The Eco+ Foundation, a sustainability consultancy supported by BASF, and Tandem Global have established a partnership to intensify biodiversity, conservation, and community engagement initiatives throughout the Latin American region.
The food and beverage industry is evolving rapidly, as are available packaging options. Innovation and adaptation have become a top priority as companies strive to provide greater product value and meet consumers’ evolving demands for packaging that is convenient to use, fit for purpose, and environmentally friendly. Some of the expected packaging trends and innovation we can expect to see in 2017 are described below.
Garry Bell, VP, Corporate Communications and Marketing at Gildan participated in a panel discussion during which many of the popular myths around the use of cotton where debunked. During the discussion, he shared with the audience Gildan’s experience as a vertically-integrated manufacturer that understands how to best ‘connect all the dots’ to achieve levels of sustainable performance that are not possible when operating in silos.
Over half of the world’s population is still not using the internet. Seemingly something out of a science-fiction movie, Altaeros Energies has developed the world’s first autonomous aerostat system to deploy energy and communication to more people at a fraction of the cost. In other words, they have effectively created a really tall cell tower (up to 600 meters off the ground) that can provide as much mobile coverage as at least 20 ground-based cell towers. Not only that, but this tethered airborne platform can lift a lightweight wind turbine up into the sky where winds are strong and consistent, harnessing exponential amounts of clean energy.
In October 2016, JetBlue and the aviation industry made history. Alongside the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), we collectively agreed to reduce GHG emissions from international flights.
Keep America Beautiful statewide affiliate Keep Virginia Beautiful (KVB) recently announced a partnership with the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) to help support the agency's Adopt-a-Highway program.
Unreasonable’s CEO Daniel Epstein is joined at the fireside by Dr. Jennifer Holmgren, CEO of LanzaTech and an alumnus of the Unreasonable Impact accelerator.
Randy Newton, vice president of enterprise engineering at Ingersoll Rand, a world leader in creating comfortable, sustainable and efficient environments, will discuss Ingersoll Rand’s technology innovations in support of sustainable development goals (SDGs) at the India Sustainability Leadership Summit in Mumbai. The summit is hosted by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) Initiative and Frost & Sullivan.
We are at the brink of a new era of digital transformation and global connectivity. By 2020, more people will have mobile phones than have electricity or running water in their homes or villages, connecting billions of people in unprecedented ways. The pace of technology is also opening up new ways of tracking resources, increasing efficiencies, and accelerating our irreversible path to a decarbonized world.
These students will represent China at the Stockholm Junior Water Prize for their project "A Research on the Characteristics of a New Type of Chitosan Resins Synthetic and Its Application in Removing Heavy Metal Ion in Water.”
In 2016, Bloomberg joined RE100, a global initiative by influential businesses committed to 100% renewable electricity. We have pledged to obtain 100% of our electricity from renewable sources by 2025. Our initial target continues to be 35% electricity from renewables by 2020. To date, our completed solar projects have generated more than 15,000 megawatt hours and saved Bloomberg more than $1 million.
Cascale shares updates on its strategic partnerships with industry stakeholders geared toward shifting the industry into one that gives back more than...
The business landscape is reorienting itself and you can almost hear priorities shifting toward change-readiness and the bigger picture. And in this...
Cascale shares updates on its strategic partnerships with industry stakeholders geared toward shifting the industry into one that gives back more than...
