Sustainability News
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Trending: Single-Use Plastics Continue to be Tossed – By Brands, Nations Imposing Bans
“World Oceans Day (June 8) prompted several new commitments, including an agreement between five of the G7 countries to reduce plastic waste in oceans. The Ocean Plastics Charter was endorsed…
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New Index Uses Data from Suppliers to Rate Brands and Retailers
What if rating brands and retailers, and not just suppliers, is the key to better supply chains? That is the goal behind a new index from Better Buying. The index…
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A Year After Trump’s Paris Pullout, U.S. Companies Are Driving a Renewables Boom
“For its next phase, Google wants to locate all of its clean-energy projects in the same grid regions as its data centers, even though that will mean prodding policymakers in…
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Activists point to ‘green’ sewer fixes to handle sewage, runoff
“Alcosan has awarded $18 million to back 61 green projects, and is now weighing its third round of grant applications. From Etna to Dormont, Homestead to the Hill District, the…
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Trucost’s New Evaluation Tool Will Help Companies Align Strategy with the SDGs
“Trucost says that the SDG Evaluation Tool will allow companies to determine which SDGs are most relevant to their business operations, supply chains and products, identify opportunities to create business…
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Unilever’s Sustainable Living Brands Delivered 70% of Turnover Growth in 2017
“Unilever has today revealed its fourth consecutive year of growth for its ‘sustainable living’ brands, which delivered 70 percent of its turnover growth and grew 46 percent faster (a slightly…
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EPA Said to Seek End of California’s Authority Over Auto Mileage
A draft Trump administration proposal to ease automobile efficiency standards is said to call for revoking California’s unique authority to set its own limits, a move that would set off…
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Parking Is Sexy Now. Thank Donald Shoup.
“The High Cost of Free Parking, Shoup’s 2005 book, is often called “revolutionary” for turning an otherwise dry academic topic into a high-stakes urban issue. In the 500-page follow-up, Parking…
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The Plastics Pact
“The New Plastics Economy aims to move away from the current ‘take, make, dispose’ plastics economy towards one based on circular economy principles. The vision for such a system is…
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Johnstown’s Comeback Could Get An Energy Boost From Sun
“Cashaw has worked on this with another resident, Tom Schuster. They’re calling it “Re-energize Johnstown,” part of a broader effort to reinvent the community as industry jobs wane. . ….