#DrinkGoodDoGood Campaign Raising Awareness, Produce Donations for Food Deserts
Nearly 24 million Americans live in food deserts and don't have access to affordable, quality, fresh fruits and vegetables. For the third year, fresh juice brand Naked Juice, a division of PepsiCo, is...
View ArticleReport: Low-Carbon Cities a $17 Trillion Economic Opportunity
Investing in public and low emission transport, building efficiency, and waste management in cities could generate savings with a current value of $17 trillion by 2050, according to new research from...
View ArticleEPA, Unilever Partnering to Advance Non-Animal Methods of Chemical Risk...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Unilever have announced a research collaboration to develop groundbreaking scientific approaches to better assess the safety of chemicals found in...
View ArticleThe Results Are In: The 2015 Dow Jones Sustainability Indices
It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for: S&P Dow Jones Indices, one of the world’s leading providers of financial market indices, and RobecoSAM, the investment specialist focused exclusively on...
View ArticleChocolate Lovers, Rejoice! Mars, Top Universities Reveal Intake of Cocoa...
The University of Dusseldorf, the University of Reading and Mars, Incorporated have unveiled two new studies revealing that cocoa flavanols can help to keep our hearts healthy. Cocoa flavanols are...
View ArticleTrending: Uber, Airbnb Optimizing User Experience Through Smart Partnerships
Not a day goes by that we don’t hear some mention of “the sharing economy” these days, partly because of continued smart moves from the companies creating and riding the wave.First, on-demand ride...
View ArticleOil Lobby Compels California to Drop 50% Oil Cut
California, Gov. Jerry Brown and Senate Democrats abandoned a 50 percent cut in petroleum use by 2030 that was a focal point of the state’s climate change policy, following an intense campaign against...
View ArticleSurvey: Most Americans Expect Businesses to Behave Ethically; 10% Trust Them...
Americans expect companies to make a positive difference in the world and have major concerns about corporate ethics, according to study results released this week. When it comes to earning their trust...
View ArticleGerman Startup Franchises Biogas Bag Business in Africa
German social enterprise B-Energy has developed portable “digester” bags that produce methane gas out of food waste or animal droppings, which can help low-income entrepreneurs in the global South make...
View ArticleExperimenting on Purpose: An Introduction
In 1928, a struggling scientist working to find a cure for bacteria became frustrated with his work and decided he needed a break. This was not the tidiest of scientists and instead of properly...
View ArticleBusiness Leaders with Heart: New Top 100 Includes Compassionate Innovators...
A new publication called Salt, motivated by the hope that businesses will play a key role in shaping a better world, has released its first Top 100 Compassionate Leaders List."We want to shine a...
View ArticleAs Groups Continue to Push Obama for Strong Climate Action, Deniers Pose...
In the less than 100 days remaining before the much-anticipated COP21 climate negotiations in Paris, more and more stakeholder groups are adding their voices to the throng urging world leaders to come...
View Article27 African Startups Prove Worthy Grassroots Solutions for Sustainable...
27 African social and environmental startups were recognized with awards last week at the 2015 SEED Africa Symposium. The recipients’ business models benefit local communities and help meet sustainable...
View ArticleAre Corporate Eyes Watching Water?
Climate change is only one of the issues to which corporate leaders must be attentive. We live in a world that is increasingly sees acute water problems — in some areas too little (drought), in others...
View ArticleThree-Quarters of CEOs Now Convinced of #BusinessCase for Climate Action
CEOs see more opportunities for growth today than they did three years ago — especially when it comes to new products and services in response to climate change.Earlier this year, survey results from...
View ArticleCutting GHGs by 25% Among Carnival’s New 2020 Sustainability Goals
After meeting its initial goal a year ahead of schedule, Carnival Corporation has renewed its goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent from its 2005 baseline by 2020, according to a recent...
View ArticleStartup Working to Provide Jobs to Refugees Resettled in the US
The ongoing plight of the millions of refugees fleeing Syria and other parts of the world has captured the world’s attention, but what happens once they’ve found somewhere safe to settle?In the midst...
View ArticleAshoka, C&A Foundation Launch Challenge to Improve Working Conditions in...
Today, C&A Foundation and Ashoka Changemakers launch Fabric of Change: Innovating for a Sustainable Apparel Industry, an online challenge that seeks innovations for building a fair and sustainable...
View ArticleSierra Nevada Snowpack Reaches 500-Year Low
California’s record-low snowpack this year actually may be far more historic than previously thought — at its lowest in more than 500 years, according to a paper published Monday in the journal Nature...
View ArticleHelp FreshPaper Spread the Word About Its Food-Saving Potential to 100M Super...
Fenugreen, 2013’s SB Innovation Open winner and creator of the potentially game-changing food-saving innovation FreshPaper, is one of 10 startup finalists in contention for the most coveted of TV...
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