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Disneyland Diverts Over 7M Pounds of Food from Landfill, Receives Honor from EPA
Disneyland Resort has been recognized by the EPA with the 2014 Food Recovery Challenge Award, for its zero-waste efforts and the highest percent increase in food recovery of any theme park in the...
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Uber and Goodwill Partner to Make Spring Cleaning Simple and Easy
Spring cleaning this year just got a little easier: On Saturday, May 2nd, donating old clothes will be a breeze thanks to a partnership between Goodwill and Uber. Donors can open the Uber app on...
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Report: Recycling Refrigerants Can Easily Eliminate Billions of Tons of...
If only 30 percent of hydrofluorocarbons (HFC) refrigerants are reclaimed for reuse by 2040, approximately 18 billion metric tons carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalent would be prevented from reaching the...
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Startup Creates Reusable To-Go Containers for Food Service Industry
Preserve, producer of sustainable consumer goods with a focus on creating closed loop products using recycled plastic, today announced the launch of Preserve 2 Go — a durable, reusable clamshell...
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REPREVE Turns 60 Million Recycled Plastic Bottles into Graduation Caps and Gowns
Just in time for graduation season, REPREVE recycled fibers will be used in Oak Hall graduation gowns at more than 1,100 colleges and universities across the country.Since the introduction of REPREVE,...
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Tesla Energy Set to Revolutionize Solar Storage for Homes, Businesses, Utilities
Tesla Energy, the latest from Tesla Motors visionary Elon Musk, was introduced last night onstage at the company's design studio in Hawthorne, California, just south of LA. A statement from the company...
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Is It Objective to ‘Be Objective’ About Sustainable Business Metrics?: Part 14
In 13 earlier parts of this series, Claire Sommer and I developed 25 pitfalls in the sustainable business metrics field, based on the experiences of many mostly non-business fields. (Find them here.)It...
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Trending: 'Low-Carb' Clothing, a T-Shirt Vending Machine and a Nordic Action...
The past week saw continued momentum in the global push for a more sustainable fashion industry, some from some surprising sources.On Monday, the day after John Oliver’s blistering takedown of fast...
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Mobilizing Around Climate Action: BICEP's Anne Kelly on Helping Brands Flex...
Business for Innovative Climate and Energy Policy (BICEP) is the foremost coalition of companies advancing energy and climate legislation in the US. A project of Ceres, BICEP convenes 34 member...
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Report: Oceans Valued at $24 Trillion, Rank as World's Seventh-Largest Economy
A recent report commissioned by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) estimates the ocean’s value at $24 trillion, making it the world’s seventh-largest economy. The annual “goods and services” it provides,...
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In the Wake of Tragedy: Brands Come Together to Aid Nepal Earthquake Relief...
The 7.8 magnitude Nepal earthquake that hit on April 25th has yielded a death toll of over 6,000, with thousands still reported missing. Villages throughout the country have been destroyed as well as a...
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Hershey Highlights Progress Towards Sustainable Sourcing & Environmental Goals
Hershey achieved 30 percent use of certified cocoa in 2014, putting the company ahead of schedule to hit its 2015 goal of 50 percent, according to Hershey’s 2014 Sustainability Report.The company has...
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Trending: Companies Being Transparent, Re-Evaluating Goals After Slow...
In their latest reports, two major companies are being forthcoming about respective shortfalls in terms of expected progress toward their long-term sustainability goals.In its latest annual report,...
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Brands, Old-School Diplomacy & the New Humanities
We’re up to our ‘proverbials’ in Brand Advocates, Influencers & Champions. The social shock troops have to no little degree saved a lot of the big consumer multinationals from themselves. They have...
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Panera Bread Publishes List of Unacceptable Ingredients to Be Removed from...
Today, Panera Bread shared its progress in removing a host of what the company deems “unacceptable” ingredients. Panera has committed to remove artificial additives and published a No No List of...
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SB '15 Barcelona Launch Welcomes Ever-Growing Consortium of Sustainability...
Boy, do they know how to get excited about innovation in Barcelona.Many of our corporate members, international partners, and sustainability thought leaders are still recovering from what was an...
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CFSI Launches New Reporting Template to Help Keep Conflict Minerals Out of...
TheConflict-Free Sourcing Initiative (CFSI) has published its new Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (CMRT 4.0), a multi-industry tool designed to facilitate transfer of information throughout the...
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#BusinessCase: Unilever Says Integrating Sustainability Has Driven Growth,...
Four years after the launch of its Sustainable Living Plan, Unilever is reporting today that the plan is making an increasingly positive impact on its business in terms of growth, cost efficiency and...
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#BusinessCase: Dow/TNC Study Highlights Benefits of Valuing Ecosystem Services
According to a recent study in Ecosystem Services, businesses may pay more for less reliable sources of water in the future.This week, scientists from The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and The Dow Chemical...
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Purdue Students Develop Device That Harnesses Energy from Nuclear Waste
Three Purdue students and a graduate have launched a startup called Atlas Energy Systems, that has found a way to turn nuclear waste into its own source of energy, according to The Purdue Exponent. The...
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