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Your Stakeholders Now Want to Understand Your Biggest Risks – and So Should You

Transparency is the new normal, driving an unprecedented need for the integration of sustainability into all aspects of business. It took activists only a few days to plaster the Internet with pictures of the collapsed Rana Plaza factory in Banglades... View More

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An Ethical Footwear Force Awakens with Po-Zu and Its Better Shoes Foundation

This week, ethical shoe brand Po-Zu will unveil its Star Wars-themed footwear at the FFANY trade show in New York as part of a major collaboration with the movie franchise. It’s a highly significant launch for Po-Zu, as it will enable the UK-based ... View More

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Trending: This Black Friday, 550+ Orgs to #OptOutside with REI, Patagonia to Donate Its Profits

This Friday will be one of the biggest days in the global retail calendar (just behind Alibaba’s Singles’ Day earlier in November). Black Friday sales have begun encroaching on Thanksgiving Day in the U.S., with some stores remaining open on the ... View More

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Shocking News: European Energy Industry Outperforming US in Efforts to Meet Paris Targets

A new report from CDP, analyzing a US$1.2tn3 grouping of the world’s major publicly listed international oil and gas companies, reveals an unsurprising transatlantic divide as European companies outperform their U.S. peers in preparedness for a low... View More

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Ramblers Way Redoubles Focus on American-Made, Sustainable Clothing

Ramblers Way, an ethically sourced, American-made sustainable clothing company announced today an extensive rebrand across the company along with the new tagline ‘Clothing for a Good Life.’ The new brand look and feel embodies Ramblers Way’s c... View More

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Fashion Tech Startup Helps Brands Tackle Supply Chain Efficiency and Transparency

Tom Singh, founder of UK fashion brand New Look, has backed a London-based fashion technology company to help apparel retailers and manufacturers manage their supply chains. ... View More

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Trending: New Technologies Aiming to Turn the Tide on Home, Business Food Waste

As we head into the most gluttonous week of the year here in the U.S., it’s helpful to be reminded that companies large and small continue to churn out new technologies in the ongoing war against food waste – both at the business and consumer lev... View More

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Collaboration Key to Catalyzing Broadscale Shift to Net Positive

On Tuesday, day 2 of New Metrics ’16, Greg Norris of the International Living Future Institute, Jane Abernethy of HumanScale, John Pflueger of Dell, Johanna Jobin of Biogen and Daniel Aronson of Valutus discussed the next stages of the business wor... View More

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RB, Indiegogo Launch ‘Healthier Tomorrow Challenge’ for Health, Well-being Startups

RB, the leading consumer health and hygiene company behind brands such as Lysol, Durex, Nurofen, Strepsils, Gaviscon, Mucinex, Scholl, and Clearasil, has launched a startup programme on crowdfunding platform Indiegogo. ... View More

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New Platform Helps Companies ‘Trase’ Deforestation in Their Supply Chains

Commodity production drives two-thirds of tropical deforestation worldwide, and tracing those commodities has proven difficult. ... View More

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Trending: Global Commitments to Renewables, Climate Solutions Swell Following Election, COP22

This year, the U.S. election fell in the midst of the United Nations climate negotiations (COP22). While the results have led to some unease and uncertainty, they certainly haven’t halted commitments and funding for renewable energy and other clima... View More

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The Future(-Fit) of Extra-Financial Reporting

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Startup Creates Biomimetic Solution to Prevent Volatile Liquids Storage Emissions

Volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions are a major issue for oil and gas, chemicals, food and pharmaceutical industries. During the storage of ethereal liquids such as fuels and solvents, vapors can create a toxic, flammable or even explosive ‘c... View More

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CLF Impact Report Reveals Groundwork for Robust Recycling System, Circular Economy in U.S.

Closed Loop Fund (CLF), a private sector investment fund that finances recycling infrastructure and sustainable manufacturing technologies to advance the circular economy, released its first public progress report. Details reveal investment opportuni... View More

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William McDonough Offers a New Language, Framing Carbon as an Asset

Visionary architect and designer William McDonough - founder of William McDonough + Partners and McDonough Innovation, and co-author of the seminal text of the sustainability movement, Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things - has proposed ... View More

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Laces and Hair: Activating Purpose Through Slow Beauty in Brazil

Following a five-year search for more sustainable and healthy hair care solutions, this month Cris Dios, cosmetologist and co-founder of Laces and Hair, recently launched Brazil’s first range of 100 percent natural hair colour solutions. As well as... View More

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Electricity Giants Offer Support to Development Finance Orgs to Meet Paris Agreement Goals

An association of global electricity companies, the Global Sustainable Electricity Partnership (GSEP), is offering their expertise to development finance institutions and other international organizations to jointly identify electricity technology in... View More

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Trending: Uber, Nissan Further Disrupt Car Ownership with New Takes on Sharing Model

With car sharing becoming an increasingly popular solution for cities and millennials, automakers are finding new ways to standout in a crowded market. Last week, David Plouffe, chief strategic adviser of Uber Technologies Inc., announced intentions ... View More

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Trump Can't Stop the Clean Economy

It’s more beneficial to bottom lines, health, and economic growth to keep going on the clean economy. It’s flat out more profitable. ... View More

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SAC's Updated Higg Tool Provides Industry Baseline for Impacts of Textiles

The Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) has launched a new version of its Higg Materials Sustainability Index (Higg MSI), a cradle-to-gate scoring tool that measures and communicates the environmental performance of thousands of materials used in cre... View More

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