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CDP Reveals 2015 Climate A List

November 4, 2015January 9, 2018 by Karen Henry

Apple, Microsoft and Google made the CDP 2015 Climate A List, which includes companies that received an A grade for their actions to mitigate climate change. CDP published the list as part of its annual Climate Change Report. The A List features brands from around the world including BMW, Nissan, ... Read more »

68 Major Companies Join Climate Action Pledge

October 20, 2015October 19, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

As the UN climate talks in Paris near, 68 additional companies have joined the White House-led American Business Act on Climate Pledge. Companies making the pledge have set greenhouse gas reduction and renewable energy sourcing goals for 2020 and beyond, and are focusing on increasing energy efficiency, boosting low-carbon investing. ... Read more »

Recycling Smackdown: Closed Loop Fund vs. John Tierney

October 12, 2015October 9, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

John Tierney’s now infamous opinion piece that argues recycling it too costly and isn’t benefiting the environment, published in last week’s New York Times, has been fact checked by the Closed Loop Fund team — and the recycling group says it’s bunk. In “The Reign of Recycling,” Tierney writes “it’s still ... Read more »

Food Giants Urge Climate Change Action

October 5, 2015October 2, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Global food companies have pledged to accelerate business action on climate change and urged governments to do the same by forging an international agreement this December at the Paris climate negotiations. CEOs of Mars, General Mills, Unilever, Kellogg, Nestle USA, New Belgium Brewing, Ben & Jerry’s, Clif Bar, Stonyfield Farm ... Read more »

Recycling ‘Game Changer’ Gets $24M Cash Injection

September 28, 2015September 28, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

A major plastics recycling plant that will recycle the #3-#7 hard–to–recycle plastics such as yogurt containers and lawn furniture is slated to come online in October, servicing much of the US East Coast, thanks to a multi-million investment by the Closed Loop Fund. The fund has amassed millions of dollars ... Read more »

Top Carbon Reporting Companies Ranked

September 24, 2015September 23, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

BT Group is the best at carbon measuring and reporting, narrowly beating Marks & Spencer, according to Carbon Clear’s annual report ranking carbon measurement and reporting efforts of FTSE 100 companies. In 2014 both companies shared first place. Marks & Spencer placed second this year. The other companies in the ... Read more »

Climate Week NYC 2015 Roundup: Microsoft, Siemens, Unilever, Royal DSM

September 23, 2015September 23, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

As world leaders meet in New York this week to formally adopt the Global Goals for sustainable development, many businesses are announcing commitments to help build a low-carbon economy. Here are some highlights from Climate Week NYC 2015. Microsoft, Sony, Adidas and Marks & Spencer are among the companies backing ... Read more »

DJSI: Which Firms Made the Cut?

September 10, 2015September 10, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Bank of America, Telefonica and BHP Billiton are the three largest additions to the 2015 Dow Jones Sustainability Indices while Cisco Systems, PepsiCo and Royal Bank of Canada are the three largest deletions (by free-float market capitalization) to the DJSI World this year. S&P Dow Jones Indices and investment specialist ... Read more »

Unilever, EPA Develop Chemical Safety Tools

September 9, 2015September 9, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Unilever and the EPA are developing new scientific approaches to assess the safety of chemicals in consumer products without using animal data. The organizations say the new tools developed as part of the collaboration will quantify human health risks for thousands of chemicals. The EPA and Unilever will develop a ... Read more »

Clean Power Plan Mandates Steeper Carbon Cuts

August 3, 2015August 3, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The Obama administration released the final version of the Clean Power Plan today and it sets even stricter emissions regulations than the proposal announced last year. The regulation, which aims to cut carbon pollution from power plants, cuts emissions 32 percent by 2030 from levels recorded in 2005. The draft ... Read more »

Unilever Talks Resource-Efficient Manufacturing

July 28, 2015July 27, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Dr. James Colwill, Dr. Oliver Gould and Liam Gardner of the SMART Centre Loughborough University and Roy Willey, safe and sustainable processing scientist at Unilever, talk about material flow modeling and critical materials resilient manufacturing at the fourth annual Conference of the EPSRC Centre for Industrial Sustainability 6-7 July, Cambridge.

Major Firms Making ‘Significant’ Progress on Flexible Packaging Recyclability

July 14, 2015July 14, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Axion Consulting, Dow Chemical, Nestlé, Unilever and other global companies say they have made “significant” process in a project that aims to improve the recyclability of flexible packaging. Axion Consulting is leading the collaborative R&D project, called Reflex. The partners include: Amcor, Dow Chemical, Interflex Group, Nestlé UK, SITA Holdings, ... Read more »

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