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Supply Chain
Call to Action: What Will It Really Take to Build Ethical Tech Supply Chains?
Call to Action: What Will It Really Take to Build Ethical Tech Supply Chains?
Published on April 6, 2017
About a 4 minute read

High-profile incidents, such as the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory in Bangladesh in 2013 and the exposé of slavery and human trafficking in the Thai seafood and electronics industries in 2014 have rightly drawn the world’s attention to global ... View More

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Organizational GovernanceOrganizational Governance
In Search of Sustainable Leadership: Building Antifragile Competitive Advantage
In Search of Sustainable Leadership: Building Antifragile Competitive Advantage
Published on March 29, 2017
About a 6 minute read

This is the second in a series of articles examining ‘sustainable leadership’ and what it entails. Find links to the full series below. We start our search for sustainable leadership with a quote from Buckminster Fuller: “You never change thing... View More

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Circular EconomyCircular Economy
HP Inc. Challenges Tech Industry to Raise the Bar on Electronics Recycling
HP Inc. Challenges Tech Industry to Raise the Bar on Electronics Recycling
Published on March 13, 2017
About a 3 minute read

According to environmental non-profit Basel Action Network (BAN), electronics recycling may not be quite as straightforward as consumers believe. While some electronics are safely dismantled and have their components scrapped or re-used, the recyclin... View More

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Materials & PackagingMaterials & Packaging
Johnson Controls, Aqua Metals Revolutionizing Lead-Acid Battery Recycling
Johnson Controls, Aqua Metals Revolutionizing Lead-Acid Battery Recycling
Published on February 13, 2017
About a 2 minute read

Solid and e-waste generation are growing at alarming rates as income and demand for new gadgets, appliances and automobiles rise across the globe. The dangers of rampant e-waste for environmental and human health are significant, but a new partnershi... View More

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Innovation & TechnologyInnovation & Technology
Three Tackles E-Waste, Tech Gap with Reconnected Recycling Scheme
Three Tackles E-Waste, Tech Gap with Reconnected Recycling Scheme
Published on February 7, 2017
About a 2 minute read

Communications provider Three UK is attempting tackle the ever-growing e-waste problem while connecting disadvantaged citizens to the digital world with a new recycling initiative aimed at redistributing unused mobile phones across the UK. Three’s ... View More

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Circular EconomyCircular Economy
More Affordable Devices Lead to Doubling of E-Waste in China Since 2010
More Affordable Devices Lead to Doubling of E-Waste in China Since 2010
Published on January 31, 2017
About a 7 minute read

The volume of discarded electronics in East and South-East Asia jumped almost two-thirds between 2010 and 2015, and e-waste generation is growing fast in both total volume and per capita measures, according to new research by United Nations Universit... View More

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Materials & PackagingMaterials & Packaging
Apple, HP, Samsung, Sony Join Effort to Keep Child Labor Out of Cobalt Supply Chains
Apple, HP, Samsung, Sony Join Effort to Keep Child Labor Out of Cobalt Supply Chains
Published on December 28, 2016
About a 2 minute read

Apple, HP, Samsung SDI and Sony have joined the Responsible Cobalt Initiative, with a pledge to follow the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) guidelines for mining supply chains, which call for traceability and immediate cor... View More

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Community Updates
AT&T And Teach For America Expand Computer Science Opportunities To Bay Area Students
AT&T And Teach For America Expand Computer Science Opportunities To Bay Area Students
Published on December 22, 2016
About a 4 minute read

Teach For America announced today that it will expand its Computer Science (CS) initiative, bringing high-quality opportunities to teachers and students in the Bay Area with support from AT&T. Through its signature philanthropic initiative, AT&am... View More

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Supply Chain
5 Steps to Building Better Working Conditions in Global Supply Chains
5 Steps to Building Better Working Conditions in Global Supply Chains
Published on December 16, 2016
About a 5 minute read

According to a recent survey of 287 sustainability professionals, working conditions are the most important sustainability issue in supply chains. That’s not too surprising; in the short time it’s taken to read this far, 153 people around the wor... View More

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Consumer Behavior Change
WRAP Advises Electronics Shoppers to Keep Calm and Be 'SMART' This Black Friday
WRAP Advises Electronics Shoppers to Keep Calm and Be 'SMART' This Black Friday
Published on November 21, 2016
About a 3 minute read

As retailers and shoppers gear up for another “highly charged” Black Friday, UK anti-waste advocacy organization WRAP has provided a ‘SMART’ guide for buying electronic products. Each year the UK buys 1.4 million tonnes (or £21 billion worth... View More

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Innovation & TechnologyInnovation & Technology
Electricity Giants Offer Support to Development Finance Orgs to Meet Paris Agreement Goals
Electricity Giants Offer Support to Development Finance Orgs to Meet Paris Agreement Goals
Published on November 11, 2016
About a 3 minute read

An association of global electricity companies, the Global Sustainable Electricity Partnership (GSEP), is offering their expertise to development finance institutions and other international organizations to jointly identify electricity technology in... View More

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Innovation & TechnologyInnovation & Technology
Brewing a Better Battery: Researchers Pulling Power from Brewery Wastewater
Brewing a Better Battery: Researchers Pulling Power from Brewery Wastewater
Published on October 21, 2016
About a 3 minute read

Engineers from the University of Colorado Boulder (CUB) have developed a bio-manufacturing process that uses a biological organism cultivated in brewery wastewater to create the carbon-based materials needed to make energy storage cells. The process ... View More

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Community Updates
HPE Sets Goal to Increase its Products’ Energy Performance 30x By 2025
HPE Sets Goal to Increase its Products’ Energy Performance 30x By 2025
Published on October 10, 2016
About a 3 minute read

Lara Birkes, CSO at HPE, talks about HPE's bold new goals: Thirty times more efficient in 10 years. That’s the ambitious goal Executive Vice President Antonio Neri announced at the Bloomberg Sustainable Business Summit in New York this week. By 202... View More

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Community Updates
Ford Offering E-Waste Recycling Program, Education to Shanghai Employees
Ford Offering E-Waste Recycling Program, Education to Shanghai Employees
Published on October 4, 2016
About a 2 minute read

Ford has announced that it will offer its employees in Shanghai with ongoing education about the importance of recycling e-waste and access to an e-waste recycling system. The program, financially supported by the Ford Fund, is part of Better World I... View More

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Community Updates
UPS Tests Medicine Delivery by Drone Off Atlantic Coast
UPS Tests Medicine Delivery by Drone Off Atlantic Coast
Published on September 28, 2016
About a 2 minute read

Delivery giant UPS and drone manufacturer CyPhy Works have started testing a CyPhy hexacopter to deliver packages to remote locations. On September 22, the companies conducted a mock delivery of urgently needed medicine from Beverly, Mass., to Childr... View More

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Community Updates
HPE Commits to 100% Renewable Energy with RE100
HPE Commits to 100% Renewable Energy with RE100
Published on September 20, 2016
About a 3 minute read

Lara Birkes, CSO at HPE, talks about HPE's bold new goals: Today Hewlett Packard Enterprise marked an important milestone on our Living Progress journey. We joined RE100 with a commitment to reach 100 percent renewable energy, while setting an interi... View More

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Innovation & TechnologyInnovation & Technology
Trending: Consumers Want Fewer Phones, More E-Waste Recycling
Trending: Consumers Want Fewer Phones, More E-Waste Recycling
Published on August 18, 2016
About a 6 minute read

Each year, a new wave of computers, smartphones and accessories spill onto the market with smaller components made from increasingly complex materials. Even as awareness of e-waste has grown and the circular economy has begun to spread its wings, pro... View More

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Innovation & TechnologyInnovation & Technology
The Internet of Things: Net Positive or Negative for Sustainability?
The Internet of Things: Net Positive or Negative for Sustainability?
Published on June 21, 2016
About a 7 minute read

Despite the hype surrounding the Internet of Things (IoT), its promise of enabling smart connected products, new business models, and delivering better customer experiences is undeniable. Combining physical products with sensors, software, storage, a... View More

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Supply Chain
Fairphone Achieves Traceable Supply for All Four Conflict Minerals; Your Move, Industry
Fairphone Achieves Traceable Supply for All Four Conflict Minerals; Your Move, Industry
Published on June 20, 2016
About a 4 minute read

Today, Fairphone announced it is adding conflict-free tungsten from Rwanda into its supply chain. With this achievement, Fairphone has successfully managed to transparently source all four of the conflict minerals (tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold). ... View More

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Innovation & TechnologyInnovation & Technology
Toyota Advances Safer, Longer-Lasting Rechargeable Batteries
Toyota Advances Safer, Longer-Lasting Rechargeable Batteries
Published on May 24, 2016
About a 3 minute read

Earlier this month, engineers at the Toyota Research Institute of North America (TRINA) announced they made a breakthrough in magnesium battery technology that could lead to smaller, longer-lasting rechargeable batteries for “everything from cars t... View More

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