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New Documentary Investigates Dire Realities, Small Victories, ‘What Climate...
Academy-Award nominated filmmaker Josh Fox’s latest documentary opens with Fox dancing to The Beatles to celebrate a victory over the gas industry following the production of his startling previous...
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Sustainable Extravagance: Kering Calls for Collaboration to Change Paradigm...
Luxury goods and responsible consumption need not be contradictory terms — that was the core takeaway from a livestream Q & A session held earlier this week by Kering, one of the world’s leading...
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Trending: Beverage Makers Turning Production Waste Into Biomass, Carbonation
The Arandas, Mexico-based Tequila Cazadores distillery has become a shining example of Bacardi’s “Good Spirited” corporate responsibility program. The facility is now 100 percent biomass-fueled thanks...
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Timberland Extends Rigorous Environmental Standard Across Entire Product...
Global outdoor lifestyle brand Timberland prides itself on its commitment to innovate and operate in an accountable and responsible manner — in terms of its products, the communities in which it...
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Framing the Climate Conversation: Researchers Investigate Discourse Across...
Climate change has slowly become more of a partisan issue over the last few decades, fuelling heated debates despite the scientific consensus (and, quite often, about whether there is in fact a...
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Spinach, Carrots Are Good for You … And for Making Prosthetics, Say UK...
Scientists in the United Kingdom are using spinach leaves and carrots to investigate selective formation of metallic nanoparticles in plastics. The researchers are working to form conductive circuits...
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UPS Foundation, Zipline, Gavi Partner to Drone-Drop Medical Supplies in Rwanda
The UPS Foundation has partnered with drone manufacturer Zipline and leading vaccine alliance Gavi., to deliver blood, medicines, and vaccines to clinics across Rwanda via a fleet of Zipline drones....
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Toyota, Ben & Jerry’s Among 155 Companies to Set Science-Based Emissions...
Forty-one companies have joined the Science-Based Targets initiative since the COP21 climate negotiations in December. On the eve of the Climate Action Summit in Washington, D.C. last week, the...
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TerraVia's Algae-Based DHA to Provide Sustainable Omega-3s for Aquaculture...
TerraVia (formerly Solazyme) and agribusiness giant Bunge Limited have announced the launch of native, whole algae DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) as a sustainable specialty feed ingredient for the...
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Waitrose Joins Tesco in Threatening to Can John West Over Broken Tuna...
Waitrose has joined Tesco as the latest UK retailer to take seafood giant John West to task over its fishing practices, threatening to remove its canned tuna from store shelves if it does not follow...
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WEF Report Outlines 30 Steps to a Circular Construction Industry
The construction industry has been slower than most to adopt technological innovations, which has stagnated the sector’s labor productivity in the United States and elsewhere in the last 40 years. At...
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4 Challenges Shaping Tomorrow’s Cities — and How Brands Can Help
More than half of the world’s population currently lives in cities and this is expected to reach 66 percent by 2050, according to the United Nations, when 2.5 billion people will be added to urban...
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Trending: Schemes in NYC, South Korea Helping Business, Residents Eliminate...
South Korea has been using radio frequency identification (RFID) technology and a ‘pay-as-you-waste’ system to help cut back on waste. In 2013, the country found that its waste had a particularly high...
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New Doc from Nat Geo, C&A Highlights Business Case for Organic Cotton Production
Cotton is planted on 2.4 percent of the world’s crop land and yet it accounts for 24 percent and 11 percent of the global sales of insecticide and pesticides, respectively. Organic cotton represents...
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Strong Partnerships Key to 'Greening' Your Supply Chain in Developing Markets
A product will go through multiple points of contact in its lifecycle. From the designer to the manufacturer to transport to the consumer and end of life, each component has an impact. Environmentally...
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FSC Nurtures 'Forests for All, Forever' Ethos in Spain, Italy, Germany
The Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC) has demonstrated the power of harnessing brand affinity and the growing awareness of ethical choice. Three recent and inspiring examples in Spain, Italy and...
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FDA to Redefine ‘Healthy,’ Affirms KIND Bars Can Use the Term
Roughly a year ago, KIND Snacks CEO Daniel Lubetzky received a letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) about his products. Among other nutrition claims, the FDA took issue with the use...
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Smart Partnerships, IoT, Certifications Helping Brands Meet Consumer Demand...
Since the introduction of the first ecolabels and standards for organic products in the late 1980s and '90s, sustainability standards and certifications have proliferated across myriad industries. From...
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Bolt Threads Raises $50M Series C, Partners with Patagonia to Pioneer...
You’ve probably heard plenty of startups claim they can “revolutionize” their industry, but in the case of Bolt Threads, they may actually be right. The California-based biotechnology startup is...
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Alter Eco's Compostable Packaging Eliminates Plastic Pouch Problem
According to a 2013 study by PCI Films Consulting, 17 billion plastic pouches ended up in landfills throughout the U.S. that year and production is expected to reach 24 billion plastic pouches by 2018...
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