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Nearly 40,000 US Cleantech Jobs Created in Q2
More than 58 clean energy and transportation projects, launched across the US in the second quarter of 2013, have led to the creation of 38,600 new jobs in the sector, according to a recent report by...
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Toyota Plots Improved Hybrids and Customer Care to Regain U.S. Share
Toyota plans to keep pressing the advantages of its renewed mojo in the U.S. market with sportier hybrids, a greater emphasis on customer care and the possible addition of more production in Mexico to...
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BlueAvocado’s New Collection of Upcycled Accessories Provides Jobs for Female...
When we launched our business in Texas nearly five years ago, our vision was to empower millions of people to reduce their carbon footprint, invest in the dreams and journeys of female entrepreneurs,...
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Customer Behavior Change: The Holy Grail of Conscious Brands
“If we can’t get the consumer involved, we will always be behind the curve,” Marks & Spencer CEO Marc Bolland said when he launched the retailer’s ‘Plan A’ sustainability stakeholder...
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Unilever Recruiting Young Entrepreneurs to Help Tackle Some of the World's...
Today, Unilever announced an international awards program designed to inspire young people around the world to tackle environmental, social and health issues. Presented in partnership with the...
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EcoDairy Harnessing the Hidden Power of Cow Manure
It takes two days to train a cow to milk itself. This may sound like a farmer’s utopia, but at Bakerview EcoDairy, a robotic milker is just one of many dairy farm innovations being put to use.Bill...
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Report: Product Sustainability Investments Will Accelerate as Business...
Corporate spending on product sustainability initiatives will likely accelerate as sustainable product pioneers such as H&M, Nokia and PUMA share evidence of the business benefits they have...
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If It Involves People (And What Doesn't?), Start with a Powerful Engagement...
What single success driver do branding, design, innovation, sustainability, public policy, product development, sales, social sector program management and organizational change have in common? The...
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How Do We 'Hardwire' Sustainability Into Business?
While there are myriad perspectives on sustainability and corporate responsibility, each with its own unique value, I often find myself focusing on sustainability’s operational aspects: What can we do...
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GM Donation Insulates 400 More Coats for the Homeless
General Motors has made an additional donation of scrap sound-absorption material from its Chevy Malibu and Buick Verano models to a Detroit nonprofit for use as insulation in waterproof, self-heating...
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Sprint Breaks Guinness World Record for Most Cell Phones Recycled in One Week
Sprint has long been the industry leader in cell phone recycling. Now the wireless carrier has a Guinness World Records® achievement to prove it.This week Guinness World Records recognized Sprint for...
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MillerCoors Decreases Water Use By 6%
MillerCoors reduced water use by 6.1 percent to a record low 3.82 barrels needed per barrel of beer in 2012, according to the 2013 MillerCoors Sustainability Report, released yesterday.By comparison,...
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Green Investments to Reach $10 Trillion by 2020
Investing at least $1 trillion per year until 2020 could lead from the fossil-fueled industrial era to a technologically advanced solar age based on ethical principles of equity, efficiency, biomimicry...
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Nike’s New Shanghai Store Is 100% Rubbish
Sportswear giant Nike’s new concept store in Shanghai has been constructed using waste materials including more than 5,000 drinks cans and 50,000 old CDs and DVDs.Built by Miniwiz Sustainable...
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This Tiny Patch Could Be a Game Changer for Global Health
Kite Patch is the latest breakthrough technology in the global fight against malaria and other mosquito-borne diseases. A non-toxic adhesive patch that makes you virtually invisible to mosquitos, Kite...
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Integrating Sustainable Product Design and LCA (Part 3 of 3)
Product designers seeking to create more sustainable products need tools that reflect the rapidly iterative process of product development. This is the third in a three-part series by EcoShift, a...
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Rainforest Foundation Takes On Skincare Companies With New Ranking
Honesty skin care, REN face and body care products, Pure Nuff Stuff skincare products and Little Satsuma face and body moisturiser all received perfect scores in the Rainforest Foundation UK (RFUK)'s...
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Are You a Happy Shopper?
Psychologists have found that buying life experiences makes people happier than buying possessions, but who spends more of their spare cash on experiences? We now know that extroverts and people who...
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Investors, Human Rights Advocates Set Expectations for Transparency Around...
As companies prepare their first required reports on conflict mineral use to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the SEC, key investors and human rights groups have released a paper that sets...
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Consumers Now Expect Companies to Step Up During Disaster Relief Efforts
As communities around the world continue to recover from natural disasters on epic scales, citizens will and are looking to companies — not just governments or aid organizations — to provide critical...
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