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Do Natural Resources Companies Recognize Supply Chain Management as a...
Companies are under increasing pressure to improve transparency across their supply chains and introduce more stringent procurement policies covering issues including human rights, corruption, and...
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California Utilities to Offer Clean Energy Options to Residents and Businesses
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has approved the "Green Tariff Shared Renewables Program," a measure that will give millions of California residents and businesses the chance to...
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Report: Reduction, Recycling and Recovery Key to Resolving Water-Energy Crisis
The most effective technologies for addressing growing global water and energy interdependence — known as the water-energy nexus — are based on reduce, recycle, and recovery and zero-water/zero-energy,...
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Activist Groups Challenging Signet to Show Its Supply Chain Some Love This...
Despite being one of the most popular gifts for a loved one on Valentine’s Day, jewelry has been notorious for coming at a social and environmental cost that goes well beyond the price tag. Now Signet,...
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GE Launches Platform to Explore Tools, Trends in Water Reuse, Energy Efficiency
GEWater & Process Technologies recently launched UsedtoUseful, a new platform that explores the impact of water reuse on industrial and municipal sectors. The site shares industry insight and...
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The Top Ten Top 10s
As the "old year" drew to a close and the new year approached, my inbox was deluged by dozens of sustainability "Top 10" lists. Some were of the year past and some were focused on the year ahead. But...
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Dear SB Vanguard: What Are the Hottest Types of Know How to Watch This Year?
This is the latest in a series of posts in which we will poll our global community of business leaders and practitioners — the “SB Vanguard” — on a variety of issues pertinent to the evolving...
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CVS Health Hits Record Sales Even After Knocking Out Tobacco
CVS Health achieved record sales in 2014 — increasing net revenues by 9.9 percent to $139.4 billion — even after a major rebrand and the removal of lucrative tobacco products from its stores’...
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Coffee Ground Yarn, Rice Husks and More in M&S' First Sustainable Footwear...
UK retailer Marks & Spencer has launched its first sustainable footwear collection, called Footglove Earth — the latest component of the company's ongoing Plan A initiative to become the world's...
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How to Work with Academic Research Centers: Funding & Commitment
I held a roundtable discussion with the directors of sustainability centers and institutes at six top business schools to learn more about how they engage with industry. One of the questions was: What...
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All of Mars' Chocolate Facilities are Now Certified Landfill-Free
Mars Chocolate North America announced last week that all 10 of its manufacturing facilities are now certified landfill-free, a significant step towards achieving Mars’ company-wide goal of...
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How Cryptocurrency Is Lifting Hope for South Africa's Women
Digital currency, aka cryptocurrency, is shaking up the financial industry’s entrenched institutions, and now its potential for doing good is dawning — as it enables accountability and financial...
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Code REDD's New Crowdfunding Mobile Site Encouraging Concerned Citizens to...
Code REDD announced the launch today of Stand For Trees, the first consumer campaign that uses the power of social media and crowdfunding to enable users to take action to reduce deforestation and curb...
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Strength in Numbers: Erb Institute Harnesses the Power of Consensus
Tom Catania’s role at Whirlpool Corporation wasn’t specifically to shape the company’s sustainability efforts. But in more than 25 years with the appliance manufacturer, the last 14 as Vice President...
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New Collaborative Futures Platform Helps Decision-Makers Plan for Tomorrow...
UK sustainable development consultancy Forum for the Future has launched The Futures Centre— a platform for decision-makers to track trends, share resources and spot windows of opportunities for...
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Industry Partners Publish First Sustainability Standard for Household Cooking...
Whirlpool has announced that nine of its cooking appliances are among the industry’s first certified under the Association for Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM) Sustainability Standard for Cooking...
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Inditex Bans Use of Angora, Donating Leftover Stock to Syrian Refugees
Inditex, one of the world's biggest fashion firms, has banned the sale of angora wool after activists highlighted the cruel treatment of rabbits by farms in China.The parent company of Zara, Massimo...
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New Biomass Plant Will Supply 60-70% of Power at P&G's Bounty, Charmin...
Procter & Gamble and Constellation— a leading retail supplier of power, natural gas and energy products and services — announced Thursday the development of an up to 50-megawatt biomass plant that...
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Danone, Unilever Among 6 Major Companies With Comprehensive Deforestation...
Only six major companies and one investor — Danone, Unilever, Nestle, Procter & Gamble, Kao Corp., Reckitt Benckiser Group, as well as financial services giant HSBC— have comprehensive policies in...
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Spread the Love – and the Panic About Climate Change – with Grist's Rather...
True to their snarky form, our friends at Grist have created a series of Valentine’s Day greetings designed to show your loved ones how much you care — both about them and the damage we’ve done to the...
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