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Australian Startup to Close the Loop on CO2 Emissions
An Australian startup called Mineral Carbonation International (MCi) has received funding to establish a carbon dioxide mineral carbonation research pilot plant at the University of Newcastle (UoN) to...
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Why Green Product Brands Fail
The Guardian recently published an excellent article on "Why Green Brands Are Failing to Capture Public Attention:"The answer is that environmental/social consciousness is only one part of what are...
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Federal Government Rates Tesla Model S Safest Car of All Time
The Tesla Model S has received a five-star safety rating in every subcategory from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), making it part of the one percent of all vehicles tested...
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Report Says Demand for Sustainably Sourced Foods on the Rise
Growing consumer awareness of the vulnerable state of the global environment and food supply, along with increased education about ecologically sound foods, will lead to a long-term increase in...
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Tofurky Company Celebrates New LEED Platinum Production Plant
The Tofurky Company, maker of plant-based meat alternatives, is celebrating the opening of its new LEED Platinum-certified manufacturing plant on the waterfront in Hood River, Oregon.The new plant,...
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Coca-Cola Joins with Sainsbury’s For 'Don't Waste. Create' Campaign
Coca-Cola Enterprises has partnered with Sainsbury's to launch a new sustainability program that aims to increase the reuse and recycling of plastic bottles during the summer.The beverage company says...
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Six Ways to Make Brand Sustainability Resonate with Consumers
Climate change. Resource scarcity. Pollution. Human rights. These are some of the most pressing issues facing business today. They are also some of the most difficult for consumers to relate to, let...
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Latest Net Impact Guide Finds Sustainability a Must for Students Shopping MBA...
Net Impact, a nonprofit inspiring a new generation of students to work for a sustainable future, has released its 2013 edition of Business as UNusual: The Student Guide to Graduate Programs. Key...
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CODA Deploys First Solar EV Charging Station Optimized by Energy Storage in...
CODA Energy has partnered with Energy Vault and Growing Energy Labs (GELI), to deploy the first Eco-Station, a solar integrated electric vehicle (EV) fast-charging station optimized by energy storage,...
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Nearly Half of Diners Say They Will Pay More For Meals in Sustainable...
Almost half (43 percent) of diners say they would pay up to 10 percent more for a meal in a sustainable restaurant, according to new research from the Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA).The...
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The True Cost of 'Cheap'
All businesses stay alive by being price competitive. After all, if there are no customers to pay for your product, you can’t make sales and without sales there are no revenues. In an ideal world, a...
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Four World-Changing Examples of NGO-Brand Partnerships
Do you feel that once you’ve met one environmentalist, you’ve met them all … and that each of them comes with a banner in their backpack? If so, and if that’s stopping you from collaborating with them,...
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Tesla Outsells Porsche, Buick, Lincoln in California
In June, the Tesla Model S outsold several well-established vehicle brands in California — including Porsche, Buick and Lincoln — according to a recent report from the California New Car Dealers...
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Department of Defense Awards $7 Billion in Contracts to 22 Solar Companies
Johnson Controls, Sunpower and 20 other solar companies have been awarded $7 billion in Multiple Award Task Order Contracts (MATOC), according to a recent announcement.Some of the other winning...
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Don't Get Greenwashed: How to Make Sure Your Eco-Friendly Products Are the...
From electric cars to reusable shopping bags, it's undeniable that "going green" is one of the fastest growing trends out there today. This is great news for the eco-friendly consumer, as companies are...
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Could 'Brown' Be Your Brand's New 'Green'?
With the announcement of the first synthetic burger grown in a petri dish, would it be more or less shocking to say “human waste is the currency of the future”? “Carbon footprints” and “data...
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IKEA and Kingfisher Pledge Ambitious “Net Positive” Agendas, But Can They Work?
Today an ever-increasing number of companies and brands are likely to have a corporate social responsibility agenda because customers and other stakeholders demand they hold themselves accountable for...
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JTC Corporation Inaugurates ‘CleanTech One’ to Catalyze CleanTech Growth
JTC Corporation (JTC) recently opened Clean Tech One, a six-story, 400,000 square foot business park, laboratory and office space that gathers different companies and institutions engaged in green...
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CEH Files Suit Citing Cancer-Causing Chemical in Nearly 100 Hair Care,...
On Tuesday, the Center for Environmental Health (CEH) revealed independent testing finding a cancer-causing chemical in 98 shampoos, soaps and other personal care products sold by major national...
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Starbucks Pledges to Not Cut Workers’ Benefits Under Obamacare
Starbucks CEO Howard Shultz told Reuters this week the company will not cut hours or benefits for employees — referred to as "partners"— in response to Obamacare.While many other large companies in the...
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