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Applying these principles can lend more authenticity to sustainability decisions and strengthen understanding among key audiences.
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Companies that ignore water issues in communities do so at their peril, according to Lori Llewellyn, CDP managing director.
by Elsa Wenzel
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Don't let criminals steal the possibility of a U.S. carbon market, urges Enviance CEO Lawrence Goldenhersh. Price-distorting fraud is preventable, he argues, and companies should back cap and trade.
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Why organizations need both the ability and the desire to systematically implement pollution prevention and energy efficiency opportunities into business operations.
by Cam Metcalf
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The wife of Bill Niman, the name that launched a revolution in human cattle farming, is a vegetarian. But she's quick to say that eating meat is not a sin, although the meat that most Americans eat is a travesty.
by Marc Gunther
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Renewed pressure on Apple over pollution shows that green activists in the developing world could transform attitudes to supply chain management in the IT industry.
by Erica Gies
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The retail giants are signing on to NRDC's Clean By Design program to put 10 low-cost practices to work on cutting water, energy and chemical use in textile dyeing and finishing.
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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.
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A new, unpublished report from the United Nations calculates the actual cost of pollution from business operations as part of a long-term plan to make companies accountable for their environmental impacts.
by Tom Young
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The landmark memorandum of understanding identified a variety of projects that can help the dairy industry achieve those greenhouse gas reduction goals and increase its financial and environmental sustainability.
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The addition of three new retailers last week brought the total of signatories aiming to reducing mining's environmental and social impact to 60, with more than $1.3 billion in U.S. jewelry sales represented by companies involved.
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One session at this year's Business for Social Responsibility conference focused on how sustainability initiatives are taking root in China; the head of BSR's China operations sat down for an interview to explain how the country is succeeding -- and falling short -- on CSR activities.
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... albeit in totally different ways. New reports highlight how one company is using moss as a pool cleaner and another has made weed eaters and leaf blowers significantly greener.
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The pharmaceutical industry has spent countless millions implementing comprehensive environmental and health safety programs, but the problems it may face in dealing with their products' end of life is just around the corner.
by Neal McGrath
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When customers turn a pair of Gaps’ just released 1969 Premium Jeans inside out, they’ll find a label emblazoned with the message: “The water used in the process of washing & dyeing these jeans has been specially treated to ensure it is safe & clean when it leaves the factory.”
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There probably are lots of senior execs who've been comforted when their chief scientist has told them that since 'the dose makes the poison,' they shouldn't sweat some new study about a chemical found in small amounts in their products. This maxim is somewhat misleading; taking it at face value may be toxic to your company's reputation.
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Among the innovations recognized in the 14th annual Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards were a new type of vegetable oil-based paints from Procter & Gamble, a method to make gasoline or jet fuel from sugars, and other environmentally friendly processes.
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A week before a recessionary Christmas, a new report urges companies to move beyond simply greening their products and services to making it a core of their operations. It's a tall order -- and is it one that companies are ready to hear?
by Joel Makower
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Unlikely as it may seem, the obstacles, benefits and opportunities encountered in the greening of the funeral home business offers take-aways applicable to making change happen in any industry.
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One year after the introduction of the WEEE regulations covering electronic waste disposal in the U.K., a survey by NetRegs has found that many smaller businesses here are still unaware of the legislation.
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Look past climate treaties, clean-water laws, and environmental regulators. The real way to clean up the planet is through nimble entrepreneurs.
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Fifty-nine manufacturers in Washington are participating in a new program that provides free technical assistance aimed at reducing the amount of hazardous waste and waste water they produce.