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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...

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Al 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....

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SAP 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...

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Novelis 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...

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Microsoft 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...

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Why 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...

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Nestlé 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...

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Hong 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...

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What 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...

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NASA: 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...

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Sustainable 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...

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New 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...

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Staples 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...

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EDF 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...

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Comparability 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...

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200 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...

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Target, 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...

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Global 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...

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7 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...

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SCS 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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