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Frito-Lay North America, which has pursued greener manufacturing, transportation and packaging, is launching a major push to reformulate half its products in 2011 so that the snacks are made only with natural ingredients.
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Every aspect of the new Chevy Volt, from its conception to its execution, exemplifies disruptive innovation. Here's how the old-school automaker overcame internal and external challenges to create a truly game-changing technology.
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Now that Patagonia is close to offering recycling for all of its clothing, it's taking a new approach to bringing sustainability to apparel: Asking customers to wear less and repair more.
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Preserve collected 50 tons of waste polypropylene plastic this year though its Gimme 5 recycling program for plastic that it turns into new bath and home products.
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By making simple changes to the jeans finishing process, Levi's has been able to dramatically reduce the water needed to produce each pair of jeans.
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Small companies have the nimbleness to achieve radical innovations, but they lack scale. On the other end of the spectrum are large companies that have the scale, but they face the uncertainty of trying to do something that is working in a radically different way.
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Sustainability has become a key consideration for business, from an investment standpoint as well as hiring and attracting talent. Here are three ways to grow your revenue with new products and services by leveraging sustainability -- instead of targeting "eco-niches."
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PepsiCo hopes to start making Walkers packets from unused potato starch within 18 months as it ditches Sun Chips compostable bag.
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There is something both very silly and very serious about Walmart's use of recycled plastic in a new line of litter boxes and dog beds.
by Marc Gunther
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The head of the country's third-largest cell phone provider has taken green to heart, and is making the business case for green initiatives from energy efficiency to minimal packaging.
by Marc Gunther
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The partnership between the CEO of a $157 billion global industrial goods and financial services juggernaut and a much smaller online crowdsourcing firm highlights how innovation can be put to work at even the world's largest firms.
by Adam Aston
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A new book describes "the Mesh," a world where products are built to last, shared among both friends and strangers, made more affordable to all, support local communities, and are recycled back into more useful stuff. Best of all, it's a world that's already here, and is growing and thriving.
by Joel Makower
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The company's latest green initiative encourages sellers to reuse shipping boxes made of recycled materials as a way of promoting greener shipping methods.
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ULC Standards, part of the Underwriters Laboratories family of companies, has acquired the managers of Canada's EcoLogo program in a move that will expand both group's reach in the universe of green certifications.
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Diversey President & CEO Ed Lonergan talks about the Johnson family legacy of sustainability; innovations that save water, energy and labor; and how his team has reinvented his first summer job: waxing grocery store floors.
by Heather King
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Consuming smarter goes only so far. We also have to consume less of just about everything, and that bumps up squarely against the business imperative, which is to sell more of just about everything.
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by Marc Gunther
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As if there were really any doubt.
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Founded a decade ago, Method Products Inc. has been a game-changer in the consumer products industry. Drummond Lawson, the firm's director of greenskeeping, writes about Method's method for success and lessons learned about making green relevant to the mainstream
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In the mid-2000s, when interest in eco-friendly apparel was increasing and most greener brands sold for a premium, Anvil Knitwear saw something missing from the marketplace: A more affordable range of organic and recycled shirts that came in more than just earth tones.
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It makes sense -- and comes not a moment too soon -- that the companies that sell outdoor apparel and equipment have come up with common standards to measure the environmental impact of their products.
by Marc Gunther
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A new tool fashioned by makers of outdoor apparel to measure the environmental impact of products is easy to use and available to any company that wants to try it. Summer Rayne Oakes provides an inside look at the Eco Index and the thoughts of some of its creators.
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Skincare has become an industry where there are green products that underperform, and effective products full of secret -- and often toxic -- ingredients. But a small number of companies are working to change that.
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Creating new technologies, particularly with the developing world in mind, requires a focus on cost, operational simplicity and lifecycle issues as much as on resource scarcity.
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The 2011 Explorer's standard V6 engine will enjoy a 25 percent boost in fuel economy, while models outfitted with a four-cylinder EcoBoost engine will achieve a 30 percent improvement. This may potentially translate to corporate average fuel economy of roughly 18-20 miles per gallon in the city, and up to 26 mpg on the highway.
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A dress designed in collaboration between fashion and engineering students leads to a greener gown for (indoor) nuptials.