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When Herman Miller engineers began using Cradle to Cradle thinking as part of their Design for Environment (DfE) process in 2001, the world of green design was less complicated than today.
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Unilever, the UK’s largest deodorant manufacturer, unveiled a new product design that could make the category significantly more sustainable.
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Hewlett Packard has agreed to continue development of a database used by nearly three dozen car manufacturers to eliminate harmful substances from their automotive supply chains.
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Outdoor apparel company Patagonia is working to restore grasslands in its namesake region of Argentina through a partnership with The Nature Conservancy and Ovis XXI, an Argentine company working to improve the economic, environmental, social and human sustainability of the sheep-based supply chain.
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Smoking kills. That shouldn’t come as much of a brow-raiser. But did you know that in most parts of the world, it’s not necessarily tar, nicotine and carcinogens that are leading to early deaths? It’s smoke.
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Nearly 60 million people in Bangladesh and West Bengal, India have to rely on arsenic-contaminated groundwater for their basic needs. This has been described as the largest case of mass poisoning in human history.[1] Arsenic slowly builds up in the body and causes cancers, painful lesions and skin burns.
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News Release
October 24, 2012
For immediate release
BASF North American headquarters receives LEED® double Platinum certification from USGBC
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BASF again included in three renowned indices
-- BASF listed in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index, the Carbon Performance Leadership Index and the Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index
-- Carbon Disclosure Project: BASF is among the leading companies in the world in climate protection
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BASF launches broad-spectrum UV filter Z-COTE® LSA
FLORHAM PARK, NJ, September 5, 2012 -- BASF announced today the launch of Z-COTE® LSA, its latest inorganic, broad-spectrum ultraviolet (UV) light filter. Z-COTE LSA provides broad-spectrum protection from long wave UVA rays and medium wave UVB rays by physically scattering, reflecting and absorbing solar radiation.
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BASF creates chemistry at Sustainable Brands Conference
Company demonstrates how it is driving sustainable solutions for the future
FLORHAM PARK, NJ, June 4, 2012 -- As a Platinum Sponsor of the Sustainable Brands Conference in San Diego, BASF Corporation will offer a unique perspective on how connections can create chemistry to spark breakthrough innovations.
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UL 172 to Help Leading Manufacturers Promote Healthier, Safer, More Environmentally-Preferable Toys
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Rachel Belew, UL Environment
Phone: 678.444.4047
Email: [email protected]
Kate Rusnak
UL Environment
Phone: 613.247.0440, ext. 250
Email: [email protected]
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"Life Cycle Analyzer" supports sustainable solutions
Life cycle assessment tool developed for Europe under
BASF’s “Green Sense® Concrete” approach
Sustainable solutions for concrete gain importance
With the newly developed “Life Cycle Analyzer” BASF helps to
improve concrete characteristics. The special software offers
solutions in major concrete improvement areas like process
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters – known for its Keurig brand of individual coffee cups – may soon be able to turn its waste stream into a source of power for its Vermont operations.