Sustainability & Corporate Social Responsibility

New Zealand Farm Cuts Water and Energy Consumption With IoT

August 11, 2017

New Zealand agriculture technology company WaterForce is providing an Internet of Things-based water-management and irrigation system for New Zealand farms using sensor technology and software from Schneider Electric, built on a Microsoft Azure and Azure IoT technology platform. The technology, adopted this year by BlackHills Farm, has reduced water consumption by 30 percent, according to Schneider Electric.

Boeing Copies Flying Geese to Save Fuel

August 11, 2017

Bloomberg

Boeing Co. and NASA have found an inexpensive way to cut airline fuel bills by borrowing a trick from the world's greatest long-distance aviators: migratory birds.

PepsiCo Faces Activist Outrage, Plus Threats of More to Come

August 10, 2017

Enviromental Leader

PepsiCo is being blasted by an environmental activist group - and threatened with further campaigns against it - following the beverage giant's release of its Palm Oil Action Plan Progress Report last week.

Volkswagen Executive Pleads Guilty in Emissions Scandal

August 10, 2017

Los Angeles Times

A German Volkswagen executive has pleaded guilty to conspiracy and fraud charges in Detroit in a scheme to cheat on emission tests of nearly 600,000 diesel vehicles.

Wal-Mart Puts Chemicals in Spotlight by Joining New Program

August 9, 2017

Bloomberg

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has joined a new program that rates companies on their use of chemicals, a move that puts fresh pressure on the consumer-products industry to police its ingredients.

Hitting Paris Accord Goals Requires Urgent Business Support, Researchers Warn

August 8, 2017

Environmental Leader

There's a 5-percent chance of reaching the goals set by the Paris agreement - or keeping temperature increases to no more than 2 degrees Celsius by mid century - according to new research published in Nature Climate Change.

New Wave Energy System Could Propel Ships

August 7, 2017

Maritime Executive

Wave energy technology is ready to pair with solar and wind power to create zero emission ships, according to ZShips International.

Bees Are Bouncing Back From Colony Collapse Disorder

August 7, 2017

Bloomberg

The number of U.S. honeybees, a critical component to agricultural production, rose in 2017 from a year earlier, and deaths of the insects attributed to a mysterious malady that's affected hives in North America and Europe declined, according a U.S. Department of Agriculture honeybee health survey.

Apple's Forests Can Now Produce the Paper Used in All Packaging

August 4, 2017

Environmental Leader

Apple says that 320,000 acres of working forest in China have been certified by the Forest Stewardship Council and that the company is now protecting and creating enough sustainable working forest to cover the paper use in its packaging for all products.

In Pivotal Moment, Tesla Unveils Its First Mass-Market Sedan

August 4, 2017

The New York Times

After a meteoric rise that made it, at least briefly, the most valuable car company in America, Tesla arrived at a moment of truth last week as it delivered the first of its mass-market sedans to their new owners.

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