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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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The total private investment in companies that are building the clean economy has climbed over $400 billion since the end of 2009, and puts G-20 countries on track to invest $20 trillion in sustainability by 2020.
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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.
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GE wants to be a leader in providing the products that will help power the future. Its debut of a sleek EV charging station, a home energy management device and a $200 million innovation challenge are the latest vehicles in the company's campaign for smart grid development.
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The VP of Sustainability at the world's largest household and personal products company talks about Procter & Gamble's 9,000-member innovation team, how it impacts chemical giants like Dow and Dupont, and what it takes to get people to do their washing in cold water.
by Heather King
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New report predicts falling prices will drive demand for green consumer goods.<br />
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With more than 600 eco-certifications on the market around the world today, companies must choose with great care what green labels are right for them and their customers. We talked to five companies to learn how they make their decisions.
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The EPA has awarded funds to 11 companies working on everything from green buildings to nanotech, with the goal of helping the firms bring their technologies to market.