Tag: Sustainable Business
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Google Invests $80 Million in 6 New Solar Projects
November marks another month and another substantial renewable energy investment for Google. The Web company has plans to invest $80 million in six solar facilities under construction in California and Arizona. The announcement comes a little more than a month after Google invested $103 million in Silver Ridge Power’s 265.7-megawatt (MW) Mount Signal Solar project. To date,…
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Walmart Under Fire for Failing to Meet Climate and Energy Promises
A Washington DC organization simply can’t forget what the country’s largest employer said in 2005. That’s when Walmart Stores Inc. pledged to be a leader in environmental sustainability amid the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Eight years later, the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) issued a report stating that Walmart didn’t live up to that promise…
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414 Cities Take Action Against Climate Change
It’s no secret that tackling the global climate change issue will take lots of dedication at the local level in nations all over the planet. It’s a long haul, but a November report discussed at the ongoing United Nations Warsaw 19th Conference of the Parties (COP 19) on climate shows that 414 cities made 4,000 actions to do…
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Facebook to Power Data Center With Wind
The world’s largest social network has joined the likes of Google and Apple as the latest tech company to use renewable energy to power a data center. Facebook announced today that its Altoona, IA data center will be fully powered by wind by early 2015 when construction is complete and the center is operational. The power…
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Oliberté Becomes World’s First Fair Trade USA Certified Shoemaker
After hundreds of requirements and a merciless audit process, a Canadian company is the world’s first Fair Trade USA certified shoe retailer in the world. Oliberté, a Certified B Corp and 1% for the Planet member, with warehouses in the U.S., Canada and the United Kingdom, earned the Fair Trade USA certification just in time for its fall and…