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Global Cities Committed to 100% Renewable Energy More Than Double in Two Years
Renewables are on the rise — according to new data published today by CDP, over 100 cities around the world are now getting at least 70 percent of their electricity from renewable sources such as...
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Middle School Students Are Saving Rainforests Using Old Smartphones
Hundreds of students from Los Angeles STEM programs will participate in one of the largest student-driven programs ever launched to protect the world’s rainforests. Rainforest Connection’s “Planet...
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12 Asian Entrepreneurs Win $10K for Low-Carbon Mobility, Plastic Waste,...
UN Environment has awarded seed funding to twelve young people with business ideas on how to foster energy-efficient, low-waste and low-carbon lifestyles. Each of the winners of the Asia Pacific Low...
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Ford: A Measure of Progress
In Henry Ford’s day, there was no term for environmentalist. But he had a goal of zero waste to landfill, just as we do today, based on his belief that nothing should be wasted.Those values still hold...
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How Corporate Fleets Can Go Carbon-Negative Now
Many corporate leaders committed to supply chain sustainability are waiting for a full range of electric vehicles to hit the market to achieve zero emissions from their heavy-duty truck fleets. But...
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GM, L’Oréal Compete on DOE’s Latest Better Buildings Challenge Swap
In season 4 of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Better Buildings Challenge SWAP web series, energy management teams from General Motors (GM) and L’Oréal USA visit each other’s facilities in search...
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The US Has a Low-Carbon Vehicle Fuel — But It's Being Thrown Away
The United States generates millions of tons of food scraps; inedible fats, oils and greases; sewage and manure. Some of this organic waste is used for energy or fertilizer, but most of it — around 50...
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Why Business Needs to Collaborate for a Clean Energy Future
Many people assume that tech companies are always competing. But as we celebrate Earth Day this year, we’re feeling grateful for our tech peers. When it comes to the environment, working together...
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Technology: The Trojan Horse for Hotel Sustainability
Technology has been quickly evolving into many markets such as clothing, food, health, home, and hotels are certainly no exception. As the industry is disrupted by more privatized options such as...
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4 Hidden Costs of Sustainable Logistics for Small Businesses
These days, there is more pressure than ever on businesses to be environmentally conscious, reduce their impact and do their part to keep the planet healthy. Logistics is a major area of focus for...
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Immotor’s LEVs, Battery-as-a-Service Model Transforming Transit Worldwide
As we get ready to select our semi-finalists for the 2018 Sustainable Brands Innovation Open, we wanted to check in with last year’s semi-finalists to learn about the impacts they continue to have on...
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Bluon Ready to Lead Industry Through Rigmarole of Replacing Refrigerants
As we get ready to judge our semi-finalists in the 2018 Sustainable Brands Innovation Open, we wanted to check in with last year’s semi-finalists to learn about the impacts they continue to have on the...
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Where Next for Subsidies as Electric Vehicles Mainstream?
The future of transport is shaping up electric — by 2040, more than half of all new car sales and a third of global fleet will be electrified, according to research from Bloomberg New Energy Finance....
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Mars Australia to Match 100% of Its Electricity Use with Renewable Energy by...
Mars Australia has signed 20 year power-purchase agreements (PPA) with Total Eren to generate the equivalent of 100 percent of Mars’ electricity from renewable energy by 2020. In addition to its latest...
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Vancouver Economic Commission: “If We’re an Island of Green, We’re F***ed”
Striving to be the world’s greenest city by 2020, Vancouver has adopted several ambitious action plans and goals. The Vancouver Economic Commission (VEC) set to work in 2010 to define what a “green...
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CO2 Challenge Seeks New Tech to Help Cargill Decarbonize the Shipping Sector
A new global challenge aims to find and scale new technologies capable of reducing a ship’s gross carbon dioxide emissions by ten percent. Businesses and entrepreneurs with a product in need of...
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Shell CEO ‘Welcomes’ Idea of Banning Petrol in UK Before 2040
Ben van Beurden, CEO of Royal Dutch Shell, said he welcomed the idea of bringing forward the UK’s ban on new petrol and diesel car sales that is currently set for 2040. MPs, mayors and thinktank Green...
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Breakthroughs Converging to Completely Derail Fossil Fuels
What will ultimately push fossil fuels back the way of the dinosaur? Purely and simply, is it our ethics and our resolve as consumers and brands that will end our dependence on dirty energy.The...
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Trending: Kingfisher, J. M. Smucker Supercharge Renewable Energy Ambitions
Kingfisher plc, the international home improvement company, has unveiled plans to install energy storage batteries at B&Q’s Swindon distribution center. The installations form a key part of...
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GM, L’Oréal Compete on DOE’s Latest Better Buildings Challenge Swap
In season 4 of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Better Buildings Challenge SWAP web series, energy management teams from General Motors (GM) and L’Oréal USA visit each other’s facilities in search...
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