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General Mills Acquiring Annie's for $820M, Riding Wave of Demand for...
General Mills announced Monday that it will acquire Annie’s, Inc, a leading U.S. producer of branded organic and natural food products with net sales of $204 million in its latest fiscal year...
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Diners in Austin, NYC Going Halfsies to Address Obesity, Food Waste, Hunger
Controlling the size of your portions is a great way to save money, food and unnecessary health problems caused by obesity. Eating out, on the other hand, takes that control away from you — unless you...
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Report: Carbon Credits Bring $664 a Ton of Additional Benefits to Local...
Offsetting one ton of carbon dioxide brings an additional $664 in benefits to the communities where carbon reduction projects are based, according to new research by Imperial College London and the...
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Tetra Pak's Sustainability Update Highlights Its Progress on 'Protecting...
Tetra Pak‘s just-released 2014 Sustainability Update highlights the processing and packaging giant's 2013 progress in a variety of areas."The Tetra Pak brand is founded on a promise: PROTECT WHAT'S...
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Datacoup Lets Users Unlock the Value of Their Personal Data for Cash, Insights
Datacoup, “The World’s First Personal Data Marketplace,” launched Thursday, providing a platform for individuals to aggregate, analyze and sell their own personal data. After a successful beta period...
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Cura Setting Out to Create Local and Global Impact 'Through Simply Enjoying...
Cura Coffee Co, a San Diego-based startup, sells a direct-trade, premium organic coffee that directly connects coffee lovers with the farmers who produce it. Along with other recent business models to...
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Perdue Foods Sets New Standard for Antibiotic-Free Chicken
Last week, Perdue Foods announced that it has discontinued the use of antibiotics at all of its chicken hatcheries, another step in setting a standard that defines the responsible use of antibiotics in...
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New Research Explores Whether Consumers Appreciate Disruptive Innovation in...
Novelis, a global leader in rolled aluminum products, is in the process of shifting its entire business model from a traditional linear model to a closed-loop or circular model. The company is...
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UCSB, Presidio Graduate School Top Rankings for Sustainability and Social Impact
University of California, Santa Barbara and Presidio Graduate School topped the environmental sustainability and social impact categories, respectfully, of a recent ranking of more than 100 U.S....
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Unilever, Solidaridad Partner to Help 1 Million Smallholder Farmers
Unilever and Solidaridad have announced a new partnership to improve the lives of one million people in Unilever’s extended supply chains.As part of this new partnership agreement, both parties will...
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BASF Evaluating Entire Product Portfolio for Sustainability
In order to better help its customers align environmental and societal considerations with business success, BASF has developed a new process for steering its portfolio based on sustainability...
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The Dow Jones Sustainability Index: Why We All End Up Winning
On Thursday, the annual rankings of the 2014 Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) will be publicly announced. Based on research by the Swiss-based investment group RobecoSAM, the Index assesses the...
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Accounting for Carbon: New UK Regulations Connect Carbon to Finances
In 2013, legislation quietly passed within the UK that would require companies listed on the London Stock Exchange to disclose global greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) within their publically available...
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Klein: Capitalism is Unsustainable and Driving Climate Disaster
In her new book, This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate (due in stores September 16), author and social activist Naomi Klein espouses that capitalism, rather than carbon, is the core issue...
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H&M, Swedfund Team Up to Drive Sustainability in Ethiopian Textile Industry
H&M has teamed up with Swedfund, a Swedish company that offers expertise and financial support to emerging markets within Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe, in a rare collaboration to...
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IKEA, Tetra Pak and Kingfisher Partner to Measure Impact of Sustainable...
IKEA, Tetra Pak and Kingfisher are partnering to promote the benefits of legal, responsibly sourced, sustainable timber and clarify the role of Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification in the...
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How Understanding Your Products' Social Footprints Helps Create Business Value
Recent significant advances in both sustainability assessment and societal awareness have resulted in businesses placing growing importance on full product value chain transparency. This relates to the...
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'PUMP': The Film Setting Out to 'Change Your Attitude About Fuel Forever'
A provocative new documentary called PUMP, produced by Submarine Deluxe, in association with Fuel Freedom Foundation and iDeal Film Partners, is opening in limited release next week.Directed by Joshua...
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Investors Press Palm Oil Producers to Halt Deforestation
Institutional investors representing over half a trillion dollars in assets under management are calling on four major palm oil producers to adopt an immediate moratorium on deforestation and join the...
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How Ben & Jerry's and NativeEnergy Helped a Vermont Dairy Farmer Turn Waste...
Dairy farmer Chris Wagner, owner of the Green Dream Farm in Enosburg Falls, Vermont, has a new setup that provides him with low-cost bedding for his herd and reduces the greenhouse gas produced by his...
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