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Innovation & TechnologyInnovation & Technology
Prawns Found to Be Win-Win-Win Solution to Spread of Deadly Parasite in West Africa
Prawns Found to Be Win-Win-Win Solution to Spread of Deadly Parasite in West Africa
Published on July 20, 2015
About a 4 minute read

Stanford researchers announced today that a study in Senegal, West Africa, has found that freshwater prawns can serve as an effective natural solution in the battle against schistosomiasis, a potentially deadly parasitic disease that infects roughly ... View More

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Materials & PackagingMaterials & Packaging
Scientists Looking to Agave, Other Succulents as Model for Engineering Drought-Resistant Plants
Scientists Looking to Agave, Other Succulents as Model for Engineering Drought-Resistant Plants
Published on July 14, 2015
About a 3 minute read

As a punishing drought continues to grip California and other areas around the globe, scientists are exploring hardy succulents as a pathway to genetically engineer plants to use less water.Agave and other succulents such as the prickly pear, pineapp... View More

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Innovation & TechnologyInnovation & Technology
Social Enterprise Uses Mobile Technology to Deliver Healthcare in India
Social Enterprise Uses Mobile Technology to Deliver Healthcare in India
Published on July 9, 2015
About a 3 minute read

Sevamob, a social enterprise which aims to fundamentally transform primary healthcare in India through mobile clinics and a tele-health marketplace, has joined the Business Call to Action (BCtA) to reduce anemia by 30 percent, HIV transmission to chi... View More

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Organizational GovernanceOrganizational Governance
Novo Nordisk Launches Campaign to Improve Diabetes Awareness in Kenya
Novo Nordisk Launches Campaign to Improve Diabetes Awareness in Kenya
Published on July 7, 2015
About a 2 minute read

Novo Nordisk, in partnership with the Kenyan Ministry of Health and the Kenya Diabetes Management and Information Center, has launched a six-month diabetes awareness campaign in Nairobi to promote early diagnosis through screening, especially among l... View More

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Innovation & TechnologyInnovation & Technology
UNIFORM: An Ethical Brand Creating Solutions to Social, Business Challenges Left in Wake of Ebola
UNIFORM: An Ethical Brand Creating Solutions to Social, Business Challenges Left in Wake of Ebola
Published on July 2, 2015
About a 4 minute read

Though Liberia has begun recovering from the Ebola crisis, the consequences of the epidemic continue to shock the country. Since March of 2014, Ebola claimed 4,500 Liberian lives, left 50 percent of the population unemployed, kept children out of sch... View More

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Consumer Behavior Change
Trending: Subway, Kroger Face Public Pressure to Ditch Antibiotic-Laden Meat
Trending: Subway, Kroger Face Public Pressure to Ditch Antibiotic-Laden Meat
Published on June 26, 2015
About a 3 minute read

Growing public health and consumer safety concerns about the overuse of antibiotics in food has sparked a wave of resistance, with both Subway and Kroger facing pressure this week to curb their reliance on antibiotics — which the companies say they... View More

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Materials & PackagingMaterials & Packaging
Report: Biobased Products Industry Adds $369B, 4 Million Jobs to US Economy
Report: Biobased Products Industry Adds $369B, 4 Million Jobs to US Economy
Published on June 23, 2015
About a 3 minute read

A new report suggests the U.S. biobased products industry has a notable impact on the nation’s economy. It is the first research effort to quantify the effect of this industry from an economics and jobs perspective, according to U.S. Agricultural S... View More

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Collaboration & Co-CreationCollaboration & Co-Creation
GSK, Save the Children Launch Program to Protect Kids During Climate Disasters
GSK, Save the Children Launch Program to Protect Kids During Climate Disasters
Published on June 12, 2015
About a 2 minute read

Healthcare firm GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Columbia University’s National Center for Disaster Preparedness (NCDP) and Save the Children have announced a partnership to protect the millions of children who are at risk of natural or man-made climate disa... View More

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Organizational Governance
Healthcare Firms Top 2015 Newsweek Green Rankings
Healthcare Firms Top 2015 Newsweek Green Rankings
Published on June 9, 2015
About a 2 minute read

Pharmaceutical companies Biogen, SHIRE and Allergan led the Global 500 in the 2015 Newsweek Green Rankings, a popular assessment of corporate environmental performance.Reckitt Benckiser Group, Adobe Systems, Swisscom, Unilever, Broadcom Corporation, ... View More

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Innovation & TechnologyInnovation & Technology
How to Shift Product Portfolios and Influence Entire Industries: The Evolution of a Few Remarkable Pivots
How to Shift Product Portfolios and Influence Entire Industries: The Evolution of a Few Remarkable Pivots
Published on June 4, 2015
About a 5 minute read

Talk about big players making big changes; CVS Health’s SVP of CSR and Philanthropy, Eileen Howard Boone; BASF’s Sustainability Manager, Denise Peterson; and Panera Bread’s Director of Public Relations, Jonathan Yohannan had a lot to share on t... View More

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Community Updates
Philips Little Hearts Project Started in Gaziantep: Reaching out to 180,000 little hearts in Southeastern Anatolia
Philips Little Hearts Project Started in Gaziantep: Reaching out to 180,000 little hearts in Southeastern Anatolia
Published on May 28, 2015
About a 4 minute read

180 thousand children between the ages of six and ten will receive heart scans as part of the Little Hearts Project in nine cities in Southeastern Anatolia. The scans will be conducted in primary schools located in Adıyaman, Batman, Diyarbakır, Gaz... View More

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Community Updates
CVS Health Foundation, Easter Seals Team Up To Mark World No Tobacco Day With Launch Of New Smoking Cessation Program For Veterans, People With Disabilities
CVS Health Foundation, Easter Seals Team Up To Mark World No Tobacco Day With Launch Of New Smoking Cessation Program For Veterans, People With Disabilities
Published on May 27, 2015
About a 3 minute read

Program supported by $400,000 CVS Health Foundation Grant aimed at helping people lead tobacco-free lives  ... View More

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Materials & PackagingMaterials & Packaging
Trending: Gold-Plated Onions and 3D-Printed Skin — the Next Wave of Human Tissue Technology?
Trending: Gold-Plated Onions and 3D-Printed Skin — the Next Wave of Human Tissue Technology?
Published on May 22, 2015
About a 4 minute read

Every day seems to bring new uses for 3D printing – earlier this week, NASA announced a competition to design 3D printing settlements for deep space. Now, L’Oréal has revealed plans to 3D print human skin. ... View More

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Community Updates
UN Sustainable Energy for All Announces Global Bioenergy Initiative
UN Sustainable Energy for All Announces Global Bioenergy Initiative
Published on May 20, 2015
About a 2 minute read

UN FAO, Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials, Bloomberg New Energy Finance, Carbon War Room, KLM, Novozymes and the UN Foundation partner to scale up the development and deployment of sustainable bioenergy solutions.As part of the 2nd Annual Sustai... View More

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Materials & PackagingMaterials & Packaging
Study: Tech Sector Leads the Way in Conflict Mineral Reporting; Packaging, Healthcare, Energy Sectors Lag
Study: Tech Sector Leads the Way in Conflict Mineral Reporting; Packaging, Healthcare, Energy Sectors Lag
Published on May 19, 2015
About a 3 minute read

Today, the Responsible Sourcing Network (RSN) released a study measuring large cap company performance on a major human rights risk and ascertained the industries both leading and lagging when it comes to conflict minerals reporting.To conduct the pi... View More

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Marketing & CommunicationsMarketing & Communications
White House Sets Sights on Climate Change’s Public Health Impacts
White House Sets Sights on Climate Change’s Public Health Impacts
Published on May 17, 2015
About a 4 minute read

Climate change is literally killing us, according to some of the nation’s leading medical practitioners, who have found direct and indirect links between it and an increase in respiratory illnesses, cardiovascular disease and heat-related deaths. A... View More

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Consumer Behavior Change
CVS Health: Financial Incentives Help Smokers Quit
CVS Health: Financial Incentives Help Smokers Quit
Published on May 15, 2015
About a 2 minute read

Employer-sponsored smoking cessation programs with financial incentives are associated with higher rates of quitting smoking and sustained abstinence, according to a new study by the CVS Health Research Institute and researchers at the Perelman Schoo... View More

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Marketing & CommunicationsMarketing & Communications
Global Beer, Wine, Spirits Producers Launch Online Resource to Promote Responsible Drinking
Global Beer, Wine, Spirits Producers Launch Online Resource to Promote Responsible Drinking
Published on May 13, 2015
About a 3 minute read

The International Alliance for Responsible Drinking (IARD), a not-for-profit organization dedicated to addressing the global public health issue of harmful drinking, today launched ResponsibleDrinking.org. The consumer-friendly website provides easil... View More

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Organizational GovernanceOrganizational Governance
CVS Health Kicks Off 2nd Annual Fundraiser to Fight Lung Cancer
CVS Health Kicks Off 2nd Annual Fundraiser to Fight Lung Cancer
Published on May 7, 2015
About a 3 minute read

CVS Health today released its eighth annual Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report, outlining the company's progress against its CSR strategy, Prescription for a Better World. President and CEO Larry Menlo stated that changing its name to CVS H... View More

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Materials & PackagingMaterials & Packaging
Biome Bioplastics Leading £3M Program to Develop, Scale Plant-Based Chemical Feedstocks
Biome Bioplastics Leading £3M Program to Develop, Scale Plant-Based Chemical Feedstocks
Published on April 23, 2015
About a 3 minute read

Biome Bioplastics, one of the UK’s leading developers of bio-based alternatives to petroleum-based plastics, has begun a major development program to progress successful bio-based chemicals research through to industrial scale production. The proje... View More

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