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How Positive-Impact Homes are Shaping the Future of Smart living: A Case Study
For Ron Voglewede, Global Sustainability Director at Whirlpool, “doing the right thing the right way” is the only way, “because there is no right way to do the wrong thing.” For Voglewede, the ‘right thing’ means being net positive — wh... View More
How to Utilize Cities as Partners, Customers for New Sustainable Solutions: The City Perspective
“Use your city as a platform,” opened moderator and CSO for the City of Palo Alto Gil Friend.While local governments have gotten the bad reputation of being slow, bureaucratic animals, the panelists, representing four major cities across the Unit... View More
#SB15sd: How to Stay Afloat in Water Management
Led by Val Fishman, VP of Corporate Partnerships for the Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF), this panel congregated some of the most influential organizations that are driving change and collaboration within water stewardship. It also congrega... View More
You Can't Manage What You Don't Measure
When it comes to water usage, most industries today still pay little attention to managing their most precious raw material. ... View More
Looptworks Working to Replenish the Colorado River — with Your Help
Fresh from its successful collaboration with Southwest Airlines on its LUV Seat collection of bags and accessories upcycled from the airline’s leather seats, Looptworks has launched an email campaign to enlist its customers’ help in restoring the... View More
Investments in Life Systems Boosting Green Transition
Earth Day 2015 marked $6.22 trillion invested in the global green transition since 2007, on track to meet the Green Transition Scoreboard® (GTS) goal of $10 trillion privately invested in the green economy by 2020 to effectively scale innovations an... View More
San Diego, Aurora Among ‘Most Water Wise' Cities
San Diego, Calif., Aurora, Colo., Torrance, Calif., Poway Calif. and Hermosa Beach, Calif. are the cities with the highest percentage of residents that made pledges during a monthlong campaign in April to promote water efficiency.The 2015 Wyland Nati... View More
Valuing the Invaluable: How WWF Is Helping Companies Protect the Ultimate Shared Resource
Water is essential to business of all kinds — from resource extraction to retail. Its scarcity poses collective risks; not just to a company’s facilities, but also to the municipalities in which it operates and the communities comprising its cons... View More
Nestlé to Transform California Milk Factory to ‘Zero Water’
Nestlé is investing in technology to help reduce the amount of water it uses in California at the five water bottling plants and four facilities where food or petcare products are manufactured.Work is underway to transform the Nestlé milk factory i... View More
Starbucks Moving Ethos Water Operations Out of California; Walmart Faces Petition to Do the Same
Starbucks has become the latest corporation to move its water bottling operations out of California: Last Thursday, the company announced that it would move sourcing and manufacturing of its Ethos Water out of state due to the serious drought conditi... View More
Hilton, WWF Partner to Improve Sustainability in Hospitality Industry
Hilton Worldwide today announced an initial three-year commitment with World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to reduce its impact on the environment. ... View More
Levi's Educates the Next Generation, Continues to Innovate Around Water Conservation
More and more companies are beginning to acknowledge the importance of water stewardship to the longevity of their operations, regardless of industry. Consumer-facing brands can have added impact — and have added responsibility — to engage their ... View More
Report: Unilever, Coke Have Strong Water Management Practices But Most Food Companies Lagging
Unilever, Coca-Cola, General Mills and Nestlé rank highest among food and beverage businesses in managing scarce water resources, but most major companies need to adopt far stronger practices, according to a new report released Thursday by nonprofit... View More
#BusinessCase: Dow/TNC Study Highlights Benefits of Valuing Ecosystem Services
According to a recent study in Ecosystem Services, businesses may pay more for less reliable sources of water in the future. ... View More
Report: Oceans Valued at $24 Trillion, Rank as World's Seventh-Largest Economy
A recent report commissioned by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) estimates the ocean’s value at $24 trillion, making it the world’s seventh-largest economy. The annual “goods and services” it provides, such as food, rounds out to about $2.5 tril... View More
C2C Design Challenge Winners Help Reduce Water Waste, Build Better Furniture, Reduce Obsoletism
Today, the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute and Autodesk announced the winners of the inaugural Cradle to Cradle Product Design Challenge, which asked participants to design products made with materials that can return safely to industr... View More
Aquion Energy's Carbon- and Cotton-Based AHI Battery First in the World to be Cradle to Cradle Certified™
Aquion Energy, Inc., developer and manufacturer of Aqueous Hybrid Ion (AHI™) batteries and energy-storage systems, has announced that its AHI S20 and S20-P Product Lines are the first batteries in the world to be Cradle to Cradle (C2C) Certified™... View More
Coca-Cola Extends Funding for Replenish Africa Initiative By $35 Million
Coca-Cola on Thursday pledged an additional $35 million to support sustainable safe water access and sanitation programs for 4 million more people across Africa by 2020.This new funding builds on an original Replenish Africa Initiative (RAIN) commitm... View More
Food Companies Have Opportunity to Show More Responsibility During California’s Drought Crisis
With California suffering one of its most dire water shortages on record, the Golden State’s political leaders are scrambling to find solutions to shore up an ever-diminishing supply of this precious resource. Some analysts suggest California only ... View More
Trending: Levi’s, Armani and SurfRider Speak Up for Water Conservation
Among mounting concern over the dire water shortages in California and around the world, several well-known companies are taking matters into their own hands, reducing water in their production processes and educating consumers around water conservat... View More
