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Interface Moving from Net Zero to Climate Positive by Rethinking Factories as Forests
With 3.8 billion years of R&D behind Earth’s systems and creatures, we’ve barely scratched the surface of what we can learn and how we can apply those lessons to our companies, products and processes. ... View More
Nestlé, Coca-Cola Among 60 Orgs Stepping Up to Address Pressures on UK Water
Over 60 organizations including businesses such as Nestlé, Coca-Cola and M&S have signed a Catchment Management Declaration agreeing to step up action to address the increasing pressures to UK water through improved catchment management. ... View More
Following the Paper Trail: APP’s Ongoing Quest to Restore Indonesia’s Rainforests
Since 1990, Indonesia has lost half of its rainforests. What’s worse, the rate of deforestation, currently at roughly two million hectares per year, is still accelerating. Heart of the issue being that ecological values remain difficult to measure ... View More
Survey: Majority of Americans Concerned About Contaminants in Tap Water
It’s National Drinking Water Week, but new survey results suggest Americans may have more concerns on their minds than reasons to celebrate. Most Americans feel unknowledgeable about what is in their drinking water and are concerned about contamina... View More
SEKISUI: Building an Organization with Integrated Thinking to Balance Management, Environment
This post has been translated from Japanese — read the original interview here. ... View More
The Environment Is Under Threat, But Not in the Way You May Think
Nearly 50 years ago, the U.S. passed legislation to ensure the air we breathe and water we drink is clean, and that endangered animals and federal lands are protected. For 20 years, enforcement of these laws ranged from full swing or lapsed, dependin... View More
‘Urban Mining’ of E-Waste 13x Cheaper Than Mining Virgin Metals
Recovering gold, copper and other metals from electronic waste – a practice called “urban mining” – is not only more environmentally friendly than extracting virgin materials, but can also be more cost effective. Newly published research show... View More
Enel Report Highlights 100 Innovators Shaping Italy’s Circular Economy
Italy is quickly establishing itself as a force to be reckoned with in the circular economy, as evidenced by a new report from Enel, an Italian multinational manufacturer and distributor of electricity and gas. ... View More
What We Can Learn from The Dutch City Of Nijmegen, This Year’s European Green Capital
Right now, almost four billion people live in a city somewhere in the world. By the middle of this century, that number is set to jump by a staggering 2.5 billion, with 90 percent of that growth happening in cities located in Asia and Africa. However... View More
Clean Energy Jobs Now Outnumber Coal, Gas Jobs in 30 US States
In case there was still any doubt that fossil fuels are on the decline, new analysis from the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) confirms it: Wind and solar energy jobs now outnumber coal and gas jobs in 30 states. ... View More
The Hershey Company Commits To Protect Forests In Cocoa-growing Regions
The Hershey Company (NYSE:HSY) announced today it has made a commitment to no new deforestation in its global cocoa supply chain. This commitment is aimed at stopping ongoing deforestation and protecting forests in the cocoa-growing regions where the... View More
FoodBytes! San Francisco to Showcase 20 Pioneering Ideas to Feed the World Sustainably
Dutch financial firm Rabobank has shared the names of the 20 startups to participate in the FoodBytes! event in San Francisco on 1 March 2018. ... View More
Trending: Plastic Packaging Takes Backseat to Seaweed, Origami-Inspired Alternatives
Though the normalization of single-use plastic packaging has made plastic pollution out to be an insurmountable problem, consumers’ and brands’ growing awareness of the implications of take-make-dispose models is helping drive the development of ... View More
Carlsberg Partners with Young Scientists to Brew Up Solutions for a Better Tomorrow
This week, at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, the Carlsberg Group launched the Carlsberg Young Scientists Community in an effort to address some of the world’s biggest challenges surrounding climate change and water scarcity. The ... View More
Counting What Counts: The Evolution of New Metrics
We've come a long way since the first New Metrics conference seven years ago. ... View More
Dow Celebrates 25 Years of Collaboration with Sustainability External Advisory Council
The Dow Chemical Company recently celebrated the 25th anniversary of its Sustainability External Advisory Council (SEAC) at a meeting in Chicago. ... View More
Why Natural Capital Accounting and the SDGs Are Critical Components of Each Other’s Success
A report launched at the World Forum on Natural Capital (WFNC) in Edinburgh, Scotland last week examines the vanishing wealth of the world’s nature, and the growing systemic risk that represents to global economies and societies. ... View More
'We Haven't Even Scratched the Surface': Insights from the World Forum on Natural Capital
Factoring the value of nature into governance and corporate decision-making is not an easy task, but governments and businesses are starting to recognize the importance of natural capital accounting. According to the Natural Capital Coalition, 68 cou... View More
By Not Accounting for Nature, Business Is Reporting Fake Profits
We need to make better decisions to avoid the potentially severe consequences for businesses operating in a deteriorated environment. The social and environmental megatrends will, over time, act as a drag on prosperity as the costs of basic inputs su... View More
