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Sustainability Mythbusters: Is Packaging Always a ‘Bad Guy’?
In the sustainability arena, we are used to work with a diversity of common sustainability assumptions. However, some of the assumptions that we trust might not be as right as we think they are. A...
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A Planetisation of Finance: The Earth as a Going Concern
“We have statesmen and politicians who profess to guide our destinies. Whither are they guiding our destinies?”— H.G WellsValuing continuing existenceIn recent decades considerable effort has been...
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When It Really Isn’t Business as Usual: Can There be Principle Without...
Years before the surprising examples of bold sustainable business actions discussed inPart 1, we had the writings of Jem Bendell, Wayne Visser, John Elkington and Jeffrey Hollender, who have long seen...
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How Digital Mapping Is Helping Detroit Fight Urban Blight
As previously functioning urban areas fall into disrepair, urban blight increasingly is afflicting cities across the United States. Characterized by high local unemployment and crime, political...
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How to Use Internal Competition to Drive Sustainability Engagement,...
As part of L’Oréal’s global sustainability program called Sharing Beauty With All, the company has pledged that by the year 2020, 100 percent of its products will have an environmental or social...
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Dell's Progress in Closing Loops, Eliminating E-Waste Brings It Closer to...
Today Dell released an update on its headway in 2014-2015 against its 2020 Legacy of Good Plan, highlighting its first signs of progress in achieving 21 goals in the areas of environment, communities...
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Report: Biobased Products Industry Adds $369B, 4 Million Jobs to US Economy
A new report suggests the U.S. biobased products industry has a notable impact on the nation’s economy. It is the first research effort to quantify the effect of this industry from an economics and...
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How Sierra Nevada Is Brewing a Better Business
Few things are more disruptive to a processing facility than losing power – especially if several weeks’ worth of work is lost each time it happens. Facing this risk helped drive Sierra Nevada Brewing...
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Hershey Fights Malnutrition in Ghana with ‘Energize Learning’ Program, Aims...
The Hershey Company today announced a partnership that will support its campaign to fight malnutrition in Ghana. As part of its Energize Learning program, the company is teaming up with the Ghana...
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Wearables, Startups, 3D Printing Helping Ford Drive Progress in Autonomous...
Today, Fordannounced progress on its commitment to developing autonomous vehicle technology, including innovations in wearable technology and collaborations with startups in Silicon Valley to make...
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First Annual Recyclebank Awards Honor Cities That Cut Waste
Recyclebank, which claims to to inspire and reward smarter, everyday choices for a more sustainable future, has named Mayor Bryan Barnett of Rochester Hills, MI “Mayor of the Year” as part of the first...
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Making ‘Green’ a Bonus, Not a Focus
The “green gap” is alive and well, yet many companies and marketers still don’t seem to notice. On the one hand, we continue to see a massive influx of passionate consumers telling us they are willing...
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Trending: After Finding Redemption Abroad, Ugly Produce Now Being Vindicated...
As awareness has grown of the reprehensible amount of food we throw away in the western world (an estimated 40 percent), efforts to combat food waste have emerged from a variety of places along the...
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Adventure for Good: Cotopaxi's New CIO on Truly Integrated, Effective...
Last month I did a feature interview with Davis Smith, CEO of outdoor gear and apparel company Cotopaxi, and was impressed with the way the brand had managed to build sustainability and social...
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Wells Fargo, USCM Honor Cities for Best Neighborhood Stabilization Programs
The mayors ofBaltimore, MD, Little Rock, AR and West Sacramento, CA have been recognized with top honors in an awards program administered by The U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) and funded by the...
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BASF Convenes Scientists, Leaders at Symposium to Discuss Sustainable Food...
On Tuesday and Wednesday in Chicago, BASF is hosting a Science Symposium, gathering academics and thought leaders from a variety of disciplines to discuss the challenge of sustaining global food...
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Trending: Even Yet Still More Evidence Pointing to #BusinessCase for Circular...
More and more evidence continues to emerge that points to the literal wealth of untapped potential of shifting to a circular economy. Independent research released this week from Imperial College...
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Greenpeace: Still Mind-Bombing After All These Years
Greenpeace is arguably the founder of modern environmental activism. And as a documentary called How to Change the World, which premiered in January at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and recently won...
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UN Global Compact Unveils Website to Spur Sustainable Business
The UN Global Compact (UNGC) has launched a new official website aimed at spurring corporate sustainability action.Designed to support business at all stages along the corporate sustainability journey...
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Trending: Subway, Kroger Face Public Pressure to Ditch Antibiotic-Laden Meat
Growing public health and consumer safety concerns about the overuse of antibiotics in food has sparked a wave of resistance, with both Subway and Kroger facing pressure this week to curb their...
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