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Seal of Sustainability Recipients:
The following are the specific accomplishments that SBI chose to highlight when SBI granted the Seal. The company may use these accomplishments in their own publicity efforts.
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 Shaw Industries |
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 Seagate Technology |
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 Sonoma County Water Agency |
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 Clover Stornetta Farms |
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 Beijing Glorious Land Agriculture Company, LTD. |
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- Earned the SBI Seal of Sustainability for its commitment towards their primary goal of “Green Agriculture”. The objective of the Green Agriculture concept, developed by Glorious Land, is to produce fruits and vegetables that are as free of pesticides and contaminating microorganisms as possible. Total life cycle positively affects agriculture programs and enables Glorious Land to balance the economic, environmental, and social consequences of decisions.
- Their goal has three equally important Objectives. First, of course, is to produce food with minimal health risks. Second is to reduce contamination of land and water. The third is to grow produce that can be sold on the open market allowing small farms to be profitable.
- Glorious Land is developing two parallel technological efforts simultaneously in the Green Agriculture movement. One technology stresses the simplest possible materials available to even the poorest, small farmers. These include the use of well-known “quarter circle” solar greenhouses. A second system uses the most recent advances in green house design and modified hydroponic growth media to produce extremely high quality fruit and vegetables.
- The unifying principle is that Glorious Land has developed and teaches specific cultural techniques and natural materials that can minimize pest damage with much reduced chemical pesticides. They have developed a set of standards for allowable levels of pesticide and microbial residues and a centralized market with a highly sophisticated laboratory to test and certify the actual produce before distributing and marketing under the “Green Agriculture” or “Green Foods” labels.
- Visit their web site: engloriousl.21food.com
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 Hot Lips Pizza Management, Inc. and
Hot Lips Pizza Pearl, LLC. |
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- Applied for the Seal at a company wide level.
- A clearly stated mission to create a sustainable company. They base this on their view that “all businesses will have to recognize the limitations of the world’s resources and the need for just and equitable distribution of those resources”.
- Their seasonal menu that uses locally grown and produced ingredients.
- Reduction of waste and energy usage.
- Growth into a new facility — The Natural Capital Center, a center for environmentally responsible companies and organizations.
- Support of employees through training, good pay and use of company-owned delivery vehicles.
- Visit their web site: www.hotlipspizza.com/about.html
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 Novozymes Biotech |
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- Applied for the Seal for their Davis, California subsidiary, not for the larger corporation.
- Basic purpose of the company: to develop environmentally responsible technologies for the bio–industrial enzyme industry.
- Partnership with the U.S. government and other companies to reduce reliance on non-renewable resources
– example of economic and environmental gains.
- Visit their web site: www.novozymes.com/
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 Puroast Coffee Company, Inc. |
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- Applied for the Seal for the company and its products.
- Use of alternative energy technology – sawdust pellets used as fuel.
- Reduced acidity in product helps consumers’ health.
- Visit their web site: www.puroast.com/
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 STMicroelectronics, Inc. — Region America |
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- Region America applied for the Seal at a regional level.
- Overall management commitment to sustainability.
- Environmental accomplishments are on-going and reflect deep commitment.
- First company worldwide to have all its manufacturing sites EMAS-certified and ISO 14000
qualified. One of the first companies in America to achieve ISO 14000 qualification.
- One of the first companies in the semiconductor industry to voluntarily set and meet
strict reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, pollution, chemicals and waste.
- Only international and North American semiconductor company to be awarded AAA ranking in
eco-efficiency by Innovest Environmental Research (out of 14 companies).
- Involvement in all communities in the U.S. in which they have facilities.
- Visit their web site: www.st.com/stonline/company/environm/index.htm
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General Motors |
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- Applied for the Seal at a corporate level.
- Commitment to reducing waste and pollutants, conserving resources, and using recycled materials at every stage of the product life cycle.
- Progressive approach to community reinvestment – one example is its GM Volunteer PLUS, a global volunteerism program that recognizes and rewards employees for volunteering.
- First Fortune 50 company to adopt CERES principles and first to be involved in the Global Reporting Initiative.
- Visit their web site: www.gm.com/company/gmability/environment/
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