ConAgra Foods started the Sustainable Development Awards program in 1992 to encourage and incentivize employees to proactively look for ways to eliminate waste, reduce energy and conserve water through smart design.
Based on votes of 858 analysts from investment managers and 1,580 analysts from sell-side firms, Unilever tops the list as Europe's Most Honored Company in Institutional Investor's All-Europe Executive Team Ranking. Anheuser-Busch InBev, Henkel and British American Tobacco also rank among the leaders.
Delivered as a service over the internet, the GT Nexus platform is expected to optimize the entire purchase to pay lifecycle for air and ocean transportation.
Despite a cloudy economic outlook, enterprises in 15 industries will continue to pursue strategic IT initiatives focused on big data and analytics, cloud computing and mobility. Manufacturing, in particular, will account for almost a quarter of all enterprise IT spending in the United States in 2013.
