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Trending: Desalination Tech ‘On Ice’ and in the Desert
Water scarcity is among the most serious long-term risks facing society worldwide. Climate impacts are worsening drought conditions, causing billions of dollars in economic losses and fresh water supplies are dwindling. To make matters worse, 97 perc... View More
Silicon Valley Hackathon Seeks Smart City Solutions
TiE Silicon Valley, a not for profit organization dedicated to "fostering entrepreneurship in the Bay Area and globally," has announced an upcoming hackathon event focused on tackling three real-world issues within the “smart city” spac... View More
Nutrition, Wine, IoT, Big Data, AI Come Together at Food+Tech Accelerator
Reimagine Food, an organization on a mission to create an “ecosystem for the techno-food revolution,” has announced the second edition of its Prometheus accelerator program. Touted as the first disruptive food and tech program in the world, Prome... View More
New Startup Accelerator Will Catalyze Cleantech in the Middle East
Renewable energy company Masdar kicked off its Innovation Week activities by announcing the Middle East’s first startup accelerator focused on sustainability and clean tech. ... View More
How to Know a Truly Sustainable Company When You See One
“There was an American comedian 100 years ago that said, ‘If we don’t change direction soon, then we’ll end up where we’re going.’ Where we’re going at the moment is not very pretty.”So said Geoff Kendall, CEO of the Future Fit Founda... View More
What Really Matters is FiFo – Fish-in, Fish-out
Global food security is all about sourcing enough protein, on a genuinely sustainable basis, for a population in excess of nine billion people in the second half of this century. ... View More
How Lawyers, ESG Experts See the Future of Regulatory Compliance
In the midst (and potentially mist) of the recent Volkswagen emissions scandal, there was no better time to discuss the ESG (environmental, social and governance) regulation space than SB’15 London. ... View More
How to (and How Not to) Use Humour, 'Macho-Eco' Identities to Communicate Sustainability
This Tuesday afternoon breakout session saw Thomas Kolster, founder and creative director at the Goodvertising Agency, and Kerry Eustice, Editorial Partnerships Editor at The Guardian Sustainable Business, share their perspectives on changing the con... View More
How Can Brands Bring Bio-Based Materials to Scale (and Should They)?
A large audience gathered at this SB ’15 London breakout session Tuesday to (hopefully!) learn more about what appeared to be a very niche subject.A preliminary display of hands around the room confirmed the lack of experience around bio-materials,... View More
Telecom Firm Invests in ICT Education in the Philippines
Telecommunication company Globe Telecom is advocating responsible use of mobile devices in school campuses in the Philippines to leverage advancement in information and communications technology, according to a recent announcement.While government le... View More
GRI Tool Enables Greater Corporate Transparency on Human Rights
GRI, developer of one of the world’s most widely used sustainability reporting standards, has launched its latest Linkage Document at the Fourth United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights.Linking G4 and the UN Guiding Principles highlights t... View More
Global Brand Innovation Leaders Gather for Sustainable Brands ’15 London
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
Nestlé partners with Sheffield Hallam University to drive energy efficiency and cost savings across the food and drink industry
Nestlé UK and Ireland in partnership with Sheffield Hallam University’s National Centre for Excellence for Food Engineering are leading a series of Innovate UK projects to help improve resource efficiency and deliver impressive cost savings across... View More
EVgo, UC San Diego Partner to Promote EV Charging and Energy Storage Innovations
EVgo, an electric vehicle (EV) DC fast charging solutions firm, has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the University of California, San Diego to help support developments in sustainable energy technology, according to a recent ann... View More
Trending: Researchers Finding Food Waste, Phytomining Could Yield Plant-Based Electronic Components
What if we could get rare metals for computers and smartphones from plants? What if food and beverage waste could be used to create components for LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes)? We’re one step closer to these realities thanks to scientists from Germ... View More
Whole Foods Customers Cut Carbon With EV Fast Charging
A detailed analysis of 10 electric vehicle (EV) fast charging NRG EVgo Freedom Station sites at Whole Foods Market locations in the San Francisco Bay Area shows a 191 percent increase in EV charging over the last year.EV drivers also show a significa... View More
Report: Serious Risks to UK Food System If We Don't Embrace 'Business Unusual' Approach to Food
What will our food system look like 10 years from now? According to a new report from the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP), a sustainable, secure UK food system will depend on industry and government action to reframe issues and innovate. ... View More
Hershey Giving Chocolate Lovers More Visibility Into Their Food with SmartLabel
Soon consumers in the US will come a lot closer to knowing what's in the food they buy thanks to a new standard being introduced by the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA). SmartLabel was created to meet the public’s desire for more information... View More
Google-Backed Database Promotes Sustainable Building Design
Google, along with thinkstep, architecture and engineering tech company Flux and nonprofit Healthy Building Network (HBN), last week launched a new collaborative open data initiative to combine health and environmental impact data on building materia... View More
UPS Deploys 18 New Zero Emission Electric Trucks in Texas
Fleet is Part of Clean Air Project with U.S. Department of Energy, Local Governments and Non-Profit ... View More
