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Graphene Light Bulb Expected to Last Longer, Be More Efficient, Save Money and Energy

Published on March 31, 2015

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A lightbulb with lower energy emissions, longer lifetime and lower manufacturing costs, and made with graphene — said to be the first commercially viable consumer product using the super-strong form of carbon — is poised to hit the market this ye... View More

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Multitude of Mindfulness Apps Making Mental Health on the Go More Manageable

Published on March 31, 2015

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If you doubt the mainstreaming of mindfulness, look no further than a key session at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos in January, called Mindfulness Meditation.It’s a new era, where technology can directly measure and in... View More

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BASF Tool Helping Designers Lightweight Products, Minimize Development Costs

Published on March 30, 2015

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A common misconception regarding fiber-reinforced plastics is that the material’s performance cannot be predicted, as with steel or aluminum. But BASF says its ULTRASIM® performance-prediction technology routinely delivers 90-95 percent accuracy w... View More

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Sedex Brings Public and Private Sectors Together to Discuss Paths to Sustainable Supply Chains

Published on March 29, 2015

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On a crisp Wednesday morning last week, the 2015 Sedex Global Responsible Sourcing Conference kicked off in London’s Parliament Square, barely a stone’s throw from the seat of British government. The event saw 500 delegates from brands including ... View More

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Advanced Data Visualisation Reveals How Companies View Climate Risk

Published on March 27, 2015

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Much of the valuable information that companies communicate to their shareholders about their ESG performance and the social and environmental risks facing the business lie not in the tagged financials nor even in the structured tables and graphs emb... View More

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Avaya Exceeds CO2 Reduction Goal 2 Years Early

Published on March 27, 2015

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Avaya, provider of customer and employee engagement communications technologies, has exceeded its carbon reduction goal two years early by adopting desktop and mobile videoconferencing systems, according to the company’s 2014 Corporate Social Respo... View More

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Is Your Campaign Human-Proof? How Limiting Human Interference Can Be Key to Success

Published on March 26, 2015

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Have you already failed your New Year’s resolution to live a healthier and happier life? We are own biggest enemy and the sooner we realize this, the sooner we can begin making real change. Everybody who’s been put in charge of creating change - ... View More

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Hitting the Bull’s-Eye With Your Product Sustainability Program

Published on March 24, 2015

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It can be daunting to ramp up a sustainability program. This is especially the case when moving from an operations focus, where most programs start, to successfully leveraging the many opportunities associated with product materials and sourcing, des... View More

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Copenhagen ‘Big Data’ Marketplace Set to Spur Sustainability Innovation

Published on March 24, 2015

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Global IT firm Hitachi Consulting has been selected to construct a first-of-its-kind Big Data platform for Denmark’s capital Copenhagen to help achieve its sustainability goals.To develop the platform, the firm will work with the City of Copenhagen... View More

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Here’s How Satellites Are Saving the World’s Forests

Published on March 24, 2015

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The world’s besieged forests have found friends in high places — in this case, very high. Remote-sensing satellites keep constant watch from hundreds of miles above the earth, collecting data that — when combined with information sharing and hu... View More

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SAP: Increased Employee Engagement Helping Bottom Line

Published on March 23, 2015

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German software company SAP’s operating profit improves EUR35 million ($38 million) to EUR45 million ($49 million) when its employee engagement index rises one percentage point, according to the company’s 2014 integrated report.The financial impa... View More

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An Unlikely Pair: Farmers and Big Data Team Up to Address Food Security

Published on March 20, 2015

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The United States agriculture industry faces a changing climate, diminishing water supply, and a rapidly growing population. To address these issues, farmers are having to move into the 21st century, one tech advancement at a time."We live in a ... View More

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#ThrowBackThursday: Akwamag Moves Beyond Softening to Become One-Stop Shop for Water Purification

Published on March 19, 2015

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In the lead-up to this year’s Sustainable Brands Innovation Open — our competition for startups poised to make scalable, sustainable impacts — we’re catching up with some of our favorite game-changing solutions from past years. This week, we ... View More

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Hong Kong Cleantech Companies Showcase in San Francisco

Published on March 17, 2015

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Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation ("HKSTP") is showcasing Hong Kong's sustainable innovations to the world by leading a delegation of cleantech companies at an event this week in San Francisco.The HKSTP delegation includes ... View More

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Starting Now: A Smarter Approach to Sustainability Management

Published on March 16, 2015

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The importance of sustainability has surged over the last two decades, as has the amount of information available and the demands on companies and practitioners – from regulators, customers and investors. At the same time, the new opportunities tha... View More

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Pee-Powered Toilet Could Help Light Refugee Camps

Published on March 12, 2015

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Sometimes clean technology doesn't need to be sanitary.Students and staff at the University of the West of England in Bristol now have the opportunity to test out a prototype toilet that uses urine to generate electricity, The Guardian reports.Resear... View More

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Smart Water Infrastructure is up to the Challenge

Published on March 11, 2015

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By: Susan Diegelman The First in a Series About Machine-to-Machine Technology and Water Management. ... View More

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PE INTERNATIONAL Announces Rebranding as thinkstep and Introduces the thinkstep.one Technology Platform to Accelerate Sustainability for All Companies

Published on March 11, 2015

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Stuttgart/Boston/London, March 11, 2015 – PE INTERNATIONAL, today at its annual customer and partner symposium, unveiled its new name, thinkstep, and introduced thinkstep.one, its next generation platform. thinkstep.one dramatically improves the ef... View More

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thinkstep (fka PE International) Launching Comprehensive Platform for Enabling Business Sustainability

Published on March 11, 2015

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Sustainability software and consulting company PE International, creators of the industry-leading GaBi life cycle assessment software and providers of a vast array of tools for sustainability performance management, unveiled its new name – thinkste... View More

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BASF’s Creator Space Hosting Symposium on Smart Energy for a Sustainable Future

Published on March 10, 2015

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At the first of three science symposia hosted by BASF in honor of its 150th anniversary, to be held this week in Ludwigshafen, Germany, more than 600 top ranking scientists from academia and business will discuss “Smart Energy for a Sustainable Fut... View More