Students Give Kimberly-Clark a Lesson in Design Thinking
Last fall, Kimberly-Clark Health Care turned to students at the Rhode Island School of Design for inspiration and ideas about a second life for Kimguard, the most widely used sterilization material on the market. Read More
SunPower Turns to Gamification to Engage with Customers
Companies worried about engaging customers may learn a thing or two from SunPower, whose new online contest has boosted its Facebook community by nearly 70 percent. Read More
First Take: BPA Strikes Again, Has VW Turned to the Dark Side?
The latest BPA study finds it causes male deer mice to act like females; Greenpeace accuses VW of turning to the Dark Side because of its environmental and lobbying record; and GM pledges to find a way to achieve 56.2 mpg. Read More
10 Perspectives on the Future of Water
In a fast-moving virtual conference Tuesday, 60 water experts shared their thoughts on the past, present and future of this growing challenge. Here are 10 memorable quotes that caught our attention from the program. Read More
Kraft's Recipe for Greener Mac-n-Cheese and Oreos
Kraft plans to manufacture its famous foods using less water, energy and packaging, the company announced last week. Its European coffee brands have also committed to 100 percent sustainably sourced coffee by 2015. Read More
Nike's Sustainability Report Takes Top Ceres-ACCA Award
Nike won for Best Sustainability Report today in the Ceres-ACCA North American Awards for Sustainability Reporting, followed by first runner-up American Electric Power. Anvil Knitwear and SAP rounded out the honors. Read More
Toyota, Northern Trust Bank Dish Up Sodexo's Meatless Monday Program
Toyota, Northern Trust Bank and the U.S. Department of Interior are among the orgnizations that have jumped on the Meatless Monday bandwagon, Sodexo said this week. The company now offers the Meatless Monday program to more than 2,000 of its clients following a successful pilot program at more than 900 hospitals across the U.S. Read More
US Foodservice to Power SC Fleet with Waste Cooking Oil
US Foodservice acquired Bluffton, S.C.-based WVO Industries with an eye on turning the waste vegetable oil used in its customers' deep fryers into biodiesel to power its fleet. Read More
GlaxoSmithKline Outlines Vision for Carbon Neutral 2050
A carbon footprint analysis of its value chain revealed that 40 percent of its overall emissions can be found in its supply chain, while another 40 percent are produced by customer use of its inhalers. Read More
Walmart Zero Waste Program a Boon for Texas Recycler
Walmart needed to find a home for its food waste that didn't involve a landfill. No such infrastructure existed so Walmart built one, with the help of Quest Recycling Services from Frisco, Texas. Read More