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Achieving Higher Value Chain Efficiency Through Product Life Cycle Analytics
Achieving Higher Value Chain Efficiency Through Product Life Cycle Analytics
Published on July 18, 2016
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“What data analytics did for baseball it could do for the environment by shrinking the carbon footprint of thousands of consumer products. ... View More

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California's RPS Generating Thousands of Clean Energy Blue-Collar Jobs
California's RPS Generating Thousands of Clean Energy Blue-Collar Jobs
Published on July 18, 2016
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California’s aggressive climate policies — combined with the sheer size of its economy — have helped it create the most clean energy jobs of any state in the country, according to a new study by the UC Berkeley Labor Center. The report, The Lin... View More

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Project JUST Platform Expanding to Meet Demand for Ethical Fashion - and It Needs Your Help
Project JUST Platform Expanding to Meet Demand for Ethical Fashion - and It Needs Your Help
Published on July 14, 2016
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Project JUST, an online platform that reviews fashion brands (75 to date) for their supply chain ethics and sustainability to help consumers make more informed choices, is crowdfunding to help expand its offering. ... View More

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Ben & Jerry's and Ford Are Embracing Climate Disruption - and Your Company Needs to, as Well
Ben & Jerry's and Ford Are Embracing Climate Disruption - and Your Company Needs to, as Well
Published on July 14, 2016
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Is your business embracing the disruptive forces of a low-carbon world as Ford and Ben & Jerry’s are? Over the next 10 years, climate change will drive industrial disruption at rates that previously seemed unimaginable. In response, policy make... View More

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Five Ways to Cheaper Offshore Wind – and More Clean Energy
Five Ways to Cheaper Offshore Wind – and More Clean Energy
Published on July 12, 2016
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The cost of black energy has now got ‘green’ competition. Solar power and onshore wind are already cheaper than fossil alternatives and according to DONG Energy, offshore wind must follow the same development. DONG Energy aims to make clean energ... View More

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These 6 Startups Just Won £180,000 for Driving Innovation in the Sharing Economy
These 6 Startups Just Won £180,000 for Driving Innovation in the Sharing Economy
Published on July 12, 2016
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Innovate UK’s IC tomorrow competition sought innovative ideas to grow trust in the sharing economy and support it in the fields of tourism, travel, home improvements, construction and data. Six winning startups were selected from over 200 entries �... View More

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World’s First Full-Scale Bio Plant Will Sort Waste from 110,000 Homes Annually
World’s First Full-Scale Bio Plant Will Sort Waste from 110,000 Homes Annually
Published on July 11, 2016
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Danish cleantech company DONG Energy is constructing the world’s first full-scale bio plant capable of handling household waste by means of enzymes. The REnescience plant in Northwich, in the North West of England, will be able to sort 15 tonnes of... View More

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Shell Launches Digital Tool to ‘Springboard’ … Low-Carbon Startups?
Shell Launches Digital Tool to ‘Springboard’ … Low-Carbon Startups?
Published on July 6, 2016
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Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the low-carbon, clean energy and sustainability sectors can now use a handy interactive online tool to identify funding opportunities most relevant to their sector, development stage and financial requirements. ... View More

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What Did the "Three Amigos" Just Commit To? (Hint: Lots of Renewables)
What Did the "Three Amigos" Just Commit To? (Hint: Lots of Renewables)
Published on July 5, 2016
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In the spirit of "showing your work" in progress, I'm posting some info on the big new clean economy agreement announced by the so-called "three amigos" -- i.e., the leaders of Canada, the U.S., and Mexico. ... View More

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How SABMiller Is Furthering the SDGs to Help the World ‘Prosper’
How SABMiller Is Furthering the SDGs to Help the World ‘Prosper’
Published on July 1, 2016
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International brewing company SABMiller released its 2016 Sustainable Development Report this week, detailing cuts to environmental impacts and updates to its ‘Prosper’ sustainability ambition to align more closely with the United Nations’ (UN)... View More

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d.light Continues to Drive Increased Energy Options to Billions Without Reliable Access
d.light Continues to Drive Increased Energy Options to Billions Without Reliable Access
Published on June 29, 2016
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In an effort to expand quality solar home system solutions to the 2.3 billion people worldwide without reliable access to power, d.light - a manufacturer and distributor of solar lighting and power products providing access to reliable, affordable, r... View More

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ReGen Villages: Behind the Design of Self-Sustaining Eco-Communities
ReGen Villages: Behind the Design of Self-Sustaining Eco-Communities
Published on June 29, 2016
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ReGen Villages is a tech-integrated and regenerative residential real estate development company. The Dutch holding company, in collaboration with Danish architecture firm EFFEKT, was founded by serial entrepreneur James Ehrlich, who describes his br... View More

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Latest Report Shows Kingfisher's 'Personal' Commitment to Net Positive
Latest Report Shows Kingfisher's 'Personal' Commitment to Net Positive
Published on June 28, 2016
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Kingfisher — parent company of European home-improvement chains B&Q, Castorama, Brico Depot, Screwfix and Koçtaş — has published its Sustainability Report 2015/16, which details its progress towards becoming a restorative, Net Positive busi... View More

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The Regenerative Business Prize: Search Is On for Company That Exemplifies Principles of Regeneration
The Regenerative Business Prize: Search Is On for Company That Exemplifies Principles of Regeneration
Published on June 28, 2016
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The Regenerative Business Alliance — a subsidiary of the Carol Sanford Institute (CSI) — has launched the search for its 1st annual Regenerative Business Prizewinner. This prize will recognize a business that is taking on practices of enlightened... View More

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New Brand Seeks to Disrupt Luxury Fashion with Full Transparency – Even on the Price Tag
New Brand Seeks to Disrupt Luxury Fashion with Full Transparency – Even on the Price Tag
Published on June 28, 2016
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New fashion brand Oliver Cabell is “seeking to disrupt the luxury fashion business” with an unmatched level of transparency around its products. Exclusively available online, each product’s page on the company’s website details where the item... View More

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Furniture Store-Turned-Solar-Firm Invents Solar Wallpaper
Furniture Store-Turned-Solar-Firm Invents Solar Wallpaper
Published on June 26, 2016
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Sometimes innovation comes from unexpected places — a father-son duo in Chino Hills, California has transformed a family furniture business into Sunflare, a solar energy company that produced solar “wallpaper,” among other high-efficiency PV pr... View More

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Winners of Biomimicry, Forward Food Competitions Tackle Food Waste, Behavior Change Challenges
Winners of Biomimicry, Forward Food Competitions Tackle Food Waste, Behavior Change Challenges
Published on June 24, 2016
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Both the Biomimicry Institute and Net Impact launched food-focused competitions earlier this year, seeking innovative ideas for new products or services. This week, the winners of the Biomimicry Global Design Challenge and Forward Food Competition we... View More

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Timberland to Restore and Create Green Spaces in 5 Cities Over Next 5 Years
Timberland to Restore and Create Green Spaces in 5 Cities Over Next 5 Years
Published on June 23, 2016
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This week, outdoor lifestyle brand Timberland announced a goal to double its footprint in five U.S. cities by 2020 in an unexpected, unique way. Each year for the next five years, the brand will match its retail floor space with the creation or resto... View More

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HP, Apple Leading Action on Forced Labor, But ICT Sector ‘Must Do Far More’
HP, Apple Leading Action on Forced Labor, But ICT Sector ‘Must Do Far More’
Published on June 23, 2016
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The information and communications technology (ICT) industry is an at-risk sector for forced labor, and while most of the world’s largest ICT companies have publicly demonstrated awareness of the issue, far fewer have strong processes in place to a... View More

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Block'hood Teaches Gamers Systems Thinking to Help Design Tomorrow's Sustainable Cities
Block'hood Teaches Gamers Systems Thinking to Help Design Tomorrow's Sustainable Cities
Published on June 22, 2016
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Those with the most toys don’t always win, as a new video game is aiming to convey: Block’hood is a video game centered around construction and city planning that is out to raise awareness and understanding around the topic of sustainability. As ... View More

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