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Domtar helps create new model for responsible forest management with group FSC certification
Partnership approach will provide market with more socially, environmentally and economically sustainable paper options SOURCE: Domtar DESCRIPTION: Ashdown, Ark., December 10, 2012 /3BL Media/ – Domtar Corporation (NYSE: UFS) (TSX: UFS) today ...
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Funicular Power - Newton's Apple to the Rescue
If you have been reading entries in the “Black Swan Blog” you should have noticed that they deal with concepts that are somewhat off the mainstream but still very grounded in real world situations and applications. However, in my introduction to ...
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Growing Better Bee Habitats
General Mills investing in pollinator habitats, research SOURCE: General Mills DESCRIPTION: General Mills’ work to help honey bees is growing, thanks to $50,000 in grants from The General Mills Foundation to Conservation Marketplace of Minnesota. ...
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Darden's Senior VP of Purchasing Bill Herzig Talks About Sustainability
SOURCE: Darden Restaurants DESCRIPTION:Bill Herzig shares how Darden approaches seafood stewardship by collaborating with communities, suppliers, governments and other stakeholders to advance the health and productivity of the oceans. About Darden ...
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PepsiCo`s Sustainable Future: Building Resilience into our Agriculture Supply Chain
At World Water Week in Stockholm, PepsiCo Director of Global Environmental Sustainability Beth Sauerhaft presented on PepsiCo`s Sustainable Future: Building Resilience into Our Agricultural Supply Chain. Issues addressed include: New ...
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Norfolk Southern, GE Host 2nd Railroad Sustainability Symposium
SOURCE: General Electric (GE) DESCRIPTION:Norfolk Southern Corp. and GE Transportation kicked off the second Railroad Sustainability Symposium at the Class I's 14,000-acre Brosnan Forest Conference Center near Charleston, S.C. Sponsored by NS and ...
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NewGrass works with schools to save resources and money on fields and playgrounds
School budgets are tight across the country and schools are doing all they can to save money. One item being reexamined is the cost for maintenance and care of playgrounds and athletic fields. Traditional surfaces like grass might not always be the ...
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Home town farms solves skyrocketing food costs
We are in the midst of a global food crisis, with the price of food skyrocketing globally over the last year. As the cost of corn has jumped 87% and wheat 74%, tens of millions of people are finding it harder than ever to feed their families, with ...
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Divine chocolate celebrates international women’s day by investing in women cocoa farmers
In celebration of International Women’s Day on March 8, Divine Chocolate, the only farmer-owned, Fair Trade chocolate brand, encourages chocolate lovers to use a $1 coupon to treat themselves to a bar of delicious Divine Chocolate. For every ...
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Sure, let`s call HFCS what it really is - by Michael Prager
From Marion Nestle, I learned this week that the FDA is taking comments through this week on the Corn Refiners Association request to change the name of high fructose corn syrup to corn sugar. Previously, she says, she didn`t oppose the move, on ...
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CSR minute: Marriott named leading sustainable hotel chain by climate counts; dow corning silicone tech featured at green building asia conference
Marriott has been named as the leading global hotel chain in sustainability by Climate Counts, a nonprofit that scores the world’s largest companies on efforts to shrink their carbon footprint. According to its latest ranking of major hotel ...
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Business CEOs gather for international corporate philanthropy day
Today, leading companies and organizations around the world recognize International Corporate Philanthropy Day (ICPD), an international advocacy day, now in its 8th year, which mobilizes the business community to share best practices, develop ...
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RSF social finance and the anthroposophical society in America celebrate the 150th birthday of rudolf steiner
The year 2011 is being celebrated worldwide as the 150th anniversary year of the birth of Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925), the Austrian-born scientist, philosopher, educator, esotericist, artist, holistic thinker, and social activist. RSF Social ...
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Planters goes nuts for sustainability with oscar week announcements - by Leon Kaye
Oscar week in Los Angeles is usually dominated by glitzy brands that get to drop those coveted luxury items into those swanky swag bags. No word on whether Planter snack mixes will be included with Gucci clasps or Prada accessories, but the ...
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Sodexo commits to 100% contracted sustainable seafood by 2015
Sodexo, Inc., the world leader in Quality of Daily Life Solutions, announced today a comprehensive, industry leading Sustainable Seafood Initiative, including a commitment to have 100 percent of its contracted fresh and frozen seafood certified as ...
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Women & entrepreneurism
Investing in Women & Girls – Step One: 3/8/11 by Emily Drew, BCLC Researcher and Writer If you were a woman in rural Benin today, you would spend 10 hours each week carrying food and water. As a Tanzania Masaai woman, you would walk up ...
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UPS clearing the air with new LNG tractors
UPS (NYSE: UPS) today announced it has purchased another 48 heavy tractor trucks equipped to run on Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), bolstering its continuing effort to reduce the emissions of its truck fleet while taking a step toward energy security. ...
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Home town farms: affordable, nutritious, locally grown organic vegetables and berries for schools and our communities
With rising food costs and a bad economy, it is not easy for parents or schools to provide affordable nutritious meals, but as the incidence of childhood obesity continues to rise it is important that we try. The United States Department of ...
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Jimmy Stewart, cults, and a lot of broken glass: remembering straus family creamery’s opening day - by Michael Straus
Straus Family Creamery recently turned 17, and I started thinking back to those crazy times. In 1989, my older brother Albert, who’d been managing the farm and doing some pretty innovative things — including feeding our cows leftovers ...
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The power of v-day
MSLGROUP`s Blog By: Laura Beauchamp This Valentine’s Day, as we think about gift ideas for our loved ones, millions of people across the globe will be celebrating the holiday not by purchasing a dozen red roses or a box of heart-shaped ...