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

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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.
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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.
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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.
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Hasbro is also working to reduce its packaging material, eliminate polyvinyl chloride (PVC) from packaging, increase recycled content and source paper responsibly.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Lego has worked for decades to eliminate PVC as well as phthalates from its toys, all of which no longer contain these substances.
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Next year the cardboard used in the new boxes will carry FSC certification
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Over the next few years Lego's parent company, Kirkbi, is investing $547 million to build a wind farm off the coast of Germany.
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By 2020, the company will contribute to the world at least the same amount of sustainable energy as the company consumes.
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"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,
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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.
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Mattel established a sustainability target to improve our packaging material efficiency by 5 percent by 2015.
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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.
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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
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Disney Gets an A, Carnival an F for Cruise Line Sewage Treatment · Environmen... - 0 views

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Disney Cruise Line is the most environmentally responsible line, earning an A for sewage treatment and an overall A grade, according to Friends of the Earth’s 2013 Cruise Ship Report Card.
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All four Disney ships have advanced sewage treatment systems and three are equipped to plug in to shore-based power, Friends of the Earth says.
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Adriana Trujillo on 28 Oct 13

Disney Cruise Line is the most environmentally responsible line, earning an A for sewage treatment and an overall A grade, according to Friends of the Earth's 2013 Cruise Ship Report Card.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Disney Cruise Line is the most environmentally responsible line, earning an A for sewage treatment and an overall A grade, according to Friends of the Earth's 2013 Cruise Ship Report Card. </div>

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Cut Energy Waste By Running Buildings Better | Philip Henderson's Blog | Switchboard, f... - 0 views

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Tower Companies saved $220,000 in 1 year and reduced electricity consumption by an average of 13% across 3 office buildings in Washington, DC, by implementing systems for managing energy in real time.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Tower Companies saved $220,000 in 1 year and reduced electricity consumption by an average of 13% across 3 office buildings in Washington, DC, by implementing systems for managing energy in real time.</div>

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AFP: Greenpeace slams palm oil giant supplying Oreo and Gillette - 0 views

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Florida Power and Light's smart grid success story | GreenBiz.com - 0 views

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As more utilities make reliability and resiliency their twin mantras, none has had more success than Florida Power & Light

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">As more utilities make reliability and resiliency their twin mantras, none has had more success than Florida Power & Light</div>

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Soil proprietor: Do GMOs promote dirt conservation? | Grist - 0 views

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Genetically modified crops are making it easier for farmers to embrace low-till agricultural strategies, proponents say. The precise impact of GM crops is hard to quantify, however, with some analyses suggesting that farmers in the U.S. aren't changing their tilling habits

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Genetically modified crops are making it easier for farmers to embrace low-till agricultural strategies, proponents say. The precise impact of GM crops is hard to quantify, however, with some analyses suggesting that farmers in the U.S. aren't changing their tilling habits</div>

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Los Angeles Proposes Banning GMOs - 0 views

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Los Angeles is considering banning the cultivation and sale of genetically modified organisms. If it does, the second-largest U.S. city would become the country's largest GMO-free zone.
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Two LA city councilmen on Friday introduced a motion that would ban the growth, sale and distribution of genetically engineered seeds and plants.
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The motion would not affect the sale of food containing genetically modified ingredients.
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O'Farrell said he thinks the worldwide decline of honeybees is the "canary in the coal mine" for GMOs. U.S. World commercial beehives declined 40 to 50 percent in 2012, with the suspicions of some beekeepers and researchers falling on powerful new pesticides incorporated into plants themselves. In California, almond agriculture, which depends on bees, has been hit especially hard. About 80 percent of the nation's almonds are produced in central California.
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The LA motion comes weeks before Washington state will vote on ballot initiative 522, which calls for labeling food products that contain genetically modified ingredients. Last November, Californians narrowly defeated Proposition 37, which would have made California the first state to require that genetically modified food be labeled.
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The U.S. has no requirement to label genetically modified food.
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Domtar: How the paper industry overcame the 'sins of its past' | GreenBiz.com - 0 views

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Domtar's VP of sustainability explains how the forestry industry has worked to overcome some of the sins of its past.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Domtar's VP of sustainability explains how the forestry industry has worked to overcome some of the sins of its past.</div>

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-- Oceans: Public, private sectors must boost cooperation to save seas -- World Bank pa... - 0 views

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Mounting ocean health problems -- which are threatening the primary food source for more than 1 billion people -- can be fixed, but only with public and private sectors working together to a much greater extent, according to a World Bank blue ribbon panel.
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Adriana Trujillo on 23 Oct 13

Mounting ocean health problems -- which are threatening the primary food source for more than 1 billion people -- can be fixed, but only with public and private sectors working together to a much greater extent, according to a World Bank blue ribbon panel.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Mounting ocean health problems -- which are threatening the primary food source for more than 1 billion people -- can be fixed, but only with public and private sectors working together to a much greater extent, according to a World Bank blue ribbon panel.</div>

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ChargePoint and Key Equipment Finance Launch New Financing Program to Spur Mass... -- C... - 1 views

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ChargePoint, developer of the world's largest electric vehicle charging network, launched a new lease-to-purchase program that will enable companies and municipalities to purchase charging stations at no upfront cost

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">ChargePoint, developer of the world's largest electric vehicle charging network, launched a new lease-to-purchase program that will enable companies and municipalities to purchase charging stations at no upfront cost</div>

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Top Corporate Environmental Projects of the Year · Environmental Management &... - 0 views

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This year, the Environmental Leader Product & Project Awards have been opened for corporations to submit projects they have implemented that helped improve sustainability metrics (or for consultants to submit projects they have implemented for corporate partners). Here are a few ideas, examples of successful projects that have come across our desks in recent months. These are the types of projects that would be strong submissions to win a Top Project of the Year Award.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This year, the Environmental Leader Product & Project Awards have been opened for corporations to submit projects they have implemented that helped improve sustainability metrics (or for consultants to submit projects they have implemented for corporate partners). Here are a few ideas, examples of successful projects that have come across our desks in recent months. These are the types of projects that would be strong submissions to win a Top Project of the Year Award. </div>

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