Circular Economy

More and more cars are breaking this threshold. Why has it become such a sacred goal, and what's the impact on the environment? Read More

Can companies and society innovate ways to reduce plastic waste? A diverse group last month in Rio set out to find out. Read More

Take a look inside how a two-year-old startup got two of America's largest retailers to put its products on the shelves. Read More

Natural ecosystems can meet the infrastructure demands of the 21st century in ways that benefit both the environment and the bottom line. Read More

Frustrated by slow uptake of digital billing, the telecom giant has just launched a reusable envelope for paper bills, a move that will save 400 tons of paper and more than 10 million gallons of water per year. Read More

The consumer goods manufacturer says it has achieved a 21% improvement in lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions per dose since 2007, beating its goal for 2020 Read More

Companies like Levi Strauss, Nike, Kraft Foods and Cannon are taking LCA out of the sustainability silos and into the design rooms by using LCA tools to make daily design decisions. Read More

Intel soundly beat its greenhouse-gas emissions goals, but missed several other targets: It consumes more water and creates more chemical waste than previously, instead of less. Are its new goals more realistic? Read More

Green chemistry has become a well known set of tools to design lower-impact products, but sustainable chemistry is one of the key building blocks of the innovations we need for long-term sustainability solutions. Read More

Organic waste makes up approximately 30 percent of the annual U.S. waste, so cutting it is key to meeting waste-diversion or zero-landfill goals. Here's what you need to know to succeed. Read More