Electric vehicle sales took off in 2018, with a record two million units sold around the world, according to a new Deloitte analysis. What’s more, the accounting firm predicts that another 21 million electric cars will be on the road globally over the next decade due to growing market demand for clean transportation, government subsidies, […]
Sustainable Brands (SB) launched the first-ever tool designed to help mainstream brands move themselves towards sustainability Tuesday at the SB’18 conference in Vancouver running from June 4 to 7, according to an SB press release. The SB Brand Transformation RoadmapSM is designed for companies in all sectors and with various leadership styles and allows them […]
Martin Guitar, one of the world’s top acoustic guitar manufacturers based in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, has been run by the same family for six generations, since its founding in 1833. But its long business history hasn’t stopped C.F. Martin & Co from trying new things. On Monday, Martin Guitar was recognized by the Department of Energy […]
When politicians refuse to take action on climate change, they often use the economy as an excuse. President Donald Trump, for example, justified his decision to pull the U.S. out of the Paris agreement in economic terms. “The Paris Climate Accord is simply the latest example of Washington entering into an agreement that disadvantages the […]
In its continued efforts to “combat climate change and create a healthier environment,” Apple announced Monday that its global facilities are now powered with 100 percent clean energy. All of the tech giant’s retail stores, offices, data centers and co-located facilities in 43 countries use renewable energy sources, upping the ante from 93 percent two […]
By Zeke Hausfather Automated, unmanned drones are poised to revolutionize the package delivery industry, with a number of companies already testing drone-based delivery methods. A new study in Nature Communications looks at the climate impact of a shift from truck-based to drone-based package delivery. It finds that while small drones carrying packages weighing less than […]
Trump has dumped family farmers. That’s right, President Trump, who once claimed he’s “fighting for our farmers,” is passing policies that mostly benefit the big agribusiness corporations—not small farmers, and certainly not rural communities. Robert Reich, professor of public policy at the University of California at Berkeley, recently sat down with [see video above] Michael […]
More and more businesses are stepping up to reduce consumer waste. Iceland Foods, a major UK supermarket chain specializing in frozen food, announced on Tuesday that it will eliminate plastic packaging from its own brand of products by the end of 2023. In a separate announcement on Tuesday, McDonald’s said it will add recycling to […]
By Sylvain Charlebois There has been a lot of noise on cryptocurrencies and Bitcoin of late. While some suggest cryptocurrencies are a fraud, others believe them to be the next biggest economic revolution the world has seen since the internet. Bitcoin has brought to light blockchain technology, which offers great potential for food safety and […]
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