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Radisson Blu Joins Soap Recycling Program to Promote Shared Value
Radisson Blu Joins Soap Recycling Program to Promote Shared Value
Published on September 9, 2016
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  BRUSSELS (8 SEPTEMBER, 2016): Radisson Blu, the iconic hotel brand driven by innovation and design, is delighted to announce its new partnership with the Soap for Hope™ program, which recycles used hotel soaps to create fresh bars for distributi... View More

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HealRWorld, Sustainable Brands, Geometry Global & PVBLIC Foundation Unite to Rally Global Businesses and Consumers in Support of the Sustainable Development Goals Adopted at the United Nations last September
HealRWorld, Sustainable Brands, Geometry Global & PVBLIC Foundation Unite to Rally Global Businesses and Consumers in Support of the Sustainable Development Goals Adopted at the United Nations last September
Published on September 7, 2016
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SustainRWorld Day, which launches September 8th at the United Nations, is an initiative intended to rally the private sector to help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by inspiring a movement to make every day SustainRWorld Day and celebrate o... View More

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HSBC Catch the Drop Promotes Vitality of Water During World Water Week
HSBC Catch the Drop Promotes Vitality of Water During World Water Week
Published on September 6, 2016
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Representatives from over 200 environmental organizations, government bodies and institutions, including HSBC, are converged on Stockholm from 28th August - 2nd September for World Water Week. Officials from HSBC are actively participating in session... View More

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Eastman Partnerships Promote Positive Change Around the World
Eastman Partnerships Promote Positive Change Around the World
Published on September 6, 2016
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Eastman team members are committed to investing in their communities, no matter where they are. At the Kohtla-Järve (KJ) site, team members have been involved in a number of endeavors that have made an impact in that small Estonian community. Eastma... View More

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Taking Sustainability From the Home Kitchen to the Cambodian Slums
Taking Sustainability From the Home Kitchen to the Cambodian Slums
Published on August 31, 2016
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Cambodia is home to 13 million people, 46 percent of whom live in poverty with 100,000 living in slums. Jean Gong, Senior Manager – Internal Communications and Administration for Kohler Co.’s Asia Pacific region helps to oversee Kohler Co.’s do... View More

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Unilever Signs White House Equal Pay Pledge
Unilever Signs White House Equal Pay Pledge
Published on August 31, 2016
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Unilever US announced today it joins 29 companies, including corporate members Target, Coca Cola, CVS, and Hersheys, in signing the White House Equal Pay Pledge. Unilever believes that business plays a critical role in reducing the pay gap. By signin... View More

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The UPS Foundation Advances Global Forestry Initiative
The UPS Foundation Advances Global Forestry Initiative
Published on August 31, 2016
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7 million trees planted in 52 countries around the world  Foundation to award millions in environmental grants US 08/31/16 ... View More

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Circular EconomyCircular Economy
Coca-Cola, PepsiCo Exceed Water Stewardship Goals
Coca-Cola, PepsiCo Exceed Water Stewardship Goals
Published on August 31, 2016
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Water is the primary ingredient in Coca-Cola’s and PepsiCo’s beverages, and both companies recognize that increasing stress on supply is a risk to their businesses. This week, both beverage giants announced progress updates for their global stewa... View More

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Unilever’s Surf Launches Unique Partnership with Oxfam to Lighten the Load of Women’s Unpaid Care Work
Unilever’s Surf Launches Unique Partnership with Oxfam to Lighten the Load of Women’s Unpaid Care Work
Published on August 30, 2016
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Unilever’s laundry brand, Surf, today announces a unique three-year partnership with Oxfam that aims to recognise, reduce and redistribute the amount of time spent by women and girls on unpaid care work. Crucially the collaboration will challenge s... View More

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GM Recycles 2 Million Flint Water Bottles into Fleece
GM Recycles 2 Million Flint Water Bottles into Fleece
Published on August 24, 2016
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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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Nestlé Waters Sustainability Chief Calls for New Leadership, Collaboration on Water Challenges
Nestlé Waters Sustainability Chief Calls for New Leadership, Collaboration on Water Challenges
Published on August 16, 2016
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Nelson Switzer, Chief Sustainability Officer for Nestlé Waters North America, has called for ‘aggressive new leadership’ in collective action through partnerships to solve shared water challenges. At an event on August 11, Switzer said all stake... View More

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Circular EconomyCircular Economy
Trending: Latest Circular Innovations Close the Loop on Furniture, Packaging, Textiles
Trending: Latest Circular Innovations Close the Loop on Furniture, Packaging, Textiles
Published on August 15, 2016
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More and more companies are looking for ways to adopt circular models for their products, and some of the latest examples have been provided by industry giants. Furniture company IKEA, chemical firm Total, and Inditex - parent company of apparel bran... View More

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Panera Bread to Industry: Kids Shouldn't Have to Imagine What's in Their Food
Panera Bread to Industry: Kids Shouldn't Have to Imagine What's in Their Food
Published on August 11, 2016
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Panera Bread today issued its Kids Meal Promise to express the company’s long-held beliefs about kids’ meals and commitments relative to its Panera Kids™ menu. The promise is meant to be a challenge to the restaurant industry and to all food ma... View More

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Collaboration & Co-CreationCollaboration & Co-Creation
Sustainable Apparel Coalition Opens Access to Higg Index Tools to SME Brands, Retailers
Sustainable Apparel Coalition Opens Access to Higg Index Tools to SME Brands, Retailers
Published on August 10, 2016
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The industry group Sustainable Apparel Coalition has opened use of its Higg Index suite of tools for measuring and evaluating supply chain impact to non-member small and medium-sized (SME) brands and retailers. SMEs may now take advantage of a specia... View More

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Dow and Rio 2016 Delivering an Unprecedented Carbon Legacy in Brazil
Dow and Rio 2016 Delivering an Unprecedented Carbon Legacy in Brazil
Published on August 5, 2016
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The Rio 2016 Olympic Games are making history by leaving a significant legacy of low-carbon technologies in Latin America while set to balance 2 million tonnes of CO2 equivalents (CO2e). The Rio 2016 Organizing Committee and The Dow Chemical Company ... View More

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Trending: Rio 2016, McDonald’s, Subway Making Strides on Responsible Food Sourcing
Trending: Rio 2016, McDonald’s, Subway Making Strides on Responsible Food Sourcing
Published on August 2, 2016
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Among the latest news in responsible food sourcing: The Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games will have the largest sustainable seafood offering to date of any Olympic or Paralympic Games; McDonald’s announced developments collectively impacting ne... View More

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Disney Buys Up Carbon Credits in Mondulkiri, Cambodia
Disney Buys Up Carbon Credits in Mondulkiri, Cambodia
Published on July 29, 2016
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The Walt Disney Company has purchased $2.6 million in carbon credits in the forests of Mondulkuri province – marking the largest carbon credit sale to date in Cambodia and breathing life into a carbon-trading program many had written off as all but... View More

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Unilever, Hubbub, WRAP Join Forces in Pursuit of a Zero Food Waste Britain
Unilever, Hubbub, WRAP Join Forces in Pursuit of a Zero Food Waste Britain
Published on July 27, 2016
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New research commissioned by environmental non-profit Hubbub and consumer goods giant Unilever reveals that in the first week of the summer break, £12 million worth of food will be thrown away as UK families head off on holiday; more than half of pe... View More

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Innovation & TechnologyInnovation & Technology
Coke, Pepsi Forge Partnerships to Deliver Water Access in Rural Africa, Latin America
Coke, Pepsi Forge Partnerships to Deliver Water Access in Rural Africa, Latin America
Published on July 27, 2016
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Currently, 663 million people lack access to safe drinking water, and by 2025, half the world’s population could be living in water-stressed areas. ... View More

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Are We Talking our Girls Out of STEM?
Are We Talking our Girls Out of STEM?
Published on July 26, 2016
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When we look at the statistics, it is still very clear that women are extremely underrepresented in Science, Technology and Math (STEM) careers. Half of the U.S. workforce is female, and half of the college population, however, only 28% are in STEM f... View More

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