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Why Water Scarcity-Adjusted Targets Are Not Context-Based Water Targets
Around this time last year, during World Water Week in Stockholm, a session was hosted which sought to explore the concept of Context-Based Water Targets (CBWTs). ... View More
Nestlé Waters Factory Becomes First Facility in North America to Achieve Prestigious Water Certification
Nestlé Waters North America announced today that its Ontario, California, factory received certification for meeting the Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS) Standard. Created and supported by prominent environmental conservation groups, development... View More
Trending: Target, Stella McCartney Strike Up New Partnerships to Drive Sustainable Textile Solutions
With greater focus being placed on the fashion industry’s environmental impacts, efforts are emerging almost daily in an effort to help the sector shed its unsustainable rep. ... View More
Regionalizing agricultural lifecycle assessments boosts decision-making
Regionalized lifecycle inventory (LCI) modeling generates and links process datasets to the location in which they occur[i]. Given agricultural lifecycle assessments (LCA) are particularly spatially-sensitive, Quantis’s Rainer Zah was involved in d... View More
Trending: JPMorgan, GSK Strike Up New Partnerships to Save Energy, Tackle CO2
When it comes to achieving bold sustainability goals, every action counts — a concept that is catching on fast with industry heavy hitters such as JPMorgan and GSK. The two companies have struck up new partnerships with GE and Schneider Electric, r... View More
Something Big Is Brewing: New Tech Helps Brewers Capture Carbon, Create Beer Out of Thin Air
Brewers across the country are embracing new technology to tackle some of the industry’s most pressing sustainability challenges: emissions and water. References to carbon capture are often reserved for discussions of power plants and coal, but the... View More
New Penn State Research Finds 40% of our Energy Needs in Coastal River Outlets
In a world full of people who depend on water, the most urgent subject is scarcity. More than a billion people live in areas where water is scarce, and that number is likely to reach 3.5 billion by 2025. About 97 percent of the Earth’s water is sal... View More
Nat Geo, GSK Launch 'Chasing Genius Challenge' to Tackle Climate Change, Global Health
In an effort to tackle some of the biggest challenges facing the world today, National Geographic and GSK Consumer Healthcare have joined forces to launch the Chasing Genius Challenge. The competition aims to uncover innovative solutions for issues r... View More
Levi Strauss Funnels $350,000 in Grants Towards Sustainable Apparel Projects
Levi Strauss & Co. continues to drive the apparel industry towards a more sustainable, circular model, announcing that it has awarded more than $350,000 grants to the inaugural class of its LS&Co. Collaboratory fellowship program. The funding... View More
REI Distribution Center named NAIOP Project of the Year
Merit Partners Inc. and Sunbelt Holdings have been named recipients of the Industrial Project of the Year award by NAIOP for REI Goodyear DC, a distribution center for Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI), located at PV|303, a master planned business pa... View More
What is your water risk?
For companies, direct water costs generally represent a marginal expense which can sideline any decisions to invest in better water resource management. If we compare the risks related to water and energy, an investment to improve energy efficiency w... View More
New MIT Technology Could Revolutionize Wastewater Treatment
MIT has developed a new technology that could revolutionize wastewater treatment and water purification. Providing an alternative to more energy- and chemical-intensive alternatives, MIT’s new method is capable of removing even extremely low levels... View More
Staring Down Extinction: A Conversation with Elizabeth Kolbert
We are killing our planet. Of course, it’s not quite that simple, but, as acclaimed writer Elizabeth Kolbert explains in her Pulitzer-Prize-winning book The Sixth Extinction, humans are to blame for the impending mass extinction that will spell the... View More
The Business of Behavior Change: Why Brands Are Motivating Action Through Social Marketing
With Earth Day 2017 quickly fading in the rearview mirror, I’m reminded of the challenge we face every other day of the year: maintaining high awareness and action on sustainability issues. Government agencies and nonprofits have traditionally shou... View More
Global Opportunity Explorer Platform Brings Together Investors, Entrepreneurs to Deliver on SDGs
What if there was an easier way to connect revolutionary solutions to some of the world’s biggest challenges with the capital needed to initiate real change? That’s exactly what the Global Opportunity Explorer sets out to do. ... View More
Nat Geo, Water Aid India Launch Campaign to Tackle Water Scarcity in India
Lack of access to clean drinking water is the reality for millions of Indian citizens, an issue that National Geographic and Water Aid India are hoping to tackle through the launch of Mission Blue. With support from top Bollywood talent, the initiati... View More
Celebrating Sustainability at Kimberly-Clark
On Saturday, April 22, millions of people across the globe celebrated Earth Day to demonstrate their commitment to sustainability. At Kimberly-Clark, it’s also a day to reflect on Kimberly-Clark’s sustainability achievements and where we’re goi... View More
Plug and Play Accelerator Reveals 12 New Startups Changing the Face of Fashion
Just weeks after the launch of McDonough Innovation’s Fashion for Good innovation and practical action lab in Amsterdam, the 12 startups selected to participate in the Plug and Play — Fashion for Good accelerator have been announced. ... View More
10 Million Bottles of Life-Saving Water Delivered to Communities in Need by Nestlé Waters North America and Americares
The cost of natural disasters worldwide could reach $314 billion annually by 2030, up from around $250 billion now, according to a 2016 report by the World Bank, which cites rising climate change as a key threat to cities around the globe. Natural di... View More
Colgate Taps Michael Phelps to Inspire Consumers to Turn Off the Faucet
Water scarcity and shortage is a growing problem that affects around three billion people across the globe and climate change is only serving to aggravate the already acute issue. While businesses will play an important role in reducing environmental... View More
