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Mike Hower

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Coca-Cola Joins with Sainsbury’s For 'Don't Waste. Create' Campaign

Coca-Cola Enterprises has partnered with Sainsbury's to launch a new sustainability program that aims to increase the reuse and recycling of plastic bottles during the summer.The beverage company says its Don't Waste. Create campaign is designed to e... View More

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Report Says Demand for Sustainably Sourced Foods on the Rise

Growing consumer awareness of the vulnerable state of the global environment and food supply, along with increased education about ecologically sound foods, will lead to a long-term increase in environmentally conscious eating, according to a new rep... View More

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Australian Startup to Close the Loop on CO2 Emissions

An Australian startup called Mineral Carbonation International (MCi) has received funding to establish a carbon dioxide mineral carbonation research pilot plant at the University of Newcastle (UoN) to trial a new technology that transforms captured c... View More

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Federal Government Rates Tesla Model S Safest Car of All Time

The Tesla Model S has received a five-star safety rating in every subcategory from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), making it part of the one percent of all vehicles tested by the federal government to achieve a perfect sco... View More

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Colorado Startup Taps Crowd Funding to Develop ‘Leakless’ Hose Washer

Colorado startup Seal Genie has launched a garden hose washer via crowd funding site IndieGoGo that minimizes leakage and could save over 10,000 gallons of water per household each year - enough to fill a standard swimming pool.The Seal Genie hose wa... View More

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Sustainability Innovations Could Generate $156 Billion for UK Firms

UK businesses could secure £100 billion pounds (nearly $156 billion USD) in annual productivity gains generated by innovations designed to address environmental and social challenges, according to a new report by Accenture, Business in the Community... View More

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Walmart, Gap Detail Bangladeshi Worker Safety Coalition Plan

Walmart, Gap and several other US retailers met this week in Chicago to implement their independent Bangladesh factory safety plan, which was developed after multiple factory accidents, most notably the Rana Plaza collapse in April that killed more t... View More

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AT&T, EDF Toolkit Could Save 28 Billion Gallons of Water in U.S. Commercial Buildings

U.S. commercial buildings can collectively save up to 28 billion gallons of water annually using a new suite of tools co-developed by AT&T and Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), the organizations claim.The Building Water Efficiency toolkit is the ... View More

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First Stewardship Travel Program in US Launches in CA Wine Country

San Luis Obispo's County Business Improvement District (SLO CBID) has commenced the country's first Stewardship Travel program to promote appreciation for place and culture, adventure, enjoyment and learning, while also providing clear opportunities ... View More

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Largest Vertical Farm in the US Becomes Zero Organic Waste Facility

Chicago land-based vertical farm FarmedHere, has launched a program to convert all of its organic waste into compost used to feed other urban farms across Chicago.Through a unique soil-free process that utilizes vertical farming technology, FarmedHer... View More

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Intrinsic Value Exchange: Using Market Forces to Help Heal the Planet

Our economy assigns values to just about everything except for the things that matter most. As far as the current economy is concerned, a tree holds value only if it is cut down, an animal only if it is slaughtered and a person only if they contribut... View More

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AT&T and the Nature Conservancy Team Up to Help Oregon Customers ‘Skip the Bag’

AT&T has partnered with The Nature Conservancy (TNC) to encourage AT&T customers to skip the bag when purchasing items from its retail stores in Oregon by donating 10 cents to the Nature Conservancy for each check out bag its customers choose... View More

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EPA Develops Pesticide Label to Protect Bee Populations

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released new pesticide labels that forbid the use of some neonicotinoid pesticide products where bees are present.The EPA says the new labels will have a bee advisory box and icon with information on rout... View More

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JTC Corporation Inaugurates ‘CleanTech One’ to Catalyze CleanTech Growth

JTC Corporation (JTC) recently opened Clean Tech One, a six-story, 400,000 square foot business park, laboratory and office space that gathers different companies and institutions engaged in green research and development under a single roof across C... View More

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Investment Group Ranks Sweden ‘Most Sustainable Country in the World’

Swiss investment group RobecoSAM has ranked Sweden the most sustainable country in the world in its recent ranking of 59 countries, which gauges a wide range of environmental and social governance issues like carbon emissions, social cohesion and civ... View More

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CH2M Hill Ranked Best Environmental Firm for 8th Year

CH2M Hill, a global consulting, design, construction and operations firm, was ranked the No. 1 U.S. environmental firm by the Engineering News-Record’s Top 200 Environmental Firms list.URS and Veolia Environment North America retained their 2012 sp... View More

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Google Reduces Carbon Footprint By 9%

Google has announced it emitted 1.5 million metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2012, a 9 percent decrease from the year before, according to the company’s latest carbon footprint data.The search giant says it used new reporting guidance from the Carb... View More

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New IBM Modeling Technology Increases Wind and Solar Power Reliability

IBM recently announced that it has developed an advanced power and weather modeling technology that will help utilities increase the reliability of renewable energy resources.The solution combines weather prediction and analytics to accurately foreca... View More

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Unilever Taps Crowdsourcing to Develop Eco-Friendly Shower

Unilever has announced that it will harness the potential of ‘crowdsourcing’ to develop the world’s first sustainable shower.The company is asking creative individuals all over the world to submit at eYeka.com their ideas and solutions for an e... View More

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Democratic Approach to Business Governance Key to Long-Term Innovation

The Foundation for Enterprise Development (FED) has published a paper that explores the roots of representative structures and argues that a democratic approach to business governance is crucial to long term innovation.Sustained Innovation through Sh... View More

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