How HP leads in sustainability through innovation, partnership and sharing

Reviewing the history of environmental racism in Hawai’i, the author lifts up a present-day story of a Native Hawaiian path to indigenizing environmental and climate justice.

Heineken has opened its seventh brewery in Mexico, located in Meoqui, Chihuahua, following a $500m investment. Announced in 2015, the site will have a production capacity of 6 million hectolitres per year and produce brands such as Tecate, Dos Equis and Heineken for the Mexican market as well as for export. Using 100% renewable electricity, the brewery is the largest greenfield project in the company’s history.

The beauty maker is among the Foundation’s 10 newest Network members, businesses and institutions tasked with leading the change to a circular economy. “Mary Kay and the other new members of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation Network share an ambition to transform the way they do business.” ​That, according to Joe Murphy, Ellen MacArthur Foundation Network Lead, who shared comments with the press. “We look forward to supporting them, and facilitating collaboration opportunities with other Network organizations, as they strive to become more circular,” ​he says. Circularity is the next phase of environmental sustainability and the Ellen MacArthur Foundation was founded in 2009 to help businesses, policy makers, and academics become leaders in this new economic model. And beauty suppliers and manufacturers have been taking steps toward a circular economy with (and without) the help of the Foundation for some time.