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Developed to provide a blueprint for environmental action, LCAs often sow seeds of discord. What can be done to fix that?
by Karine Vann
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In the choice between one waste stream or another, the circular economy envisions secret option No. 3: a world in which decisions aren’t made through a convoluted calculus weighing the lesser of two evils.
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Meat companies have a unique consideration when it comes to packaging: managing plastics contaminated by organic, biological material.
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Ultra-cheap oil and COVID-19 are threatening companies' attempts to clean up their acts on plastic.
by Elsa Wenzel
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The company's sustainability goals, part of the Ambition 2030 campaign, include making its packaging 100 percent recyclable or reusable in the next 10 years.
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Getting empty containers back to TerraCycle for processing takes weeks, if not months, in the current online commerce model.
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In 2019, Keurig Dr Pepper launched its Drink Well. Do Good. corporate responsibility platform aimed, in part, at reducing its environmental footprint. One
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When Carol Tomé joined UPS as the company’s CEO on June 1, 2020, she put a stake in the ground around social justice and equity.
“We announced
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The year 2020 has been a reckoning of sorts for many people and companies across the globe. For Coca-Cola, the last five months have made the company
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From packaging to ecosystem rehabilitation, mycelium — the root structure of mushrooms — has a lot to offer.
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Applications in packaging and other products are beginning to gain momentum.
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Automation and artificial intelligence are being leveraged to both generate and evaluate ESG data. Is that a good thing?
by John Davies
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The potential of lab-grown and plant-based protein as a solution to climate change and world hunger has already generated a great deal of buzz.
by Holly Secon
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The circular economy has been limited by the lack of metrics to understand the current linear system, measure progress over time and contextualize circularity within global boundaries.
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The initial headline-grabbing pledges to phase out single use plastic may have become old news, but the new normal is seeing hundreds of companies quietly advance their plastic reduction strategies.
by James Murray
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All signs point to the next generation of commercial buildings becoming all-electric.
by Sarah Golden
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Startup Muuse is testing an alternative to disposable cups, hundreds of billions of which end up in landfills every year.
by Jim Giles
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With events such as the recurring California wildfires and mudslides, hurricanes Harvey and Maria and Typhoon Hagibis, which have had catastrophic human and economic costs, it is perhaps unsurprising that governments, regulators and investors have started to ask companies to disclose their climate risks, including physical risk.
by Lauren Smart
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Planting and protecting forests in remote areas of the world may be challenging. But another trend may help matters.
by Jim Giles
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The two brands are part of a ‘pioneer community’ that also includes Carlsberg and L’Oreal.
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Last-mile freight is a major contributor to local air pollution, often in disadvantaged communities. But there’s some good news amidst all this urban doom and gloom.
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More than 350 companies have made commitments to help reverse nature loss and restore vital natural systems on which economic activity depends.
by Joel Makower
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To become 'resource positive,' the coffee colossus seeks to shift toward circularity, including reusable packaging.
by Elsa Wenzel
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After decades of steering clear of specific climate commitments, the international maritime industry — responsible for 3 percent (and growing) of annual global greenhouse gas emissions — is navigating a new course.
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Plus, an interview with John Schulz, director of sustainability integration at AT&T, and outtakes from the State of Green Business webcast.