Circular Economy

A new line of paint from Dulux, using technology and practices developed over a three-year research period, has half the carbon and water footprint of previous paints, with 40 percent less waste and more recycled content in packaging.   Read More

Nike has brought its footprint for greenhouse gas emissions back to 2007 levels and reports progress in other climate and energy areas, but has revisited its carbon neutrality goals and no longer purchases carbon offsets, the firm says in its latest corporate responsibility report.   Read More

Seven PepsiCo manufacturing facilities in the United Kingdom, including the firm's largest factory in the country, have gone zero waste and no longer send rubbish to landfill, the company announced last week. Read More

The Golden State Warriors and The Solar Company are cutting the ribbon today on a solar installation at the basketball team's practice facility — the first in the NBA to be powered with renewable energy. Read More

Method's newest laundry detergent is four times more concentrated than the 2x-concentrated detergents that have become the norm on store shelves, providing great reductions in materials, energy and carbon emissions.   Read More

While flatpacking has become one of the major green moves of the furniture industry, Way Basics is changing the material that goes into furniture with its recycled paper zBoards.   Read More

RC2 Corp. has agreed to pay a $1.25 million civil penalty for importing and selling 1.7 million Thomas & Friends wooden toys that violated U.S. lead limits. Read More

As we view the whatever-it's-called decade in the rearview mirror, it's tempting to assess what's transpired since the good old days of Y2K to see how far we've come — and how far we haven't. Read More

While I do not think that we can design our way out of our current problems of climate change, innovation comes in many forms, including the political and cultural. Let's hope for good news from Copenhagen, while we celebrate the design and business achievements of companies like Envirofit, which has made a highly-efficient stove to replace traditional indoor cookstoves in India.   Read More

The Sustainable Packaging Indicators and Metrics Framework Version 1.0 is the outcome of an 18-month project that the Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) undertook to develop a set of common indicators and metrics to help companies measure progress against the criteria articulated in the SPC Definition of Sustainable Packaging. Read More