Sustainability & Corporate Social Responsibility

In Cancer-Linked Packaging Test, Whole Foods Ranks Worst

December 12, 2018

Whole Foods Market, hailed for its high standards for healthy food, ranked worst in a study of five major U.S. grocery chains for chemicals it uses in packaging.

Once-Profitable Holiday Trash Surge Could Now Bury Struggling Recyclers

December 10, 2018

Bloomberg

Americans generate 25 percent more trash during the holidays and, historically, that’s been a gift to the companies that sell it to recycling processors overseas.

How Used Vegetable Oil Could Power World Trade

December 5, 2018

Bloomberg

Waste vegetable oil is the latest in a list of fuel innovations from a transportation industry that’s under intense pressure to lower its carbon footprint.

TechWatch

Out With the Old: Ensuring the Proper Disposal of I.T. Assets

December 5, 2018

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Talk of technology almost always centers on the latest and greatest piece of hardware. But what about the stuff it’s replacing?

Lithium and Cobalt Costs Are Hindering Battery-Powered Car Sales

December 4, 2018

Bloomberg

High prices for lithium and cobalt will hinder sales growth in battery-powered vehicles the next few years, according to HSBC Holdings Plc.

A New Global Rulebook: Here’s What to Watch at UN Climate Talks

December 4, 2018

Bloomberg

Envoys from almost 200 countries convene this week in Katowice, Poland, for an annual conference on reining in global warming.

In Global Race to Clean Power, Low-Income Countries Charge Ahead

November 28, 2018

Bloomberg

Developing countries have added more clean power capacity than fossil fuel generation for the first time ever.

As Consumer Tastes Change, Farmers Scramble to Switch to Pastured Eggs

November 20, 2018

Bloomberg

The bar is rising for what’s considered a happy chicken, sparking the hottest trend in the market: the pasture-raised egg.

Fashion Turns to Mapping Technology to Clean Up Supply Chains

November 12, 2018

Bloomberg

No one dies for fashion in greater numbers than, it turns out, the trees. More than 150 million are cleared every year, shipped around the world, then pulped and processed into viscose.

A New Accelerator Model Tackles Fashion Industry Supply Chains

November 7, 2018

Forbes

Entrepreneur Shannon Lohr knows the uphill battle to break into the fashion industry — where supply chains are complex and often inaccessible to smaller brands.

Sustainability & Corporate Social Responsibility

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