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May 10 2008
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When you cook, you create garbage. Now an association in Rwanda has found a way to use garbage for cooking. "At first, it was a bit hard to convince people to pay us for collecting their garbage, but as soon as they saw that it kept the neighbor
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A surge in public bicycle rental programs is giving cycling a shot in the arm in a growing number of cities around the world. Copenhagen, Berlin, and other municipalities in Europe have offered public bikes for several years, but Paris took the conce
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The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) today announced the winners of the Readers’ Choice Awards for sustainability reporting at the Amsterdam Global Conference on Sustainability and Transparency. The winning reports, as selected by readers in e
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The EU's farm policy chief has strongly defended Brussels' bid to boost the use of the controversial renewable energy source, biofuels, saying they are being unfairly blamed for rise in food prices around the world.
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Decades after most countries stopped spraying DDT, frozen stores of the insecticide are now trickling out of melting Antarctic glaciers. The change means Adélie penguins have recently been exposed to the chemical, according to a new study.
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Nearly half the British public have vowed to fly less in the coming year to help the environment, according to a new survey that will alarm airlines struggling with record fuel prices and the fallout from the credit crunch.
An exclusive po
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European and Japanese investors have bought slightly more than half of London-based Climate Change Capital for 56 million pounds ($110.1 million), the specialist investor and consulting firm said on Tuesday.
Climate Change Capital (CCC) ma
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In an unprecedented step, a majority of Rockefeller Family members -- the oldest continuous shareholders in Exxon Mobil Corporation -- publicly called on other shareholders to join them in supporting a shareholder resolution to require an independent
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Competitiveness challenges associated with the shift towards a low-carbon economy are real but manageable, according to environment ministers from the 30 member countries of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), who debate
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The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority has released its Annual Report 2007. The ASA says it dealt with record numbers of complaints about environmental claims as advertisers increasingly sought to promote their ‘green’ credentials
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The momentum continues to build as Sustainable Brands '08, the only event that addresses how to leverage all aspects of sustainability as a driver of brand value, reaches 70% capacity. Scores of top tier brands have signed on to share best pra
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Polar bears may have it relatively easy. It's the tropical creatures that could really struggle if the climate warms even a few degrees in places that are already hot, scientists reported on Monday. That doesn't mean polar bears and other
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In “The U.S. Marketplace for Sustainable Seafood: Are We Hooked Yet?”, the Seafood Choices Alliance finds that all sectors of the U.S. seafood supply chain have included and recognize the need for sustainable seafood in their operations.<
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The UK milk industry and government have unveiled plans to increase the use of recycled materials in packaging, develop cleaner ways to handle waste and reduce the milk industry’s overall impact on the environment. The Milk Roadmap was drawn
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"The Bali climate talks have failed to deliver the tangible results so many craved. However, even the weariest pessimist would have to acknowledge the significant step that the Bali talks made, demonstrated by the agreement to hold global negoti
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Last fall, I used the term “greenwashing” in a panel discussion with business leaders in Austin, Texas. Though this is a phrase my business partner and I have been using since the early ’90s, some of these well-educated, high-profile people in the audience chuckled as if this was the first time they’d heard the term. As much as I wanted to say I’d invented the word, I explained that greenwashing is a term that des
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The venture capital arm of sustainable banking specialists, Triodos, have invested in a business providing companies with a user friendly tool to develop comprehensive information about their entire supply chain. Historic Futures supports the development of fair trade and organic businesses by providing an online tracking system to back up their ethical claims, as well as encouraging mainstream brands to make their supply chains more transparent.
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You’ve heard it all before*. Someone reviews a corporate social responsibility report and complains that there are too many pictures of rainbows and smiling children. There’s not enough hard data. It’s clearly a marketing piece.
On the other hand, overly-analytical reports are described as “dense” and can be overwhelming to anyone but the report writer. You hear things like, I’m not a financial analy
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