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Monsanto Loses Permit to Genetically Modify Soybeans in Mexico
Biotech giant Monsanto's permit to plant genetically modified soybeans that resist the company's pesticide 'Roundup' was overturned by a district judge in the state of Yucatán in Mexico last month,...
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Pepsi Using To Begin Using Cashew Juice in Products Next Spring
PepsiCo has announced it will begin incorporating cashew juice into its blended juice products next spring as part of partnership with the Clinton Foundation, which aims to encourage sustainable...
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BASF's Ultramid Joins Revolution of Renewable Packaging Solutions
BASF has developed a versatile, high-performance polyamide called Ultramid®, which is derived from renewable raw materials — the company says it replaces up to 100 percent of the fossil-based resources...
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GE ‘Data Lake’ Improves Fuel, Energy Efficiency in Aviation Industry
GE has developed a new industrial data lake software system to help businesses manage big data, which could help increase fuel efficiency in the aviation industry and beyond.In a 2013 pilot, GE...
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More Than Half of Global Suppliers Commit to 100% Sustainable Palm Oil
Suppliers of more than 55 percent of the world’s palm oil have committed to produce or trade 100 percent deforestation-free palm oil in response to demands by global brands, who in turn were responding...
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Linking Carbon-Reduction Targets to Economic Value Added: Making Sense of...
Towards ‘climate-stabilizing’ corporate carbon-reduction targetsAlthough setting corporate carbon-reduction targets is nowadays commonplace, many targets are grounded in ‘guestimates’ of what seems...
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Dont Blame the New Middle Classes in the Developing World. Reinvent Your...
Worldwide, according to forecasts from the United Nations, emerging economies will contribute 98 percent of population growth to 2050. Millions of new consumers will be joining the middle classes in...
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NASA Investigating Climate Impacts of Arctic Sea Ice Loss
A new NASA field campaign will begin flights over the Arctic this summer to study the effect of sea ice retreat on Arctic climate, according to a recent announcement.The Arctic Radiation IceBridge Sea...
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Hyatt Partnering with WWF on Global Initiative to Source Sustainable Seafood
Hyatt Hotels Corporation has announced a global initiative to increase its procurement of responsibly sourced seafood and eliminate the procurement of highly vulnerable seafood species, starting with...
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Intel Tops EPA Green Power Rankings For 4th Year Running
Intel is the largest user of clean energy within the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Green Power Partnership for the fourth consecutive year, according to the agency’s recently updated National...
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Chick-fil-A, THRIVE Partnership Supporting Economic Sustainability for Coffee...
Chick–fil–A has announced it is partnering with THRIVE Farmers™ Coffee to offer the QSR industry’s first–ever socially beneficial, specialty–grade coffee. Per THRIVE’s unique revenue-sharing model, the...
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5 More Reasons Every Business Should Care About New Metrics
If you are a regular or even semi-regular reader of Sustainable Brands’ digital content, you are likely familiar with our New Metrics (#NewMetrics) events and publications. In case you are new to this...
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GEMI Launches Tool to Help Companies Adopt Renewable Energy Tech
The Global Environmental Management Initiative (GEMI) has announced the availability of a new tool designed to provide insight into how corporations assess and implement renewable and alternative...
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GM's Renaissance Center Not Resting on Its Landfill-Free Laurels
General Motors’ Global Headquarters, a multi-office tower complex that the automaker announced in December had achieved zero-waste status, now composts food scraps from its various Renaissance Center...
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SeaWorld Doubling Size of Whale Environments After Documentary Ruins Revenue
SeaWorld has announced plans to double the size of its killer whale environments at three parks and will fund new programs to protect ocean health and killer whales in the wild.The first of the new...
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Global Shipping CO2 Emissions Dropping Each Year, 8% Between 2012 and 2013
Average carbon-dioxide emissions for a majority of global ocean container transports have declined year on year, and by nearly 8 percent between 2012 and 2013, according to a new report by BSR.The BSR...
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EnerNOC, WeSpire Teaming Up to Help Businesses Take Holistic Approach to...
Today,EnerNOC, Inc., a leading provider of cloud-based energy intelligence software (EIS), announced that it has made a strategic investment in Boston-based WeSpire, a software-as-a-service (SaaS)...
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Happy Earth Overshoot Day! Our Earliest Yet …
The Global Footprint Network (GFN) has released data designating today, August 19, as this year’s Earth Overshoot Day — meaning we’ve already overshot our ecological footprint for the year.Each year...
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Reggie Watts Sings, Yodels and Raps for a Clean Internet in Greenpeace's New...
Greenpeace launched a series of short web videos today featuring comedian, musician and activist Reggie Watts to support its #ClickClean campaign, which calls on companies to power the Internet with...
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Report: 12% of US Electricity Could Come From Waste-to-Energy
If all of the municipal solid waste (MSW) that currently is put into landfills each year in the US were diverted to waste-to-energy (WTE) power plants, it could generate enough electricity to supply 12...
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