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Enrich Not Exploit: The Business Case for Bold Commitments
On significant birthdays, it is traditional across much of the world to receive gifts, but somewhat characteristically, one of the world’s most altruistic brands is bucking that trend.Last month, on...
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6 Secrets of Staggering Genius
In the summer of 2012, after two decades of research to find the missing link between human nature and Mother Nature, the “Voice Code” emerged. This disruptive equation reconciles more than a century...
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Trending: New Materials, Traceability Could Help Mould Circular Economy for...
With the opportunity to curb over $80 billion in annually industry losses, a circular economy for plastics seems pretty appealing. Several projects in Europe are working to make this happen: Earlier...
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GRI: The Next Era of Corporate Disclosure Is Real-Time Interaction
Scores of sustainability data are collected and reported, but much of its value is still buried. According to GRI, sustainability performance data will be pivotal in solving society’s key challenges –...
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H&M, M.I.A. Aiming to Rally 1,000 Tonnes of Garment Donations for World...
To celebrate the first World Recycle Week April 18th to 24th, fashion retailer H&M is partnering with artist and singer M.I.A. on an ambitious global garment collection campaign. H&M aims to...
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Study: More Conscious Living Increases Happiness; Tetra Pak Challenges...
New findings from a survey and a social experiment suggest that ‘the key to happiness’ may be as simple as making small lifestyle changes that help protect Earth’s natural resources. 70 percent of the...
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Sustainability Reporting 101: Eight Steps to Driving Business Growth
When it comes to sustainability reporting, companies may feel like they’re in an increasingly uncomfortable public-private vice. On one side, consumers and shareholders are pressuring organizations to...
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The Bold Approach of Transformational Companies
At age 27, I was the youngest director elected to Vancity Credit Union, the largest community-based credit union in the world. It was the late 1980s. I ran a seniors' agency, was chair of a provincial...
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Cisco: Partnerships, Shared Value Key to Driving Emissions Reductions...
When you look through a sustainability lens at Cisco’s supply chain, you see three things clearly: a focus on climate and carbon impacts, a deep concern for the protection of human rights, and an...
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Consumers ‘Actively Seek’ Natural Ingredients, Clean Label Packaging
Products that can be positioned as ‘natural,’ ‘organic,’ and/or ‘free from additives/preservatives,’ are part of a movement that is here to stay, according to global ingredients solutions company...
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Ford Expanding Environmental Stewardship Efforts by Sharing Best Practices...
Tomorrow,at a forum of the G7 Alliance on Resource Efficiency in Washington, D.C., Ford Motor Company will highlight its new Partnership for A Cleaner Environment (PACE), a program that aims to help...
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Storytelling for Sustainability: It's Time for Corporate Leaders to Gather...
The term ‘greenwashing’ might be officially outdated. In 2016, the number of companies making unmerited PR splashes over sustainability is far outweighed by those who are taking significant strides...
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General Mills, ‘Disappointed’ by Lack of National Solution, Will Label GMOs
On Friday, General Millsannounced that it will “soon” start labeling its products that contain genetically modified organism (GMO) ingredients nationwide. With the rationale that it is impractical to...
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The Internet of Things, Smart Cities and World Water Day
Click to enlarge.The United Nations deemed March 22 World Water Dayas a way to call global attention to this diminishing resource. Recently, the Internet of Things (IoT) — a growing worldwide network...
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The Power of Clean Water in a Four-Gram Sachet
It takes just 30 minutes – using only a bucket, a spoon, a cloth and a four-gram Procter & Gamble sachet – to purify 10 litres of dirty, contaminated water.Rose M lives in a semi-urban area in...
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Criticism Over Coffee Cup Waste Leads to Starbucks Discount, Call to Go...
A successful campaign led by chef-turned-activist Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall drew attention to a big problem: coffee cup waste. Fearnley-Whittingstall claims that in the UK, less than 6 million...
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Trending: P&G, Levi Strauss, Kohler Broadening Reach of Life- and...
In honor of World Water Day, major brands are making their pioneering water-saving and -purifying innovations available for more widespread use.Kohler Co., a global leader in the plumbing industry, has...
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Methane-Eating Bacteria Could Be a Win-Win for Reducing Emissions, Impacts of...
A non-animal, non-vegetable feed for fish farms could help reduce the negative impacts of our fish consumption. Fish is likely an inevitable part of how the world will meet the protein demands of over...
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SeaWorld Finally Moving the Needle on Animal Welfare
When Oren Lyons, traditional faithkeeper of the Onondaga Nation, addressed the United Nations in 1977, he highlighted the relationship between people and animals:“I do not see a delegation for the...
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Coca-Cola Enterprises Investing £56M Toward Vision for Sustainable Food and...
On Monday, Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) released a second white paper detailing the final findings from its industry research partnership with Cranfield University.Sustainable Manufacturing for the...
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