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Electronics Giants Partner with CDP on Supply Chain Greenhouse Gas Initiative
Electronics Giants Partner with CDP on Supply Chain Greenhouse Gas Initiative
Published on February 25, 2015
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This week, the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC), a nonprofit coalition of many of the world’s largest leading electronics companies — including Apple, Cisco, Dell, Eastman Kodak, HP, Microsoft and many more — dedicated to supply... View More

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Walmart.com Launches New Shop to Help Shoppers Find and Support Sustainability Leaders
Walmart.com Launches New Shop to Help Shoppers Find and Support Sustainability Leaders
Published on February 25, 2015
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On Tuesday, Sustainable Brands joined a couple hundred Walmart team members and industry influencers at Walmart’s eCommerce headquarters in San Bruno, CA to learn about an important milestone on the journey shared by those attending. What drew thes... View More

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Beyond Incremental: Sustainability Initiative at MIT Sloan Takes Innovation to Scale
Beyond Incremental: Sustainability Initiative at MIT Sloan Takes Innovation to Scale
Published on February 25, 2015
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Once companies tackle the low-hanging fruit of operational improvement — carbon footprints, energy-efficiency retrofits and waste reduction — they are ready to address deeper sustainability challenges. ... View More

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#BusinessCase: Big Savings Through Waste Reduction Enables Rapanui to Drop Prices
#BusinessCase: Big Savings Through Waste Reduction Enables Rapanui to Drop Prices
Published on February 24, 2015
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L-R: Mart and Rob Drake-Knight | Image credit: RapanuiAs more and more brands begin to tout their sustainability credentials, increasingly savvy and conscientious shoppers are looking for companies that are walking their talk, with products and pract... View More

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Startup Develops World’s Thinnest Speaker
Startup Develops World’s Thinnest Speaker
Published on February 24, 2015
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A startup called Soundlazer claims to have developed the world’s thinnest speaker, made from a new class of plastic polymer. With the ability to reproduce a large range of audio frequencies, the company says it can be used to deliver audio in tight... View More

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'Soft Sustainability': How Brands Are Successfully Communicating Their Efforts by Steering Clear of the 'S' Word
'Soft Sustainability': How Brands Are Successfully Communicating Their Efforts by Steering Clear of the 'S' Word
Published on February 23, 2015
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Back in the late 1980s, Harvard professor Joseph Nye coined the term “soft power” to describe the US’s ability to influence the world through the marketing power of its global consumer brands and Hollywood’s razzle dazzle rather than the US m... View More

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Dow Pilot Program Shows Plastic Waste Can Be Turned Into Fuel
Dow Pilot Program Shows Plastic Waste Can Be Turned Into Fuel
Published on February 23, 2015
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The Dow Chemical Company recently completed a pilot program aimed at showing how certain plastics such as juice pouches, candy wrappers and plastic dinnerware — which are not easily recyclable under traditional models — can be converted into synt... View More

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Dell on Mission to Measure Net Positive Impact of IT on Education, Healthcare, Logistics and Beyond
Dell on Mission to Measure Net Positive Impact of IT on Education, Healthcare, Logistics and Beyond
Published on February 21, 2015
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In Fall of 2013, Dell launched what it called its Legacy of Good plan — a set of 21 ambitious sustainability goals covering everything from its packaging and production materials to reducing the energy intensity of its entire product portfolio by 8... View More

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Kuli Kuli Shines Through in Crowded ‘Superfood’ Market
Kuli Kuli Shines Through in Crowded ‘Superfood’ Market
Published on February 20, 2015
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The Oakland-based social enterprise sources its key ingredient, moringa, from women’s cooperatives in West Africa in an effort to help those communities move away from dependency on food aid and towards nutritional and economic self-sufficiency. ... View More

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Nestlé USA Removing All Artificial Flavors, Colors from Its Chocolate Candy by the End of 2015
Nestlé USA Removing All Artificial Flavors, Colors from Its Chocolate Candy by the End of 2015
Published on February 19, 2015
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This week, Nestlé USA boldly committed to removing all artificial flavors and FDA-certified colors from all of its chocolate candy products by the end of 2015. The change will affect the food giant’s current portfolio of more than 10 chocolate bra... View More

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Report: Reusing and Remanufacturing Mobile Devices Can Cut CO2 by 50% While Increasing Sales
Report: Reusing and Remanufacturing Mobile Devices Can Cut CO2 by 50% While Increasing Sales
Published on February 19, 2015
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New strategies for reuse and remanufacturing of mobile devices can cut the carbon footprint of each device by up to half while expanding sales, according to a new report from the Green Alliance.A circular economy for smart devices identifies how lapt... View More

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Why Social Design Is the Innovation Business Needs Now
Why Social Design Is the Innovation Business Needs Now
Published on February 18, 2015
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"Business and social innovation live in separate worlds, and speak different languages. As the need to make humans more creative and society more resilient becomes central to corporations' ability to grow, it's time to change that. This is an in... View More

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GM Set to Achieve Renewable Energy Goals 4 Years Early
GM Set to Achieve Renewable Energy Goals 4 Years Early
Published on February 18, 2015
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General Motors for the first time is procuring wind to power its manufacturing operations, enabling one of its Mexico facilities’ electricity needs to be run mostly on renewable energy. This addition of 34 megawatts of wind power allows GM to achie... View More

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Closed-Loop Fabric Producers Still Ironing Out Wrinkles in Circular Textile Supply Chain
Closed-Loop Fabric Producers Still Ironing Out Wrinkles in Circular Textile Supply Chain
Published on February 18, 2015
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Interest is growing in new synthetic fabrics and textiles made from waste materials that have the potential to be used again and again. Designed from the outset to work within closed-loop supply cycles, Returnity and Econyl are perhaps the two best-k... View More

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tonlé's Creative Approach Showing Fashion Industry How Zero Waste Is Really Done
tonlé's Creative Approach Showing Fashion Industry How Zero Waste Is Really Done
Published on February 18, 2015
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Cambodian fashion brand tonlé is revolutionizing the textile industry not only with its ethical business model, but also a creative approach to zero-waste. ... View More

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New App OpenLabel Aims to Replace Product Labels
New App OpenLabel Aims to Replace Product Labels
Published on February 17, 2015
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Silicon Valley startup OpenLabel has just launched a free iPhone app and website that lets consumers and non-profit partners attach information and product ratings directly onto any barcoded product.After closing half a million dollar seed investment... View More

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Show Me the Money: Sustainability and Financial Outperformance
Show Me the Money: Sustainability and Financial Outperformance
Published on February 13, 2015
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“The Analytical Engine has no pretensions whatever to originate anything. Its province is to assist us in making available what we are already acquainted with.”— Ada LovelaceAt the leading edge of sustainability best practice some leading compa... View More

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New Biomass Plant Will Supply 60-70% of Power at P&G's Bounty, Charmin Manufacturing Facility
New Biomass Plant Will Supply 60-70% of Power at P&G's Bounty, Charmin Manufacturing Facility
Published on February 13, 2015
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Procter & Gamble and Constellation — a leading retail supplier of power, natural gas and energy products and services — announced Thursday the development of an up to 50-megawatt biomass plant that will help run one of P&G’s largest U.S... View More

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How Cryptocurrency Is Lifting Hope for South Africa's Women
How Cryptocurrency Is Lifting Hope for South Africa's Women
Published on February 10, 2015
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Digital currency, aka cryptocurrency, is shaking up the financial industry’s entrenched institutions, and now its potential for doing good is dawning — as it enables accountability and financial sovereignty one mobile click at a time.Stellar, a n... View More

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Coffee Ground Yarn, Rice Husks and More in M&S' First Sustainable Footwear Collection
Coffee Ground Yarn, Rice Husks and More in M&S' First Sustainable Footwear Collection
Published on February 10, 2015
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UK retailer Marks & Spencer has launched its first sustainable footwear collection, called Footglove Earth — the latest component of the company's ongoing Plan A initiative to become the world's most sustainable retailer by 2020. ... View More

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