British Airways, Solena Fuels Set to Build GreenSky London's Waste-Conversion...
British Airways and Solena Fuels'GreenSky London project is set to build the world's first facility to convert landfill waste into jet fuel at the Thames Enterprise Park in Essex. The location is part...
View ArticleWalmart to Cut Store Lighting By 40% With GE LEDs
Walmart has announced plans to purchase energy-efficient LED ceiling lighting fixtures for its new supercenters in the United States, stores in Asia and Latin America, and Asda locations in the United...
View ArticleCreativity Is One of the UK's Greatest Assets — Let's Turn Its Attention...
Late last month, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its second report, warning the impacts of global warming are likely to be ‘severe, pervasive and irreversible.’ It’s...
View ArticleColgate Commits to 100% Recyclable Packaging for Three of Four Product...
Shareholder advocacy group As You Sow (AYS) announced today that, after dialogue with AYS, personal care products giant Colgate-Palmolive has committed to making 100 percent of its packaging for three...
View ArticleNew Study Shows Lack of Bins Is Biggest Barrier to Home Recycling
Nearly three-quarters (72 percent) of consumers consistently recycle in the home, but despite a genuine concern for the environment, only about half do so in rooms beyond the kitchen. According to the...
View ArticleRepRisk Releases Annual 'Most Controversial Companies' List
RepRisk has released its Most Controversial Companies of 2013 report. Throughout the year, RepRisk detected news on thousands of companies across the globe in relation to their environmental, social...
View ArticleDuracell, Volkswagen, LG, Hitachi Join California Energy Storage Consortium
Duracell, Volkswagen, LG, and Hitachi are among the first corporate members of CalCharge, a pioneering initiative designed to accelerate the development of the energy storage sector in...
View ArticleFair Trade USA Certifies 1 Billionth Pound of Sustainable Coffee
Fair Trade USA recently announced that it has certified one billion pounds of Fair Trade coffee since its founding in 1998.The organization says this milestone was made possible by the sustainable...
View ArticleWaitrose, ITM Power Piloting Project to De-Carbonize Production of Industrial...
UK supermarket chain Waitrose has teamed up with energy storage and clean fuel company ITM Power Project to design and build a lower-impact system for the production of industrial fertilizer.Industrial...
View ArticleGazzara to Future Sustainability Leaders: Embrace Failure, Avoid Analysis...
Arizona State University’s School of Sustainability recently launched the Executive Master’s for Sustainability Leadership (EMSL), a 13-month program designed for mid-career professionals currently...
View ArticleEnvironmental Profit & Loss Accounting: Can We Make It Work?
In November 2013 the first World Forum on Natural Capital took place in Scotland, signaling that the concept of natural capital accounting (NCA) as pioneered through emerging tools such as the...
View ArticleThink Globally to Cut Down on Waste Locally
Cultures around the world each seem to possess unique, deeply ingrained beliefs and traditions for cutting down on waste. For just two examples, Yankee ingenuity helped America put down its early...
View ArticleCould the Scourge of the Seas Help Defeat the Scourge of the Landfill?
We all know climate change and pollution are beginning to wreak havoc around the world in a variety of ways. In tropical and Mediterranean areas, higher oceanic acidity and warmer temperatures in...
View ArticleNew Toolkit Helps US Businesses Cut Food Waste
An alliance of food manufacturers, retailers and foodservice operators has announced the release of a toolkit aimed at helping businesses in the food sector reduce the amount of food waste sent to...
View ArticleNissan Expanding Program to Make Charging Free and 'EZ' for LEAF Drivers
Nissan has announced the expansion of its "No Charge to Charge" promotion — which provides two years of no-cost public charging with the purchase or lease of a new Nissan LEAF — to 25 US markets, which...
View ArticleLaborVoices Continues to Provide 'SmartLine' of Insight Into Supply Chain Issues
In the lead-up to this year’s SB Innovation Open, we’re catching up with some of our favorite paradigm-disrupting startups from past years. This week, we have an update from LaborVoices.It is easy to...
View ArticleRecyclebank Launches One Twine - A Marketplace for the Conscious Consumer
Today, in honor of Earth Day, Recyclebank— which inspires and rewards more conscious consumer actions and purchasing decisions — is launching One Twine, a new online shop that features a carefully...
View ArticleBetterWorld's 'Phone for Phone' Mobile Service Combines Affordable Plans,...
Socially conscious mobile provider BetterWorld Wireless, in collaboration with Sprint, today launches its Phone for PhoneTM mobile service, which will provide digital access to people in need by...
View ArticleTesla Model S Completes Longest EV Journey Ever
On Monday, a Tesla Model S sedan completed a 24-day, 12,183-mile battery-powered journey across the United States as part of and effort to secure Guinness World Record verification for longest vehicle...
View ArticleStudy Identifies How Companies Generate Business Value from Product...
Companies that have gained widespread business benefits from product sustainability share specific business practices, according to a new research report by sustainability consulting firm Pure...
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