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GM Recycles 2 Million Flint Water Bottles into Fleece

DETROIT – General Motors is adding 2 million water bottles from Flint, Michigan residents into its Do Your Part water bottle recycling initiative. The company partnered with Schupan Recycling to collect the bottles. The plastic is washed, flaked... View More

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Ford Doubling Team, Partnering with Startups to Offer Fully Autonomous Ride Sharing by 2021

Ford has announced a plan to have a ride-sharing service featuring high-volume, fully autonomous, Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)-defined level 4-capable vehicles in commercial operation by 2021. To get there, the company is investing in or col... View More

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Capturing Rainwater Will Save GM Plant Millions of Dollars

A new project to capture stormwater at GM Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly – home of the Chevrolet Volt – is slated to save the plant nearly $2 million every year. The initiative, two years in the making, now allows the plant to reuse rainwater for man... View More

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Ford Gets $6 Million from U.S. Department of Energy for Hydrogen Fuel Cell Research

The U.S. Department of Energy is awarding about $6 million in funding for projects at Ford Motor Co. in Dearborn and at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico that advance fuel cell and hydrogen technologies. Ford will use the money to deve... View More

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Fueling the Future

Toyota and Horizon Educational Group Challenge SoCal High School Students to Build Fuel Cell Vehicles TORRANCE, CALIF. (Aug. 9, 2016) – Game-based learning. Augmented reality virtual field trips. Biometric eye-tracking to determine how students abs... View More

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Energy Use Halved at Ford’s New Dagenham Production Line

The line, which will be running at an initial capacity of 350,000 engines per year, is designed to reduce water and energy consumption by over 50% per engine produced compared to the previous production line. The company estimates that the water savi... View More

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WWF and Toyota Form Global Partnership, Join Forces on Living Asian Forest Project and Climate Change

WWF and Toyota Motor Corporation have entered into a five-year agreement aimed at accelerating the globe's transition to sustainability. Through this partnership, the organizations will work together to promote biodiversity conservation, raise enviro... View More

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Musk Envisions Tesla at Center of Sustainable Energy, Urban Transit, Sharing Economy

Billionaire industrialist Elon Musk is doubling-down on the ambitious vision he laid out in August 2006. In a blog post, Musk recently revealed his “Master Plan, Part Deux,” which extends beyond a corporate strategy for his electric car company T... View More

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Toyota Trialling Hydrogen-Fuelled Vehicles in Australia

Toyota believes hydrogen-fuelled vehicles are more viable than electric ones — and it has brought three of its Mirai models to Australia to prove it. The Mirai is already on sale in Europe, Japan and California and uses an on-board fuel cell to con... View More

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Ford Unveils Latest Sustainability Report, South African Pilot to Deliver Medical, Nutrition Services

Ford Motor Company’s 2015-16 Sustainability Report highlights key environmental benchmarks and the ongoing work of the automaker, including its expanded focus beyond vehicle production to developing mobility solutions for the future. The future of ... View More

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GM invests $10m in Canada plant to boost driverless technology

General Motors has announced plans to invest $10m (£6.96m) in a Canadian plant as part of an effort to boost driverless technology and cold weather testing. GM will also hire 1,000 new workers in Ontario to focus on research for connected and driver... View More

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POWER PLAY

POWER PLAY Toyota’s New Plano Campus Drafts Impressive Energy & Environmental Line Up   ... View More

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Thinking Outside the Room: Catalyzing and Speeding Up Purpose-Driven Innovation

The San Diego breeze rustles the palm fronds above the Mission Bay Patio - it's nice to be in an outdoor presentation space enjoying the Southern California climate. The topic for the afternoon is innovation, and the panel brings a good range of pers... View More

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Duck, Duck, GOOSE!

Duck, Duck, GOOSE! Toyota Tagged to Receive Keystone Leadership in Environment Award   ... View More

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Toyota is Ready to Catch Some Rays in Plano

 Toyota is Ready to Catch Some Rays in Plano   Toyota’s New Plano Campus Will Get 25 Percent of Power from the Sun Plano, Texas and San Diego, Calif. (June 6, 2016) – It might not be the sunshine state, but Texas gets its fair share of sun.  ... View More

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Tesla Powerwall at Radisson RED Brussels

On 20 May 2016, Radisson RED Brussels welcomed 75 international bloggers and journalists to stay at our world’s first Radisson RED - a new global hotel concept inspired by art, fashion and music. ... View More

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Timberland Tires honored for sustainability

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (May 31, 2016) — Importer/wholesale distributor Omni United Pte. Ltd.’s Timberland brand — the first tire line created in partnership with a leading global lifestyle brand — has been recognized for its collaborative susta... View More

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#BusinessCase: Top 9 Reasons for Businesses to Proactively Manage Water

A sustainability manager at a large auto parts manufacturer recently explained the company’s lack of interest in water management this way: “It's not worth our time. Water is too cheap and no one cares." Moreover, the executive acknowledged ... View More

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A Tale of Two Crises

We had a very interesting finding from our Eco Pulse 2015 study that took us by surprise: the percentage of people who said they had stopped buying a product based on the environmental reputation of a manufacturer increased dramatically from 11% to 3... View More

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Powered by Purpose: What Tesla’s Model 3 says about the future of sustainability

Elon Musk finally rolled out his highly-anticipated electric vehicle for the masses – the Tesla Model 3. ... View More

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