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GRSB's Principles, Criteria for Sustainable Beef Production Open for Public...
The Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (GRSB), members of which include Walmart, McDonalds, WWF and the Rainforest Alliance, recently announced that its Draft principles and criteria for global...
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McDonald's USA Becomes First Restaurant Chain to Join GreenBlue's How2Recycle...
GreenBlue’s Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) announced this week that McDonald’s USA is the newest participant in its How2Recycle Label Program. A member of the SPC since 2005, McDonald’s is the...
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We're Only Human: Personal Concerns Weigh Heavily on Business Purchases
At Shelton Group we’ve been polling Americans regularly for nearly a decade to understand their attitudes and behaviors related to energy and the environment so we can best help our clients define and...
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Aspiring to Improve the World Through a Career in Sustainable Design, Part 3
In this three-part mini-series, Core77's Stefanie Koehler shares her experiences in bringing a sustainability focus into her work. Read parts one and twoDuring the 2012–13 Biomimicry Student Design...
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World's Largest Automakers Reach Landmark Agreement on Responsible Supplier...
On Wednesday, the Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) and CSR Europe, facilitators of the European Automotive Working Group on Supply Chain Sustainability, announced an unprecedented agreement...
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Greif Jerry Can Wins Manufacturing Leadership Sustainability Award
Industrial packaging products and services firm Greif has received the 2014 Manufacturing Leadership Award (ML Award) in Sustainability for its DoubleGreen™ COEX 10-liter plastic jerry can. This is one...
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Beyond Sustainability, Toward Rejuvenative Enterprise
The future that’s coming…The human population is set to grow to more than 9 billion by 2050. What sort of world do we want for new arrivals? One of scarce resources and extreme competition for the...
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adidas Weaving Pharrell's Bionic Yarn Into New Originals Collection
On Thursday, adidas announced a long-term partnership with recording artist and producer Pharrell Williams on a new adidas Originals line of shoes and apparel. The first adidas Originals x Pharrell...
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How to Live Forever (Or 8 Cool Ways to Upcycle Yourself)
"Every man dies. Not every man really lives."— William Wallace, BraveheartNobody really wants to think about their own mortality, but the cold truth is that sooner or later, it’s going to happen. Now,...
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Clariant Joins BASF, AkzoNobel in Chem Industry Sustainability Initiative
On Thursday, Swiss specialty chemicals giant Clariant announced it is the newest member of “Together for Sustainability” (TfS), a chemical industry initiative founded in 2011 aimed at improving...
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Durex Encouraging Lovers to #TurnOffToTurnOn During Earth Hour
While people, organizations and superheroes around the world are preparing to take part in Earth Hour— an hour of darkness to raise awareness of climate change — tomorrow at 8:30pm local time, Durex...
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Rethinking the Role of the Sustainability Executive
For too long, sustainability executives have been focused on external stakeholders — selling their company’s story in order to build reputation and fill polished social responsibility reports.Now,...
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How to Save Up to 3,000 Lives a Day. With Soap.
“More than 24,000 children die every day from preventable causes. One in eight of those deaths could be prevented with soap and clean water. You buy. Together, we give. It starts today.” — From SoapBox...
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Unilever, Philips, 3M Call For Stronger Energy-Efficiency Goals in Europe
Unilever, Philips, 3M and several other members of the European Alliance to Save Energy (EU-ASE) have signed a letter sent to the European Commission calling for a new set of competitiveness objectives...
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Royal Caribbean Cruises Joins Alliance to Safeguard Caribbean Travel...
Climate change and unsustainable development increasingly are threatening some of the world's most popular and appealing travel destinations. In response, Royal Caribbean Cruises and several other...
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New Study Illustrates Higher Natural Capital Value of Agrofrestry vs....
Global natural capital consulting firm Trucost has released the results of a study comparing the environmental value of monoculture and agroforestry for producing palm oil and soybeans.Based on pilot...
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IPCC: Climate Change Creates Pervasive Risks But It's Not Too Late for...
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued a report today that says the effects of climate change are already occurring on all continents and across the oceans and the world, in many...
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3 Ways Brands Can Improve CSR Websites to Increase Customer Trust
We all know that Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has become an essential piece of the puzzle for any successful organization, no matter its size. We also know that many companies go to great...
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SLOWCOLOR: What We Wear Can Make a Global Difference
In an ideal COMMON day, every little thing you do effortlessly contributes to the health and well-being of the planet and all the creatures on it. Skeptical?Consider, then, the story of Sanjay Rajan...
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How to Redefine Capitalism-as-Usual (or 8 Steps to Becoming a Truly...
When Patagonia launched its Responsible Economy campaign last fall, VP of Environmental Initiatives Rick Ridgeway eloquently summed up the ‘elephant in the room’ of capitalism: Growth is not...
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