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97 GM Facilities Connect with Nature for World Environment Day
97 GM Facilities Connect with Nature for World Environment Day
Published on July 20, 2017
About a 3 minute read

Nearly 100 General Motors facilities participated in World Environment Day, an observation established by the United Nations. This year’s theme: “connect people to nature.” While all of GM’s manufacturing sites conduct at least one environmen... View More

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BillerudKorsnäs Collaboration on Sealed Paper Packaging wins Sustainability Awards 2017
BillerudKorsnäs Collaboration on Sealed Paper Packaging wins Sustainability Awards 2017
Published on July 20, 2017
About a 1 minute read

Bosch Packaging Technology and BillerudKorsnäs’ collaboration on Sealed Paper Packaging has won the 2017 Sustainability Awards in the Bio-Based Packaging category. The international jury recognized Sealed Paper Packaging specifically for its uniqu... View More

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Timberland Celebrates 10th Anniversary of Original Earthkeepers® Boot
Timberland Celebrates 10th Anniversary of Original Earthkeepers® Boot
Published on July 19, 2017
About a 3 minute read

Global outdoor lifestyle brand Timberland announces an important milestone in its longstanding commitment to environmental responsibility – ten years since the launch of the Original Earthkeepers® 6-Inch Boot. To mark the anniversary and pay tribu... View More

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Materials & PackagingMaterials & Packaging
Trending: BillerudKorsnäs, Kotkamills Innovations Make Scandinavia Hotbed of Food Packaging Revolution
Trending: BillerudKorsnäs, Kotkamills Innovations Make Scandinavia Hotbed of Food Packaging Revolution
Published on July 18, 2017
About a 4 minute read

Packaging remains a significant challenge for companies aiming to reduce the environmental footprint of their operations, but two new packaging innovations from industry giants in Scandinavia may be the solution. First, BillerudKorsnäs and Bosch Pac... View More

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Organizational GovernanceOrganizational Governance
Tesco Reveals New Plans to Axe Toxic Chemicals, Slash Building Emissions
Tesco Reveals New Plans to Axe Toxic Chemicals, Slash Building Emissions
Published on July 17, 2017
About a 4 minute read

While UK supermarket giant Tesco has focused the majority of its sustainability efforts on slashing food waste, the company is now setting its sights on reducing impacts across its F&F clothing line. The retailer has announced that it is joining ... View More

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Circular EconomyCircular Economy
The Freedom Sleeve: How One Reusable Coffee Sleeve Is Helping Create a Zero-Waste Future
The Freedom Sleeve: How One Reusable Coffee Sleeve Is Helping Create a Zero-Waste Future
Published on July 14, 2017
About a 4 minute read

Self-driving cars, solar panels and groundbreaking carbon-capturing technologies are essential tools in combating climate change and propelling the shift towards a more sustainable future, but complex, large-scale solutions aren’t the only ones dri... View More

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Circular EconomyCircular Economy
Trending: Dow, Coca-Cola Ramp Up Efforts to Make Packaging Circular
Trending: Dow, Coca-Cola Ramp Up Efforts to Make Packaging Circular
Published on July 13, 2017
About a 7 minute read

Industry heavy hitters are making moves to create circular solutions that keep everyday products, such as chip bags and plastic drinking bottles, out of landfills with the launch of groundbreaking waste-to-energy programs and closed-loop packaging so... View More

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Organizational GovernanceOrganizational Governance
The Body Shop Progresses on Renewables, Traceability, Fossil-Fuel-Free Packaging
The Body Shop Progresses on Renewables, Traceability, Fossil-Fuel-Free Packaging
Published on July 11, 2017
About a 4 minute read

A year after launching its ambitious Enrich, Not Exploit CSR strategy, The Body Shop has released its 2016 sustainability report, highlighting the progress it has made on its packaging, renewable energy and supply chain footprint goals. ... View More

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Innovation & TechnologyInnovation & Technology
Tired of Waste: How Hankook Is Working to Disrupt the Tire Industry
Tired of Waste: How Hankook Is Working to Disrupt the Tire Industry
Published on July 10, 2017
About a 4 minute read

For every single car that eats fossil fuels and emits greenhouse gases (GHGs), there are four tires propelling it down the road. Car owners know buying tires eats away at their pocketbook, but tires do more than just consume cash. The manufacture, di... View More

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Materials & PackagingMaterials & Packaging
Trending: Sainsbury's, Hershey Look to Packaging to Unpack a Sustainable Future
Trending: Sainsbury's, Hershey Look to Packaging to Unpack a Sustainable Future
Published on July 10, 2017
About a 3 minute read

Packaging innovation offers an important tool to help companies achieve their sustainability goals. Two recent advances could hold promise for tackling food waste, reducing CO2 emissions and reliance on virgin materials. UK grocer Sainsbury’s is pu... View More

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Kimberly-Clark Reports Year One Results of Sustainability 2022 Program
Kimberly-Clark Reports Year One Results of Sustainability 2022 Program
Published on July 6, 2017
About a 3 minute read

Kimberly-Clark Corporation today published its annual report on sustainability, providing the first update on the company's global progress toward its Sustainability 2022 goals. Introduced last year, Sustainability 2022 is the company’s framework t... View More

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Supply Chain
Trending: New Tech, Cross-Industry Accord Seek to Eradicate Forced Labor from Global Supply Chains
Trending: New Tech, Cross-Industry Accord Seek to Eradicate Forced Labor from Global Supply Chains
Published on July 6, 2017
About a 7 minute read

Across the globe, brands, manufacturers and employers are becoming more aware of the urgent need to address worker exploitation in global supply chains. Through the development of new cross-industry collaborations and technological solutions, industr... View More

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Materials & PackagingMaterials & Packaging
Ahead of the Curve: Designing in Sustainability from the Start
Ahead of the Curve: Designing in Sustainability from the Start
Published on July 5, 2017
About a 3 minute read

For companies and brands today, more sustainable production methods are topping lists of things to do. The uncertainty of material and vendor prices, the need to comply with a growing number of regulations and mounting evidence of environmental impac... View More

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Innovation & TechnologyInnovation & Technology
What Archimedes Can Teach Us About Sustainable Innovation
What Archimedes Can Teach Us About Sustainable Innovation
Published on July 3, 2017
About a 6 minute read

If we could transport ourselves to Sicily about 2,250 years ago, we might get there just in time to hear Archimedes famously say, “Give me a lever long enough and a place to stand, and I shall move the world.” He couldn’t have imagined, almost ... View More

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Organizational GovernanceOrganizational Governance
Institutions of Even Higher Learning: Universities Planting Seeds for Social Innovation
Institutions of Even Higher Learning: Universities Planting Seeds for Social Innovation
Published on July 2, 2017
About a 4 minute read

We live in a volatile, uncertain and complex world. With threats of climate change, rising income inequality, social unrest, resource scarcity and ecological degradation predicted to affect society’s progress, leaders and the institutions they run ... View More

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Circular EconomyCircular Economy
Arizona State University (ASU), City of Phoenix Launch Circular Innovation Incubator
Arizona State University (ASU), City of Phoenix Launch Circular Innovation Incubator
Published on June 27, 2017
About a 3 minute read

Arizona State University (ASU) continues to blaze new sustainability trails with the launch of a new innovation incubator program in partnership with the City of Phoenix, Arizona. ... View More

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Circular EconomyCircular Economy
Urban Barrels: Giving Sails, and Local Manufacturing, a Second Life
Urban Barrels: Giving Sails, and Local Manufacturing, a Second Life
Published on June 26, 2017
About a 8 minute read

The Southern California startup rescues end-of-life sails from landfill and turns them into hats, bags and other items. ... View More

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Materials & Packaging
Trending: CanopyStyle, Burberry Further Mainstreaming Sustainable Textiles
Trending: CanopyStyle, Burberry Further Mainstreaming Sustainable Textiles
Published on June 23, 2017
About a 6 minute read

The sourcing and manufacturing of materials are two of the most environmentally impactful aspects of the fashion industry. In an effort to shift the sector to a more sustainable model, key industry players have revved up efforts to move sustainable m... View More

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Collaboration & Co-CreationCollaboration & Co-Creation
adidas, Arizona State University Unite to Shape the Future of Sport
adidas, Arizona State University Unite to Shape the Future of Sport
Published on June 14, 2017
About a 5 minute read

Over the years, adidas and Arizona State University (ASU) have emerged as leaders in the sustainability movement as a result of groundbreaking innovations, education and outreach programs and thought-provoking campaigns designed to solve global susta... View More

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Circular EconomyCircular Economy
New WWF Global Platform Seeks to Create Mainstream Market for Secondary Materials
New WWF Global Platform Seeks to Create Mainstream Market for Secondary Materials
Published on June 13, 2017
About a 3 minute read

Reliance on virgin raw materials to produce products has a significant, often detrimental, impact on both ecosystems and communities. A widespread shift towards a more circular model is essential to secure a more sustainable future, yet there exist s... View More

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