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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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Collaboration & Co-CreationCollaboration & Co-Creation
Novozymes Encouraging Companies to Seize Opportunities Presented by SDGs
Novozymes Encouraging Companies to Seize Opportunities Presented by SDGs
Published on October 13, 2015
About a 3 minute read

Representatives of 193 countries met at the United Nations’ annual summit last month to agree on a global agenda for continued growth made up of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs tackle environmental, social and economic issues and ... View More

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New Metrics
#NewMetrics '15: Willard, Gowdy Present the Holy Grail of Managing Non-Financial Performance
#NewMetrics '15: Willard, Gowdy Present the Holy Grail of Managing Non-Financial Performance
Published on October 8, 2015
About a 4 minute read

“As a business community we are making progress, but not enough, and not fast enough. ... 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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Innovation & TechnologyInnovation & Technology
VW Scandal a Jolt to 'CSR' That Reaches Far Beyond the Auto Industry
VW Scandal a Jolt to 'CSR' That Reaches Far Beyond the Auto Industry
Published on September 24, 2015
About a 7 minute read

What started as a sordid tale of Volkswagen rigging half a million cars with “defeat device” software has snowballed into a global scandal as the German automaker later admitted 11 million of its cars were involved in the deception. ... View More

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Innovation & TechnologyInnovation & Technology
P&G Promises 15 Billion Liters of Clean Water, 30% Fewer Emissions by 2020
P&G Promises 15 Billion Liters of Clean Water, 30% Fewer Emissions by 2020
Published on September 22, 2015
About a 4 minute read

Last week, Procter & Gamble (P&G) announced two new 2020 goals: delivering 15 billion liters of clean drinking water through its Children’s Safe Drinking Water Program (CSDW) and reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from its facilities b... View More

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Organizational GovernanceOrganizational Governance
Kickstarter Becomes a Public Benefit Corporation
Kickstarter Becomes a Public Benefit Corporation
Published on September 22, 2015
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Crowdfunding platform Kickstarter has announced it is reincorporating as a public benefit corporation, The New York Times reports, a legal designation that protects for-profit companies that want to do well and do good at the same time by affording t... View More

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Innovation & TechnologyInnovation & Technology
Microsoft, GE Among Big Brands Backing New White House ‘Smart Cities’ Initiative
Microsoft, GE Among Big Brands Backing New White House ‘Smart Cities’ Initiative
Published on September 17, 2015
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Microsoft, GE and Bank of America are among the ten companies supporting a White House challenge to U.S. cities to become smarter by accelerating deployment of innovative technologies that tackle energy, water, waste and air challenges.Organized by t... View More

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Innovation & TechnologyInnovation & Technology
27 African Startups Prove Worthy Grassroots Solutions for Sustainable Development
27 African Startups Prove Worthy Grassroots Solutions for Sustainable Development
Published on September 14, 2015
About a 4 minute read

27 African social and environmental startups were recognized with awards last week at the 2015 SEED Africa Symposium. The recipients’ business models benefit local communities and help meet sustainable development challenges. Two of the awards were... View More

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Innovation & TechnologyInnovation & Technology
Trending: Uber, Airbnb Optimizing User Experience Through Smart Partnerships
Trending: Uber, Airbnb Optimizing User Experience Through Smart Partnerships
Published on September 11, 2015
About a 4 minute read

Not a day goes by that we don’t hear some mention of “the sharing economy” these days, partly because of continued smart moves from the companies creating and riding the wave.First, on-demand ride service Uber recently announced a partnership w... View More

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Innovation & TechnologyInnovation & Technology
More Than Words: The Book Producing Clean Drinking Water One Page at a Time
More Than Words: The Book Producing Clean Drinking Water One Page at a Time
Published on September 4, 2015
About a 5 minute read

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that the total number of people without access to clean drinking water now stands at 663 million; each year, more than 840,000 globally die from water-related diseases. A key challenge in developing effec... View More

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Community Updates
SAP Repeats Free Online Course on Sustainability and Business Innovation
SAP Repeats Free Online Course on Sustainability and Business Innovation
Published on September 3, 2015
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SAP SE today announced that due to high demand it will repeat its 2014 course “Sustainability and Business Innovation” through the open SAP platform. The course will be held September 9 through October 29. Last year, over 13,000 attendees from 4... View More

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Marketing & CommunicationsMarketing & Communications
5 User Experience Principles to Help Communicate Complex Ideas
5 User Experience Principles to Help Communicate Complex Ideas
Published on September 2, 2015
About a 5 minute read

With User Experience (UX), the primary objective is to remove barriers between the user and the outcome we want to create. We start by putting ourselves in the shoes of users and trying as best we can to get inside their heads so that we can approach... View More

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Innovation & TechnologyInnovation & Technology
Tesla Smashes Consumer Reports Rating System, Branches Into Sharing Economy
Tesla Smashes Consumer Reports Rating System, Branches Into Sharing Economy
Published on September 1, 2015
About a 3 minute read

Tesla Motors is charging forward with a new partnership with home-sharing startup Airbnb and a record-breaking variant of its Model S, the P85D.The Tesla Model S P85D smashed the Consumer Reports’ rating system, setting a new benchmark for a perfec... View More

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New Metrics
SimaPro Share & Collect Software Facilitates Fast, Fact-Based Sustainability Decisions
SimaPro Share & Collect Software Facilitates Fast, Fact-Based Sustainability Decisions
Published on August 29, 2015
About a 3 minute read

Today, PRé Sustainability, a sustainability software and consultancy firm with 25 years’ experience as leading voice in life cycle management, life cycle assessment and sustainability metrics development, launches SimaPro Share & Collect, a we... View More

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Materials & PackagingMaterials & Packaging
Trending: 'Freaky Friday' Technologies Grow Metal, Create Batteries from Trees
Trending: 'Freaky Friday' Technologies Grow Metal, Create Batteries from Trees
Published on August 28, 2015
About a 4 minute read

We know from the emerging discipline of biomimicry that natural systems can stimulate sustainable designs for human use. Two recent innovations use trees for inspiration and materials in unconventional products that may revolutionize very different i... View More

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Materials & PackagingMaterials & Packaging
Texas Teen Develops $20 Water Purifier to Fight E-Waste Pollution
Texas Teen Develops $20 Water Purifier to Fight E-Waste Pollution
Published on August 28, 2015
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Eighteen-year-old Perry Alagappan of Texas has created a renewable heavy metal filter capable of removing 99 percent of heavy metals from water that passes through it, The Guardian reports.This could be particularly useful in countries such as China ... View More

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Circular EconomyCircular Economy
Trending: New Use for Coffee Grounds, 'Uber for Trash' Among Latest Innovations in Waste Reduction
Trending: New Use for Coffee Grounds, 'Uber for Trash' Among Latest Innovations in Waste Reduction
Published on August 27, 2015
About a 4 minute read

You might already be using them in your garden or they might be fueling your commute — but now you can use them in your 3D printer: Coffee grounds seem to be wasted less and less by the day, thanks to waste-to-energy and upcycling efforts across th... View More

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New Metrics
#BusinessCase: Ecolab, Trucost Expand Water Risk Monetizer to Include Revenue-at-Risk Assessment
#BusinessCase: Ecolab, Trucost Expand Water Risk Monetizer to Include Revenue-at-Risk Assessment
Published on August 25, 2015
About a 5 minute read

Just in time for World Water Week, the Water Risk Monetizer, industry’s first publicly available financial modeling tool that enables businesses to factor current and future water risks into decision making, now provides users with insights into ho... View More

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Materials & PackagingMaterials & Packaging
Trending: Biobased Microbeads, Flexible Foams Could Offer Renewable Materials for Hundreds of Products
Trending: Biobased Microbeads, Flexible Foams Could Offer Renewable Materials for Hundreds of Products
Published on August 24, 2015
About a 5 minute read

TerraVerdae BioWorks, an industrial biotechnology company developing advanced bioplastics and environmentally sustainable biomaterials, announced Monday that it has successfully achieved key milestones for the commercial production for its line of Po... View More

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