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Commission Threatens Future of Tuna by Sidestepping WWF's Pleas to Limit Catch
WWF says it will now urge a suspension of fishing for Pacific Bluefin tuna, if fishing nations fail to set binding catch limits in line with scientific recommendations this year.WWF’s hardening stance...
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Seventh Generation Continues Expansion with Gamila Acquisition
Seventh Generation, a leader in household and personal care products, has acquired Raleigh-based beverage brand Gamila Company for an undisclosed sum. Gamila is the startup behind brewing products...
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Carbios Announces Milestone in Controlled Biodegradation Process for...
Carbios, a French green chemistry company specializing in technologies enabling the recovery of plastic waste and the production of bio-polymers, has announced a significant step forward in the...
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Coca-Cola Enterprises' Recycling Conundrum (or 8 Ways to Reinvent Consumer...
After an 11-week challenge in partnership with design and innovation platform OpenIDEO, the eight winning ideas for Coca-Cola Enterprises’ (CCE) brief to encourage consumer recycling are as simple as...
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The North Face to Use 100% Recycled Polyester Fabric By 2016
The North Face has announced a series of updates to its CSR agenda, such as using 100 percent recycled content for all of its polyester fabric by 2016.The most significant updates focus on increased...
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How to Make (Sustainability) Data Work for You
In the business world we are inundated with data on a daily basis: from bill of materials, formulations, and purchasing records to customer transactions, production volumes and utility bills. The...
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The Road to Renewable Raw Materials Is Paved with Strategic Partnerships
As the demand to reduce carbon-based raw materials intensifies, companies are not only looking at how they can reduce their consumption, but also at how they can find appropriate replacements for...
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Panasonic Provides Daytime Power to Indonesian Island with PV Power Package
Panasonic Corporation announced Tuesday it has installed the “Power Supply Container” (PSC), a stand-alone photovoltaic (PV) power package that it developed, at the National Elementary School...
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Packaging and Paper Waste Costs NYC $600 Million Annually
New York City taxpayers spend $600 million every year to manage post-consumer packaging and printed paper, reveals a new data analysis by UPSTREAM, a national environmental policy organization. In...
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Bridging the Gap: Using Sustainable Finance to Improve Cocoa Farmer...
Smallholder cocoa farmers in Côte d’Ivoire produce 40 percent of the world cocoa supply and are the backbone of a global industry worth billions of dollars. Yet while they generate up to 15 percent of...
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Shareholders Urging Safeway to Label Its Food for GMOs
At its annual meeting tomorrow, shareholders and advocacy groups will urge grocery giant Safeway to label its store brand products that contain genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Green Century...
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Can Chipotle Learn About Food Integrity from McDonald's?
This post is part of a series written by MBA and MPA candidates in Presidio Graduate School’s Managerial Marketing course, examining the role of marketing in advancing sustainability across all...
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Caesars Adds EV Charging Stations at 13 Resorts, Soon to Be Nationwide
Caesars Entertainment announced today that guests of 13 of its resorts and casinos can now literally “relax and recharge” with the addition of new EV charging stations, thanks to the company’s...
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United Airlines Launches Tool to Help Customers Offset Carbon Footprint
United Airlines has announced the launch of a new business tool for corporate cargo customers to track and offset the emissions associated with their air freight accounts.Carbon Choice allows cargo...
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P&G, Human Needs Project Open Self-Sustaining Community Facility in Africa’s...
Procter & Gamble and the Human Needs Project (HNP), an NGO dedicated to providing basic and empowerment services to meet everyday human needs, are today launching a sustainable community center in...
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Napa Green Wines: Not Shouting It From the Rooftops
This post is part of a series written by MBA and MPA candidates in Presidio Graduate School’s Managerial Marketing course, examining the role of marketing in advancing sustainability across all...
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CVS Caremark, IBM Announce Program to Improve Patient Outcomes
CVS Caremark, in partnership with IBM, has announced a $1.5 million commitment to support the use of innovative technology in community health centers to increase patient engagement and to improve...
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P&G Studying Smallholder Practices to Ensure Deforestation-Free Palm Oil
Separating sustainable sources from non-sustainable sources in the production of palm oil and palm kernel oil is highly complicated, but Procter & Gamble is attempting to address the problem as...
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Can a Startup Saving 1 Ton of Food Waste Per Week Scale and Preserve Its...
In the three years since it first set up a modest stall in London’s Borough market, UK startup Rubies in the Rubble can be now found lining the shelves of Waitrose, Selfridge’s Food Hall and Harvey...
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Starbucks, M&S Sign On to Launch of neighbourly's Philanthropic Matching Service
The first tech entrant into the UK’s £800m corporate philanthropic sector launched Thursday — with corporate giants Starbucks and Marks & Spencer among the first companies to sign on to the...
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