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Unilever, John Lewis Help Launch £1m Internet of Things Innovation Competition
Unilever, John Lewis and EE, the UK’s largest mobile and Internet provider, have lent their support to a £1m Launchpad competition seeking game-changing innovations in Internet of Things-related...
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New Research Shows Food Marketing Can Create False Sense of Health
Health-related buzzwords mislead consumers into thinking packaged food products labeled with these words are healthier than they actually are, according to a new research study conducted by scholars at...
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Honest By Offering Scholarship for Tomorrow's Responsible Fashion Designers
Honest By, the pioneering fashion company founded by Belgian designer Bruno Pieters, which centers itself on price and production transparency as well as sustainability, has announced a new initiative,...
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Half of Germany’s Power Now Comes from Solar
Germany now can produce more than half of its energy from solar, according to Fraunhofer ISE research institute, which showed that the country produced a record 24.24 GW of solar energy during the...
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LAUNCH Seeking Chemistry Innovations to Advance Sustainable Materials,...
Calling all chemistry innovators! LAUNCH — the open innovation platform aimed at identifying and fostering breakthrough ideas for a more sustainable world — this week announced its newest System...
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Ceres: Clean Energy Saving US Companies More Than $1 Billion Annually
The nation’s largest companies are rapidly embracing renewable energy sourcing and greenhouse gas emissions reduction efforts, according to a new report from Calvert Investments, Ceres, David Gardiner...
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EKOCYCLE's CUBE 3D Printer Upcycles Plastic Bottles Into a Range of New Products
This week, EKOCYCLE and 3D Systems (3DS) unveiled the EKOCYCLE CUBE— a 3D printer that upcycles post-consumer plastic bottles into items of your design.EDS says the Cube “is not just another tool for...
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Dairy Industry Actions Leading to More Sustainable Food System
Increasing efficiency is among the several sustainability moves that will be critical for increasing the world’s food production by an estimated 70 percent to feed a projected global population of 9.6...
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Plan Could Save $303 Billion Annually in US Health Care Costs
The United States could save $217-303 billion in annual health care costs if businesses and governments adopt existing evidence-based health promotion and chronic disease prevention methods, according...
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'Valuing Plastic' Illustrates Critical Need for Companies to Disclose Data on...
Companies could become more sustainable by improving the way they measure, manage and report the amount of plastic they use in their business operations and supply chains, according to groundbreaking...
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The 'CVS Effect' in Action: SAP, Starbucks, Tesla Show How to Lead by Sharing...
Here are three new examples of the CVS Effect in action that show how brands can change how business operates — for the better (the “CVS Effect” is shorthand for recognizing brands that are doing the...
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Employee Engagement = Happy Talent = Higher Revenue
What if 100 percent of your employees were engaged in your business? According to Gallup, that would translate to an increase of anywhere from $450-550B in increased revenue for US companies alone....
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Education Doesn't Change Behavior? I Might Have Been Wrong.
If you’ve heard me speak at a conference, you know there’s a point in the presentation where I typically say, “Don’t try to educate your audience into changing their behaviors.” Then I ask the audience...
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Defra Study Funding Coke, Tesco, Nestlé to Boost Recycling of Aluminum Packaging
Coca-Cola Enterprises, Tesco and Nestlé UK & Ireland are among the companies being funded by the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) to develop viable approaches for...
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Ford Steals Top Spot from Toyota in Interbrand's 2014 Best Global Green...
Ford tops Interbrand’s 2014 Best Global Green Brands report list – knocking reigning champ Toyota, which held the top spot since the report was launched in 2011, down to #2. Fellow automakers Honda and...
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SAP Converting Company Fleet to 20% Electric, Powered by Renewables, by 2020
SAP AG today announced plans to increase the electric vehicle (EV) contingent in its company car fleet to 20 percent by 2020. The initiative launched officially today at SAP headquarters in Walldorf,...
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IKEA Expands Program to Prevent Child Labor in India’s Cotton Fields
IKEA Foundation and Save the Children have announced plans to expand a child rights program aimed at protecting children living in cotton communities in India.So far, the initiative has helped to...
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Coke, USAID, Gates Foundation Expand Program to Improve Access to Life-Saving...
Coca-Cola and its Foundations; the US Agency for International Development (USAID); the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have announced...
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Sacred Seedlings Leading Effort to Reforest the World, Help Halt Climate Change
In our battle against climate change, deforestation is a big part of the problem. The good news is that reforestation is a big part of the solution.Deforestation is contributing to a dangerous decline...
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How a Tasty Turkish Treat Can Help Heat the Country's First Eco-City
Ever thought twice about those pistachio shells that we so readily discard? Luckily Turkey, one of the world's largest producers of pistachios, has —and the country is planning to use the shells,...
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