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Adriana Trujillo

Tyson Foods to farmers: Give pigs more space | GreenBiz.com - 0 views

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    Shareholders withdraw resolution after world's largest meat processor asks contract farmers to improve housing standards for pigs
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The Business Case for Environmental Due Diligence · Environmental Management ... - 0 views

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    Conducting due diligence on the environmental and social practices of small and growing agricultural businesses yields financial benefits to lenders that partially or fully offset the costs involved, according to nonprofit agriculture lender Root Capital.
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Industry Groups Fight Carbon Rules · Environmental Management & Energy News ·... - 0 views

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    Some 40 industry groups, led by the National Association of Manufacturers and the US Chamber of Commerce have partnered to oppose the EPA's carbon emissions rules for power plants and other "poorly crafted GHG regulations."
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Wildlife in the city: Urban biodiversity takes flight | GreenBiz.com - 0 views

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    A movement is afoot to help cosmopolitan species thrive, with help from surveys and tools like i-Tree and eBird.
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Retailers Sign Up To Challenging New Green Goals  - 0 views

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    McDonald's and 24 other retailers committed to a new set of 2020 sustainability targets within their UK operations. The companies pledged to collectively reduce absolute carbon emissions associated with retail operations 25% from 2005 levels, account for 100% of their water usage, and divert over 99% of their waste from landfills.
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Food Brands, Organic Farmers Urge Federal GMO Labeling Law · Environmental Ma... - 0 views

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    Ben & Jerry's, Stonyfield Farm, and over 200 other companies and organizations signed a letter urging President Obama to institute a national labeling system for genetically engineered foods.
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April's Sustainable Forest Management Policy Met With Criticism, Caution · En... - 0 views

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    Threatened with expulsion from the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Indonesian pulp and paper company Asia Pacific Resources International re-committed to an earlier pledge to stop clearing forests for new plantations by the end of 2014. The company also pledged to double its forest restoration program to 40,000 hectares and use 100% plantation fiber by the end of 2019.
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The North Face Releases Global Responsible Down Standard | Sustainable Brands - 0 views

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    On Wednesday, The North Face announced the completion of its Responsible Down Standard, a tool that will provide a global standard through which the outdoor-gear retailer says any organization can evaluate and certify its full down supply chain.
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Stonyfield Shifts to Innovative Supply Chain Management with SupplyShift | Sustainable ... - 0 views

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    Organic dairy producer Stonyfield Farm, Inc. announced this week that it will utilize a new tool to manage its supply chain: SupplyShift™ - a new, cloud-based, supply chain management platform focused on sustainability, but flexible enough to assess any procurement need or supply chain risks.
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Intel, Microsoft, Kohl's lead EPA's green power ranking | GreenBiz.com - 0 views

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    What do tech giants Apple, Google, Intel and Microsoft, retailers Kohl's, Whole Foods and Wal-Mart, the U.S. Energy and Veteran Affairs Departments, and the cities of Houston and Washington, D.C. have in common? According to recently updated data in the Environmental Protection Agency's Green Power Partnership, they are the most prolific users of renewable energy in the United States.
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Procter & Gamble touts 'win-win' of cutting phosphates in all laundry soaps | Guardian ... - 0 views

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    Global waterways, especially in developing countries, are set to benefit as the Tide manufacturer aims to cut phosphates from all its laundry soaps within two years.
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BioprocessH2O Helps Coca-Cola Bottling Plant Remove 98% BOD · Environmental M... - 0 views

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    The Coca-Cola Bottling Company in Needham Heights, Mass., has removed about 98 percent of influent biological oxygen demand (BOD) after installing a BioprocessH2O membrane biological reactor (MBR) system, according to a Bioprocess H2O case study.
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Cleaning Industry Launches Sustainable Products Initiative · Environmental Ma... - 0 views

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    The American Cleaning Institute (ACI), whose members include Dow Chemical, Procter & Gamble, SC Johnson and Seventh Generation among other major brands, has launched a voluntary initiative to improve the sustainability of cleaning products.
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Ports Offer Financial Incentives to Lower Ships' GHGs · Environmental Managem... - 0 views

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    Canada's two largest west coast ports are offering financial incentives to the most efficient vessels that enter the ports. Port Metro Vancouver's Eco-Action program and Prince Rupert Port Authority's (PRPA's) Green Wave program will reward ship owners based on the Carbon War Room's A to G Greenhouse Gas Emissions rating, which benchmarks the energy efficiency of shipping fleets.
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Retailers Pledge 25% Reduction in CO2 Emissions · Environmental Management & ... - 0 views

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    Members of UK retail industry body the British Retail Consortium including McDonald's, Asda and Sainsbury's have pledged to reduce their absolute carbon emissions from retail operations 25 percent by 2020 based on 2005 levels as part of a raft of environmental targets covering waste, transport, resource efficiency in buildings, water and refrigeration.
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How to Create a Better PET Sheet Recycling Program · Environmental Management... - 0 views

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    Recycling of plastics - one of the best ways to reduce carbon footprint - offers two major benefits: recycling reduces the amount of oil required to produce more plastic, and also takes material out of landfills.
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Burberry Pledges No More Toxic Chemicals in Supply Chain · Environmental Mana... - 0 views

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    Burberry has committed to eliminating hazardous chemicals from its supply chain by Jan. 1, 2020, following weeks of Greenpeace-led protests at its stores and consumer pressure on its social media channels.
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PGT Makes Paper Pulp from Palm Oil Waste · Environmental Management & Energy ... - 0 views

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    Pulp Green Tech (PGT), which owns Thai Gorilla Pulp in Thailand, says it has made high-grade quality paper pulp from 100 percent palm oil waste material, called empty fruit bunches or EFBs (pictured).
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Hartz Shrinks Packaging Footprint · Environmental Management & Energy News · ... - 0 views

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    Pet care products company Hartz Mountain has redesigned its pet shampoo bottles to save 220,000 pounds of polymer across 10 million bottles, the company's director of packaging engineering tells Packaging Digest.
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