Punks, Wonks & Breakout Strategies for Sustainability Innovation
Innovation. We love it! Especially in the trending world of sustainability.And rightly so: The potential impact and influence of sustainability innovation in the shaping of a more positive human...
View ArticleCarnival Corporation Cuts CO2 Emissions by 20%
Carnival Corporation, the world's largest cruise company, has reduced its carbon emissions from shipboard operations by 20 percent one year ahead of schedule, according to the company’s new...
View ArticleThe Smart Economics of Carbon Accounting: Developing a 2020 Vision for Your...
Actively managing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions has proven to result in direct economic gains for companies. A 2013 KPMG study of the S&P 500 companies found that firm value decreases on average...
View ArticleTrending: This Week in Sustainable Textiles — Featuring Archroma, I:CO and...
On Monday, Archroma, a global producer of textile dyes and specialty chemicals, launched a new range of products created from agricultural waste. In addition, the company is utilizing the latest in...
View ArticleCVS Health Commits More Than $1 Million to Support Tobacco-Cessation Programs
CVS Health has committed to invest more than $1 million in grants to support tobacco-cessation and -prevention programs nationwide. The grants will be distributed to healthcare and community partners...
View ArticleAmazon Announces 'Long-Term Commitment' to Switch to 100% Renewable Energy
After ongoing criticism from organizations such as Greenpeace for continuing to run on ‘dirty power,’ Amazon this week announced a “long-term commitment to achieve 100 percent renewable energy usage...
View ArticleNRG Energy Sets Ambitious Sustainability Goals, Breaks Ground on...
NRG Energy, Inc. has announced ambitious sustainability goals as part of its continued corporate growth strategy, in conjunction with the recent groundbreaking ceremony of its new “ultra-green,”...
View ArticleReport: Food Companies Can’t Expect Customers to Pay More for High...
There is a limit to how much companies can expect consumers to pay for higher sustainability standards—a limit in terms of the price that they will be willing to pay and also in terms of the market...
View ArticleHyundai Launching First Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle in Canada
Hyundai has announced that it will be the first automotive company to make hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles available to the Canadian public.The Hyundai Tucson Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV)...
View ArticleAre You Interested in Redesigning the Global Economy? 2015 Wild Card...
An amazing opportunity for one student from any university in the world to win a place in the exclusive Schmidt-MacArthur Fellowship Programme— an international postgraduate fellowship on the circular...
View ArticleGreen Mountain Power Becomes First Utility to Receive B Corp Certification
Vermont-based Green Mountain Power (GMP) has become the first utility in the world to become a Certified B Corp, according to a recent announcement.GMP says it is helping to lead a transformation that...
View ArticleLSDC Asserts 'Green' Entrepreneurs, Such as This Year's London Leaders, Key...
A recent report from the London Sustainable Development Commission (LSDC) asserts that socially and environmentally responsible entrepreneurs are “critical” to London’s future as a world leader in the...
View ArticleBig Data + Smart Tech: An Elixir for a Sustainable Future?
The global population is projected to top nine billion by 2050, according to the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.And it’s no secret that with our already-assaultive consumption...
View ArticleUnilever Project Sunlight, SheKnows Media Launch 'The Hunger Project' to...
Hatch, a SheKnows Media program that empowers kids to use media and technology to express themselves in productive ways, announced Monday that it has teamed with Unilever Project Sunlight on The Hunger...
View ArticleSalesforce, Atlassian Launch Initiative on #GivingTuesday to Encourage Early...
Today is #GivingTuesday, a day dedicated to charitable giving, harnessing the power of social media and the generosity of people around the world to bring about real change in their communities. In the...
View ArticleIKEA, Mars, Novelis, Unilever Among 233 Companies Expressing Support for...
Marking the end of the comment period on the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan, 223 companies have announced their support for EPA’s proposed carbon standard for electric power plants,...
View ArticleUK Scientists Say New Form of Carbon Graphite Could Revolutionize Renewable...
A recently discovered form of carbon graphite has a completely unexpected property that scientists say could revolutionize the development of renewable energy and electric cars.According to results...
View ArticleUnited Colors of Benetton, UN Women Engaging Millennials to 'End Violence...
A group of angry-looking men surround a woman seated alone in the desert, and proceed to "stone" her … with flower petals, in a striking (no pun intended) new campaign by United Colors of Benetton in...
View ArticleE.ON Announces Shift to Renewables as Part of Bold New Corporate Strategy
German power and gas giant E.ON has announced it will now focus on renewables, distribution networks and customer solutions, and spin off its conventional generation, global energy trading, and...
View ArticleReport: Global Environmental Industry Grew in 2013
The global environmental industry grew 3.6 percent in 2013, generating revenues of $1.047 trillion, while the U.S. environmental industry grew only 0.7 percent in 2013 compared to 4.5 percent in 2012,...
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