International Living Future Institute Adds $10K Prize Incentive to 2016 Biomimicry Global Design Challenge

Wed, 03/02/2016 - 14:50

Can we design products that function as elegantly as anything found in the natural world? And can those products mimic nature’s design principles?

DuPont Names Krysta Harden as Vice President of Public Policy and Chief Sustainability Officer

Wed, 03/02/2016 - 16:15

DuPont announced today that Krysta Harden has joined the company as vice president of Public Policy & Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO), succeeding Linda Fisher who elected to retire last month.

Biomimicry Global Design Challenge Teams Up with Living Future Institute

Wed, 03/02/2016 - 13:30

GM’s Distribution and IT Centers Star in Energy Efficiency

Wed, 03/02/2016 - 12:05

Eleven General Motors facilities have earned ENERGY STAR® certification for superior energy efficiency from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. These buildings, which include seven parts distribution centers, a global headquarters office and three IT innovation office centers, have optimized their buildings to leave a smaller carbon footprint.

Antea Group Consultant Alison Bryant Named to Environmental Initiative Board of Directors

Wed, 03/02/2016 - 14:45

Antea Group is pleased to announce that Alison Bryant has been elected to the board of directors for Environmental Initiative, a nonprofit organization that builds partnerships to develop collaborative solutions to Minnesota's environmental problems.

Meeting the Gold Standard in Corporate Sustainability

Tue, 03/01/2016 - 14:45

Fact is, organizations like TransCanada in the energy sector have been operating in a socially responsible way for decades. We just haven’t been very good at telling people about it.

Innovators Turn Seafood Waste into a Billion Dollar Business

Fri, 03/04/2016 - 16:00

According to nonprofit Oceana, each year American fishermen throw out an estimated two billion pounds in by-catch alone – an amount worth about $1 billion.

Barclays Concludes Four Year Citizenship Plan

Wed, 03/02/2016 - 14:00

Barclays has published its annual Citizenship performance in the Barclays PLC Annual Report 2015. Fully integrated with Barclays’ Balanced Scorecard, the Citizenship Plan included 11 targets to deliver by the end of 2015.

The Poetry of a Campfire

Tue, 03/01/2016 - 09:20

Carbon is not our enemy. It is the basis of life, working in tandem with the water and oxygen with which we are abundantly blessed to fashion all of the beauty of nature.

Gap Announces 50 Percent Cut in GHG Emissions by 2020

Fri, 03/04/2016 - 08:00

A number of companies have joined the international effort to tackle climate change, building upon the momentum of the landmark Paris Agreement reached at the 2015 United Nations climate change summit, COP 21.