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Collaboration & Co-CreationCollaboration & Co-Creation
‘Vaseline Healing Project’ Inviting Consumers to Help Provide Relief to Disaster Victims, Syrian Refugees
‘Vaseline Healing Project’ Inviting Consumers to Help Provide Relief to Disaster Victims, Syrian Refugees
Published on January 6, 2016
About a 3 minute read

Dermatologists Grace Bandow and Samar Jaber were surprised by the experience they had on their first mission to a Syrian refugee camp. They prepared for parasitic and bacterial infections associated with crowded living – minor diseases that flouris... View More

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Community Updates
Johnson & Johnson Health and Wellness Solutions Teams with Plug and Play
Johnson & Johnson Health and Wellness Solutions Teams with Plug and Play
Published on January 6, 2016
About a 2 minute read

Participation in the newly created Health and Wellness Technology Accelerator is open to companies that support human wellbeing through interventions that target nutrition, physical activity, stress, sleep, alcohol and smoking cessation. Companies wi... View More

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Innovation & TechnologyInnovation & Technology
Ford Testing Autonomous Hybrids in California, Sensors for Mobility Data in Rural Africa
Ford Testing Autonomous Hybrids in California, Sensors for Mobility Data in Rural Africa
Published on December 22, 2015
About a 3 minute read

The Ford Motor Company is ‘going further’ with its Smart Mobility Plan, which focuses on innovation in connectivity, mobility, autonomous vehicles, the customer experience, and data and analytics. Two recent developments include the use of sensor... View More

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Community Updates
Global Brand Innovation Leaders Gather for Sustainable Brands ’15 London
Global Brand Innovation Leaders Gather for Sustainable Brands ’15 London
Published on November 16, 2015
About a 3 minute read

Sustainable Brands® pan-European conference SB’15 London begins today at the Beaumont Estate in Windsor. Nearly 400 business executives across diverse industry sectors and from 30+ countries are convening today through November 18th to collaborate... View More

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New Metrics
Report: Higher CO2 Levels Directly Affect Human Cognition
Report: Higher CO2 Levels Directly Affect Human Cognition
Published on October 28, 2015
About a 2 minute read

Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health have found that carbon dioxide (CO2) has a direct and negative impact on human cognition and decision-making, according to a new study, as reported by ThinkProgress.These impacts have been observed a... View More

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Community Updates
New enzyme cuts chemical use at ethanol plants by more than 70%
New enzyme cuts chemical use at ethanol plants by more than 70%
Published on October 27, 2015
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Innovation & TechnologyInnovation & Technology
Q&A: Gliimpse Wants to Translate Your Medical Records Into Actionable Data
Q&A: Gliimpse Wants to Translate Your Medical Records Into Actionable Data
Published on October 20, 2015
About a 5 minute read

Medical records, electronic or otherwise, might as well be Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics to, well, just about anyone other than a medical professional. This makes it next to impossible for us to make sense of our personal health data.But a startup c... View More

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Circular EconomyCircular Economy
6 Health, Energy, Infrastructure Solutions Shortlisted for World Design Impact Prize
6 Health, Energy, Infrastructure Solutions Shortlisted for World Design Impact Prize
Published on October 16, 2015
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Earlier this week, the shortlist was announced for the World Design Impact Prize 2015-2016, a global competition hosted by the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (ICSID). Six projects that address health, energy, and infrastructu... View More

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5 Types of Sustainable Products to Follow in 2015 and Beyond
5 Types of Sustainable Products to Follow in 2015 and Beyond
Published on October 6, 2015
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The global Sustainable Brands community continues to impress and inspire with the growing levels of creativity companies are applying in their sustainability efforts, especially when it comes to elevating the level of priority of environmental and so... View More

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Community Updates
Why investors are serious about sustainability
Why investors are serious about sustainability
Published on September 23, 2015
About a 4 minute read

Novozymes ranks among the top in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index. But why does the ranking matter to investors and what do we learn from it? We asked two investment specialists from RobecoSAM to explain. For more than ten years, Novozymes has bee... View More

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Materials & PackagingMaterials & Packaging
Could Sugar-Embedded Products Help Us Survive in a World Ravaged by Drought?
Could Sugar-Embedded Products Help Us Survive in a World Ravaged by Drought?
Published on September 8, 2015
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Climate impacts already cost billions in economic damage each year. Global drought losses are expected to surpass $8 billion in 2015 alone. A 2010 study by the National Centre for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) predicted that extreme drought will threat... View More

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Materials & PackagingMaterials & Packaging
Sustainability Mythbusters: Are Bio-Based Products Always Preferable to Oil-Based?
Sustainability Mythbusters: Are Bio-Based Products Always Preferable to Oil-Based?
Published on September 4, 2015
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The common viewIn times where concerns over depletion of non-renewable resources and climate change are drastically increasing, it seems easy to accept that bio-based products are without a doubt better than fuel-based products. ... View More

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Consumer Behavior Change
CVS' No-Smokes Decision Decreased Tobacco Sales in Chains Across the US
CVS' No-Smokes Decision Decreased Tobacco Sales in Chains Across the US
Published on September 3, 2015
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One year after drugstore chain CVS Health stopped selling cigarettes, the company released new data that shows the decision has influenced tobacco sales across many types of retailers and announced a new school-based tobacco-prevention program. ... View More

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Materials & PackagingMaterials & Packaging
Trending: 'Freaky Friday' Technologies Grow Metal, Create Batteries from Trees
Trending: 'Freaky Friday' Technologies Grow Metal, Create Batteries from Trees
Published on August 28, 2015
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We know from the emerging discipline of biomimicry that natural systems can stimulate sustainable designs for human use. Two recent innovations use trees for inspiration and materials in unconventional products that may revolutionize very different i... View More

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Materials & PackagingMaterials & Packaging
Trending: Biobased Microbeads, Flexible Foams Could Offer Renewable Materials for Hundreds of Products
Trending: Biobased Microbeads, Flexible Foams Could Offer Renewable Materials for Hundreds of Products
Published on August 24, 2015
About a 5 minute read

TerraVerdae BioWorks, an industrial biotechnology company developing advanced bioplastics and environmentally sustainable biomaterials, announced Monday that it has successfully achieved key milestones for the commercial production for its line of Po... View More

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Innovation & TechnologyInnovation & Technology
Fortune Launches Inaugural 'Change the World' List of Companies Doing Well by Doing Good
Fortune Launches Inaugural 'Change the World' List of Companies Doing Well by Doing Good
Published on August 20, 2015
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Today, Fortune published its inaugural “Change the World” list of the top companies that are innovating business solutions to address complex social and environmental challenges. This list, developed with input from FSG and the Shared Value Initi... View More

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Innovation & TechnologyInnovation & Technology
IBM’s 2014 CSR Report Highlights City Resiliency, Public Health Efforts
IBM’s 2014 CSR Report Highlights City Resiliency, Public Health Efforts
Published on August 7, 2015
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The IBM Smarter Cities Challenge last year achieved concrete results in cities in Australia, Ireland, Mexico and the United States, according to the company’s 2014 Corporate Responsibility Report.This included improving infrastructure and its effec... View More

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Innovation & TechnologyInnovation & Technology
GE Says Predix Cloud Will Save Industrial Data, Analytics Operators Billions Annually
GE Says Predix Cloud Will Save Industrial Data, Analytics Operators Billions Annually
Published on August 6, 2015
About a 5 minute read

As a digital industrial company focused on answering the unique needs and scale of customers across aviation, energy, healthcare and transportation, GE has announced plans to enter the cloud services market with Predix Cloud. The world’s first and ... View More

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Innovation & TechnologyInnovation & Technology
CVS Health Taps IBM's Watson to Develop Care-Management Solutions for Chronic Disease
CVS Health Taps IBM's Watson to Develop Care-Management Solutions for Chronic Disease
Published on August 3, 2015
About a 3 minute read

CVS Health and IBM have announced they will use predictive analytics and Watson cognitive computing to transform care management services for patients with chronic disease. The partnership will enable health care practitioners to use Watson to advanc... View More

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Marketing & CommunicationsMarketing & Communications
Trending: NGOs Find Creative Ways to Address ‘First World Problems,’ Wasteful Products
Trending: NGOs Find Creative Ways to Address ‘First World Problems,’ Wasteful Products
Published on July 29, 2015
About a 3 minute read

Motivating the public to participate in a campaign can be challenging, especially when it involves changing behaviors or contemplating a social ill that’s more pleasant to forget. But lest society collapse from its ignorance, advocates press on wit... View More

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