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#BusinessCase: Internal Carbon Fee Saves Microsoft Over $10M Per Year

With Earth Day this week, it’s a great time to reflect on the challenges we face and the advancements we’ve made. Last week, Microsoft released a whitepaper describing the progress made with our carbon fee since its inception in the hope to inspi... View More

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adidas Partners to Help End Ocean Destruction, Releases Sustainability Progress Report

Today, the adidas Group announced a partnership with Parley for the Oceans, an initiative dedicated to raising awareness about the beauty and fragility of the oceans and to collaborating on projects that can end their destruction. Together, the organ... View More

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Apple Announces Chinese Solar Project and US Forest Conservation Effort

Apple has announced plans to invest in a new Chinese solar power project and help preserve some 36,000 acres of forests in the eastern United States.The tech giant is partnering with solar company SunPower to build two solar power projects totaling 4... View More

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L'Oréal Reduces CO2 Emissions 50% in First Year of Sustainable Development Plan

Just one year after the launch of its ambitious Sharing Beauty with All program for sustainable development, cosmetics giant the L'Oréal Group has today revealed significant improvements in the first progress reportof its efforts: ... View More

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The 'Quaint Economy' 2.0: Will Etsy Be Selling Its Soul Along with Its Shares?

Etsy’s IPO begins trading tomorrow, Thursday, April 16th. The online craft marketplace will be the largest B Corp to go public.Etsy’s stated mission — “To reimagine commerce in ways that build a more fulfilling and lasting world” — is bol... View More

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RE100 Initiative Now Recruiting Chinese Companies to Switch to 100% Renewables

RE100, a global initiative aimed at recruiting and encouraging major companies to use 100 percent renewable power across their operations, has announced a partnership with the China Renewable Energy Industries Association (CREIA) as part of a major n... View More

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BCFN Hosting Contest for Innovators Under 35 to Solve Global Food Problems

The Barilla Center for Food & Nutrition's (BCFN) Young Earth Solutions! (YES!) program is running its fourth innovation contest to encourage young researchers and university students under the age of 35 to develop innovative solutions to problems... View More

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As Sustainability Goals Get Harder to Meet, Better Analytics Can Create Competitive Advantage

Driven by consumer demands, and greater concern for resource scarcity and productivity, more companies are tracking and reporting performance in an effort to meet corporate sustainability goals. But once the low-hanging fruit is picked, further impro... View More

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’10 Million Better’ Campaign Rallying Travel, Tourism Industries Around Protecting Destinations, Communities

At the World Travel & Tourism Council 2015 Global Summit in Madrid today, Sustainable Travel International (STI) unveiled an industry-wide campaign, entitled “10 Million Better,” to monitor and scale up social and environmental benefits from ... View More

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Nature-Inspired Innovation May Generate $425B by 2030

On April 24, the first annual Risk and Value Creation Forum, a finance innovation conference focused on evolving the concept of risk (as a key constraint in achieving sustainability goals), new risk frameworks, and biomimetic technology innovation as... View More

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New Peer-to-Peer Solar Sharing Network Aims to Make Solar Available to All Homeowners

Though the cost of solar panels continues to decline, many homeowners still can’t afford to pay thousands of dollars for a solar energy installation. Short of installing their own system, there aren’t a lot of options for sourcing residential sol... View More

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Sony Pictures' Screen Gems Label Celebrating 10 Years of Environmental Innovation in Moviemaking

Today, Sony Pictures Entertainment — which itself has led the charge in sustainable filmmaking with its carbon-neutral production of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) — is celebrating a decade of environmental innovation at its Screen Gems film lab... View More

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Wells Fargo Launches $10 Million Initiative to Support Cleantech Startups

Today, Wells Fargo announced its selection of four clean technology startups for the Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator (IN2), a five-year, $10 million program to foster leading-edge environmental technologies. The program is funded by the Wells Fargo ... View More

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Londoners Will Soon Have a Freshwater Swimming Pool Cleaned by Plants, Not Chemicals

Looking for a clean place to swim in London? City dwellers will have a freshwater, natural pool at their disposal in King’s Cross beginning in May. Designed by Rotterdam Studio, Ooze architects and artist Marietica Potrč, the chemical-free outdoor... View More

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Forget the Recycling Bin – If All Goes Well, You’ll Soon Be Able to Eat Your Water Bottle

The latest innovation in the fight against plastic water bottles comes in the form of an edible and flexible water “blob” container called the Ooho!, made by startup Skipping Rocks Lab. To use it, consumers can bite the blob and suck out the cont... View More

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As UN Climate Conference Approaches, Renewable Energy Makes Major Global Gains

Clean energy is “key” to climate action, according to a senior advisor to President Obama in a blog post published last week, which discussed the United States’ official greenhouse gas emissions-cutting target to the United Nations. The proposa... View More

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Startup Hoping to Turn Computers Into Primary Source of Heat Generation

New York City-based tech startup Project Exergy is one step closer to developing a technology capable of heating smart homes using computers, following a successful crowdfunding campaign.The concept involves transferring the computation done in data ... View More

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Optimizing Your Sustainability Roadmap: Lessons from Product Development Portfolio Management

As sustainability management becomes ever more closely linked to company resilience and reputation, CSR goals are coming into sharper focus for companies that are truly on the journey. But there are many choices to be made among a broad range of sust... View More

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Banks Now Realizing Importance and Potential for Water Investments

According to the World Economic Forum, water scarcity ranks first among all long-term risks worldwide. Australia, Brazil and the United States are only a few examples of where droughts have affected everything from agriculture, hydropower and those e... View More

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Worn Again Joins Forces with H&M, Kering to Create Circular Resource Model for Textiles

After years of searching for a solution to the worldwide problem of textile waste, pioneering textile upcycler Worn Again has joined forces with fashion retailer H&M and luxury, sport & lifestyle group Kering to bring to market a revolutionar... View More

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