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Brett Rohring

How Hasbro, Lego and Mattel stack up as green toy makers | GreenBiz.com - 0 views

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toy makers targets lego

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  • Millions upon millions of games, dolls, trinkets and other baubles are churned out for the entertainment of children around the world.
  • As the titans that make them start considering their complete environmental footprints, they are making big strides in protecting the planet's natural resources, albeit by disparate approaches.
  • by 2020 Hasbro plans to reduce waste to landfill by 50 percent, energy consumption by 25 percent, GHG emissions by 20 percent and water consumption by 15 percent.
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  • Between 2008 and 2012, the company says, it reduced non-hazardous waste by 40 percent, energy consumption by 19 percent, GHG emissions by 32 percent and water consumption by 31 percent.
  • Hasbro is also working to reduce its packaging material, eliminate polyvinyl chloride (PVC) from packaging, increase recycled content and source paper responsibly.
  • This year the company eliminated PVC from new product packaging and says it's on track to nix it from all packaging by the end of this year.
  • It also exceeded its 2011 goal to derive at least 75 percent of paper and board packaging from recycled material or from sources that practice sustainable forest management. By 2015, Hasbro plans to increase that number to 90 percent.
  • it also did away with the plastic bags in which game instructions were wrapped, removing 800,000 pounds of material worldwide from its waste stream.
  • Lego has worked for decades to eliminate PVC as well as phthalates from its toys, all of which no longer contain these substances.
  • Next year the cardboard used in the new boxes will carry FSC certification
  • Over the next few years Lego's parent company, Kirkbi, is investing $547 million to build a wind farm off the coast of Germany.
  • By 2020, the company will contribute to the world at least the same amount of sustainable energy as the company consumes.
  • "Today we recycle about 90 percent of our waste, and with zero waste as our long-term ambition we will continue to make progress on this agenda,
  • in 2010, Mattel's Hot Wheels factory in Malaysia began using local sources and 100 percent compostable residual sugar cane fiber as an alternative packaging material for the plastic insert tray of the Hot Wheels 9- and 10-pack car assortments.
  • Mattel established a sustainability target to improve our packaging material efficiency by 5 percent by 2015.
  • the company has reduced its energy consumption by 33 percent, CO2 emissions by 38 percent, water consumption by 54 percent, volatile organic compound emissions by nearly 70 percent, non-hazardous waste generation by 30 percent and hazardous waste generation by 16 percent.
  • Mattel canceled its contracts with Asia Pulp & Paper (APP), who were complicit in rainforest destruction, and instructed its suppliers to avoid wood fiber from controversial sources, including companies 'that are known to be involved in deforestation
Adriana Trujillo

How Carnegie uses sugarcane to make greener textiles | GreenBiz.com - 0 views

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carnegie textiles bio based com

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  • BioBased Xorel
  • create the world's first bio-based interior textile that doesn't compromise performance, value or aesthetics.
  • In 1981, Carnegie introduced a polyethylene (PE) textile under the brand name Xorel that, at the time, was one of the few healthier alternatives to vinyl (PVC) for interior panels, wall coverings and upholstery. Thirty years later, that product has received an eco-friendly update with the launch of BioBased Xorel, an interior textile made from plants.
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  • BioBased Xorel
  • BioBased Xorel,
  • BioBased Xorel is comprised of 60-85 percent polyethylene sourced from sugarcane instead of fossil fuels
  • but our goal is to source the polyethylene for the entire product line from plants in three years.  
  • We achieved this while keeping the price, aesthetics and performance exactly the same
  • Using a rapidly renewable material reduces our company's dependence on the planet's finite fossil fuels resources
  • sugarcane uses 60 percent less energy and generates 40 percent less greenhouse gas emissions when compared to making petrochemical ethylene
  • sugarcane plant naturally captures carbon dioxide
  • PE takes 2.5 tons of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere
  • Sugarcane has a much higher yield per acre than corn
  • doesn't require genetic modification
  • Cradle to Cradle certified program
  • Adriana Trujillo on 22 Aug 13
     
    Carnegie has been on a seven-year journey to create the world's first bio-based interior textile that doesn't compromise performance, value or aesthetics.
Del Birmingham

The Tusk at Hand - 0 views

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NGO NRDC crushing confiscated elephant ivory Times Square poaching Illegal trade

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  • Del Birmingham on 19 Jun 15
     
    Pulverizing ill-gotten ivory at public "ivory crushes" constitutes an important step toward saving endangered elephants. 
Adriana Trujillo

Greenpeace applauds Apple for its green products | 2degrees Community | 2degrees - 0 views

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greenpeace NGO Add apple consumer products toxics chemicals

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 05 Sep 14
     
    It says that Apple is leading the consumer electronics sector in addressing its environmental footprint, leaping ahead of rivals Samsung, who are "failing to match Apple's leadership".
Adriana Trujillo

Sustainable Rice Platform Launches Global Rice Cultivation Standard | Natural Resources... - 0 views

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sustainable rice food agriculture farming Add NGO

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 10 Nov 15
     
    The Sustainable Rice Platform launched the first global standard for reducing the environmental impacts of rice cultivation. The standard has 46 requirements that address biodiversity, labor rights, worker health, and more.
Del Birmingham

According to New IPCC Report, the World Is on Track to Exceed its "Carbon Budget" in 12... - 0 views

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NGO WRI IPCC carbon-budget exceed twelve-years environmental news emissions

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  • Del Birmingham on 16 Oct 18
     
    The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) new report takes stock of the most recent literature on the carbon budget. The bottom line? We're on track to blow through it over the next decade.
Del Birmingham

5 Graphs Show Just How Unusual This Year's Wildfires Are | World Resources Institute - 1 views

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international WRI environmental news fire season graphs global

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  • Del Birmingham on 13 Nov 18
     
    This time of year always brings wildfires. But what's unusual this fires season is where and how the blazes are burning-and it could be a warning sign of what's to come. Hotter-than-normal temperatures and drought across much of northern Europe and North America in June and July have resulted in wildfires burning in what are typically wetter, cooler regions.
Del Birmingham

How Cocoa Farming Can Preserve Forests and Peace in Colombia | World Resources Institute - 0 views

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NGO Colombia Cocoa and Forests Initiative farming preserve forests peace

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  • The Initiative, which began in 2017 in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire, aims to create a global movement for zero-deforestation coco
  • Del Birmingham on 01 Aug 18
     
    Colombia is the latest country to join the Cocoa and Forests Initiative, which aims to create a global movement for deforestation-free cocoa.
Del Birmingham

Deforestation Is Accelerating, Despite Mounting Efforts to Protect Tropical Forests. Wh... - 0 views

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international WRI deforestation accelerating despite efforts

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  • Del Birmingham on 18 Jul 18
     
    Despite a decade of intensifying efforts to slow tropical deforestation, last year was the second-highest on record for tree cover loss, down just slightly from 2016. The tropics lost an area of forest the size of Vietnam in just the last two years.
Del Birmingham

Indonesia's Deforestation Dropped 60 Percent in 2017, but There's More to Do | World Re... - 0 views

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international WRI indonesia deforestation down

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  • Del Birmingham on 14 Aug 18
     
    In the midst of the second-worst year for tropical tree cover loss in 2017, Indonesia saw an encouraging sign: a 60 percent drop in tree cover loss in primary forests compared with 2016.
Del Birmingham

Climate Action Barometer: 12 Charts Explain Where We Are Today, and Where We Need to Be... - 0 views

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International WRI climate action barometer environmental news

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  • Del Birmingham on 21 Mar 19
     
    The Mission 2020 campaign defines six milestones -in energy, transport, land use, industry, infrastructure and finance - that give governments and industries a clear roadmap to put us on a path towards achieving 1.5 degrees C. In a working paper published today, WRI found progress in some areas, but we'll need faster action in order to achieve the 2020 turning point.
Adriana Trujillo

Albertsons commits to UN's sustainable goal - 0 views

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add other company news albertsons seafood food

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  • Del Birmingham on 13 Jun 17
     
    "We recognize that the well-being of people and the sustainability of our oceans are interdependent," said Buster Houston, director of seafood at Albertsons Cos., in a prepared statement. "As one of the largest U.S. retailers of seafood, we are committed to protecting the world's oceans so they can remain a bountiful natural resource that contributes to global food security, the livelihoods of hard-working fishermen and the global economy."
  • Adriana Trujillo on 20 Jun 17
     
    Albertsons has committed to preventing and reducing marine pollution, working to cut down on ocean acidification, taking better control of overfishing practices and other initiatives under the United Nations' sustainable "Oceans Goal." The retailer has also become part of the Seafood Task Force, which targets unregulated and illegal fishing
Del Birmingham

The Business Pro's Guide to 12 Big Things that Happened at Climate Week | World Resourc... - 1 views

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WRI Climate Week business guide environmental news other company news

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  • Del Birmingham on 04 Oct 17
     
    When it comes to the private sector's efforts to curb climate change, the rubber hit the road at New York Climate Week. Companies and their nonprofit partners announced numerous milestones and hosted discussions throughout the city to translate lofty goals into action. Meanwhile, new initiatives were launched to deepen collaboration among the private sector, governments and civil society.
Del Birmingham

Climate Action Barometer: 12 Charts Explain Where We Are Today, and Where We Need to Be... - 0 views

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WRI NGO climate action barometer charts

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  • Del Birmingham on 23 Jan 19
     
    Countries committed under the Paris Agreement to a broad goal of limiting global temperature rise to under 2 degrees C (3.6 degrees F), ideally 1.5 degrees C (2.7 degrees F). The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) makes it clear that half a degree of warming makes a huge difference, and 1.5 degrees C is the safer target.
Adriana Trujillo

66 million trees planted in 12 hours in India | MNN - Mother Nature Network - 0 views

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add environmental news trees International India

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 20 Jul 17
     
    The Madhya Pradesh government in India spearheaded an environmental campaign last weekend in which some 1.5 million volunteers planted 66 million trees in 12 hours along the banks of the Narmada River. India, the world's third-largest generator of carbon emissions, has committed under the Paris Agreement to increase its forests by 12% by 2030.
Del Birmingham

Bad Air to Better Oceans: 6 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2018 | Worl... - 0 views

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WRI environment stories watch 2018 Andrew Steer

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  • Del Birmingham on 16 Jan 18
     
    The big question for 2018 is whether last year's troubling trends for environment and development - rising global carbon emissions, multiple billion-dollar natural disasters, U.S. President Donald Trump's abandonment of climate action - will continue or turn in a more positive direction. As WRI President and CEO Andrew Steer noted during the Stories to Watch event in Washington on January 10, 2018, developments across several key topics will determine the answer.
Del Birmingham

Drop by Drop, Better Management Makes Dents in China's Water Stress | World Resources I... - 1 views

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International WRI water management china improvement

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  • Del Birmingham on 01 May 18
     
    The rate of increase in China's water withdrawals has significantly slowed, from 5.1 billion cubic meters per year in 2001-2010, to 1.6 billion cubic meters per year from 2010-2015.
Adriana Trujillo

A Deeper Look at Trump's Climate Action "Sledgehammer" | World Resources Institute - 0 views

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climate action add environmental news WRI trump

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 19 Apr 17
     
    President Trump signed an executive order that targets key elements of U.S. climate strategy, including the Clean Power Plan, emissions rules for new fossil-fuel power plants, methane regulations, and more. It is still unclear how the U.S. will engage around the Paris Agreement.
Del Birmingham

The Business Pro's Guide to 12 Big Things that Happened at Climate Week | World Resourc... - 0 views

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WRI Climate Week NYC climate change climate action business commitments

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  • Del Birmingham on 29 Sep 17
     
    When it comes to the private sector's efforts to curb climate change, the rubber hit the road at New York Climate Week. Companies and their nonprofit partners announced numerous milestones and hosted discussions throughout the city to translate lofty goals into action. Meanwhile, new initiatives were launched to deepen collaboration among the private sector, governments and civil society.
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