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Now that the Earth Day backlog has been cleared, we face a flood of interesting news from the world of sustainable business.
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A new ranking, developed by AT&T in partnership with BSR and industry stakeholders, aims to give shoppers easy access to more environmental and social aspects of mobile phones.
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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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As the world of manufacturing gets increasingly more high-tech, there are a growing number of tools that can help companies focus on reducing energy and materials use at every stage from concept to production.
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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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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 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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The wireless carrier has set a series of ambitious goals regarding its own end-of-life electronics, as well as those it sells to individuals, and is taking a lifecycle approach to the e-waste challenge that could shift the entire industry.
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The project to collect booms from the Gulf of Mexico and recycle them into parts for the Chevy Volt has far exceeded its original goals, with more then 212,000 pounds of waste diverted from landfill.
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The Coca-Cola Company today announced a partnership that will license the beverage giant's plant-based packaging to Heinz for use in its ketchup packaging.
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In a ranking of 596 cell phones' environmental impacts -- and the social impacts of their manufacturers -- several firms stand out, while BlackBerrys take all of the last place scores.
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The laptop earned the Sustainable Product Certification from Underwriters Labs for its energy efficiency, reduction in toxic chemicals, and use of recycled materials in its design.
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Lorrie Vogel, the head of Nike Considered, talked about the company's closed-loop ethos, why sustainability has to start from within, and how the company turned 13 million plastic bottles into World Cup jerseys.
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On the eve of the opening of the massive CES trade show, the industry association has published its second sustainability report, highlighting successes industry leaders have made across electronics' lifecycle.
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Good news and bad, serious innovations and 'news of the weird,' these are the stories that caught the most attention in the past year.
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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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As if there were really any doubt.
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Rimutaka prison in New Zealand is using recycled shipping containers to house prisoners as a way to cut costs and accomodate a growing prison population.
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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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Although cleantech and cleantech funding have largely focused on renewable energy technologies, a set of awards handed out this month to startups focusing on water efficiency highlights even further how water is becoming the next carbon.
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Despite well established practices and technologies on the market, most firms are unaware of the business benefits of desiging electronics with environmental performance in mind. An upcoming webcast aims to change that.
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In a lightning-paced presentation, serial innovator Saul Griffith laid out the human and global scope of the climate crisis, as well as where solutions will -- and won't -- come from.
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Apple's long, long, long-awaited new tablet computer has finally been released to the wild, and while the iPad is a pretty nifty looking machine, it's unlikely to be a game-changer for the planet.
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Marking a shift in tactics after 20 years of certifying individual products or services, the nonprofit green certification group has launched a new project that will measure and seek to improve the impact of a company's entire operations.