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 […]
By Katie O’Reilly You’ve heard of clean tech, but how about a clean buzz? While plenty of microbrewers, craft distillers and boutique wine-makers have in recent years made admirable strides toward greater environmental stewardship, Anheuser-Busch may well succeed in bringing the green-booze movement mainstream. Last month, the 165-year-old owner of brands including Budweiser, Corona and […]
It’s that time of year again to celebrate our lovely mothers, and that probably means you want to shower your mom with stuff. But this Sunday, why not gift her something that Mother Earth would also approve? 1. Local Flowers Flowers are practically the default present for Mother’s Day, but a “rose is not always […]
By Bentham Paulos What do you do when the population of your neighborhood drops 60 percent in 15 years? When over a quarter of the homes in your neighborhood are abandoned, burned out, or unlivable? When you are surrounded by vacant lots, filled with trash? If you are Will Bright, David Cross and Darrell West, […]
In a historic move, more than 40 UK companies have signed up to fight plastic pollution as part of the UK Plastics Pact, The Independent reported Wednesday. The pact, which officially launches today, is a groundbreaking alliance of companies, non-governmental organizations and governments working to transform packaging in the UK by 2025. “We need to […]
By Marlene Cimons How often do you swap out your old smartphone for a new one? Every two or three years? Every year? Today, phone companies make it easy with deals to trade in your old phone for the newest version. But those discarded phones are becoming a huge source of waste, with many components […]
The UK supermarket Iceland has announced it will remove palm oil from all its own brand products by the end of the year due to the belief there is no such thing as “sustainable” palm oil. Increasing demand for palm oil is still having devastating effects on wildlife, habitats and people where it is grown, […]
By John R. Platt April, goes the old saying, is the cruelest month, so perhaps it should be no surprise that one of the most anticipated books being published this month is about the infamous death-by-dentist of Cecil the lion. But that’s not all, and the rest isn’t necessarily cruel—April will also see the publication […]
The activist group Avaaz has launched a petition against the Canadian Belo Sun Mining Company’s Volta Grande gold mine in Brazil’s Amazon region, claiming that the company is close to getting the permits it needs for the controversial project, MINING.com reported March 30. The project has already been denied a construction license more than once […]
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