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From cotton to linen to hemp to kenaf, there are plenty of potential replacements for wood-based papers, if we can just overcome the obstacles to wider adoption.
by Tom Pollock
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BSR and the Danish Fashion Institute are kicking off a "Nice Consumer" initiative this month that will help define what the fashion industry could look like and how we can get there.
by Cody Sisco
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The coalition's creative collaboration model is tacking the biggest problems in corporate sustainability, and in the process developing a way to create truly sustainable consumer goods.
by Will Pekel
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Chuck Bennett, the VP for Earth and Community Care at Aveda talks about the origin of his job title, the company's commitment to Cradle to Cradle design, their synergistic relationship with parent company Estee Lauder, and more.
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The two-year-old beverage industry race to bring 100 percent plant-based -- and recyclable -- bottles to market continues with Coca-Cola's announcement today that it has launched three strategic partnerships to bring next-gen Plantbottles to market.
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Sourcemap, the crowdsourced archive of supply chain information, is readying for a big 2012 with new product and service offerings geared toward large firms with complex supply chains.
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After more than two decades of talking about sustainable consumption -- and in spite of advances in resource efficiencies and renewable energy -- we are not all that much closer to consuming sustainably.
by Kumar Venkat
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The design software giant introduces a suite of tools that marry cloud computing and on-premise solutions to provide insight into products and building projects from their inception to end of life.
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Autodesk is on a mission to dispel any doubts about the power and possibilities that cloud computing brings to sustainable design. The technology and its impacts on design are Topic A at company's user conference in Las Vegas.
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At last week's auto show, car makers from around the globe -- from Tokyo, Detroit, Bavaria and beyond -- brought high-end electric and hybrid vehicles to show off the fact that green is not just mainstream, it's top-of-the-line.
by Adam Happel
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The outdoor retailer used a full-page ad in the New York Times this last weekend to offer a few wise words about sustainable consumption.
by Marc Gunther
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The fifth annual report from the group that administers the green electronics certification finds global growth expanding rapidly, leading to 9 million megawatt-hours of energy savings and 16 million metric tons of materials savings in 2010 alone.
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It's a well established fact that big companies, especially those dominant in their categories, have a hard time innovating. Is there a way to overcome the status quo on behalf of sustainability?
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The head of sustainability at one of the world's most innovative companies kicked of the 2011 Innovation Forum with a look at how Nike tackles innovation, how its helping other companies get up to speed, and the challenges on the road ahead.
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The first-ever chief sustainability officer at the beverage giant discusses what it's like to be the first to hold the CSO role at Coke, why the company is excited about the PlantBottle, and the importance of listening to feedback from customers.
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Despite increasing clutter among green labels and products, and an ever-more-worrisome economy, sales of Fair Trade-certified products nearly doubled over last year. What does that say about green consumers?
by Marc Gunther
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Method is trying to deliver an anti-pollution message with a new recycled bottle that contains plastic trash from the sea, but can the new "ocean bottle" also deliver a profit?<br />
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Method, the company that used green chemistry to turn age-old concepts for making and marketing soap on their head, has come up with another innovation that explodes a long-held idea -- that the trash trapped in the North Pacific Gyre is unredeemable.
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The world's second largest sports brand has been working on a cross-industry partnership to phase out hazardous chemicals in its supply chain, in response to a challenge from Greenpeace.
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The vice president's talk at the National Clean Energy Summit, a sub-$15 LED bulb, and creating fuel from sewage are among the items on our radar this morning.
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Companies competing to outdo their rivals on sustainability has innumerable benefits for the economy and the environment, but rapid innovation can pose a number of challenges to their suppliers -- and here's how you can be prepared.
by Rick Gallisa
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An interview with Bonnie Nixon, the consortium's new executive director, on what the group is doing and where it's headed.
by Joel Makower
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The clothing giant is following Nike's lead in the wake of a Greenpeace campaign around the clothing industry's use of harmful chemicals.
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The next phase of the aniticpated Eco Index Apparel Tool begins next month with pilot testing, laying the groundwork for apparel and designers to make more sustainable sourcing choices.
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The auto industry is in upheaval now trying to radically reinvent our products to meet tough new fuel efficiency standards. But some of the lessons the industry has learned can be applied to any company thinking about sustainability.
by John Viera