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Corporate Knights Unveils Its 2015 Picks for the 100 Most Sustainable...
Corporate Knights (CK), the Canadian corporate sustainability reporter, has published its 10th annual Global 100 Index, which attempts to rank the 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World.This...
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Trending: How Mars, Wilmar Are Making Good on Their Zero-Deforestation...
The devastating effects of deforestation and efforts to end it are at the forefront of the sustainability conversation, and global corporations across a variety of industries have responded with...
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Millennials Up Pressure on Brands for Sustainable Packaging
Millennials have higher expectations for sustainable product packaging than their older counterparts, according to a new study by Finnish packaging solutions company Stora Enso.Millennials, defined as...
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WRI Guide Helps Companies Report Emissions From Low-Carbon Electricity Purchases
The World Resources Institute (WRI) has unveiled new guidance for companies to measure emissions from purchased electricity.The first major update to the GHG Protocol Corporate Accounting and Reporting...
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Project MainStream Launches 3 Programs to Help Scale Circular Economy
Project MainStream, part of the World Economic Forum’s Circular Economy initiative, has launched three new programs focused on developing ways of scaling the circular economy through materials...
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Study Projects Creation of More Than 200,000 UK Jobs as Circular Economy Grows
The continued development of resource-efficient business activity, such as recycling, reuse and remanufacturing, could create demand for over 200,000 new jobs across Britain between now and 2030,...
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These Companies Want to Make Your Smartphone Truly Smart
In this new age of mobile phones, many of us suffer from “Shiny Object” syndrome — where we always want the latest and greatest toy Apple, Samsung or one of the other multitude of manufacturers can...
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Valentines Can Now Show Their Love Sustainably with Locally Grown ‘Slow...
US nationwide floral directory Slow Flowers is encouraging its customers to show their love in a more thoughtful way this Valentine’s day by sourcing local American-grown bouquets.The US cut flower...
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So Your Company Is Doing the Right Thing. How Can You Make People Care?
When it comes to corporate transparency, times are changing. Gone are the days when a company could be considered a leader simply by publishing an annual report. Today’s stakeholders want to truly...
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Two Birds Apparel Bring Sustainable Fashion Home to Canada
If you ask Daniel and Tiffany Andrew— the husband-and-wife team behind Canadian men’s fashion brand Two Birds Apparel— what sustainability means to them, they’d say local, ethical supply chains and...
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Closed-Loop, Organic Shrimp Farm Could Create Sea Change for Domestic Shrimp...
San Diego company Net Zero Aqualife says it has beat its crowdfunding deadline and now has the funds to begin production of high-quality organic shrimp at low cost. The farm is expected to produce 100...
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Carlsberg Working to Develop Biodegradable Wood Fiber Bottle
Beer giant Carlsberg last week announced its plans to develop the world’s first fully biodegradable wood-fiber bottle.After its participation on a panel on “Wasteless Supply” at the World Economic...
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MCAD Offering Free Online Biomimicry Design Course
The Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) has partnered with Canvas.net to offer a free, open online course called, Biomimicry: A Sustainable Design Methodology. The course is an introduction to...
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CDP: US, Brazil, China and India Least Resilient Against Climate-Related...
Lack of preparation has left supply chains in Brazil, China, India and the United States more vulnerable to climate risks than those in Europe and Japan. However, suppliers in China and India deliver...
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Norwegian Reality Series Shows Fashionistas the Dark Side of 'Dead Cheap...
What happens when you send three young fashionistas to a Cambodian sweatshop for a month? Aftenposten, Norway’s biggest newspaper, answered this question with a five-part, online reality TV series.In...
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Marketers Cleverly Crafting Brand Messaging to Broaden Appeal of Better Products
As Super Bowl XLIX shapes up to kick off on Sunday, NBC is selling 30-second spots for $4.4-4.5 million, and 95 percent of in-game ad inventory is already sold on what has become digital advertising’s...
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IKEA Sales of Sustainable Products Exceed $1 Billion in 2014
IKEA sold more than €1 billion ($1.13 billion) of sustainable products in 2014, a 58 percent increase over the previous year, according to the company’s new sustainability report.These products enable...
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UK Tool Shows Long-term Climate Impacts on Energy, Land and Food Systems
The United Kingdom government has launched a new tool to help businesses and governments understand the environmental impacts of energy and emissions policies.The Global Calculator— produced with input...
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Cheshire: 'Connect Your Vision to Your Business Model - Otherwise It Will...
Sir Ian Cheshire | Image credit: The TimesFirst, let’s quash the rumours that have been circling ever since Sir Ian Cheshire announced he would step down as group chief executive of Kingfisher,...
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Delivering on Profit and Purpose – a Job for the CFO?
Back in 2012, a Deloitte study remarked how chief finance officers (CFOs) were ‘coming to the table’ in matters relating to board-level sustainability. The CFO role has evolved to the point where it is...
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