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The North Face Aims to Recycle More Than 100,000 Lbs of Textiles in 2015 –...
The North Face today announced the expansion of its Clothes The Loop recycling program to all of its retail and outlet stores in the U.S. in tandem with an in-store and social media campaign to...
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A Meditation on the Meaning of Collaboration
As some of you will have seen, some time ago I coined the term ‘knotworks,’ which I defined as ‘networks with ego.’ My first articles about knotworks related to co-creation and the way in which many...
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Coca-Cola Extends Funding for Replenish Africa Initiative By $35 Million
Coca-Cola on Thursday pledged an additional $35 million to support sustainable safe water access and sanitation programs for 4 million more people across Africa by 2020.This new funding builds on an...
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Prince Ea Partners with Stand For Trees to Activate Grassroots Climate Action
As we approach the world’s 21st year of international climate change negotiations (let that sink in), it has never been more critical for citizens to begin demanding and building climate action. That...
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The Roadmap Series, Phase IV: Taking Sustainability to Scale
This series has been taking a dive into the five phases of sustainable business described in the Hagen-Wilhelm change matrix published in Making Sustainability Stick. We want to offer a roadmap for...
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EPA: US Greenhouse Gas Emissions Fall 9% Since 2005
Total greenhouse gas emissions generated in the United States increased by 2 percent from 2012 to 2013, but emission levels in 2013 were 9 percent below 2005 levels, according to a new annual report by...
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Trend Briefing: Sustainability Implications of the Sharing Economy
When Airbnb and Uber burst on the scene a few years ago the business world was abuzz with the potential for a new “sharing economy.”Advocates explained how these services would provide people with new...
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Over 40 CEOs Urge World Leaders to Take Concrete Climate Action, Just as G7...
On Friday, 43 CEOs from some of the world’s largest corporations signed an open letter urging attendants of the upcoming Paris Climate Summit (November 30th-December 11th) to deliver an ambitious...
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#BusinessCase: Internal Carbon Fee Saves Microsoft Over $10M Per Year
With Earth Day this week, it’s a great time to reflect on the challenges we face and the advancements we’ve made. Last week, Microsoft released a whitepaper describing the progress made with our carbon...
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23 Nestlé USA Factories Achieve Zero Waste to Landfill, Exceeding Nestlé's...
Nestlé USA has had a busy year so far: The company has publicly committed to removing all artificial flavors and colors from its chocolate candy by the end of 2015 and purchased enough certified cocoa...
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Report: Construction & Demolition Recycling a $7.4 Billion Industry
Construction and demolition materials (C&D) recycling is a $7.4 billion industry, according to a new report by the Construction & Demolition Recycling Association (CDRA). And when considering...
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Aquion Energy's Carbon- and Cotton-Based AHI Battery First in the World to be...
Aquion Energy, Inc., developer and manufacturer of Aqueous Hybrid Ion (AHI™) batteries and energy-storage systems, has announced that its AHI S20 and S20-P Product Lines are the first batteries in the...
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The Many Challenges of Plastic Recycling
Upwards of 100 million tons of plastic are manufactured annually across the globe. That’s 200 billion pounds of new material on-market every year, ready to be thermoformed, laminated, foamed and...
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Trending: Brad Pitt and Sheryl Crow Want to Insulate Homes for the Needy with...
In honor of Earth Day this week, both Brad Pitt and Sheryl Crow are using their star power to back initiatives aimed at helping responsibly build affordable housing for those in need, while bringing...
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Successful Stakeholder Engagement 101 (or How Prince Ea Is Rallying Millions...
For those of us in the sustainability field, stakeholder engagement that leads to action is the Holy Grail for creating the change needed for a healthy world and future. So what’s one secret to...
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Youth Call for Climate Education to Be Taught in Schools
To coincide with Earth Day, the New York City Council, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Alliance for Climate Education (ACE) and Global Kids held...
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Trending: Stakeholders Continue, with Mixed Success, to Push Brands on...
This week has seen another concerted push by concerned stakeholders to clean up major brands’ supply chains.On Tuesday, for the second time in a month, hundreds of activists once again took part in a...
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Investors Push SEC to Require Stronger Climate Risk Disclosure by Fossil Fuel...
Sixty-two institutional investors representing nearly $2 trillion in assets have called for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to push for better disclosure by oil and gas companies of...
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#SolutionADay Campaign Aims to Celebrate Sustainability Progress
Effectively communicating sustainability must go beyond a dire series of predictions — it's about sharing real-world evidence of the economic, social and environmental challenges faced daily on our...
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Biome Bioplastics Leading £3M Program to Develop, Scale Plant-Based Chemical...
Biome Bioplastics, one of the UK’s leading developers of bio-based alternatives to petroleum-based plastics, has begun a major development program to progress successful bio-based chemicals research...
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