Working with the Natural Resources Defense Council, Walmart and H&M committed to working with their Chinese textile suppliers to reduce water, energy, and chemical use in their supply chains. Walmart announced its work with NRDC’s Clean by Design project at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative, helping strategically selected mills adopt Clean by Design practices. H&M initiated a similar agreement with NRDC September 13.

From marinating steaks in a secret blend to creating home team themed cocktails and bringing advanced grill-ware to the stadium, Jim Beam® knows that true fans strive to make each pre-game warm up and tailgate event the best. With this in mind, the world’s No. 1 Bourbon has launched a search for the best pre-game warm upper in the US, in the form of an online video contest starting this week.

In September, Stockholm’s Arlanda Airport saw the premiere of Absolut Glimmer—the new, spectacularly exciting and utterly glamorous limited edition gift pack bottle from the world’s leading premium vodka brand. Absolut Glimmer follows in the prestigious footsteps of previous groundbreaking holiday season limited edition gift packs such as Absolut Bling Bling, Absolut Disco, In an Absolut World Every Night Is a Masquerade, and Absolut Rock Edition. The global launch of about 5 million bottles of Absolut Glimmer will be rolled out in both off- and on-trade as well as duty free/travel retail markets worldwide through October in a massive campaign.

On September 28, The Coca-Cola Company, owners and players of five sport teams—the Washington Capitals, Mystics, Nationals, Redskins and Wizards—joined forces at the U.S. Capitol to announce a unique partnership aimed at educating local area youth about the importance of physical activity and a balanced diet. The collective influence of these high-profile partners is expected to amplify the need to educate and engage area youth about eating right and keeping fit.

The Foundation for Social Change and United Nations Office for Partnerships (UNOP) present the Global Conference for Social Change—a conference for senior decision makers—corporate leaders from all over the world about how social innovation joined with core business strategy can accelerate provide a triple bottom line return: social, environmental and financial rewards.