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Adriana Trujillo

A tale of burgers and buns: Who is really reducing deforestation? | GreenBiz - 0 views

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food other company news deforestation add emissions beef

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 27 Jul 16
     
    In our Forest Trends Ecosystem Marketplace report, Supply Change: Tracking Corporate Commitments to Deforestation-free Supply Chains, 2016, we have tracked 579 individual commitments from 366 companies - up from 307 commitments from 243 companies in March of last year - and it shows that, of those 366 companies, most still haven't reported progress on their pledges.
Adriana Trujillo

PepsiCo Steps Up to Amp Up Recycling in the U.S. | Sustainable Brands - 0 views

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recycling u s add other company news Pepsi food

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 27 Jul 16
     
    A new PepsiCo ad encouraging people to recycle is the latest in the company's ongoing efforts to increase national recycling rates. PepsiCo has gathered more than 125.7 million beverage containers since 2010, reusing the materials for packaging.
Adriana Trujillo

Latest C2C Product Design Challenge Spawns Circular Solutions for Packaging, Footwear, ... - 0 views

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product design add environmental news circular economy cradle to

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 07 Jul 16
     
    The Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute has announced the winners of the third Cradle to Cradle Product Design Challenge. 138 design professionals and students in 19 countries worked to submit 79 entries for this third round of the contest, which challenges design students and professionals to apply Cradle to Cradle principles to conceptualize and develop product solutions that can help drive the circular economy. More than 230 designers from 30 countries have participated in the Challenges to date.
Adriana Trujillo

General Mills, 'Disappointed' by Lack of National Solution, Will Label GMOs | Sustainab... - 0 views

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general mills add other company news gmo food labeling

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 25 Mar 16
     
    On Friday, General Mills announced that it will "soon" start labeling its products that contain genetically modified organism (GMO) ingredients nationwide. With the rationale that it is impractical to label its products for just one state, the company plans to disclose GMO ingredients according to the law set to go into effect in Vermont on July 1.
Adriana Trujillo

In Japan, a David vs. Goliath Battle to preserve Bluefin Tuna | GreenBiz - 0 views

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add environmental news tuna sustainable seafood seafood food

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 18 Mar 16
     
    These small-scale fishermen in southern Japan are up against an industrial fishing juggernaut that is rapidly depleting stocks of Pacific bluefin tuna. A prime culprit behind the crisis, the Iki fishermen said, is a high-tech Japanese fishing armada that mines the waters northeast of Iki where Pacific bluefin tuna congregate to spawn. For the past 11 years, convoys of boats have waited in the Sea of Japan for these fish to gather, then used sonar tracking devices and huge purse seine nets to scoop them up by the thousands and sell them to global seafood giants such as Nippon Suisan Kaisha and Maruha Nichiro Corporation.
Adriana Trujillo

Ammonia Leak Kills 15 in China · Environmental Management & Energy News · Env... - 0 views

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ammonia kills china supply chain

shared by Adriana Trujillo on 03 Sep 13 - No Cached
  • liquid ammonia leak from a frozen storage and logistics business in Shanghai sent stinging fumes into a nearby residential area, killing at least 15 people and injuring 25 others, reports China’s Xinhua News Agency.
  • Liquid ammonia, a colorless chemical, was used in food refrigeration at Shanghai Weng’s Cold Storage Industrial, a business that imports, exports, stores and processes seafood.
  • Adriana Trujillo on 03 Sep 13
     
    A liquid ammonia leak from a frozen storage and logistics business in Shanghai sent stinging fumes into a nearby residential area, killing at least 15 people and injuring 25 others, reports China's Xinhua News Agency.
Adriana Trujillo

Compass Group Joins Sustainable Produce Initiative · Environmental Management... - 0 views

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NGO food produce Compass group company

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 29 Jan 14
     
    Foodservice management company Compass Group North America is the newest hospitality partner in sustainable and local produce initiative Greener Fields Together.
Adriana Trujillo

Chipotle Blurs Lines With a Satirical Series About Industrial Farming - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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Chipotle farming food other company news

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 28 Jan 14
     
    Chipotle in February will launch "Farmed and Dangerous," a Web series lampooning the factory-farming industry. The show, which will run on Hulu, stars a character named Chip but otherwise has little obvious connection to Chipotle's brand or products, Noam Cohen writes
Adriana Trujillo

Royal Caribbean Supports Gestation-Crate-Free Pork · Environmental Management... - 0 views

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royal caribbean pork environmental news food

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 23 Jan 14
     
    Royal Caribbean Cruises wants its pork suppliers to detail their efforts to eliminate gestation crates used to confine pregnant pigs.
Adriana Trujillo

The rise of organic produce SmartBlogs - 0 views

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organic cotton environmental news price crops

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 29 Jan 14
     
    Sales of organic produce have been steadily rising, and farmers worldwide have stepped up to provide a year-round supply of certified organic fruits and vegetables, experts say. Nearly all items in the produce section are available in organic, with prices fluctuating based on supply, says Claris Ritter of Alfalfa's Market in Colorado. "Price is really a function of supply, and we're still having greater demand than supply," Ritter said. "We'll have to see, if we ever do catch up to the demand, what happens with the price
Adriana Trujillo

Wendy's to Suppliers: Report on Gestation-Crate-Free Pork Progress · Environm... - 0 views

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other company news gestation food animals farm Wendys crates pork

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 14 Feb 14
     
    Wendy's began requiring its suppliers to submit quarterly progress reports detailing the percentage of gestation-crate-free pork they have provided. The company has set a goal of eliminating the use of gestation crates from its supply chain by the end of 2022
Adriana Trujillo

Panera Bread Chases Chipotle Mexican Grill in the Sustainable Race (CMG, PNRA) - 0 views

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other company news food Panera Chipotle chemicals

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 25 Feb 14
     
    Panera Bread has been using antibiotic-free meat for a decade, but unlike rival Chipotle, it's struggled to effectively communicate its green credentials to consumers. writes Andrew Marder. The company is introducing a communications strategy touting its produce, donations and community cafes for low-income families. "[T]here's a lot of value in the work that Panera is doing, and it just takes a few good ad campaigns to bring that value to bear on the bottom line," Marder writes.
Adriana Trujillo

Soil as Carbon Storehouse: New Weapon in Climate Fight? by Judith D. Schwartz: Yale Env... - 0 views

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environmental news carbon climate soil agriculture food land

shared by Adriana Trujillo on 11 Mar 14 - No Cached
  • Adriana Trujillo on 11 Mar 14
     
    Unsustainable agricultural methods have caused the planet's soil to release up to 70% of its carbon into the atmosphere -- and scientists say that restoring soil conditions might help to reabsorb that carbon and slow climate change. "If we treat soil carbon as a renewable resource, we can change the dynamics," says carbon-cycle expert Thomas Goreau
Del Birmingham

The GM safety dance: What's rule and what's real | Grist - 0 views

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GMO safety FDA USDA testing regulation hazards

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  • Del Birmingham on 16 Jul 13
     
    This blog tries to understand both sides of the issue on safety testing of GMOs or GEs. By law the testing is voluntary say critics of FDA, and FDA says even though voluntary by rule, ALL GMOs are tested for safety and reviewed by FDA before allowing it to go to market.
Adriana Trujillo

Bringing Back the Night: The Fight Against Light Pollution by Paul Bogard: Yale Environ... - 0 views

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  • France
  • within an hour of workers leaving
  • cannot be turned on before sunset
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  • two years
  • designed to eventually cut carbon dioxide emissions by 250,000 tons per year, save the equivalent of the annual energy consumption of 750,000 households, and slash the country’s overall energy bill by 200 million Euros ($266 million).
  • “reduce the print of artificial lighting on the nocturnal environment
  • lighting in many parts of the world is endangering our health and the health of the ecosystems on which we The good news is that light pollution is readily within our grasp to control.rely
  • ecological light pollution, warning that disrupting these natural patterns of light and dark, and thus the structures and functions of ecosystems, is having profound impacts
  • China, India, Brazil, and numerous other countries are becoming increasingly affluent and urbanized
  • glowing white
  • Connecticut and California — have enacted regulations to reduce light pollution, but most nations and cities still do little to dial down the excessive use of light
  • LEDs, or light-emitting diodes, can improve our ability to reduce and better regulate lighting
  • “blue-rich
  • disruptive to circadian rhythms.
  • reducing
  • or Loss of Night
  • 30 percent of vertebrates and more than 60 percent of invertebrates are nocturnal
  • bright lights
  • All are potentially impacted by our burgeoning use of artificial light
  • We have levels of light hundreds and thousands of time higher than the natural level during the night
  • computer-generated maps that dramatically depict the extent of light pollution across the globe
  • Every flip of a light switch contributes to altering ancient patterns of mating, migration, feeding, and pollination, with no time for species to adapt
  • 2012 study of leatherback turtles
  • “artificial lighting of the nesting beaches is the biggest threat to survival of hatchlings and a major factor in declining leatherback turtle populations.”
  • eflected light of the stars and moon from the beach to the ocean
  • follow the light of hotels and streetlights
  • drawn off-course by artificial light
  • between 100 million and 1 billion, we don’t really know — killed each year by collision with human-made structures
  • our outdoor lights are irresistible flames, killing countless moths and other insects, with ripple effects throughout the food chain
  • natural pest control
  • for bats
  • artificial light disrupts patterns of travel and feeding since many bat species avoid illuminated areas.
  • that street lighting influences the migratory pattern of Atlantic salmon,
  • studies on light pollution, ranging from research into the socio-political challenges of cutting light pollution in the Berlin metropolitan area to the effects of light pollution on nocturnal mammals
  • composition of entire communities of insects and other invertebrates.
  • humans
  • nocturnal light disrupts our sleep, confuses our circadian rhythms
  • hormone melatonin
  • most disruptive to our body’s
  • blue wavelength light tells our brain that night is over,
  • consequences of excessive exposure to light at night include an increased risk for obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease
  • American Medical Association
  • “risks and benefits of occupational and environmental exposure to light-at-night
  • “new lighting technologies at home and at work that minimize circadian disruption
  • are concerned about the impact of some new lighting
  • make LEDs a
  • these lights may actually make things significantly worse
  • often brighter than the old lights they are replacing
  • LEDs could “exacerbate known and possible unknown effects of light pollution on human health (and the) environment” by more than five times.
  • preventing areas
  • recommends limits for the amount of light in five different zones of lighting intensity
  • banning unshielded lighting in all zones.
  • researchers have identified numerous practical steps to reduce light pollution:
  • spectral composition of lighting (
  • limiting the duration of lighting
  • altering the intensity
  • the Model Lighting Ordinance
  • simple act of shielding our lights — installing or retrofitting lamp fixtures that direct light downward to its intended target — represents our best chance to control light pollution
  • lines of shielded lighting fixtures
  • light equals safety, and darkness danger
  • with little compelling evidence to support common assumptions.
  • The objection
  • For example, ever-brighter lights can actually diminish security by casting glare that impedes our vision and creates shadows where criminals can hide.
  • light effectively than abundantly
  • Del Birmingham on 22 Aug 13
     
    As evidence mounts that excessive use of light is harming wildlife and adversely affecting human health, new initiatives in France and elsewhere are seeking to turn down the lights that flood an ever-growing part of the planet
  • Adriana Trujillo on 22 Aug 13
     
    mounts that excessive use of light is harming wildlife and adversely affecting human health, new initiatives in France and elsewhere are seeking to turn down the lights that flood an ever-growing part of the planet.
Adriana Trujillo

Marriott Cuts Landfill Waste per Room by Nearly 5% · Environmental Management... - 0 views

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hotel marriot cuts waste

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  • 4.9% from 2011 to 2012
  • s a result, Marriott-managed properties in the Americas diverted over 12,800 tons of waste from landfills through recycling and food waste composting, according to the report.
  • Adriana Trujillo on 28 Aug 13
     
    Marriott decreased landfill waste per occupied room in its Americas region by 4.9% from 2011 to 2012, the company announced in its 2013 sustainability report update
Brett Rohring

Unilever, Wilmar International ink palm oil supply chain deal | GreenBiz.com - 1 views

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palm oil supply chain food

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  • Wilmar International yesterday signed a deal with consumer goods giant Unilever, which has promised that 100 percent of the palm oil used in its supply chain would by fully traceable by the end of 2014.
  • Wilmar controls 45 percent of the world's palm oil market
  • The company has already taken steps to preserve high conservation value forests and peatland on its own concessions, although campaigners have been quick to point out that deal covers just a sliver of the palm oil it trades.
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  • A report by Greenpeace earlier this year accused Wilmar of trading with companies that deforest areas illegally
Del Birmingham

Incineration Versus Recycling: In Europe, A Debate Over Trash by Nate Seltenrich: Yale ... - 0 views

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incineration recycling europe debate trash yale

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  • recycling most materials from municipal solid waste saves on average three to five times more energy than does burning them for electricity.
  • As it turns out, countries with the highest rates of garbage incineration — Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, for example, all incinerate at least 50 percent of their waste — also tend to have high rates of recycling and composting of organic materials and food waste. But zero-wasters argue that were it not for large-scale incineration, these environmentally Zero-waste advocates say a major problem is the long-term contracts that waste-to-energy plants are locked into.conscious countries would have even higher rates of recycling. Germany, for example, incinerates 37 percent of its waste and recycles 45 percent — a considerably better recycling rate than the 30-plus percent of Scandinavian countries.
  • (In the United States, more than half of all waste is dumped in landfills, and about 12 percent burned, of which only a portion is used to produce energy.)
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  • In Flanders, Belgium, an effort to keep a lid on incinerator contracts has led nearer to zero waste, said Joan Marc Simon, executive director of Zero Waste Europe and European regional coordinator for GAIA. Since the early 1990s, when recycling rates were relatively low, the local waste authority in Flanders has decided not to increase incineration beyond roughly 25 percent, Simon said. As a result, combined recycling and composting rates now exceed 75 percent, GAIA says. "They stabilized and even reduced waste generation when they capped incineration," Simon said.
  • Without incineration, he believes, most European countries could improve current recycling rates of 20 or 30 percent to 80 percent within six months. Hogg agreed, saying that rates of 70 percent should be “easy” to attain. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which calculates recycling and composting together, puts the current U.S. rate at 35 percent, compared to a combined European Union figure of 40 percent.
  • Del Birmingham on 29 Aug 13
     
    Increasingly common in Europe, municipal "waste-to-energy" incinerators are being touted as a green trash-disposal alternative. But critics contend that these large-scale incinerators tend to discourage recycling and lead to greater waste.
Adriana Trujillo

GMOs: the Future of Sustainable Agriculture? · Environmental Management & Ene... - 0 views

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gmo food agriculture environmental news

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 18 Dec 13
     
    Genetically modified crops - that can feed 9 billion by 2050 and tolerate heat, drought and disease - are the future of sustainable agriculture, writes David Rotman, editor of MIT Technology Review.
Adriana Trujillo

Coca-Cola to Remove an Ingredient Questioned by Consumers - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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other company news Coke food chemicals ADD

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 13 May 14
     
    Coca-Cola is moving to eliminate an ingredient used in many of its citrus-flavored products after consumers expressed concerns.The company said on Monday that it was replacing brominated vegetable oil, which contains bromine, an element found in flame retardants, in products that contain it.
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