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Why Kimberly-Clark is banking on bamboo
If the company's partnership with a tiny biotech upstart delivers on its promises, it could start sourcing and processing the material at commercial scale in the southeastern U.S. Read More
Target, Delphi roadtest new sustainability SWOT analysis
WRI's new Sustainability SWOT analysis reframes the traditional strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats analysis to focus on environmental challenges. Read More
What ants, termites and bees can teach us about traffic control
Bees, fish and birds can move in concert. So can cars, if we let nature guide our technology. Read More
How IKEA plans to take its buildings energy-neutral
The company says the plan will make it "energy independent" by 2020. Complete neutrality, though, depends on how you calculate the furniture giant’s total footprint. Read More
Industry, government team up for conflict-free mineral markets
Motorola, Nokia and others are partnering with international institutions to bring transparency, certification and income to Congolese mining communities in order to establish a market for these goods. Read More
KFC chickens out on unsustainable packaging
The company's U.K. arm revises policy to exclude suppliers using wood from protected forests. Read More
Small startup brings big data tools to the smart grid
AutoGrid Systems is the newest startup to tackle the big (and unstructured) data smart grid challenge. Read More
Why Dell and Steelcase are using mushrooms and agricultural waste
The companies join Sealed Air in eschewing plastics and embracing Evocative Design's renewable packaging instead. Read More
How collaboration can lead to better decisions on safer chemical alternatives
How competitors like Dow and BASF, HP and Dell, along with suppliers, universities and NGOs are working together to produce greener chemistry. Here's what they learned. Read More
3 ways for companies to protect water resources and save money
Recent reports find that not enough businesses are taking steps to conserve and mitigate risk. Learn from Cisco, Autodesk and new research on what to do to save water and improve financial performance. Read More