Collaboration & Co-Creation

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AkzoNobel, The Nature Conservancy Partner with Rockefellers to Enhance Urban Building Resilience
AkzoNobel, The Nature Conservancy Partner with Rockefellers to Enhance Urban Building Resilience
Published on September 23, 2014
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AkzoNobel, The Nature Conservancy, Risk Management Solutions and Veolia have joined the Rockefeller Foundation's 100 Resilient Cities initiative (100RC) to provide critical tools to help cities around the world become more resilient to the shocks and... View More

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Almost 400,000 Fill NYC Streets to Drive Home the Need for Climate Action
Almost 400,000 Fill NYC Streets to Drive Home the Need for Climate Action
Published on September 22, 2014
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Almost 400,000 people turned out in NYC yesterday for the US edition of the People's Climate March, the largest protest in the history of the issue, joined by more than 2,000 events in 166 countries worldwide.The streets began to fill up about 10:30a... View More

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H&M Unveils Conscious Denim, Signs Agreement for More Conscious Supply Chain Management
H&M Unveils Conscious Denim, Signs Agreement for More Conscious Supply Chain Management
Published on September 18, 2014
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H&M announced two new initiatives this week centered on the betterment of its supply chains, one from the social perspective and one from the environmental.First, the apparel company signed a unique agreement with ILO, under which the partners wi... View More

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H&M, Swedfund Team Up to Drive Sustainability in Ethiopian Textile Industry
H&M, Swedfund Team Up to Drive Sustainability in Ethiopian Textile Industry
Published on September 11, 2014
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H&M has teamed up with Swedfund, a Swedish company that offers expertise and financial support to emerging markets within Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe, in a rare collaboration to try to develop a more ethical Ethiopian textile i... View More

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Airbnb Partners with Nest to Help Users Save Energy
Airbnb Partners with Nest to Help Users Save Energy
Published on September 7, 2014
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Airbnb has partnered with Nest to provide selected hosts in the US with free Nest Learning Thermostats as part of an effort to help Airbnb's community of hosts and guests to conserve energy. The Nest Thermostat programs itself, automatically turns do... View More

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Unilever, WRI Partner to End Tropical Deforestation Through Supply Chain Transparency
Unilever, WRI Partner to End Tropical Deforestation Through Supply Chain Transparency
Published on September 5, 2014
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Unilever and the World Resources Institute (WRI) this week announced a new partnership that will increase transparency in agricultural commodity supply chains with the goal of ending tropical deforestation. ... View More

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Moving Beyond Commitments: Collaborating to End Deforestation
Moving Beyond Commitments: Collaborating to End Deforestation
Published on August 30, 2014
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Deforestation can pose significant operational and reputational risks to businesses, and we at EDF are seeing companies start to take action in their supply chains. Deforestation accounts for an estimated 12 percent of overall GHG emissions worldwide... View More

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WTTC Tells Travel & Tourism industry To Drive Its Sustainability Agenda Harder
WTTC Tells Travel & Tourism industry To Drive Its Sustainability Agenda Harder
Published on August 28, 2014
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The travel and tourism industry needs to put sustainability at the forefront of everything it does and businesses need to lead by example — that’s the message from David Scowsill, CEO & president of the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTT... View More

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Novozymes, Monsanto Discover Microbes That Can Boost Corn and Soybean Yields
Novozymes, Monsanto Discover Microbes That Can Boost Corn and Soybean Yields
Published on August 27, 2014
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Novozymes and Monsanto say they have discovered several microbes that are demonstrating increased yield in corn and soybeans, a result of ongoing collaborative research into microbial products farmers can use to help meet rising global demand for foo... View More

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Global Opportunity Network Seeking Sustainable Solutions to Most Pressing Business Risks
Global Opportunity Network Seeking Sustainable Solutions to Most Pressing Business Risks
Published on August 22, 2014
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A new global initiative launching Wednesday by DNV GL and Scandinavian innovation think tank Monday Morning Global Institute aims to identify opportunities for sustainable responses to a range of global risks. A series of eight workshops beginning th... View More

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Target, Brands Gather to Celebrate Official Launch of #MadeToMatter Collection
Target, Brands Gather to Celebrate Official Launch of #MadeToMatter Collection
Published on August 22, 2014
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The City View level of the Metreon in downtown San Francisco was abuzz on Thursday, as Target celebrated the official launch of Made to Matter, a curated collection of more than 120 new and exclusive products from 16 food and personal care brands alr... View More

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GOL Airlines Makes First Commercial Flight Fueled by Sugarcane-Derived Biofuel
GOL Airlines Makes First Commercial Flight Fueled by Sugarcane-Derived Biofuel
Published on August 13, 2014
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Brazilian airline GOL has become the first in the aviation industry to fly a commercial flight with farnesane, a recently approved aviation biofuel. On July 31, the GOL 7725 flight made the first international connection from Orlando, Florida to Sao ... View More

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IBM, Dow Partner With NGO to Improve Sanitation in Ethiopia
IBM, Dow Partner With NGO to Improve Sanitation in Ethiopia
Published on August 6, 2014
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Dow and IBM have committed to participate in a joint global project with International Medical Corps (IMC) that will promote and support a campaign to improve sanitation and hygiene behavior in the Wolayita community in Ethiopia.Through this effort, ... View More

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Patagonia Sharing Proprietary Biorubber to Advance Sustainable Surf Industry
Patagonia Sharing Proprietary Biorubber to Advance Sustainable Surf Industry
Published on August 4, 2014
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In 2012, Patagonia announced that, after four years of research with partner Yulex Corporation, it had developed a sustainable, plant-based replacement for neoprene — the petroleum-based material used to make wetsuits, which has a highly toxic manu... View More

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PepsiCo and The Nature Conservancy Team Up to Increase Recycling, Protect Drinking Water
PepsiCo and The Nature Conservancy Team Up to Increase Recycling, Protect Drinking Water
Published on July 31, 2014
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PepsiCo and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) today announced a five-year partnership called Recycle for Nature, aimed at inspiring people to protect drinking water sources in the US through recycling. The initiative's goal is to save and restore one bill... View More

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Coke, WWF Highlight Progress Toward 2020 Water Goals in 1st Annual Review
Coke, WWF Highlight Progress Toward 2020 Water Goals in 1st Annual Review
Published on July 11, 2014
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The Coca-Cola Company and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) on Thursday released an Annual Review on the one-year anniversary of their global partnership to protect our freshwater resources. Reporting on their collaborative efforts throughout 2013, the repor... View More

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Greenpeace's 'Awesome' Video Plea to LEGO Blocked by YouTube
Greenpeace's 'Awesome' Video Plea to LEGO Blocked by YouTube
Published on July 11, 2014
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Greenpeace’s viral video, “LEGO: Everything Is NOT Awesome,” released earlier this week, has apparently been suspended by YouTube due to a copyright claim from Warner Brothers. The environmental organization quickly transferred the film to Vime... View More

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AB InBev Working with Growers to Optimize Water Management, Barley Production
AB InBev Working with Growers to Optimize Water Management, Barley Production
Published on July 7, 2014
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As a company that relies heavily on water for production, Anheuser-Busch InBev is rightly investing a great deal of time, thought and money into water management. In its 2013 Global Citizenship Report, the world's largest brewer commits to eight new ... View More

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International Network of NGOs Unveils Global Paper Vision
International Network of NGOs Unveils Global Paper Vision
Published on July 3, 2014
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A network of more than 120 NGOs from six continents announced a new Global Paper Vision that will bring together organizations currently challenging the paper industry to adopt more sustainable practices. The document addresses priorities for social ... View More

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Sacred Seedlings Leading Effort to Reforest the World, Help Halt Climate Change
Sacred Seedlings Leading Effort to Reforest the World, Help Halt Climate Change
Published on June 25, 2014
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In our battle against climate change, deforestation is a big part of the problem. The good news is that reforestation is a big part of the solution.Deforestation is contributing to a dangerous decline in the planet’s biodiversity and is directly re... View More

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