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Biofuel Waste Could Offer Concrete Gains for Greener Cement
This article first appeared on edie.net on March 26, 2013. ... View More
ERCF Honours Outstanding Conservation Commitment
Conservation Foundation Awards presented at Annual General Meeting Windsor – The Essex Region Conservation Foundation (ERCF) honoured two recipients with a Conservation Foundation award at their Annual General Meeting on March 20. The awards recog... View More
International Paper Joins WWF Global Forest & Trade Network
International Paper has become a member of the Global Forest & Trade Network (GFTN) in North America, a World Wildlife Fund (WWF) initiative focused on eliminating illegal logging and promoting environmentally and socially responsible forest mana... View More
IBM's Water Watchers App Gives South African Citizens Power Over Water Challenges
In honor of World Water Day last Friday, IBM unveiled a revolutionary new app for Android phone users in South Africa. ... View More
Barking Up the Right Tree: How Highland Craftsmen Is Helping the Local Environment, Economy
Forestry has always been critical to the livelihood of residents in the western North Carolina Mountains, but the economically distressed area has suffered since the furniture industry mostly vacated the region. Thanks to the efforts of Marty and Chr... View More
Hostelling International USA Houses New Sustainability Program
Hostelling International USA yesterday announced the launch of a new eco-certification and sustainability monitoring system for its 50+ hostels in the United States.a new partnership with Sustainable Travel International and its ... View More
Chevron, Shell Join Environmentalists To Regulate Fracking Standards
A group of energy companies, philanthropic foundations and environmental groups have formed a new organization providing shale gas producers with performance standards certification for shale development. ... View More
Veteran Recycling Executive Joins Earth911, Inc. Advisory Board
SCOTTSDALE, AZ — March 21, 2013 — Earth911, Inc., an Infinity Resources Holdings company (OTCQB: IRHC) (OTCBB: IRHC), welcomed another key industry advisor to its strategic consulting team with the addition of Ed Skernolis, a 40-year veteran of t... View More
The "Follower-Ship Challenge": Pavan Sukhdev on the Circular Economy
In this recent interview, guest editor Adam Werbach and Pavan Sukhdev — leader of The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) project and author of Corporation 2020 — discuss the shift in thinking, habits and values necessary for the wide... View More
Dr Pepper Snapple Installs Bio-Wastewater Treatment System at Houston Bottling Plant
A BioViper™ biological pretreatment system by wastewater treatment systems provider Baswood Corporation is now operating at the Dr Pepper Snapple (DPS) Group’s Houston bottling plant, Baswood announced on Tuesday. ... View More
AB InBev’s Environmental Efforts Generate $420 Million in Revenue
Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) announced it has met its three-year global environmental goals on water, energy, carbon emissions and recycling operations.The company reached its goal of reducing its water usage by nearly 20 percent, the equivalent o... View More
Starbucks Shifting to 100% Sustainable Palm Oil Sources by 2015
Starbucks will begin sourcing 100 percent of its palm oil from certified sustainable suppliers by 2015, according to a recent announcement.The coffee company made the change in response to a shareholder resolution filed by the Green Century Balanced ... View More
Ecofiltro: Quenching Thirst in Guatemala One Family at a Time
To prepare for this year's Sustainable Brands Innovation Open (SBIO) competition, we're catching up with some of our favorite entrepreneurial ventures from competitions past ...In most of the developed world, few of us give much thought to where our ... View More
Coors, ASDA Partner With Sustainable Farming Initiative To Advance Water Conservation
Molson Coors Brewing Company and British supermarket ASDA have joined with UK-based group Linking Environment And Farming (LEAF) to introduce a program to help farmers manage water resources more sustainably. ... View More
Coke, Sainsbury’s Among First To Achieve Carbon Trust Water Standard
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
Paper Supplier Suspends Forest Clearance After Losing Disney, Levi’s
In response to its recent abandonment by nearly 100 international corporate customers, Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) has announced an immediate end to the clearing of natural forest across its entire supply chain in Indonesia. Disney, Levi’s and Matt... View More
Heinz, Colgate Divulge Forest Footprints, But Many Firms Falling Behind, Report Says
Colgate-Palmolive, Danone, Gucci and Heinz reported their forest impacts for the first time this year, but the gap between leading companies and laggards is growing, according to the fourth annual Forest Footprint Disclosure (FFD) Report.Every year F... View More
Guayakí Pioneers Market-Driven Restoration Business Model
“We had this incredible product — yerba mate — that gives you the strength of coffee, the health benefits of green tea and the euphoria of chocolate. ... View More
Reckitt Benckiser To Reduce Water, Carbon by One-Third
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
A Socially Sustainable Water Solution Could End Largest Mass Poisoning in History
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
