If you are doing a paper as an exercise to explore a company's ESG (environmental, social, governance) & CSR (corporate social responsibility) activities, choose to research a company which discloses information on these topics. Search the company website to confirm they issue some form of a sustainability or environmental report and/or a corporate social responsibility or governance report. Not all companies discuss these issues publicly.
Highly recommended you pick a US based publicly traced company. Publicly traded companies release more information about themselves than private companies do.
Items to look at if available:
Use Hoovers to figure if a company is based in teh US and publicly traded. Alternatively you can also go to a company's website to see where they are headquartered and if they have an Investor's or Shareholders section on teh site.
Use these library databases to search for news on your company related to environmental and corporate governance issues.
Suggested search terms for article databases:
environment
sustainability
"emission standards"
"social responsibility"
"corporate governance"
"sustainable development"
governance
pollution
"carbon footprint"
"climate change"
sustainability
"greenhouse gases"
"environmental regulations"
"environmental impact"
"environmental protection"
energy
water
waste
suppliers
supply chain