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Electronics Industry Initiative Calls on More Companies to Become...
The Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative (CFSI), a leading industry initiative on conflict minerals, is calling on more companies to join over 120 companies from seven different industries to already...
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Don't Let Regulation Make Your Business a Rube Goldberg Machine
I love Rube Goldberg Machines — those inefficient systems, full of convoluted twists and turns that use chain reactions to complete simple tasks.In one of my favorite examples, a tipped milk bottle...
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Stonyfield Shifts to Innovative Supply Chain Management with SupplyShift
Organic dairy producer Stonyfield Farm, Inc. announced this week that it will utilize a new tool to manage its supply chain: SupplyShift™ — a new, cloud-based, supply chain management platform focused...
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ThriveAbility — Waymaker for the Next Economic Paradigm: A Dialogue with...
In December, Ralph Thurm delivered a captivating TEDx Talk introducing the notion of ThriveAbility, and its promise in bridging what he calls the “Sustainability Context Gap.” As former COO of the...
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Unilever, Pepsi, M&S Launch App to Further Sustainable Agriculture Worldwide
A group of global food and beverage companies are using the launch of a new carbon-management web app to call for greater industry collaboration on agricultural sustainability.Members of The Cool Farm...
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WEF, Ellen MacArthur Foundation Project Circular Economy Can Generate US$1T...
A new report released Friday by the World Economic Forum (WEF) at its annual meeting in Davos, in collaboration with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF), contends that over US$1 trillion a year could...
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Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable Releases First Common GHG Guidelines
The Coca-Cola Company, AB InBev, Diageo and other members of the Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable (BIER) recently published a document that creates the industry’s first common framework for...
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Business Resilience Comes from Working with Nature
Hurricane Sandy ranks as the second-costliest hurricane in American history, causing an estimated $68 billion in damages. One year later, the most powerful storm ever recorded to hit land devastated...
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Walmart Launching $10 Million Fund For US Manufacturing Innovation
On Thursday at the US Conference of Mayors Meeting in Washington, D.C., Walmart US President and CEO Bill Simon announced a new fund for innovation in US manufacturing.Walmart and the Walmart...
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Messaging Sustainability: From Boring to Cool
There, we said it. Sustainability, that thing we all want — that we speak about ad nauseum— it’s dusty, dull, boring.What seems fundamental to the human spirit is that we all seek advancement, progress...
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How Can a Business Succeed by Giving Back More Than It Takes?
It is becoming increasingly clear that the traditional view of business existing purely to maximise profit for shareholders is not so much wrong as built for another time. Businesses have been slowly...
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Smart Syringe, Refugee Housing, Clean Cookstove Announced as Finalists for...
The International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (ICSID) announced today that the following projects have been chosen as the three finalists for the World Design Impact Prize 2013-2014: A...
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FTC Says Diaper Claims Didn't Pass the Smell Test
What do dirty diapers and deceptive ads have in common? (We’ll pause a moment so you can add your own punch line.) Now that’s out of the way, the action against Portland-based Down to Earth Designs —...
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Chipotle's New Comedy Series 'Farmed and Dangerous' Spoofs the Evils of...
This week, Chipotle announced the upcoming premiere of “Farmed and Dangerous,” a new original comedy series that satirically explores the world of industrial agriculture in America. Produced by...
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Sprint Takes HFC Technology to Rooftops with Help from Department of Energy
Sprint announced today it will deploy hydrogen fuel cell (HFC) technology as backup power to its rooftop network sites thanks to a grant from the Department of Energy (DOE). The solution should allow...
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Businesses Cannot Be Successful If the Society Around Them Fails
Once upon a time, the ‘S’ word — sustainability — was about as relevant to business as a fork in a sugar bowl. At best, a box to be ticked; at worst, seen as a serious impediment to the pursuit of...
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Subway Joins First Lady in Promoting Healthy Food to Kids by 'Powering...
In the latest in a string of recent efforts to engage children in the joys of healthy eating, First Lady Michelle Obama announced last week that Subway® restaurants has joined the Partnership for a...
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BMW, HP, BT Top Inaugural CDP Index of Companies Demanding Top Climate...
CDP, with the help of FirstCarbon Solutions (FCS), a pioneer in environmental and sustainability business solutions, has announced the debut publication of the Supplier Climate Performance Leadership...
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3 Ways Brands Can Survive the Sharing Economy in 2014
The sharing economy is a multibillion-dollar industry that's making big brands feel uneasy. Also known as the collaborative economy, borrowing, lending, reusing, and reselling is moving full speed...
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NGOs Weigh In on APRIL's Spotty New Sustainable Forest Management Policy
WWF says it is cautiously welcoming a first attempt at a Sustainable Forest Management Policy (SFMP) by Indonesian pulp and paper giant Asia Pacific Resources International Ltd (APRIL), released...
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