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eBay Launches Standard for Measuring Costs, Impacts of Online Transactions
eBay Launches Standard for Measuring Costs, Impacts of Online Transactions

New Metrics / eBay has released a new Digital Service Efficiency (DSE) dashboard to monitor and analyze the cost, performance and environmental impact of customer buy and sell transactions in an effort to balance and tune its technical infrastructure, according to a recent announcement. - 11 years ago

Dow Chemical Named Official Carbon Partner for 2014 Winter Olympics
Dow Chemical Named Official Carbon Partner for 2014 Winter Olympics

Materials & Packaging / The Dow Chemical Company has been selected to help the Olympic Organizing Committee reduce the carbon footprint of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, according to a recent announcement.The company says it will work with local companies and partners to mitigate the direct carbon footprint associated with Sochi 2014 through energy-efficient technologies and improved greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions performance in three key areas; upgrading building infrastructure, optimizing farming practices and enhancing industrial processes. - 11 years ago

UK Researchers Make Eggshells into Bioplastic
UK Researchers Make Eggshells into Bioplastic

Circular Economy / Researchers at the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom say they have discovered a way to make a new kind of decomposable and recyclable bioplastic from the thin wrappers found in eggshells. - 11 years ago

Mosaic: Making Solar Power Accessible for and by the People
Mosaic: Making Solar Power Accessible for and by the People

Innovation & Technology / To prepare for this year's Sustainable Brands Innovation Open (SBIO) competition, we're catching up with some of our favorite entrepreneurial ventures from competitions past ... - 11 years ago

Nestlé Commits To Fighting Obesity and Climate Change with New Goals
Nestlé Commits To Fighting Obesity and Climate Change with New Goals

Consumer Behavior Change / Nestlé has published a set of 30 social and environmental goals focused on countering the global nutrition crisis and environmental decline, to be achieved by or before 2020. - 11 years ago

Coca-Cola, Hershey Top CoreBrand 2012 BrandPower Rankings
Coca-Cola, Hershey Top CoreBrand 2012 BrandPower Rankings

Marketing & Communications / Consumer-facing companies made up more than half of the Top 100 BrandPower Rankings Report released this month by CoreBrand. - 11 years ago

Co-op, Nestlé, Sainsbury’s Using New Research to Inform Reduction in Supply Chain Footprints
Co-op, Nestlé, Sainsbury’s Using New Research to Inform Reduction in Supply Chain Footprints

Supply Chain / The Co-operative Group, Nestlé and Sainsbury’s say they will improve the sustainability performance of some of their products in response to research from the Product Sustainability Forum.The study, published by the Waste and Resources Action Program (WRAP), analyzed 50 grocery products with the biggest environmental impact and found that together they contribute between 21 and 33 percent of household greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Some of the products include such staples as bread, potatoes, bananas and milk. - 11 years ago

Boston Businesses Reduce Electricity Use by 7%
Boston Businesses Reduce Electricity Use by 7%

Innovation & Technology / Boston firms participating in the Challenge for Sustainability have lowered their collective electricity consumption by seven percent in three years, the program says. - 11 years ago

GM Plans To Cut Vehicle Weight Up to 15% by 2017
GM Plans To Cut Vehicle Weight Up to 15% by 2017

Innovation & Technology / General Motors hopes to save as much as 12 billion gallons of fuel over the life of the vehicles it builds between 2011 and 2017 through reducing vehicle weight by up to 15 percent and other fuel efficiency upgrades, the company’s CEO Dan Akerson said at last week’s HIS CERAWeek energy conference. - 11 years ago

KLM To Use Biofuels To Power Transatlantic Flights
KLM To Use Biofuels To Power Transatlantic Flights

Materials & Packaging / KLM Royal Dutch Airlines says it will begin operating weekly transatlantic flights between New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport and Amsterdam’s Schiphol using a biofuel mixture consisting of 25 percent cooking oil and 75 percent jet fuel. - 11 years ago

Dunkin’ Donuts To Source Sustainable Palm Oil
Dunkin’ Donuts To Source Sustainable Palm Oil

Supply Chain / Dunkin’ Donuts will set a target date to source all of its palm oil from sustainable sources or purchase offset certificated covering its sourced palm oil, according to a recent announcement by New York state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli. - 11 years ago

Whole Foods Aims For Full GMO Transparency by 2018
Whole Foods Aims For Full GMO Transparency by 2018

Marketing & Communications / Within the next five years, all products sold in Whole Foods stores in the U.S. and Canada will be labeled to indicate if they contain genetically modified organisms (GMOs), according to a recent announcement. - 11 years ago

Despite Climate-Related Damages, Insurers Lack Strategies
Despite Climate-Related Damages, Insurers Lack Strategies

Organizational Governance / Only one out of eight insurers said they have in-depth climate change strategies, according to a recent survey by investor advocacy group Ceres. - 11 years ago

Walgreens To Build First Net-Zero Energy Retail Store
Walgreens To Build First Net-Zero Energy Retail Store

Innovation & Technology / Walgreens says it will build the country’s first net-zero energy retail store, producing energy equal to or greater than it consumes.The project is the latest of several sustainability initiatives for the company, including two stores that have achieved LEED gold certification, 150 stores utilizing solar power and 400 locations with electric vehicle charging stations. - 11 years ago

One World Futbol: Saving Soccer in the Developing World
One World Futbol: Saving Soccer in the Developing World

Innovation & Technology / To prepare for this year's Sustainable Brands Innovation Open (SBIO) competition, we're catching up with some of our favorite entrepreneurial ventures from competitions past ... - 11 years ago

Investors Asserting Concerns About Climate Change and Energy, Report Says
Investors Asserting Concerns About Climate Change and Energy, Report Says

Finance & Investment / A record number of investors have filed shareholder resolutions on environmental and social issues as part of the Proxy Preview 2013 report released today. - 11 years ago

Walmart Meets 20% Emissions Reduction Goal a Year Early
Walmart Meets 20% Emissions Reduction Goal a Year Early

Consumer Behavior Change / Walmart announced it has achieved its objective of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in all facilities built before 2005 a year earlier than expected. - 11 years ago

AB InBev’s Environmental Efforts Generate $420 Million in Revenue
AB InBev’s Environmental Efforts Generate $420 Million in Revenue

Circular Economy / Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) announced it has met its three-year global environmental goals on water, energy, carbon emissions and recycling operations.The company reached its goal of reducing its water usage by nearly 20 percent, the equivalent of 25 billion cans of AB InBev products. Energy consumption decreased by 12 percent and carbon emissions were reduced by almost 16 percent in breweries and soft drink facilities worldwide. The company also increased its recycling rate to just over 99 percent for solid waste and by-products. - 11 years ago

Clariant’s EcoTain Label Marks Sustainable Product Life Cycles
Clariant’s EcoTain Label Marks Sustainable Product Life Cycles

Materials & Packaging / Clariant recently announced it will begin using a new label on its products to certify sustainable attributes in response to environmental concerns and growing consumer eco-awareness.The chemical giant says the so-called EcoTain label indicates a four-step life cycle: Sustainable Design, Responsible Process, Safe & Efficient Use and Eco-Integration. Only products meeting all four requirements will be awarded the EcoTain label.The company says EcoTain represents a systemic approach to sustainable innovation by providing a tangible means of understanding the ecological, economic and social impact of its products over the entire value chain. - 11 years ago

LEDs Help Rooms To Go Reduce Store Energy Use Up to 45%
LEDs Help Rooms To Go Reduce Store Energy Use Up to 45%

Innovation & Technology / Rooms To Go has converted 115 of its retail stores to LED lighting, reducing average energy use by 35 to 45 percent in each store, the furniture company recently announced. - 11 years ago