Quiksilver Latest Brand to #TurnItGreen with New Boardshort Made from...
Hot on the heels of Patagonia making its bio-based wetsuit material publicly available in order to advance the sustainability of the surf industry, and everyone from adidas to G-Star Raw to Thread...
View ArticleAl Gore Inviting Youth to Challenge World Leaders on Climate Change
The voices of the world’s younger generation — who potentially have the most to lose from climate change — have predominantly been left unheard in the whole debate about how (or if) to deal with it....
View ArticleSAP Investing $500 Million to Accelerate Innovation and Growth in Africa
SAP has announced it will invest up to $500 million through 2020 to train local talent and drive sustainable innovation and growth in Africa, with the overall goal of establishing the continent as one...
View ArticleNovelis Doubles Aluminum Recycling Capacity in Brazil
Novelis, global producer of aluminum rolled products, has announced a $106 million investment that will add 100,000 metric tons of coating capacity and 190,000 metric tons of recycling capacity at its...
View ArticleMicrosoft Walks Its Clean Energy Talk, Drops ALEC Membership
Microsoft has announced that it is ending its relationship with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a conservative public-policy lobbying group. The decision was apparently made in...
View ArticleWhy Dirty Cigarette Butts Could Become a Clean Energy Storage Solution
A team of South Korean scientists has converted cigarette butts into a valuable material that they say could be used as an energy storage device in computers, electrical vehicles, wind turbines and...
View ArticleNestlé Announces Landmark Commitment to Welfare of Farm Animals
Today, Nestlé announced a pledge to improve the welfare of the farm animals in its supply chain, following the signature of a partnership agreement with NGO World Animal Protection.The agreement means...
View ArticleHong Kong Scientists Developing Cashmere That Can Self-Clean in Sunlight
Scientists at City University, Hong Kong have developed a treatment for cashmere that enables it to self-clean with some help from the sun.The technology coats cashmere fibers with tiny particles of...
View ArticleWhat If … a Conference Collaboration Led to Real Sustainable Results?
Large pieces of paper cover the tables. A few bright sticky notes sprout here and there. Earnest-looking people bent over writing or steeped in conversation ignore their half-eaten lunches. Ideas begin...
View ArticleNASA: Banned Ozone-Depleting Compound Persists in Atmosphere
NASA research shows Earth's atmosphere contains an unexpectedly large amount of an ozone-depleting compound from an unknown source decades after the compound was banned worldwide.Carbon tetrachloride...
View ArticleSustainable Startups Compete for Postcode Lottery Green Challenge's $680,000...
Five eco-friendly startups from the Netherlands, UK, France and Vietnam are competing in the final of the Postcode Lottery Green Challenge, an annual global competition for startups with...
View ArticleNew Algae Process Turns Sewage Into Biofuel and Drinking Water
Nevada-based Algae Systems says it has developed a way to make algae-based biofuel profitable by transforming raw sewage into fuel and clean drinking water.The company says it has a pilot plant in...
View ArticleStaples to Begin Offering Businesses E-Waste Recycling Services
Staples Advantage, the business to business division of Staples, has partnered with Electronic Recyclers International (ERI) to launch a technology recycling service that makes it easier for for...
View ArticleEDF Announces Finalists for Next-Gen Methane Monitoring Competition
Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) has announced five finalists for its Methane Detectors Challenge, a collaboration with seven oil and natural gas companies aimed at identifying next-generation...
View ArticleComparability of Sustainability Information — Slaughtered on the Altar of...
This is the third in a four-part series by Ralph Thurm and Nick De Ruiter examining Sustainability Context.The GRI Content Principles — Sustainability Context (part two of this series), Materiality...
View Article200 Years After Abolition, Slavery Still a Major Issue in Today's Supply Chains
23 August is the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition, a date that marks the beginning of the end for the transatlantic slave trade.Unfortunately, this event did...
View ArticleTarget, Brands Gather to Celebrate Official Launch of #MadeToMatter Collection
The City View level of the Metreon in downtown San Francisco was abuzz on Thursday, as Target celebrated the official launch of Made to Matter, a curated collection of more than 120 new and exclusive...
View ArticleGlobal Opportunity Network Seeking Sustainable Solutions to Most Pressing...
A new global initiative launching Wednesday by DNV GL and Scandinavian innovation think tank Monday Morning Global Institute aims to identify opportunities for sustainable responses to a range of...
View Article7 Reasons Companies Need Natural Asset Portfolios
Why, after over a decade of progress, are customers, shareholders and employees still skeptical about corporate sustainability programs? Here are seven reasons why brands need to begin building natural...
View ArticleSCS Announces Updated Recycled Content Certification Standard
SCS Global Services (SCS), provider of third-party environmental and sustainability certification, has released an updated version of its Recycled Content Certification Standard, which helps...
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