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The release this week of a new contract developed by the American Institute of Architects aims to help bring a collaborative effort to building construction and enable integrated design in buildings of all sizes.
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The head of the Environmental Center for Pediatric Oncology at Hackensack University Medical Center talks about how she developed and promotes her line of green cleaning products, the lessons all ecopreneurs can take from her story, and how her success is a system, not a secret.
by Anna Clark
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In a new scorecard released by the World Wildlife Fund, only one-sixth of companies surveyed show progress toward goals of ending the environmental and ecosystem impacts of conventional palm oil harvesting.
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Software and information services company Sustainable Minds has released a new life cycle assessment (LCA) program to help companies design greener products and understand the impacts of new and existing products. The Web-based software doesn't require any previous LCA training and provides sustainability information as users work on projects.<br />
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Nike's corporate responsibility agenda has evolved from one based on risk and reputation management to being a source of innovation, a change that has yielded not only new products, but a shift in the way Nike thinks about doing business, according to Hannah Jones, Nike's vice president of corporate responsibility.
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InterfaceFLOR's Thailand facility is the first manufacturing plant outside of North America to be certified to the sustainable carpet standard developed by NSF International.<br />
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Strong supplier partnerships, green design objectives, and sharing best practices with government, NGOs and peers have allowed Nike, HP and SC Johnson to weed out toxic materials from their products, according to a new report.
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The ambitious executive order signed by President Obama on Monday not only requires all departments of the federal government to set hard emissions-reductions targets, it will also have a huge impact on adoption of specific green building and green IT practices.
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A new report from ChemSec and Clean Production Action highlights the innovations driven by electronics manufacturers that have removed toxics like bromine and chlorine from high-tech gadgets.
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The founder of Interface shows how being a tree-hugging environmentalist and the head of a thriving, $1-billion a year carpet company don't need to be mutually exclusive
by Marc Gunther
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In this in-depth interview, Interface founder and CEO Ray Anderson explains what it takes to be a 'radical industrialist,' and how the very first green project his company undertook both paid for and paved the way for every project since.
by Marc Gunther
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It's clear our consumption-centered lifestyle has challenged our planet's ability to support us. Our economy doesn't need to be focused solely on spurring consumption. Here's a guide on how to design for a post-consumption economy.
by Eric Wilmot
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Finding a path to sustainable growth will require global collaboration and eco-innovation on an unprecedented scale. To accomplish this, we need to take a fresh look at a business practice called Design for Environment.
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Nanomaterials are an industrial revolution in a microcosm with the potential to yield extraordinary health, environmental and other global social benefits. But they're substantially unregulated, underassessed for their impact on health and the environment.<br />
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Newly-launched underwear company PACT infuses social and environmental values in its supply chain and sales, and throughout its development it's made some tough decisions over what materials to use and where to manufacture.
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From food recalls to product lifecycle analysis to looming regulation, attendees of the Food Industry Sustainability Summit this week got a top-level look at the obstacles that environmental issues that the industry is facing.
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The co-directors of Walmart's Sustainability Consortium, one key plank of the company's larger Sustainability Index, explain how the group will work -- and what companies get for the six-figure price of admission.
by Joel Makower
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With the release of its sixth annual "corporate consciousness" report, the green business leader sets its sights on auditing and greening its supply chain and moving its packaging to fully post-consumer recycled content.
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The Green Electronics council, the administrators of the three-year-old electronics certification program EPEAT, are expanding the certification to cover products in 40 countries around the world.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has proposed a new label to identify products made with renewable plant, animal, marine or forestry materials. The proposal is an outgrowth of the government's BioPreferred purchasing program.
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On the heels of a similar pledge from Nike, Timberland plans to take action to ensure that its leather supply chain is not contributing to the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest.
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Solar-powered vineyards, biodynamic farming, organically grown grapes and innovative packaging put several California wineries on the leading edge of sustainable wine production. Their remarkable results offer valuable lessons for green leaders in any industry.
by Anna Clark
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On the heels of a Greenpeace report calling out a number of big-name companies whose supply chains are connected to deforestation of the Amazon rainforest, Nike has developed a new policy to not source leather from cattle raised in the Amazon rainforest and will require suppliers to create leather tracing systems.
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A scientist pondering the growing problem of brewery waste in Europe has devised a way to tap into the power of beer: He and his partners designed a system to recycle spent grains and wastewater to produce energy that can fuel the beermaking process.
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Bamboo has spread into the world of consumer products as fast as it grows in the wild, but the higher demand opens the door for overharvesting, price fluctuations and quality issues. BooShoot Gardens is on a mission to ensure the world's supply of bamboo stays sustainable by cloning bamboo plants and even trying to get bamboo growing again in the U.S.