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VF Corporation Selects Schneider Electric as their Global Sustainability Partner
Louisville, KY. – September 19, 2012 – Schneider Electric, the global leader in sustainability services, announced today it has been selected by VF Corporation to provide a comprehensive sustainability solution across all of its brands. Schneider Electric’s technology platform, Resource Advisor™, will allow VF to track and report energy, water, and emissions data, as well as additional sustainability-related metrics, across its global footprint of operations and products.
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Cabot, Vt. (August 27, 2012) – Cabot Creamery is the first dairy cooperative to achieve B Corporation Certification, a validation of its attention to environmental and social impacts on stakeholders.
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People eager to check out the newest, fastest and coolest mobile handset devices will soon be able to learn about its environmental features too.
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NORTHBROOK, Ill., December 6, 2011—UL Environment, a business unit of UL (Underwriters Laboratories), announced today the launch of its Sustainability Quotient (SQ) Program, a comprehensive system of assessing, rating, and certifying the sustainability initiatives of corporations at an enterprise level. The SQ Program is based on a series of auditable standards, including UL 880:
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NORTHBROOK, Ill., May 3, 2012—UL Environment, a business unit of UL (Underwriters Laboratories), announced today the launch of a free web-based tool that will help manufacturers assess their corporate sustainability efforts.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., April 25, 2012 – The Sustainable Brands Innovation Open (SBIO) has recently issued a challenge to for-profit start-ups: offer ideas that improve people’s lives and/or the environment.
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Consumers can recycle electronics every day at Staples Stores throughout the United States
PALO ALTO, Calif., FRAMINGHAM, Mass., April 12, 2012
A new technology for OnStar systems may one day allow Chevrolet Volt owners to charge their electric cars with more renewable energy.OnStar and Google are working together to demonstrate the technology on the 17 Chevrolet Volts in Google’s electric vehicle based at the company’s headquarters in Mountain View, Calif.
Owners of Kindle e-readers now have the option to power their devices in a sunny window.
Advances in mobile technology could do away with some eco-labels as an increasing number of consumer products are given smart barcodes, says consultant group Organic Monitor.
Apple recently filed two patent applications for fuel cell technology that could be used to extend the battery life of portable devices and reduce the demands of portable electronics on grid-supplied power.
Ford aims to reduce water consumption 30 percent per vehicle globally by 2015, compared with the amount of water used per vehicle in 2009.