Tag: Sustainable Business
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Nearly 1,000 Sustainable Corporations Encourage You to ‘B the Change’
The 900-plus Certified B Corporations already embrace social and environmental responsibility on a daily basis, so this week they decided to encourage the rest of the world to do so. The companies and Wayne, PA-based nonprofit B Lab launched the “B the Change” campaign this week to celebrate and reward those who use business for good, but also raise additional awareness. For…
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Summit Seeks to Move Northeast Ohio Forward on Sustainability
Baldwin Wallace University will bring together leading experts focused on vision and leadership in sustainability for a 2014 Sustainability Symposium Jan. 27-28 at Baldwin Wallace’s Center for Innovation and Growth at340 Front St., in Berea, OH. Renowned leaders from the private, public and nonprofit sectors of Northeast Ohio will address the challenge of how to…
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How One NFL Team Will Turn Food Waste Into Renewable Energy
As if the fact that, in the U.S., we waste 40 percent of our food isn’t shocking enough, a recent study by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences finds that total emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane are almost twice as high in the U.S. as previously thought. More potent than carbon…
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Rooftop Farm in New York City Grows 50,000 Pounds of Organic Produce Per Year
By Ecofilms “That view behind me is not a painted backdrop!” said Geoff Lawton to the camera. But the view looked great from where I was standing. Brooklyn Grange is a rooftop farm with a magnificent view looking over the Manhattan skyline. Sitting on a concrete roof, totaling 2.5 acres and producing more than 50,000…
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10 Sustainable Business Stories of 2013 Too Important to Miss
By Andrew Winston Somehow it’s already year-end, a time to look back and try to make sense of what’s happened. Creating any “top” list of stories from 12 months is nearly impossible. But as I’ve done for the last four years, I’ll attempt to summarize some of the latest stories about the big environmental and…