Tag: Sustainable Business
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Levi’s Makes 100,000 Pairs of Jeans With 100% Recycled Water
Denim might be the most well-known component of jeans, but it takes a good amount of water to give a pair the type of color and shape that make consumers want to reach into their pockets. Since drinking and bathing will always be infinitely more important uses for water, Levi Strauss & Co. is attempting…
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Hundreds of California Businesses Band Together in Face of Devastating Drought
Some of the nation’s most successful businesses are located in California, and they are also among the most concerned about the state’s worst drought in centuries. As a result, they have signed the Climate Declaration, a call to action urging federal and state legislators to address climate change. The list of new signatories includes the likes of Apple, Clif…
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4 Ways the Green Climate Fund Can Help Developing Countries
By Alex Doukas The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has big ambitions: It aspires to become the main global fund for providing climate change finance, contributing to activities like the design of resilient cities and the expansion of low-emission power generation. However, it faces crucial questions about how it will allocate its funds to achieve its many mitigation and adaptation…
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5 Incubators That Are Shaping the Future of Green Business
If you’re a startup housed by a business incubator, odds are you’re in good hands. The National Business Incubation Association (NBIA) estimates that 87 percent of the firms that have graduated from their member incubators are still in business. The organization also says that those graduates create jobs, revitalize neighborhoods and innovate new technologies at a much…
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Slideshow: 8 Ways C40 Megacities Address Climate Change
The megacities that comprise the C40 Climate Leadership Group (C40) made some of the boldest, most impactful climate actions in the world since 2011. They included implementing energy efficiency regulations for buildings, instituting bus rapid transit lines, flood mapping efforts and initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, a report from the C40 and Arup uncovered. C40 megacities…