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Nestle Easter Eggs’ 100% Recyclable Packaging Saves 726 Tons of Plastic Waste

March 20, 2012March 20, 2012 by Leon Walker

Nestle UK & Ireland has converted to 100 percent recyclable packaging on its Easter egg confectioneries by replacing rigid plastic with cardboard. The move is expected to save an estimated 726 tons of plastic waste going to landfill per year, based on a comparison of the weight of plastic used ... Read more »

Lego Invests $539m in Wind Farm; Mars Opens 4.4 Acre Solar Garden

February 27, 2012February 27, 2012 by Leon Walker

The Lego parent company Kirkbi A/S is investing about $539 million for a 32 percent stake in a wind farm project off the German coast, as it aims for a goal of 100 percent renewable energy by 2020. Dong Energy will build Borkum Riffgrund 1, a 277 MW wind farm ... Read more »

Theo Chocolate and Sustainable Agriculture

February 17, 2012February 17, 2012 by Paul Nastu

Joseph Whinney, founder of Theo Chocolate, discusses product excellence, supporting sustainable agriculture and improving the lives of farmers and their families.

Shipping Crates Recycled into Commercial Hardwood Flooring

October 14, 2011October 14, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

Viridian Wood has debuted two FSC-certified exotic hardwood flooring products that are 100 percent reclaimed from shipping pallets and crates. The commercial-grade products are called Jakarta Market Blend and Fishtail Oak. Jakarta Market Blend is a varied mix of dense hardwoods from the tropical lowlands of Asia, and comes in four different finishes—Dark Sort, ... Read more »

Compliance & Standards Briefing: GHS Tools, 10,000th LEED, RoHS 2

September 6, 2011July 3, 2017 by Environmental Leader

3E Company has release a suite of new software and online data management tools to help companies comply with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) alignment of its HazComm Standard with the United Nations’ Globally Harmonized System of classification and labeling of chemicals, the company said. The new OSHA standards ... Read more »

The Myth of LCA Cost and Complexity

August 8, 2011 by Sara Pax

Lifecycle analysis – the practice of measuring the environmental impacts of a product from its raw materials, through transport and processing, to consumption and disposal – is become an increasingly accepted practice in the FMCG industry. Lifecycle analyses (LCA) can seem pretty complicated and even scary-looking. The ROI on LCA ... Read more »

Solar Briefing: Hershey, Arizona Western, McCormick

June 9, 2011June 9, 2011 by Leon Walker

Arizona Western College (AWC) in Yuma, Ariz., is the site of a 5 MW solar project expected to meet 100 percent of the college’s daytime electrical demand. The project comprises five one-megawatt sites across the campus. The utility-scale project has an estimated cost of more than $25 million but will ... Read more »

Green Interiors Focus of Latest Issue of EL Insights

March 9, 2011March 9, 2011 by Paul Nastu

The air in offices, stores and hotels can be two to five times more polluted, and in some cases 100 times more polluted, than air outdoors. Improvements to indoor environments can cut down on employee sick days and create a more amenable environment for customers or clients. Beyond immediate health ... Read more »

Fair Trade Growing Fastest in Mainstream Supermarkets

March 8, 2011March 17, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

Fair Trade product sales are growing faster at mainstream supermarkets than at specialty and natural grocery stores, according to third-party certifier Fair Trade USA. Sales of Fair Trade Certified products grew 24 percent overall during 2010, breaking down as 26 percent growth in mainstream channels, 22 percent at specialty grocers ... Read more »

Survey: Brands’ Ethical Claims ‘A Con’

January 26, 2011January 26, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

Most consumers don’t realize that multinational companies own many of the brands with reputations for ethics and sustainability, according to a survey to be published this week – and many are unhappy when they find out. The survey by British consumer advocacy group Which? found that 74 percent of those ... Read more »

What Nutrition Science Can Teach Us about Climate Response

October 7, 2010October 12, 2010 by Wood Turner

Famously, Michael Pollan has offered the mantra that the key to our nutritional, agricultural, and environmental quandaries may be as fundamental as eating less while spending more on the food we do consume. It’s a useful rule of thumb that fits nicely into the need for most of us to ... Read more »

LEED Roundup: Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Courtyard by Marriott, Office Depot, Mars

October 1, 2010October 1, 2010 by Gina Roos

Here’s the latest roundup of some of the most recent businesses and office buildings that have earned the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification. These include Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Courtyard by Marriot, Office Depot, and Mars. Here are highlights for each LEED certification project. Alexion ... Read more »

Nestle Easter Eggs’ 100% Recyclable Packaging Saves 726 Tons of Plastic Waste

Lego Invests $539m in Wind Farm; Mars Opens 4.4 Acre Solar Garden

Theo Chocolate and Sustainable Agriculture

Shipping Crates Recycled into Commercial Hardwood Flooring

Compliance & Standards Briefing: GHS Tools, 10,000th LEED, RoHS 2

The Myth of LCA Cost and Complexity

Solar Briefing: Hershey, Arizona Western, McCormick

Green Interiors Focus of Latest Issue of EL Insights

Fair Trade Growing Fastest in Mainstream Supermarkets

Survey: Brands’ Ethical Claims ‘A Con’

What Nutrition Science Can Teach Us about Climate Response

LEED Roundup: Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Courtyard by Marriott, Office Depot, Mars

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