UPS Making Charitable Donations for All 'Your Wishes Delivered'
UPS today launched Your Wishes Delivered, a campaign designed to invite the public to share their wishes during the holidays. This year, the company will donate $1 for each wish submitted using...
View ArticleRoyal Caribbean Retrofitting 19 Ships With Sulfur Dioxide Scrubbers
Royal Caribbean Cruises has announced it will retrofit 19 of its ships with advanced emissions purification (AEP) systems, also known as scrubbers, which will remove more than 97 percent of the sulfur...
View ArticleCause vs. Purpose: What's the Difference?
Statistics and surveys make it clear that people want brands to do good in this world. According to the latest Cone/Echo Global Study, 93 percent of today’s shoppers would buy a product associated with...
View Article5 Tips on Finding the Right Financing for Your Food Startup
What’s the next food trend poised to sweep the nation? A recent conference showcasing roughly 60 recipients of Whole Foods local producer loans revealed some candidates: Maybe a half-fruit,...
View ArticleNew Video Demystifies Carbon Neutrality in 90 Seconds
We’re hearing more and more products, processes, events and even entire companies described as ‘carbon neutral,’ and many more striving to become so — but what exactly does that mean?It's a question...
View ArticleFDF Launches Sustainable Palm Oil Sourcing Guide for Food & Beverage Industry
A new guide has been launched to support and encourage food and drink manufacturers on sustainable use of the world’s most contentious and widely used vegetable oil.The Food and Drink Federation (FDF),...
View ArticleLatest Weapon in Battle to Reduce Christmas Tree Waste: Goats
It's that time of year again — when thousands of Christmas trees go from being the resplendently ornamented focal point of a festive holiday scene to a sad heap on the sidewalk next to the trash bin,...
View ArticleAs ‘Internet of Things’ Grows, So Do E-waste Concerns
The Internet of Things (IoT) will include some 30 billion connected devices by 2020, according to analyst firm Gartner. Although the IoT holds promise for promoting global sustainability, there is a...
View ArticleMcDonald's Taps Local Partners to Pilot Sustainable Beef Program in New Zealand
McDonald's has initiated two sustainable beef integration programs with Beef + Lamb New Zealand, ANZCO Foods and Silver Fern Farms as part of its aspiration to source verified sustainable beef around...
View ArticleAkzoNobel Develops Reflective Paint That Keeps You Cool
AkzoNobel, the paint, coatings and specialty chemical company, has developed exterior wall paints that reflect more infrared light to reduce heat absorption and reduce energy consumption.With this...
View ArticleTaiwanese Shampoo Brand First to Clarify Global Carbon Footprinting Scheme
Taiwanese salon hair care brand Hair O’Right is the first successful participant in a pilot project to harmonize the product carbon footprinting and labelling schemes run by the Carbon Trust and...
View ArticleWater Risk Prompting a New Wave of Innovation
What if someone said that they could help jumpstart your creativity? What if they said that the very thing that all businesses need to function can enable new thoughts to flow freely?I’m talking about...
View ArticleIBM, Take Part Web Series Spotlights Innovators Working Toward Smarter Cities
Last year, as part of its goal to create solutions that help cities all over the world get “smarter” in order to improve their quality of life, IBM created its people4smartercities campaign, through...
View ArticleA Millennial's Personal Sustainability Survival Guide
When I was young, my grandfather placed stickers saying ‘Turn off if unnecessary’ on light switches, ‘Close the tap while brushing your teeth’ on the sink, and ‘Did you unplug all unnecessary...
View ArticleSurvey: 60% of Americans Resolving More Environmentally Responsible...
Three in five Americans say they will make a New Year's resolution to live a more environmentally responsible lifestyle in 2015, according to a nationwide public opinion poll released this week by...
View ArticleYear in Review: One Company’s Waste Becomes Another’s Bioplastic
As data continues to emerge on the damage being caused by discarded plastic persisting in the environment, it’s clear the millions of tons of the ubiquitous material we’ve already produced isn’t going...
View ArticleNew Mobile App Encourages Fitness, Rewards You for Reducing Your CO2 Emissions
Looking for something to hold you accountable on your New Year’s resolution to be more active? Changers— a German startup whose mission is to motivate behavior change by making sustainable actions...
View ArticleTradeshift Waiving Fees for Companies Building Circular Economy Apps
Tradeshift, which digitally connects enterprises with their suppliers via a cloud-based platform, announced on Tuesday that it will waive the 30 percent revenue share it receives, for organizations...
View ArticleNew Mobile App Encourages Fitness, Rewards You for Reducing Your CO2 Emissions
Looking for something to hold you accountable on your New Year’s resolution to be more active? Changers— a German startup whose mission is to motivate behavior change by making sustainable actions...
View ArticleeBay Drops ALEC After Pressure From Environmental Groups; Activists Set...
On Thursday, after months of pressure from climate change activists, eBay confirmed its departure from the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).“This is a major victory for those of us who...
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