10 Things Business Schools Must Teach About Sustainable Development
The World Environment Center recently brought together thought leaders from the business, academic and NGO communities to identify the critical skills needed by business leaders implementing sustainable development. Here are 10 ideas that emerged to help business schools integrate sustainable development into their teachings. Read More
Simple Steps to Greening Your Meetings
The conference and meeting industry in the U.S. generates huge amounts of waste and environmental impacts. Fortunately, there are a number of simple and cost-effective ways to make any meeting greener, starting today. Read More
Patagonia Adds Reduce, Repair, Reuse to Clothes Recycling
Now that Patagonia is close to offering recycling for all of its clothing, it's taking a new approach to bringing sustainability to apparel: Asking customers to wear less and repair more. Read More
Inside Unilever's Big, Broad, Bold Sustainability Plan
Unilever unveiled its 2020 sustainability plan yesterday, and no one can accuse the company of playing small ball. Unilever's Sustainable Living Plan will attempt to do something that will be incredibly hard to achieve: growing a company's sales without growing its environmental footprint. Read More
Herman Miller Designs Furniture for the Green Hospitals Movement
Herman Miller Inc. and its Nemschoff, Brandrud and Herman Miller Healthcare subsidiaries are introducing their latest green designs in hospital furnishings for patient, visitor and exam rooms. Read More
WHO Pins BPA Exposure on Food
The primary way humans are exposed to bisphenol A (BPA) is though food, said a panel convened by the World Health Organization (WHO), which also stated that any "public health measures" are premature. Read More
Unilever Sets 10-Year Goals to Cut Environmental Impacts in Half
On the heels of similar long-term targets set by rival Procter & Gamble, the consumer products company aims to double sales while cutting the water, waste and carbon impacts of its products -- and its customers' use of those products -- by 2020. Read More
Naked Juice Pours All Drinks Into 100% Recycled Bottles
Naked Juice is keeping good on its plan to convert all of its bottles to recycled content. Read More
London Mayor to Spray City Streets with Pollution Paste
In a bid to cut air pollution, the City of London began spraying a "dust suppressant" today that acts as an adhesive to paste particulate matter to the streets instead of re-circulating in the air. Read More
Wind, Solar Top Walmart Food Distribution Center
The newest Walmart Canada fresh and frozen food distribution center will be 60 percent more energy efficient that Walmart's other centers and will be topped by wind turbines and solar panels. Read More