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New Startup Accelerator Will Catalyze Clean Tech in the Middle East
Renewable energy company Masdar kicked off its Innovation Week activities by announcing the Middle East’s first startup accelerator focused on sustainability and clean tech. Masdar, the Masdar...
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Will Paris Signal A Sunnier Climate for Low Carbon Economics?
Next week marks the start of important climate negotiations in Paris – the aim of COP21 is to deliver a new international agreement that will put the world on track towards a low carbon future. The...
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How Circularity Indicators, Partnerships Are Accelerating Adoption of...
The concept of the circular economy has, at least over the last couple of years, evolved as somewhat of a holy grail for the sustainable business world. It offers the possibility of decoupling growth...
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Nutrition, Wine, IoT, Big Data and Artificial Intelligence Come Together at...
Reimagine Food, an organization on a mission to create an “ecosystem for the techno-food revolution,” has announced the second edition of its Prometheus accelerator program. Touted as the first...
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Living Wage: Key to Maximizing Morale and Driving Financial Value
Around the world there is a growing consensus that a company’s social role goes beyond meeting legal requirements, complying with ethical standards, creating jobs and paying taxes. People everywhere...
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Add Transparency to Boost Your Bottom Line
Transparency is a new playing field that many companies will find themselves on, whether or not they want to be there. Rather than resist and risk failure, companies and the customers they serve will...
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Indonesian Forest Fires, Amazon Tipping Points, and the Business Case for...
Businesses have a central role in addressing the forest issues that are in today’s headlines—including the Indonesian fires (which emitted more CO2 in three weeks than the entire German economy in a...
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The Dairy Industry’s Next Competitive Advantage: Saving Money and Building...
A penguin and a cow walk into a bar. The cow says, "We have a problem. Every year cows emit so much methane into the atmosphere - the equivalent of fifty-times more CO2 than the entire country of...
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An April Fool’s Attitude: A Critical Look At What Is True
Let me start by saying that I don’t expect you to believe what you are about to read. Why should you take an opinion of an executive of a multi-national at face value?There was a recent quote on Reddit...
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AT&T to Enable Carbon Savings 10 Times the Footprint of Its Operations by 2025
On November 18, telecommunications company AT&T announced goals for 2025. The goals represent the company’s first long-term roadmap for its citizenship and sustainability work, and focus on three...
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Engaging Business in the UN: An Imperative for Action
For the United Nations, working with business is not always easy business. Yet it is a necessary -particularly if the recently approved Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are going to be achieved by...
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Trending: Desalination Tech ‘On Ice’ and in the Desert
Water scarcity is among the most serious long-term risks facing society worldwide. Climate impacts are worsening drought conditions, causing billions of dollars in economic losses and fresh water...
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Silicon Valley Hackathon Seeks Smart City Solutions
TiE Silicon Valley, a not for profit organization dedicated to "fostering entrepreneurship in the Bay Area and globally," has announced an upcoming hackathon event focused on tackling three real-world...
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Designing with Purpose
What can we learn about purpose from design? In preparation for launching this series and my consulting business, I decided I needed a bit of a crash course on design. I’ve always been interested in...
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55 Brands Are Protecting Forests with CanopyStyle
Not-for-profit environmental organization Canopy has recruited big fashion brands in the fight to protect endangered forests since launching its CanopyStyle campaign in October 2013. Last week, the...
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Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo Join Banks Cutting Out Coal
Ahead of the UN 2015 Paris Climate Conference (COP21), Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo became the latest major banks to pledge to eliminate their support for the coal industry in favor of reducing...
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‘Get Your Hands Dirty:’ How a Small Print Company Diverted 2,500 Lbs Waste...
Diverting waste from landfills and the innovative reuse of textiles are becoming higher priorities for businesses large and small. From pro baseball teams to grocery stores, partnerships are helping...
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Documentary Causing a STINK! Over Chemicals in Products
A new documentary is racking up awards across the United States, exposing the dangers hidden in the products found on store shelves. Director Jon Whelan stumbled across the issue of undisclosed...
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Heineken First Brewer to Join National Effort to Increase Curbside Recycling
Heineken has become the first alcohol company member of the TheRecycling Partnership, a national nonprofit committed to improving curbside residential recycling, according to a recent announcement.As a...
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UNEP to Companies: Time to Raise the Bar on Sustainability Reporting
Corporate sustainability reporting desperately needs to up its game in order to align company-level sustainability performance with the broader systems-level ambitions of the 2030 Agenda for...
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