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Traffic Jams – The Manifest Will of the People?
“There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.”PlatoJust because we want one thing, must we want all that comes with it?It is a peculiar fact of...
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10 *Firsts* Coming Up at #NewMetrics '14
As we get closer to my personal favorite among the growing list of Sustainable Brands events — New Metrics, this year in collaboration with the MIT Sloan School of Management — I am finding it hard not...
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Shell Unveils First Soccer Field Powered by Players' Footsteps
Shell and Brazilian soccer player Pelé this week showcased a first-of-its-kind soccer field capable of capturing kinetic energy created by players' movement and combining it with nearby solar power to...
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Hershey Expands Program to Benefit 10,000 Cocoa Farmers in Ivory Coast
Hershey has announced a new three-year program expanding its cocoa farmer training and community initiatives in Ivory Coast, the world’s largest cocoa producing country.In partnership with cocoa...
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One Year In, Plum & Campbell Say Trust, Learning Each Other's Strengths Are...
What happens when a publicly traded, 147-year-old global food and beverage institution buys a scrappy, organic baby food startup dedicated to alleviating hunger for children in the US?On the one-year...
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The 'Human Dimension'– L'Oréal's Charles Duclaux on Measuring the Social...
PRé Sustainability has gathered industry leaders from L’Oréal, Marks & Spencer, Steelcase, BASF, BMW Group, DSM, Goodyear, Philips, AkzoNobel, Corbion, Ahold and Reckitt Benckiser for the...
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Coke Teams Up with Nestlé, Tesco and More in Latest Push to Improve Consumer...
Plastic has in recent years become one of the top materials households know they should be recycling — but there’s often confusion about what’s recyclable and which material goes into which...
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Scientists Develop Transparent Solar Cells That Turn Windows Into Solar Panels
Scientists at Michigan State University say they have developed a translucent solar cell which can capture energy from the invisible parts of the light spectrum, but still let in visible light.In other...
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Honest Tea Refreshes Its Product & Packaging to Better Communicate Its...
Honest Tea, the US’s top-selling organic bottled tea brand, is giving its glass-bottled line a makeover in an attempt to more fully encapsulate its overall values and mission.“Our glass-bottled line...
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Report: Global Economies Must Decrease CO2 Emissions By 5 Times Current Levels
Global economies must cut their energy-related carbon emissions for every dollar of GDP by 6.2 percent — more than five times the rate currently achieved — every year from now to 2100 in order to to...
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Ben & Jerry's Pilots the MultiCapital Scorecard™ Method
Way back in 2000 when Ben & Jerry’s (B&J) was acquired by Unilever, Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield had the presence of mind to require that the acquisition agreement itself include language...
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Vermont’s Largest City Now 100% Powered by Renewables
Burlington, Vermont now acquires all of its energy from renewables sources, including wind, hydro, and biomass, after the recent purchase of 7.4 megawatt Winooski One hydroelectric project.The city of...
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G8 Taskforce Issues 8 Recommemdations to Catalyze Global Impact Investment
The Social Impact Investment Taskforce, created by the governments of the G8 in June 2013 to nurture a global market for impact investing, has released eight high-level recommendations devised by...
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Rainforest Alliance Partners with the Guardian on New 'Follow the Frog' Campaign
Rainforest Alliance has announced a new platform for its annual Follow the Frog campaign. In partnership with the Guardian, Follow the Frog 2014 will be a 10-month integrated experience designed to...
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European Startup Has Developed Biomimetic Solution for Safe, Antimicrobial...
Parx Plastics, a Dutch-Italian bio-innovator in antibacterial plastic technology, is launching its first ready-to-use Saniconcentrates™ for manufacturers in Europe and the US to safely create...
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DJSI Reveals Its 2014 Global Leaders in Corporate Sustainability
Demonstrating a lead in corporate sustainability has become increasingly important to both businesses and their customers in recent years, as has receiving plaudits for their efforts. This week, the...
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Unilever, ad:tech London Offering $50K to Tech Startups That Might Be 'The...
Unilever has partnered with the ad:tech London initiative and the trade show’s Future Media and Technology Summit. With this new partnership, a range of marketing and media tech startup hopefuls will...
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The Breakthrough Challenge: Arguments for Branding (and Rebranding)...
Really, what is a sustainable brand?Having visited port wine cellars in Portugal, I know the history and value of branding — symbols literally burned into casks as a guarantee of provenance and...
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Coca-Cola Adopts Front-of-Pack Traffic Light Nutritional Labels in UK
Coca-Cola products in the United Kingdom will soon sport a system of traffic light coded labels and Reference Intakes (RIs) to indicate how much fat, salt and sugar an item contains.This decision...
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From Disclosure to Action: Envisioning the Post-Reporting World
Suppose for a moment the dust had settled on how, what and to whom we should all be reporting our non-financial data.How: Cheap, effective technology systems permit continuous data monitoring and...
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