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FTC to Mattress Companies: Don't Pad Your Green Claims
If you or your clients make environmental marketing claims, don’t sleep on three actions the FTC just announced against companies that sell mattresses. What's more, the pleadings in one case offer...
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Canadian Coffee Company Releases Guilt-Free Single-Serve Coffee Pods
A Canadian coffee company says it has developed a more environmentally friendly alternative to the ever-popular, single-serve K-Cup pods, made a household name in recent years by the ubiquitous Keurig...
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Marriott Pledges to Create Sustainable Development, Jobs as It Grows in...
Marriott International recently released its 2013 Sustainability Report update, which claims the company reduced global water usage by 12 percent and greenhouse gas emissions by 16.5 percent in...
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Shell, BP Break With Trade Group Calling for Repeal of Renewable Fuel Standard
Shell and BP have diverged from the oil and gas industry’s main trade groups, which are calling for Congress to remove the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), a federal mandate that compels gasoline makers...
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Environmental Groups Call on Rayovac to Help U.S. Consumers Recycle Their...
Texas Campaign for the Environment (TCE) — a nonprofit, grassroots group known for its advocation of electronic waste recycling — has announced a campaign to press battery manufacturer Rayovac to step...
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Consumer Activists Urging Kellogg's to Take Stand Against Deforestation
Environmental activists (and former Girl Scouts) Rhiannon Tomtishen and Madison Vorva, along with over 100,000 people in the U.S. and around the world, are calling on Kellogg Company CEO John Bryant to...
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Monadnock Paper Mills Wins EPA 2013 Environmental Merit Award
Family-owned paper company Monadnock Paper Mills has been recognized by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a recipient of a 2013 Environmental Merit Award for its significant contributions to...
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Grupo Bimbo Opens $1.5 Million Eco-Friendly Distribution Center in Mexico City
Mexican-owned baking company Grupo Bimbo, as part of its drive towards a fully sustainable supply chain, has inaugurated the first Ecologic Sales Center in the Historic Center area of Mexico City, with...
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A Powerful Lever for Mainstreaming Sustainability: Moving from 'Should' to...
In driving engagement and behavior change, the power is often in the subtleties. So here’s a little thought that just might be a big thought: As we work toward mainstreaming sustainability, we should...
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Top 13 Twitter Trends from SB '13
Twitter was buzzing with our hashtag during SB ’13. With a total of 8,426 tweets and over 32 million impressions during the conference alone, there was lots of great material being shared with the...
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New Leaf Paper Joins 17 Firms Registering as Benefit Corps in Delaware
New Leaf Paper and Plum Organics were among the 17 companies on Thursday that were the first to register as Delaware benefit corporations after the legislation legalizing it was signed on July 17.Some...
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Patagonia Launches New Program to Upcycle Flip-Flops
Patagonia has commenced a new remanufacturing program to continuously recycle its flip-flops, which could reduce production waste by nearly a third.The clothing company has partnered with small upstart...
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Airbnb, Lyft Partner with New Sharing Economy Advocacy Group
Peer-to-peer businesses have a new voice as they go up against traditional industries and, in some cases, government regulations.Airbnb, Lyft, and TaskRabbit are among the companies that have partnered...
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Seventh Generation Reduces Virgin Plastic Use By 16% While Increasing Sales
Seventh Generation, a leading brand of non-toxic bio-based and renewable consumer products, has achieved a 16 percent reduction in virgin plastic use and a 13 percent decrease in normalized greenhouse...
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UK Engineers Develop Urine-Powered Fuel Cell
Researchers in the United Kingdom say they have created a fuel cell that uses bacteria to break down human liquid waste to generate enough electricity to charge a mobile phone.Currently, the amount of...
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Boulder Brands Rolling Over Competition to Capture Gluten-Free Market
You have probably heard the saying, “You can only pick two out of the three options listed: cheap, fast or good.” What happens when the lesser two of those choices in terms of health (cheap and fast)...
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IT and Big Data Channel Examines Possibilities for Social Transformation
Technology is the great hope for those who fear environmental degradation has moved beyond the point of no return. Advancements in clean energy or scalable methods for scrubbing pollutants from the air...
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Roatán Completes First Sustainable Tourism Diagnostic and Action Plan
The Honduran island of Roatán has become the first tourism destination to complete a comprehensive 360-degree assessment and action plan for destination-level sustainability, according to a recent...
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Aimco Launches First Interactive Corporate Citizenship Report
Apartment Investment and Management Company (Aimco) has released its first interactive corporate citizenship report, which enable visitors to build their own online report or download a complete...
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Mondelez, Kellogg Among Food Brands Backing Campaign to Push 'Facts Up Front'...
The ongoing battle over the increasing girth of American consumers is heating up — again.Marketers have joined forces on a $50 million campaign plugging front-of-pack labeling called Facts Up Front,...
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