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Circular EconomyCircular Economy
PepsiCo, Unilever, WWF Leading Coalition Pushing for Value Chain Collaboration in Fighting Food Waste
PepsiCo, Unilever, WWF Leading Coalition Pushing for Value Chain Collaboration in Fighting Food Waste
Published on October 23, 2015
About a 3 minute read

As we prepare for the innumerable resource challenges of supporting a population expected to top 9 billion in the next 35 years, it is simply unacceptable to continue wasting food. Organizations large and small are now focusing a variety of efforts o... View More

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Supply Chain
Freight: Ripe (and Largely Uncharted) Territory to Add to Your Company's Sustainability Map
Freight: Ripe (and Largely Uncharted) Territory to Add to Your Company's Sustainability Map
Published on October 23, 2015
About a 6 minute read

In a recent review of corporate responsibility reports from major consumer-facing brands, Environmental Defense Fund found that barely half of the companies mentioned the environmental impact of their freight supply chain and the steps they were taki... View More

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Materials & PackagingMaterials & Packaging
Materiality Assessment Finds Materials, Transparency, GHGs Critical Issues for Cleaning Products Industry
Materiality Assessment Finds Materials, Transparency, GHGs Critical Issues for Cleaning Products Industry
Published on October 22, 2015
About a 3 minute read

The American Cleaning Institute (ACI) released the first-ever industry materiality assessment in its 2015 Sustainability Report on Tuesday. Sustainability analytics firm Framework LLC conducted the assessment using data from across the sector’s val... View More

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Circular EconomyCircular Economy
United Upcycles Banners Into Bags to Benefit Re:new Project, Peruvian Forest Project
United Upcycles Banners Into Bags to Benefit Re:new Project, Peruvian Forest Project
Published on October 20, 2015
About a 2 minute read

More than 20 large banners that encouraged United Airlines customers to “Fly the Friendly Skies” at Chicago O’Hare found new life; the airline worked with the Columbia College Chicago Department of Fashion Studies and the Re:new Project – a n... View More

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Consumer Behavior Change
Xerox, Starwood Hotels, Bigelow Shift Allegiance from SFI to FSC for Responsible Paper Practices
Xerox, Starwood Hotels, Bigelow Shift Allegiance from SFI to FSC for Responsible Paper Practices
Published on October 20, 2015
About a 3 minute read

Environmental watchdog ForestEthics announced today that four major US companies — Xerox, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Delta Dental and Bigelow Tea — have expanded their commitment to support and promote responsible forestry, by distancing thei... View More

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Innovation & TechnologyInnovation & Technology
Toyota Sets Goals for Better Cars, Manufacturing and Communities
Toyota Sets Goals for Better Cars, Manufacturing and Communities
Published on October 20, 2015
About a 3 minute read

Toyota recently announced a set of goals to be achieved over the next 35 years, which address key global environmental issues such as climate change, water shortages, resource depletion and degradation of biodiversity.The Toyota Environmental Challen... View More

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SB 657 in Review: Why Businesses Have a Stake in Supply Chain Transparency
SB 657 in Review: Why Businesses Have a Stake in Supply Chain Transparency
Published on October 16, 2015
About a 4 minute read

It’s been five years since California signed a groundbreaking piece of legislation that set a legal precedent around the world. the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act, better known as SB 657, requires manufacturers and retailers with more... View More

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Circular EconomyCircular Economy
WRAP to Lead €2.1M Raw Materials Recovery Project for Electronics
WRAP to Lead €2.1M Raw Materials Recovery Project for Electronics
Published on October 15, 2015
About a 3 minute read

UK waste-reduction charity Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) is launching a first-of-its-kind project to explore commercial opportunities for harvesting critical raw materials (CRMs) and precious metals from everyday end-of-life electronic ... View More

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Materials & PackagingMaterials & Packaging
Trending: UK Grocers Turning Waste into Packaging
Trending: UK Grocers Turning Waste into Packaging
Published on October 15, 2015
About a 3 minute read

British grocery chains Tesco and Waitrose have added a new facet to their waste-mitigation efforts by launching upcycled packaging.Beginning this month, Tesco shoppers could get their groceries in recycled plastic bags made from back-of-store waste p... View More

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Supply Chain
H&M Accused of Dragging Feet on Worker Safety in Bangladesh
H&M Accused of Dragging Feet on Worker Safety in Bangladesh
Published on October 15, 2015
About a 4 minute read

Earlier this month, H&M was accused of being “dramatically behind schedule” in meeting the requirements of the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh in a joint report from the Clean Clothes Campaign, International Labor Rights Foru... View More

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Innovation & TechnologyInnovation & Technology
Report: Food Companies Gaining Ground on Product Sustainability
Report: Food Companies Gaining Ground on Product Sustainability
Published on October 14, 2015
About a 5 minute read

Food production dominates fresh water use and is a primary driving force for soil and biodiversity loss – and food demand is on the rise. The good news is that while faced with such challenges and often considered to be lagging on sustainability, t... View More

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Innovation & TechnologyInnovation & Technology
Skeleton Tech's Graphene-Based Ultracapacitors Could Revolutionize Long-Life Storage
Skeleton Tech's Graphene-Based Ultracapacitors Could Revolutionize Long-Life Storage
Published on October 13, 2015
About a 2 minute read

Out of 37 nominated startups, Skeleton Technologies won the Gold ECO15 London Award at the Ecosummit 2015 conference. The company manufactures high-performance, graphene-based ultracapacitors — energy storage devices with much higher power and long... View More

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Innovation & TechnologyInnovation & Technology
New App Aims to Disrupt Retail by Cutting Out Big Box Middlemen
New App Aims to Disrupt Retail by Cutting Out Big Box Middlemen
Published on October 13, 2015
About a 2 minute read

Flipping the business-to-consumer (B2C) model on its head, San Francisco-based startup WUSIC wants to disrupt the retail industry through a “consumer-to-business” (C2B) model where consumers go straight to manufacturers for the largest savings po... View More

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Circular EconomyCircular Economy
7 Reasons Why Recycling Is Not a Waste: A Response to 'The Reign of Recycling'
7 Reasons Why Recycling Is Not a Waste: A Response to 'The Reign of Recycling'
Published on October 13, 2015
About a 5 minute read

Recycling in the United States is an economically unsustainable trend — or at least that’s what New York Times writer John Tierney recently argued in his opinion piece, “The Reign of Recycling," published in the October 4th Sunday Review. ... View More

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New Metrics
Better Analysis, Better Choices: A New LCA Tool for a Climate-Challenged World
Better Analysis, Better Choices: A New LCA Tool for a Climate-Challenged World
Published on October 10, 2015
About a 3 minute read

New Leaf Paper founder Jeff Mendelsohn hosted a workshop on day one of Sustainable Brands’ New Metrics ’15 about an improved Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) framework that helps users make better decisions by incorporating current climate science imp... View More

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Circular EconomyCircular Economy
Creating Shared Value: Nestlé USA Achieves Zero Waste to Landfill, Makes 1,000 Products More Nutritious
Creating Shared Value: Nestlé USA Achieves Zero Waste to Landfill, Makes 1,000 Products More Nutritious
Published on October 7, 2015
About a 4 minute read

Today, Nestlé USA released its second Creating Shared Value (CSV) report, which details the company’s progress against 27 commitments set in 2013 related to nutrition, health and wellness, environmental impact and water use, social impact, and res... View More

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Innovation & TechnologyInnovation & Technology
Levi's New Wellthread Collection Launches Water<Less Fabric, Holistic Approach to Sustainable Design
Levi's New Wellthread Collection Launches Water<Less Fabric, Holistic Approach to Sustainable Design
Published on October 6, 2015
About a 0 minute read

Levi Strauss &amp; Co. has led the charge in dramatically reducing the environmental impact of its garments by improving the efficiency of its processes: As the company announced in March, it has saved more than 1 billion liters of water since the in... View More

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Supply Chain
What Can the Ethical Fashion Movement Teach Us About Tackling Sustainability In Challenging Industries?
What Can the Ethical Fashion Movement Teach Us About Tackling Sustainability In Challenging Industries?
Published on October 5, 2015
About a 5 minute read

The sustainability challenges facing the clothing industry today are immense. In 2013 the Danish fashion institute estimated it to be the second-most damaging industry in the world, with 25 percent of the world’s pesticides used to grow cotton alon... View More

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Collaboration & Co-CreationCollaboration & Co-Creation
Carlsberg Saying 'Cheers' to Crowdsourced Solutions for Sustainable Beer
Carlsberg Saying 'Cheers' to Crowdsourced Solutions for Sustainable Beer
Published on September 30, 2015
About a 3 minute read

Carlsberg Group is inviting companies and members of the public to submit their ideas on how to make Carlsberg beer more sustainable. The competition, “Cheers to Green Ideas,” was launched in partnership with Scandinavian think tank Sustainia on ... View More

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Circular EconomyCircular Economy
Dell Advances Circular Economy Model with CE100, Industry-First Recycled Carbon Fiber
Dell Advances Circular Economy Model with CE100, Industry-First Recycled Carbon Fiber
Published on September 29, 2015
About a 4 minute read

On Monday, Dell announced additional progress against its circular economy initiatives, including the expansion of its closed-loop recycled plastic supply chain, introduction of reclaimed carbon-fiber source materials and new industry collaborations ... View More

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