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Supply Chain
How Preserving Forests Can Profit Business – An eBook Review
How Preserving Forests Can Profit Business – An eBook Review
Published on February 21, 2013
About a 4 minute read

Last year’s United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro concluded under a cloud of ambiguity. Some organizations called it an outright failure while others deemed it a moderate success. ... View More

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Circular EconomyCircular Economy
Is Your Brand RAD? Partnering with the EPA’s Responsible Appliance Disposal Program
Is Your Brand RAD? Partnering with the EPA’s Responsible Appliance Disposal Program
Published on February 20, 2013
About a 4 minute read

In 2012, EPA’s Responsible Appliance Disposal (RAD) program celebrated six years and 50 partners. EPA launched the RAD program in 2006 as a voluntary partnership program to help protect the ozone layer and climate system. In its first year, RAD par... View More

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Supply Chain
Coke, Sainsbury’s Among First To Achieve Carbon Trust Water Standard
Coke, Sainsbury’s Among First To Achieve Carbon Trust Water Standard
Published on February 20, 2013
About a 2 minute read

Water scarcity has been recognized by the United Nations as one of the most pressing problems facing the 21st-century world. Although 70 percent of the Earth’s surface is water, nearly 1.2 billion people, or one-fifth of the human race, live in are... View More

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Innovation & Technology
Google, Verizon, 3M Join DOE’s Workplace EV Charging Initiative
Google, Verizon, 3M Join DOE’s Workplace EV Charging Initiative
Published on February 6, 2013
About a 2 minute read

Outgoing U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced 13 major U.S. employers and eight stakeholder groups have joined the Department of Energy’s Workplace Charging Challenge, which aims to increase workplace charging by tenfold over the next five ye... View More

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Supply Chain
Ocean Spray Slashes Costs, Emissions Through Logistics Collaboration
Ocean Spray Slashes Costs, Emissions Through Logistics Collaboration
Published on February 4, 2013
About a 3 minute read

Ocean Spray Cranberries gained a 20 percent reduction in greenhouse gases on top of a 40 percent savings in transportation costs by making smart process changes to one of its primary transportation and distribution routes, according to a new case stu... View More

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Innovation & Technology
Unilever Redesigns Aerosol Deodorants For Smaller Environmental Impact
Unilever Redesigns Aerosol Deodorants For Smaller Environmental Impact
Published on February 4, 2013
About a 2 minute read

Unilever, the UK’s largest deodorant manufacturer, unveiled a new product design that could make the category significantly more sustainable. ... View More

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Innovation & TechnologyInnovation & Technology
Circular Economy Not 'Silver Bullet' for Resource Crunch, Paper Says
Circular Economy Not 'Silver Bullet' for Resource Crunch, Paper Says
Published on January 31, 2013
About a 3 minute read

This article first appeared on edie.net on January 28, 2013.Industrial systems based on circular economy models will be constrained by end-of-life material availability, limiting future improvements in process efficiency, scientists claim. A wider ma... View More

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Innovation & Technology
Solar Power Plays Big at New 49ers Stadium
Solar Power Plays Big at New 49ers Stadium
Published on January 31, 2013
About a 2 minute read

The new football stadium for the San Francisco 49ers will produce enough solar power to offset the energy demands created from home games, the team announced last week. ... View More

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Innovation & Technology
Daimler, Ford, Renault-Nissan To Co-Develop Fuel Cell Vehicles
Daimler, Ford, Renault-Nissan To Co-Develop Fuel Cell Vehicles
Published on January 30, 2013
About a 2 minute read

Three global automakers have signed an agreement to jointly develop a fuel cell system to power zero-emissions vehicles. ... View More

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Finance & Investment
Carbon Divestment Is No Financial Risk, Study Finds
Carbon Divestment Is No Financial Risk, Study Finds
Published on January 30, 2013
About a 2 minute read

Divesting from fossil fuel companies does not incur additional portfolio risk, according to a new report by Aperio Group. ... View More

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Innovation & Technology
How Gravity Could Help Save the Earth and Its Residents
How Gravity Could Help Save the Earth and Its Residents
Published on January 16, 2013
About a 2 minute read

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. ... View More

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Innovation & Technology
AT&T Home Management Platform Includes Energy Options
AT&T Home Management Platform Includes Energy Options
Published on January 11, 2013
About a 2 minute read

AT&T announced a March launch date for its long-awaited Digital Life platform, which will allow homeowners to take greater control of their energy consumption, among other features that are likely to become commonplace in homes of the future. ... View More

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Innovation & Technology
Scientists Make LEDs 55 Percent More Efficient by Imitating Fireflies
Scientists Make LEDs 55 Percent More Efficient by Imitating Fireflies
Published on January 11, 2013
About a 1 minute read

This post first appeared in Grist on January 8, 2013.LEDs are already much more efficient than any other light bulb out there, but a group of scientists figured out how to make them a whopping 55 percent more efficient — by looking at fireflies. ... View More

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Innovation & Technology
Reckitt Benckiser To Reduce Water, Carbon by One-Third
Reckitt Benckiser To Reduce Water, Carbon by One-Third
Published on January 10, 2013
About a 2 minute read

Reckitt Benckiser, the parent company of well-known consumer brands such as Clearasil and Lysol, announced a new sustainability strategy targeting water conservation, more sustainable health and hygiene innovations for women, and further decreases of... View More

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Materials & PackagingMaterials & Packaging
A Socially Sustainable Water Solution Could End Largest Mass Poisoning in History
A Socially Sustainable Water Solution Could End Largest Mass Poisoning in History
Published on January 9, 2013
About a 4 minute read

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 b... View More

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Collaboration & Co-CreationCollaboration & Co-Creation
Ford, Whirlpool, SunPower Collaboration Envisions 60% Reduction in Home Energy Costs
Ford, Whirlpool, SunPower Collaboration Envisions 60% Reduction in Home Energy Costs
Published on January 8, 2013
About a 2 minute read

Ford announced a strategic collaboration that aims to demonstrate how a typical American family can significantly reduce their electricity bills and carbon footprint by integrating home appliance technology with a plug-in vehicle and solar power to a... View More

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‘Physical Internet’ for Logistics Could Boost U.S. Profits $100 Billion, Cut Emissions 33%
‘Physical Internet’ for Logistics Could Boost U.S. Profits $100 Billion, Cut Emissions 33%
Published on January 4, 2013
About a 4 minute read

Handling, storing and transporting goods in a shared network of manufacturers, retailers and transporters would benefit the U.S. economy and significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to a study by engineers at the University of Arkansa... View More

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Circular EconomyCircular Economy
European Leaders Call for Wasteful Goods To Be 'Taken Off Market'
European Leaders Call for Wasteful Goods To Be 'Taken Off Market'
Published on January 3, 2013
About a 2 minute read

This post first appeared on edie.net on December 17, 2012. ... View More

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Community Updates
UPS to Add 40 Hydraulic Hybrid Vehicles to Its Fleet
UPS to Add 40 Hydraulic Hybrid Vehicles to Its Fleet
Published on October 3, 2012
About a 4 minute read

BALTIMORE, October 4, 2012 – UPS (NYSE:UPS) today announced the deployment of 40 new hydraulic hybrid vehicles (HHVs) – 20 in Baltimore and 20 in Atlanta. ... View More

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Community Updates
VF Corporation Selects Schneider Electric as their Global Sustainability Partner
VF Corporation Selects Schneider Electric as their Global Sustainability Partner
Published on September 24, 2012
About a 3 minute read

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE VF Corporation Selects Schneider Electric as their Global Sustainability Partner Louisville, KY. – September 19, 2012 – Schneider Electric, the global leader in sustainability services, announced today it has been selected b... View More

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