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Coke to Invest Additional $5 Billion in Africa Over Six Years
Coke to Invest Additional $5 Billion in Africa Over Six Years
Published on August 7, 2014
About a 3 minute read

The Coca-Cola Company and its African bottling partners announced a new investment of $5 billion during the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit held earlier this week. To be made over the next six years, this increases the company’s total announced investme... View More

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Tiffany & Co. Sourcing 100% of Diamonds from Known Mines
Tiffany & Co. Sourcing 100% of Diamonds from Known Mines
Published on August 5, 2014
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Tiffany & Co. now sources 100 percent of its diamonds from known mines or suppliers with multiple known mines and traces 98 percent of its raw precious metals directly to a mine or recycler, according to the company’s new corporate responsibili... View More

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P&G Studying Smallholder Practices to Ensure Deforestation-Free Palm Oil
P&G Studying Smallholder Practices to Ensure Deforestation-Free Palm Oil
Published on July 25, 2014
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Separating sustainable sources from non-sustainable sources in the production of palm oil and palm kernel oil is highly complicated, but Procter & Gamble is attempting to address the problem as part of its recently upgraded commitment to a zero-d... View More

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UCS: 'Sustainable Palm Oil Manifesto' Falls Short of a Revolution
UCS: 'Sustainable Palm Oil Manifesto' Falls Short of a Revolution
Published on July 21, 2014
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The word “manifesto” rarely conjures up positive connotations. That word brings to my mind Karl Marx’s famous tome, at best, and, at worst, images of a bearded man in a remote cabin. Regardless, it’s a word most often associated with people o... View More

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Industry Associations Launch New Conflict Mineral Guide
Industry Associations Launch New Conflict Mineral Guide
Published on July 18, 2014
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Seven of the world's largest industry associations have collaborated with Source Intelligence and Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP to launch a web-based training module within the Conflict Minerals Resource Center (CMRC).The organizations say the goal of... View More

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2 Birds, 1 Stone: How Palm Oil Can Improve Livelihoods and Reduce Global Pressure on Forests
2 Birds, 1 Stone: How Palm Oil Can Improve Livelihoods and Reduce Global Pressure on Forests
Published on July 7, 2014
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With a number of NGO campaigns demanding that companies pledge to use zero-deforestation palm oil — and industry groups such as the Consumer Goods Forum pledging zero-net deforestation by 2020 for soy, palm oil, livestock and timber — companies a... 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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New Research Shows Coffee-Farming Communities Experiencing Fewer 'Thin Months'
New Research Shows Coffee-Farming Communities Experiencing Fewer 'Thin Months'
Published on July 3, 2014
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Keurig Green Mountain has announced the results of a 2013 scientific study, Thin Months Revisited. Conducted in partnership with the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) and the Agroecology and Rural Livelihoods Group (ARLG) of the U... View More

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Whitepaper: Don’t Leave Smallholders Out of the Palm Oil Debate
Whitepaper: Don’t Leave Smallholders Out of the Palm Oil Debate
Published on July 3, 2014
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The public debate on palm oil centers on large corporate entities driving the industry, while ignoring smallholders that make up 40 percent of planted hectares, according to a new whitepaper by CSR Asia.In emerging palm-growing markets, such as Thail... View More

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Superfood Startup Raises $350,000 in Crowdfunding Equity Campaign
Superfood Startup Raises $350,000 in Crowdfunding Equity Campaign
Published on June 27, 2014
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Kuli Kuli, maker of the eponymous moringa “superfood” nutrition bars, has raised $350,000 in a crowdfunding equity campaign.The campaign brought in an array of notable investors, including Brad Feld of the Foundry Group, five-time CEO and former ... View More

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IKEA Expands Program to Prevent Child Labor in India’s Cotton Fields
IKEA Expands Program to Prevent Child Labor in India’s Cotton Fields
Published on June 25, 2014
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IKEA Foundation and Save the Children have announced plans to expand a child rights program aimed at protecting children living in cotton communities in India.So far, the initiative has helped to protect more than 600,000 children, IKEA says. The $9.... View More

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80 Orgs Call on Apple to Eliminate Dangerous Chemicals From Chinese Supply Chain
80 Orgs Call on Apple to Eliminate Dangerous Chemicals From Chinese Supply Chain
Published on June 10, 2014
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80 environmental and human rights organizations, socially responsible investment firms, and occupational health professionals from 27 countries sent a letter today to Apple's VP of Environmental Affairs Lisa Jackson, the former head of the US Environ... View More

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AB InBev: Lessons Learned from Scaling Up a Sustainable Logistics Operation
AB InBev: Lessons Learned from Scaling Up a Sustainable Logistics Operation
Published on June 9, 2014
About a 6 minute read

Moving goods from raw ingredients to finished products is complex and requires a significant amount of energy. A bottle of Budweiser, for example, starts with transporting barley and other materials to the brewery and then shipping our finished produ... View More

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#SB14sd Sound Bytes, Vol. 2: McDonald's, Caesars and Dell on Sustainable Purchasing
#SB14sd Sound Bytes, Vol. 2: McDonald's, Caesars and Dell on Sustainable Purchasing
Published on June 5, 2014
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With such a flurry of activity going on this week at SB ’14 San Diego, we wanted to share some of it as it happens.Here, McDonald’s Bob Langert, Caesars Entertainment’s Jessica Rosman and Dell’s Michael Murphy about the need for collaboration... View More

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#SB14sd Sound Bytes, Vol. 1: Avery Dennison, APP, Greenpeace & Future 500 on Ending Deforestation
#SB14sd Sound Bytes, Vol. 1: Avery Dennison, APP, Greenpeace & Future 500 on Ending Deforestation
Published on June 4, 2014
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With such a flurry of activity going on this week at SB ’14 San Diego, we wanted to share some of it as it happens.Here, Avery Dennison CEO Dean Scarborough, along with Future 500’s Bill Shireman and representatives from formerly sparring organiz... View More

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McDonald's Restaurants to Abide by Region-Specifics Standards for Sourcing Sustainable Beef
McDonald's Restaurants to Abide by Region-Specifics Standards for Sourcing Sustainable Beef
Published on May 28, 2014
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McDonald's will soon allow its restaurants in different international markets to follow region-specific guidelines for achieving its recent pledge to purchase sustainable beef.In January, the fast food company — one of the largest buyers of beef in... View More

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Palm Oil, Deforestation and the Fast Food Industry: Would You Like a Side of Forests with That?
Palm Oil, Deforestation and the Fast Food Industry: Would You Like a Side of Forests with That?
Published on May 22, 2014
About a 5 minute read

I travel a lot for my job and after long days on the road the one thing that gets me through is constancy. I pack basically the same clothes for every trip and try to keep up the same workout routine, but the one place it’s hard to keep things cons... View More

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NGOs: PepsiCo's New Palm Oil Commitment Is Major Improvement, But Other Companies Are Doing More
NGOs: PepsiCo's New Palm Oil Commitment Is Major Improvement, But Other Companies Are Doing More
Published on May 22, 2014
About a 3 minute read

Last week, PepsiCo became the latest in a recent string of consumer packaged goods (CPG) giants — including Colgate-Palmolive, General Mills, Kellogg and Procter & Gamble — to announce a new “zero deforestation” palm oil sourcing commitme... View More

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PwC Study: Effective Metrics, Training, Leadership Keys to Supply Chain Sustainability
PwC Study: Effective Metrics, Training, Leadership Keys to Supply Chain Sustainability
Published on May 12, 2014
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According to a new report by PwC US and the APICS Foundation, new sources of value can emerge when companies broaden their perspectives on sustainability and adopt clear strategies to tap ethical, economic, social — and environmental — levers acr... View More

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Avery Dennison, Rainforest Alliance Partner to Promote Sustainable Forestry in Honduras
Avery Dennison, Rainforest Alliance Partner to Promote Sustainable Forestry in Honduras
Published on May 5, 2014
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The Avery Dennison Foundation announced today it has awarded a $200,000 grant to the Rainforest Alliance to foster best practices in forestry management, create jobs and increase access to sustainably managed forest products.“As a leader in labelin... View More

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