Colgate has launched a new line of toothpaste in a fully recyclable tube, a first for toothpaste, as The Guardian reported. Colgate’s Smile For Good brand, which is only available in Europe right now, has been certified by The Vegan Society and comes in a tube made from high-density polyethylene (HDPE), which is the same […]
Shareholders of one of Europe’s biggest banks are pushing for it to stop investing in fossil fuels, in the first shareholder action of its kind targeting a European bank. Eleven of Barclays institutional investors representing £130 billion in assets have filed a resolution to be voted on at the bank’s annual general meeting in May. […]
This is part one of a three-part interview series with Miyoko Schinner, CEO and Founder of plant dairy startup, Miyoko’s Kitchen. Food Tank sat down with Miyoko Schinner and her two rescue dogs, Koan and Kaiti, in the office of her company’s 30,000 square-foot facility in Petaluma, CA. The first thing she wants to tell […]
Pittsburgh-based grocery store chain Giant Eagle announced Tuesday that it will eliminate single-use plastics by 2025. It is the first retailer of its size in the U.S. to make such a commitment, Greenpeace USA senior communications specialist Perry Wheeler told EcoWatch in an email. “When my great-grandfather and the four other founders started Giant Eagle […]
A judge in New York’s Supreme Court sided with Exxon in a case that accused the fossil fuel giant of lying to investors about the true cost of the climate crisis. The judge did not absolve Exxon from its contribution to the climate crisis, but insisted that New York State failed to prove that the […]
By Carey Gillam Former Monsanto Chairman and CEO Hugh Grant will have to testify in person at a St. Louis-area trial set for January in litigation brought by a cancer-stricken woman who claims her disease was caused by exposure to the company’s Roundup herbicide and that Monsanto covered up the risks instead of warning consumers. […]
By Ashutosh Pandey H&M’s flagship store at the Sergels Torg square in Stockholm is back in business after a months-long refurbishment. But it’s not exactly business as usual here. In one corner of the store replete with plants and trees, H&M is offering some of its customers the possibility to rent rather than buy from […]
Nestlé cannot claim that its Ice Mountain bottled water brand is an essential public service, according to Michigan’s second highest court, which delivered a legal blow to the food and beverage giant in a unanimous decision. The three-judge panel that sits on Michigan’s Court of Appeals said bottled water is not a public water supply, […]
By Courtney Lindwall President Trump says fulfilling the country’s commitment to the Paris climate agreement would be bad news for the U.S. economy, but the growing tally of business leaders pledging to take action anyway suggests otherwise. These businesspeople understand that while climate action costs money, climate change costs far more. More than 2,200 businesses […]