese's Peanut Butter Cups.

Online marketplace Etsy received the Petal Certification through the Living Building Challenge for its sustainable headquarters, using reclaimed wood and screening the paints, adhesive materials and about 1,500 other items to ensure they did not contain harmful substances. Etsy is the first tech company to achieve the rating and is now aiming to achieve zero-waste in its workplaces across the globe by 2020.

Amazon has installed the largest rooftop solar system in the state of New Jersey at its warehouse in Carteret, New Jersey. The 5 MW rooftop system features 20,000 solar panels

The material is ultra tough, durable, and lightweight, and it may be the future of outdoor apparel if Patagonia and a California startup have their way.

Americans renew their relationship with paper, ditching the cheap stuff for reading news to buy expensive stock for photo-based cards and albums.

New York City's sustainable programs have helped it become one of the most environmentally friendly cities in the U.S., writes Jonathan Pappas. Some reasons behind this have to do with the construction industry. For instance, the city's PlaNYC initiative includes a "local energy conservation construction code which holds all new construction and renovations to the most current energy efficiency standards." In addition, replacing older heating units with ones that use cleaner fuel is a priority

Chipotle set a goal of sourcing over 20 million pounds of produce from local farms in 2014-up from 15 million pounds in 2013. The company will serve food from 45 farms located within 350 miles of its restaurants.

"Non-GMO" is one of the fastest-growing label trends on U.S. food packages, with sales of such items growing 28% last year to about $3 billion, according to market-research firm Nielsen. In a poll of nearly 1,200 U.S. consumers for The Wall Street Journal, Nielsen found that 61% of consumers had heard of GMOs and nearly half of those people said they avoid eating them. The biggest reason was because it "doesn't sound like something I should eat."

FORT MCMURRAY, Alberta-A group of Canadian oil sands producers, including some of the world's biggest energy companies, is prepared to commit to specific environmental impact reduction targets later this month.

Barclays and financial services company MSCI will launch a new Green Bond Index to serve as a benchmark for assessing the performance of green bond funds. The index will be comprised of fixed income projects with direct environmental benefits.

EU leaders have agreed to a legally binding commitment to reduce the region's greenhouse emissions by 40% by 2030 from 1990 levels. The EU also committed to increase energy efficiency and the share of energy generated from renewables. "We managed to reach a fair decision. It sets Europe on an ambitious yet cost-effective energy path," said European Council President Herman Van Rompuy.