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Delaware Combines Power of Business and Social Good With New Benefit Corporation Legislation
Delaware Combines Power of Business and Social Good With New Benefit Corporation Legislation

Marketing and Comms / As The New Metrics of Sustainable Business Conference draws closer, we will be building up the conversation around industry developments to explore future investments in sustainability. One of the latest developments is the enactment of benefit corporation legislation in Delaware on July 17th. Benefit corporation legislation seeks to protect for-profit companies that want to do well and do good at the same time, by allowing them the freedom to pursue higher corporate purposes, aside from maximizing profits.While DE is the 18th state to sign benefit corporation legislation into law, it is undoubtedly one of the most important states to do so. - 10 years ago

Ecopia Working to Reduce Plastic Waste, Increase Quality of Life for Small Farms in Developing Countries
Ecopia Working to Reduce Plastic Waste, Increase Quality of Life for Small Farms in Developing Countries

Waste Not / In the final week leading up to the Sustainable Brands Innovation Open (SBIO) finals on June 5th, where the runner-up will be decided via live online public vote, we will feature daily articles introducing our semi-finalists. Today, meet Ecopia.Minnesota-based start-up Ecopia offers environmentally friendly alternatives to traditional plastic and paper products, while also driving social value within the communities that create its goods. - 10 years ago

Isidore Electronics Recycling Helps Give Electronics - and Inmates - a Fresh Start
Isidore Electronics Recycling Helps Give Electronics - and Inmates - a Fresh Start

Waste Not / In the final week leading up to the Sustainable Brands Innovation Open (SBIO) finals on June 5th, where the runner-up will be decided via live online public vote, we will feature daily articles introducing our semi-finalists. Today, meet Isidore Electronics Recycling.Los Angeles-based start-up Isidore Electronics Recycling has three distinct missions: - 10 years ago

FreshPaper: Saving the World from Spoiled Food
FreshPaper: Saving the World from Spoiled Food

Waste Not / In the final week leading up to the Sustainable Brands Innovation Open (SBIO) finals presented by Target on June 5th, where the runner-up will be decided via live online public vote, we will feature daily articles introducing our semi-finalists. Today, meet Fenugreen.Some of the best ideas are the simplest ones.Boston-based social enterprise Fenugreen is using its simple product, FreshPaper, to tackle a complex problem — global food waste. - 10 years ago

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LaborVoices Using Worker Feedback To Paint More Accurate Pictures of Supplier Practices
LaborVoices Using Worker Feedback To Paint More Accurate Pictures of Supplier Practices

Supply Chain / In the final week leading up to the Sustainable Brands Innovation Open (SBIO) finals on June 5th, where the runner-up will be decided via live online public vote, we will feature daily articles introducing our semi-finalists. Today, meet LaborVoices.As an AAAS Science Policy Fellow for the U.S State Department’s Office of International Labor and Corporate Social Responsibility office, Dr. Kohl Gill was inspired to found LaborVoices while on a trade and labor delegation to Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. - 10 years ago

Blue Box Cleaning Up Equipment, Bottom Lines for the Industrial Sector
Blue Box Cleaning Up Equipment, Bottom Lines for the Industrial Sector

Chemistry, Materials & Packaging / In the final week leading up to the Sustainable Brands Innovation Open (SBIO) finals presented by Target on June 5th, where the runner-up will be decided via live online public vote, we will feature daily articles introducing our semi-finalists. Today, meet Blue Box.Blue Box is positioning itself as an innovative method of cleaning industrial equipment with very little chemicals, at very low cost. - 10 years ago

Efficiency Exchange Leading 'Charge' To Improve Supply Chain Sustainability from the Ground Up
Efficiency Exchange Leading 'Charge' To Improve Supply Chain Sustainability from the Ground Up

Supply Chain / In the final week leading up to the Sustainable Brands Innovation Open (SBIO) finals on June 5th, where the runner-up will be decided via live online public vote, we will feature daily articles introducing our semi-finalists. Today, meet Efficiency Exchange. - 10 years ago

Refrigerant Revolution: EOS Climate Turning GHGs from Liabilities to Assets
Refrigerant Revolution: EOS Climate Turning GHGs from Liabilities to Assets

Chemistry, Materials & Packaging / Each week leading up to the Sustainable Brands Innovation Open (SBIO) finals on June 5th, where the runner-up will be decided via live online public vote, we will feature articles introducing our semi-finalists. This week, meet EOS Climate.Joe Madden, Todd English and Jeff Cohen met at graduate school in 2009, and created their company EOS Climate with the objective of tackling climate change by managing greenhouse gases with market-based approaches. - 10 years ago

The Amplification Project: Translating Policy Research Into Action
The Amplification Project: Translating Policy Research Into Action

Marketing and Comms / Each week leading up to the Sustainable Brands Innovation Open (SBIO) finals on June 5th, where the runner-up will be decided via live online public vote, we will feature articles introducing our semi-finalists. This week, meet The Amplification Project.“Advocacy is about persuasion, and connecting with the people that you’re trying to persuade,” says Richard Greenberg, founder of The Amplification Project, a socially and environmentally conscious company whose mission is to “translate policy research into action.” - 10 years ago

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Thread: Reducing Waste and Creating Jobs for Those Who Need It Most
Thread: Reducing Waste and Creating Jobs for Those Who Need It Most

Waste Not / Each week leading up to the Sustainable Brands Innovation Open (SBIO) finals on June 5th, where the runner-up will be decided via live online public vote, we will feature articles introducing our semi-finalists. This week, meet Thread. If you purchase a product from Thread, chances are that it started off as a plastic bottle in the slums of Haiti. - 10 years ago

SBIO Wants Your Help Choosing the Best New Talent Solving the World’s Biggest Problems
SBIO Wants Your Help Choosing the Best New Talent Solving the World’s Biggest Problems

Product, Service & Design Innovation / The Sustainable Brands Innovation Open (SBIO) is celebrating its 5th birthday with a new crop of highly innovative, socially and environmentally conscious entrepreneurs. SBIO presented by Target, would like your help in choosing the runner-up and winner of the People’s Choice Award on June 5th via a live online public vote.Since its inception, SBIO has aimed to identify startups with the most potential to make scalable and sustainable impacts. Past SBIO alumni have continued to flourish, including 2012 finalist Mosaic and 2011’s winner, One World Futbol. - 10 years ago

SBIO Semi-Finalist PrintEco Wants to Help You Save Time and Paper
SBIO Semi-Finalist PrintEco Wants to Help You Save Time and Paper

Waste Not / Each week leading up to the Sustainable Brands Innovation Open (SBIO) finals on June 5th, where the runner-up will be decided via live online public vote at SB '13, we will feature an article on one of our SBIO semi-finalists. This week, meet the SBIO Public Vote Semi-finalist winner, PrintEco. - 11 years ago