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Tesco Developing Online Sustainability Community for 5,000 Suppliers
Tesco, the UK’s largest retailer, has appointed Anthesis Group to develop and manage a single online sustainability community spanning the retailer’s supply base.The Tesco Supplier Network will help...
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Kohler Gets Green Light to Develop Next-Gen, Closed-Loop Flush Toilet System
Kohler Co., developer of kitchen and bath design and technology, has received a two-year grant from The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to design and fabricate five closed-loop flush toilet systems...
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The North Face Introduces Locally Grown, Designed, Sewn 'Backyard Hoodie'
Outdoor apparel, equipment and footwear maker The North Face today unveiled the Backyard Hoodie, the newest addition to its portfolio of environmentally conscious products. In collaboration with...
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Henkel Challenging Students Around the World to Propose Next Big...
Under the theme of “Create. Learn. Grow.,” the eighth Henkel Innovation Challenge is inviting university students from all over the world to submit their visionary ideas for sustainable products and...
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SC Johnson Highlights Lower GHGs and Waste, Higher Ingredient Transparency in...
In its just-released 2014 sustainability report, SC Johnson details progress on its environmental goals — including the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by more than 50 percent and manufacturing...
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How Lyf Shoes Encourages Us to ‘Follow Our Biology’
My favourite story coming out SB ‘14 London was definitely from Lyf Shoes’ Aly Khalifa, as it managed to combine several of my favourite things: shoes, sustainability and localization, together with an...
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Effie, WEF Announce Inaugural Call for Entries for Positive Change Award
Effie Worldwide and the World Economic Forum (WEF) have announced the inaugural call for entries for The Positive Change Effie Award, which recognizes and celebrates the most effective marketing...
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AkzoNobel and Partners Considering Sugar Beets as Renewable Chemical Feedstock
AkzoNobel has joined forces with SuikerUnie, Rabobank, Deloitte, Investment and Development Agency for the Northern Netherlands (NOM), Groningen Seaports, and the Province of Groningen to investigate...
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Method, The Nature Conservancy Partner to Protect Water in the Great Lakes...
Method Products, PBC, leader in eco-friendly household, fabric and personal care products, has partnered with The Nature Conservancy for a groundwater replenishment project. Method's goal is to protect...
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Report: Sustainability Helping Restaurants Win Customers
Forward-thinking restaurant operators are more frequently using marketing strategies that incorporate health, safety and environmental concerns, which can resonate with consumers seeking out more...
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Eco-friendly Coffee Condiments Canister Saves 4 Billion Packets from Landfill
United Food Group, developer and manufacturer of specialty dry powder mixes and equipment, has developed the first sustainable canister for coffee condiments.Unlike traditional cream and sugar...
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Carbios Makes New Advances in Reduction of Plastic Waste Through Enzymatic...
Carbios, a French green chemistry company specializing in technologies dedicated to the recovery of plastic waste and the production of bio-polymers, recently announced that it has successfully managed...
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Novelis 'Creating Value' by Increasing Closed-Loop Recycling, Reducing Carbon...
Novelis’ recently released Fiscal Year 2014 sustainability report shows the aluminum rolling and recycling giant making significant investments and strides to advance the circular economy and increase...
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Forget Black Friday – Many Stores Now Open on Thanksgiving; Here's Why I Like...
More clothing manufacturers and retailers are going out of their way to tout their sustainability credentials, from the use of organic cotton and recycled PET bottles to even accepting clothes in...
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Would You Share Leftover Turkey with Your Neighbors? How We Can Begin...
On a holiday created to remind us what we are thankful for (which has mostly become an excuse for us to stuff ourselves), many of us would probably rather not think about our country’s problem with...
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Fashion, Scuba Giants the Latest to Close the Loop on Textiles
The concept of the circular economy— a more thoughtful approach to how we process materials and manufacture products — continues to gain traction, especially in the textile and fashion industry. In the...
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New Greenpeace Report Calls Out Best Buy for Destroying Ancient Forest
On Wednesday, Greenpeace released a report exposing Best Buy for fuelling destruction in Canada’s Boreal Forest, one of the world’s last remaining ancient forests. The report reveals the electronics...
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Arrow Electronics, Close the Gap Create 'Digitruck' to Supply Power to...
Arrow Electronics is helping nonprofit partner Close the Gap (CTG) launch a new program in Africa to convert used cargo containers into fully equipped classrooms and health clinics.Nobel Peace Laureate...
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Himalayan Stove Project Matching Donations on #GivingTuesday
In an effort to get back to a more meaningful sense of the “holiday spirit” after the over-hyped Black Friday (November 28) and Cyber Monday (December 1) spending binges that follow Thanksgiving, more...
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Geoengineering: Are You Feeling Lucky?
“No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness,the good he seeks.”— Mary WollstonecraftI’ve got a bad feeling about this…There has been increasing discussion of late, in the...
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