Canada Under Pressure to Regulate Heavy Metals in Cosmetics By Jonathan Bardelline A Canadian group says more can be done to lower the amount of lead, arsenic and other heavy metals found in common cosmetics….Read More EPA Postpones Industrial Boiler Regulations Indefinitely By Tilde Herrera The new standards would have …
UPS Boosts Mileage 40% with Prototype Plastic Delivery Vans
UPS Boosts Mileage 40% with Prototype Plastic Delivery Vans By Adam Aston UPS engineers have lowered fuel consumption of deliver vans by about 40 percent with a prototype vehicle made from rugged, lightweight ABS plastic. …Read More Solar Plane Completes First International Flight By Leslie Guevarra The prototype plane Solar …
SustainAbility Update > Five early trends for 2011, keys to leadership and more
Update > May 2011 Five Early Trends for 2011 At the end of last year, SustainAbility’s team wrote, debated, and then re-wrote a blog highlighting ten sustainability trends from 2010. With another year now well underway, we’re beginning to see which trends may be shaping the landscape most for 2011. …
B Lab Update: V3 Public Beta – Help Shape the V3 of the B Impact Ratings System
B Corp Update B Corporations are a new type of company which use the power of business to solve social and environmental problems. May 10, 2011 Dear B Corp Community, Today we are launching the Public Beta period for Version 3.0 of the B Impact Assessment. This is a 30-day …
Social Edge: The Impact Investing Wave
News on The Edge Welcome to the Social Edge update! When Cathy Clark was at the Skoll World Forum, she noticed that successful social entrepreneurs were eager to explore for-profit revenue models: “In their efforts to build sustainable solutions to the world’s most pressing problems, social entrepreneurs are now looking …
Global Investor Forum Showcases Rising Sustainable Businesses
A publication of the World Resources Institute Investing in a Greener Future Global Investor Forum Showcases Rising Sustainable Businesses . “We have the ability to build companies that are sustainable for the environment and are themselves sustainable,” explained Steven Heller, Chairman of CODA Automotive, at the New Ventures Global Investor …
The Blue Economy NEWS 51
April 12, 2011 Vol. 51 Follow us: Supporters: The Blue Economy ? Report to the Club of Rome 100 innovations ? presented weekly over 2 years Dear Reader, The Blue Economy has had a very exciting week, so this newsletter will offer you a deeper insight into our last activities. …
UNEP Announces Chinese Firm Hisense as SEED Award Sponsor
Newsletter from Sustainable Development Policy and Practice UNEP Announces Chinese Firm Hisense as SEED Award Sponsor 15_February 2011: The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has announced that Chinese electronics manufacturer Hisense has become the first corporate partner of UNEP’s SEED Award, which supports innovative and small-scale entrepreneurs worldwide to integrate environmental …