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University of Missouri Researchers Developing Biodegradable Displays for...
Americans, on average, replace their mobile phones every 22 months, junking more than 150 million phones a year in the process. When it comes to recycling and processing all of this electronic waste,...
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New EWG Verification Identifies Personal Care Products Free of Toxic Ingredients
Environmental health non-profit Environmental Working Group (EWG) has launched its new verification program to help consumers quickly and easily identify consumer goods that do not contain toxic...
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Attention, Shoppers: REI Is Paying Its Employees to Take Black Friday,...
To celebrate Thanksgiving this year, outdoor gear and apparel retailer REI is taking a bold stand against the chaotic caricature of capitalism that is Black Friday by closing its doors and paying its...
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Report: Higher CO2 Levels Directly Affect Human Cognition
Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health have found that carbon dioxide (CO2) has a direct and negative impact on human cognition and decision-making, according to a new study, as reported by...
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Partnership for Freedom Launches $500K Challenge for Tech Solutions to Fight...
A public-private partnership has launched a new competition to combat modern-day slavery. Partnership for Freedom will award $500,000 in prizes to technological solutions that are selected as finalists...
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Tsk Tsk! Levi's Says Thoughtful Clothing Care Could Have Saved Californians...
Levi Strauss & Co. claims its consumer care recommendations could have saved California 35 billion liters of water over the past four years — the amount of time that the state has been experiencing...
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Schneider Electric's 'Life Is On' Campaign Showcases Its Impact on Customers'...
Schneider Electric, global specialist in energy management and automation, announced the launch of a new brand campaign in North America to showcase the business and societal value of sustainability...
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Kingfisher, IKEA Talk Evolution Into Circular, Service, Sharing Business Models
DIY retailer Kingfisher and Swedish housewares giant IKEA both recently told edie of the potential to incorporate elements of the sharing economy and servitization, in what they see as a "natural...
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UK Brands Turning to Co-Creation to Help Unlock Packaging Innovations
Flicking through various CSR reports, it’s interesting to note how often packaging is highlighted as an area in need of more attention. It’s hardly surprising given the complexity of applying lifecycle...
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Dow Launches New Line of Sustainable Packaging Resins
The Dow Chemical Company on Tuesday announced the launch a new family of resins that offers unprecedented performance levels to help customers address some of today’s most challenging packaging...
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WRAP, CDP Reveal Global Companies Leading in Waste Reduction, Water Security
Asahi Group Holdings, Colgate Palmolive, Ford Motor Company and Toyota Motor Corporation are among the global corporations achieving an A rating for their efforts to improve water security, according...
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Trending: Nestlé, McDonald's, Tetra Pak Advance World Domination of...
This week, Nestlé announced it is the newest member of the How2Recycle Label Program. Selected Nestlé USA and Purina® brands will use the How2Recycle label to help communicate to the public how to...
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Materiality Assessment Finds Materials, Transparency, GHGs Critical Issues...
The American Cleaning Institute (ACI) released the first-ever industry materiality assessment in its 2015 Sustainability Report on Tuesday. Sustainability analytics firm Framework LLC conducted the...
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Water for Life Launches Campaign to Bring Sustainable Water Filters to...
A 2010 report by the World Health Organization and UNICEF estimated that four out of every 10 people in the world, particularly those in Africa and Asia, do not have clean water to drink, and according...
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Google-backed Database Promotes Sustainable Building Design
Google, along with thinkstep, architecture and engineering tech company Flux and nonprofit Healthy Building Network (HBN), last week launched a new collaborative open data initiative to combine health...
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The Plastic Bank: How 'Social Plastic' Is Giving Value to Waste, Improving...
At SB ’14 San Diego, the Plastic Disclosure Project, the UN Environment Program and Trucost unveiled the fist-ever assessment of plastic use in business, along with the business case for dealing with...
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IKEA Says 100% of Its Cotton Now Comes from More Sustainable Sources
IKEA announced last week that as of September 2015, all cotton used for its products — from furniture to towels, bedding and other home textiles — comes from more sustainable sources; specifically from...
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Food Shift Launching Systemic Approach to Food Recovery with Alameda Kitchen
It’s difficult to swallow the contradictory statistic that 50 million Americans are food insecure while 40 percent of the food produced in the U.S. is wasted, according to the NRDC. Food recovery...
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New Clooney Ad, Video Promoting Nespresso and Its Sustainability Program in...
After nine years as a spokesman for Nespresso in Europe, actor and activist George Clooney has finally agreed to promote the brand in North America. Television advertisements began airing yesterday,...
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Indonesia in Crisis: Fires Releasing More Emissions Than the Entire U.S. Economy
Fires are raging across the 3,000 mile length of Indonesia, destroying tens of thousands of acres of forest. More than 127,000 forest fires have been detected so far this year, which is expected to be...
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