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Trending: AkzoNobel, Startups Sustainably Solving Chemical, Packaging Challenges

Finding new post-consumer uses and solutions for products is critical for making the shift towards a more circular economy, but more and more companies are turning their focus to the early stages of product production and development, effectively add... View More

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Target to Remove Harmful Chemicals from Products, Invest in Green Chemistry

Retail giant Target has announced its commitment to reducing harmful chemicals from its products and investing in green chemistry with the release of a new chemical strategy that covers its entire value chain, operations and products. The goal is to ... View More

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New EPA Regs Will Require Natural Gas Industry to Come Clean About Toxic Pollution

Today, in response to a petition by 19 environmental and open-government groups, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released proposed regulations that will require natural gas processing plants to start publicly reporting the toxic chemicals th... View More

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Indian Chemical Firm Makes Carbon Capture Breakthrough Turning CO2 into Baking Soda

Whether it be turning food scraps into cold-pressed juices or transforming PET waste into raw materials or converting beer waste water into batteries — just a few of the latest examples of the circular economy at work — companies are increasingly... View More

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Cradle to Cradle Design – So Much More Than Recycling

It’s easy for the concepts of Cradle to Cradle design and a circular economy to become shorthand for recycling, but both are much more complex than that. ... View More

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#BusinessCase: How Companies Are Redefining the Source of Business Value

According to a new Pure Strategies study, several billion was earned in 2015 from the sustainability efforts of 153 survey respondents, signaling a new way of defining sources of business value. Taking inspiration from sustainability’s positive per... View More

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Columbia Recruits Macklemore to Help Raise Awareness of the Effects of PFCs

Columbia Sportswear says its new OutDry Extreme ECO Jacket, which hit shelves last week, marks a milestone in sustainability - as the first high-performance, environmentally friendly, breathable, waterproof jacket made without the use of a common syn... View More

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Eastman Tops Inaugural Just 100 List in the Chemical Industry

Eastman Chemical Company has been named America’s Most JUST Company in the chemical industry, according to JUST Capital and Forbes magazine’s inaugural “JUST 100 List,” which for the first time ranks the publicly traded companies in the U.S. ... View More

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Dow’s Energy Efficiency Innovations Support Advancement of Green Technology Development in China

Multiple technologies from The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) have been recommended for use in projects supported by the U.S.-China Building Efficiency and Green Development Fund. The Fund is a public-private partnership convened by the Paulson Ins... View More

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ZDHC Wastewater Guidelines Streamline Industry Efforts to Eliminate Hazardous Chemicals

On Friday, the Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) Programme - a collaboration of 22 leading brands, including Kering, Marks & Spencer, Primark, Coop Switzerland and New Balance, along with 13 value chain affiliates and 7 associates - re... View More

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Marketing Manager - Sustainability, Personal & Home Care, Florham Park, NJ

Job Field: MARK - MarketingLocation:  ... View More

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New ZDHC Platform to Provide 'Gateway' to Safer Chemicals in Textiles

The issue of hazardous chemicals isn’t new in consumer products; the Romans knew lead was harmful over 2000 years ago. Scheele’s Green, a copper-arsenic-based pigment, was one of the first colourfast greens used for textiles in the early 1860s. H... View More

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Sustainability Goals Drive Switch to ‘Green’ Plastic Packaging

Brazilian resin producer Braskem has announced that Polarbröd, Sweden’s third largest bakery, will be converting all of its flexible film requirements from fossil-based polyethylene to Braskem’s biobased I’m green drop-in bio-polyethylene. Po... View More

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Industry Collaboration Critical for Sustainable Denim

It’s no secret that "denim is a dirty business.” But does this mean our love affair with denim is over? To open the KingPins 2016 Amsterdam Show on October 24, 10 leaders transforming the denim industry were invited to answer one question: I... View More

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Trending: EPA, Olam Seeking Chemistry, Food Security Research that Can Change the World

The hunt is on for potentially ground-breaking scientific research in food security and green chemistry. Entries and nominations are now open for the second global Olam Prize for Innovation in Food Security (Olam Prize) and the 2017 Presidential Gree... View More

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Levi Strauss Expanding, Publicly Sharing Industry-Changing Worker Wellbeing Initiative

Marking the 25th anniversary of its industry-changing supplier code of conduct, called Terms of Engagement, Levi Strauss & Co. (LS&Co.) announced a new commitment to expand the company’s pioneering Worker Wellbeing initiative – both withi... View More

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Chemistry Supercharged – BASF and Hyundai Motor Partner for High Performance N Concept

BASF and Hyundai Motor have partnered once again to present an impressive showcase of emotion and technical substance: The concept car RN30 was created to offer pure driving pleasure on the race track for everybody and features the latest in innovati... View More

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Together for Sustainability Initiative launched in India for Chemical Industry

Together for Sustainability (TfS), a joint initiative of leading global chemical companies, has been formally launched in India to encourage the Indian suppliers to adopt sustainability practices in their management and manufacturing systems. SB Corp... View More

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Unilever to Acquire Seventh Generation, Inc.

Unilever announced today that it has signed an agreement to acquire Seventh Generation, Inc., the North American home and personal care products company. Based in Vermont, Seventh Generation is a pioneer in corporate responsibility and sustainable pr... View More

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A Bridge to Economic Transformation: 10 Lessons in Sustainable Banking from New Resource Bank

We’re undergoing a transition to a new economy - one where business is not only focused on returns to shareholders, but also one that understands and prioritizes the complex ecosystem between business, the environment, employees, and the greater co... View More

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