Stories from Tom Schueneman
Corporate Responsibility
Ingersoll Rand: How a Legacy Company Stretches the Limits of Sustainability
Although it's nearly 150 years old, global industrial giant Ingersoll Rand is informing much younger companies and sectors on sustainability.
August 1, 2019
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From Farm to Fork: Sustainability in the Food and Agriculture Business
Breaking Down Local and National Efforts to Improve Food Security in the U.S.
We spoke with a food bank director about what is—and isn't—working when it comes to improving food security in the U.S.
June 25, 2019
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From Farm to Fork: Sustainability in the Food and Agriculture Business
Pollinator Habitats Are Declining Worldwide, But Business Can Help
Food and agriculture businesses have the power to leverage their supply chains to protect pollinator habitats before it's too late.
June 17, 2019
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Explore the SDGs with Saipem
How Saipem Maintains Their Commitment to Positive Impact
This article series is sponsored by Saipem and went through our normal editorial review process. In September 2015, all 193 […]
December 12, 2018
Corporate Responsibility
Salesforce Announces New Virtual Power Agreement
Keeping with its commitment of reaching 100 percent renewable energy by 2022, Salesforce has just announced its third and largest […]
September 10, 2018
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Expansion Scores Platinum LEED Certification
In April, the new 521,000-square-foot expansion at Stanford’s Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital earned Platinum LEED certification. Designed by architectural firm […]
July 26, 2018
Corporate Responsibility
Compassionate Capitalism and a Story of Coffee
Part 1: What quality is, luxury is not Classic syllogistic logic: all things of luxury have quality. Therefore, all things of […]
July 19, 2018
Corporate Responsibility
What Design Can Do and the Climate Action Challenge: The Product of Ideas
Mission: Impossible The challenge, should you decide to accept it: “Make the huge – and for many people abstract – […]
May 17, 2018
Corporate Responsibility
Business as a Tool for Compassion: LifeStraw Brings Safe Water to One Million Children in Kenya
Psychic numbing in a complex world Typically, an article like this will start out with some ghastly statistic. Yet another […]
April 10, 2018
Energy
Eliminating Food Waste: Dupont’s Tyvek a Critical Link in the Chain
I had a bowl of strawberries for breakfast this morning, which sounds unremarkable, even in the middle of February. Thanks […]
April 4, 2018
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Not All Carbon Credits are Created Equal
Deconstructing Your Carbon Footprint: Save Your Sanity, Be the Change (Even If It's Just a Little Bit)
I saw that look. You read the title of this article and rolled your eyes. Maybe you didn’t mean to, […]
February 8, 2018
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Sustainability Reporting for Action: 2020 and Beyond
Science-based Climate Targets: Helping Business Leaders Fill the Climate Ambition Void
This series is sponsored by Tetra Pak and produced by the TriplePundit editorial team. History is spiked with aspirational moments that […]
December 5, 2017
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Making Agriculture "Climate Smart"
Agricultural Evolution: Carbon Neutral, Climate Smart
A new climate for agriculture In the first part of this series on Climate Smart Agriculture, TriplePundit spoke with Dr. […]
November 29, 2017
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Making Agriculture "Climate Smart"
Agriculture in the Anthropocene: the Challenge is the Solution
“The ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops, but the cultivation and perfection of human beings.” -Winston Churchill, The River […]
November 7, 2017
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COMMIT! Forum
Paper Doesn’t (Just) Grow on Trees: Rolland Innovates Smarter Paper
COMMIT!Forum will convene hundreds of corporate social responsibility leaders and CEOs from CR Magazine’s annual 100 Best Corporate Citizens ranking. The […]
October 4, 2017
Corporate Responsibility
Green Champions Counter the Pessimists of the World
This article was commissioned by Rolland and went through the normal TriplePundit editorial review process. “It’ll never work!” From the […]
September 28, 2017
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COMMIT! Forum
Earth Overshoot Day: Living Large in a Crowded World
To gain practical skills for sustainability management, join us at the COMMIT! Forum in DC October 11-12 2017 Buying on credit […]
August 2, 2017
Energy
Climate Change, Human Migration, and the Delusion of Isolation
The Arithmetic of Compassion One death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic Be it from social unrest, […]
July 31, 2017
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The Future of Forests: Sustainable Forestry in the Decade of Action
Supply Chain Transparency: Making the Consumer Connection for Forest Responsibility
Humans have always had an intimate, complicated relationship with forests. We clear away trees to make room for development and […]
June 26, 2017
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Your Corporate Guide to Responsible Waste Management
Tactics of Diversion: Measuring and Reporting Zero Waste Targets
Waste implies squandered resources, be they time, money or materials. Managing money and time are core competencies of any successful […]
June 2, 2017
Energy
Ellen MacArthur Foundation Announces $2 Million Plastics Innovation Prize
To help spur what it calls the “New Plastic Economy,” the Ellen MacArthur Foundation plans to launch a $2 million […]
May 18, 2017
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Your Corporate Guide to Responsible Waste Management
Mutually Secured Destruction and the Circular Economy
The dilemma of waste Waste is a human novelty. Circularity is inherent in the natural world; nothing is left discarded, unused […]
May 9, 2017
Corporate Responsibility
Design for a Better World: Autodesk Doubles Down on Its Commitment
In the beginning: The gizmo that changed the world In 1982, Time magazine named the personal computer its “Machine of […]
May 5, 2017
Corporate Responsibility
Putting Circular Economy Principles Into Practice
The evolution of economies and consumption Observers from pre-industrial times could only imagine the world-changing possibilities lying dormant in the […]
April 18, 2017
Energy
The Other Shoe Drops: Trump Signs Executive Order Gutting Environmental Protections
This morning, under the cover of “energy independence,” U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order calling for a rewrite of the […]
March 28, 2017
Energy
Is Energy Independence a Cover for Coal?
To date, U.S. President Donald Trump has signed 38 executive actions, including 17 executive orders. Many of these actions have, […]
March 23, 2017
Corporate Responsibility
Bees, Almonds and Ice Cream: Häagen-Dazs Makes the Connection
In late February, California’s almond orchards awaken from their winter dormancy, transforming more than a million acres of fertile valley […]
March 20, 2017
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Progress to 2020: Tackling Resource Use From All Angles
'Climate Saving' Companies Build a Framework for Progress
A roadmap and a call to action WWF launched the Climate Savers Program in 1999 as a platform for corporate […]
February 2, 2017
Energy
The EPA Under Scott Pruitt: What Will it be Like?
Today, two days before Donald Trump ascends to the presidency, Scott Pruitt will face his Senate confirmation hearing to head the […]
January 18, 2017
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Progress to 2020: Tackling Resource Use From All Angles
The New Plastics Economy: Thriving in a Plastic World
Forty-nine years ago, on Dec. 22, 1967, “The Graduate” opened in movie theaters to rave reviews. Not only was the […]
December 22, 2016
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Progress to 2020: Tackling Resource Use From All Angles
Packaging the Circular Economy: A Holistic Approach to Stuff
Does the circular economy start where it ends or end where it starts? It’s the classic chicken-or-egg conundrum. From the […]
December 1, 2016
Energy
COP22: The Spirit of Paris and the Elephant in the Room
Just as the COP22 climate talks opened in Marrakesh, Morocco, fresh on the heels of a historic year of progress and […]
November 29, 2016
Energy
John Kerry at COP22: Time is Not On Our Side
“I’m not a Cassandra, but I am a realist. Time is not on our side,” U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry […]
November 18, 2016
Corporate Responsibility
Alaska Airlines Forest-Powered Airplane Takes Flight
Watching a 737-800 push, taxi, and takeoff is nothing unusual. For most people, it is of little interest, taken for […]
November 16, 2016
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Sustainable Innovation: The Patience to Get it Right
NASA and the Evolution Climate Change Research
“Distance lends enchantment to the view.” — Mark Twain Back when America was young and farmers outnumbered city folk, planning […]
November 2, 2016
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Sustainable Innovation: The Patience to Get it Right
Solving Wicked Problems Poses New Challenges in Today's Funding Environment
On the shoulders of giants In his 1962 address at Rice University on the nation’s fledgling space program, President John […]
October 28, 2016
Corporate Responsibility
GRI Standards Push Momentum for Global Sustainable Development
On Wednesday, the GRI announced the launch of the world’s first Global Reporting Standards for sustainability reporting. These new standards give […]
October 21, 2016
Energy
Heat and Beat: DuPont Calls for Real-World Testing of PV Solar
Solar power is no longer a boutique industry. At least 900 million solar panels are deployed across the globe. Eighty-one percent […]
October 18, 2016
Energy
Art of the Possible Redux: How the Paris Agreement Came Into Force and What Happens Next
On Oct. 6, the Paris Agreement passed its last major hurdle, meeting the 55/55 threshold to come into force. As […]
October 12, 2016
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Sustainable Innovation: The Patience to Get it Right
Global Aviation: Innovation and the Modern Silk Road
Seldom does the average airline passenger consider the fine points of aircraft design or jet propulsion technology while attending the […]
September 28, 2016
Energy
Unraveling the Climate Consequences of a Trump Presidency
Dean Scott, the senior climate change reporter for Bloomberg, moderated a panel discussion this weekend at the 2016 conference of […]
September 27, 2016
Energy
Remember Teddy Roosevelt: Conservation Shouldn't Be Partisan
An environmentalist and a Republican walk into a bar… The punch line is that the Republican and environmentalist are the […]
August 1, 2016
Corporate Responsibility
Power to the People: Enel Group and the SDG Compass
Adopted last September, the Sustainable Development Goals reflect the best aspirations for a world in transition. Building on the Millennium Development Goals […]
July 8, 2016
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MGM Defining Thought Leadership
A Culture of Thought Leadership
What is a thought leader? If you’re not careful, you’ll find yourself going down a rabbit hole searching for the […]
July 6, 2016
Energy
My Inconvenient Truth: Reflections on Al Gore's Impact 10 Years On
In May of 2006, Al Gore’s now-classic climate change documentary “An Inconvenient Truth“ was released. The movie won an Oscar in the Featured Documentary […]
May 20, 2016
Energy
Climate Action: Steps Toward a Great Transition
Arguably one of the most important things to come out of the COP21 climate talks in Paris last December, aside from […]
April 22, 2016
Corporate Responsibility
Transparency, the Panama Papers and the Future of Sustainable Development
The revelation of the Panama Papers last week is at once both not surprising and deeply disturbing. Of course it’s […]
April 13, 2016
Energy
Governors Announce Bipartisan Accord for a New Energy Future
On Feb. 16, a bipartisan group of 17 governors signed the Governors’ Accord for a New Energy Future. The accord represents […]
February 19, 2016
Corporate Responsibility
A Bump in the Road: Impact of the SCOTUS Clean Power Plan Decision
Earlier this week, the Supreme Court voted 5-4 along idealogical lines to issue a stay that temporarily halts progress on the […]
February 12, 2016
Finance
GRI and the SDG Compass: Moving Beyond the Report
If you’re a CEO and want to report on your triple bottom line, where are you gonna go? GRI. Sustainability reporting […]
February 1, 2016
Voices for Change
COP21, the Paris Agreement and the Art of the Possible
“Recognizing that climate change represents an urgent and potentially irreversible threat to human societies and the planet and thus requires […]
December 15, 2015
Corporate Responsibility
A Paris Outcome is All But Assured: But How Strong Will It Be?
Delegates, ministers and observers worked late into the night last night — deliberating over the latest “clean” text released by the COP […]
December 10, 2015
Voices for Change
John Kerry Announces $800 Million For Climate Adaptation at COP21
It’s “crunch time” here in Paris as the deadline for an historic climate agreement is now just just hours away. […]
December 9, 2015
Corporate Responsibility
Academics on the Take: Mounting Evidence of Fossil Fuel-Funded Climate Denial
Greenpeace revealed today the results of an undercover investigation showing how fossil fuel companies secretly pay academics from leading U.S. […]
December 9, 2015
Energy
Can Copenhagen be Exorcized? COP21 Moves Into High Gear
After a week of negotiators working in “spin-off” groups, the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform (ADP) completed their […]
December 6, 2015
Energy
COP21 Update: Revised Draft Text Agreement Released
A draft text for a global climate agreement was announced on Thursday morning at COP21, now slimmed down another four pages […]
December 3, 2015
Finance
Record $3.4 Trillion Committed to Fossil Fuel Divestment
At a press conference on Wednesday at COP21 in Paris, representatives from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the California Senate, the […]
December 2, 2015
Energy
NGOs React to Obama's Speech at the Opening of COP21
Editor’s Note: This post was originally published on GlobalWarmingisReal.com In a moving address at the opening session to the 21st […]
December 1, 2015
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In Our Sights: A Signed Climate Commitment in Paris
COP Out: What if There's No Climate Deal in Paris?
With the start of the COP21 climate talks, today marks the end of the beginning for global climate action: a […]
December 1, 2015
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In Our Sights: A Signed Climate Commitment in Paris
Climate and Prosperity: Two Roads Converge in Paris
Next week delegates. ministers, heads-of-state and civil socity meet in Paris at COP21 in hopes of striking an international commitment limiting […]
November 23, 2015
Corporate Responsibility
Obama Rejects Keystone XL Pipeline
In what may have been a move to call TransCanada’s bluff, President Obama shut down the Keystone XL pipeline project, […]
November 6, 2015
Voices for Change
Wilderness in the Age of Man
What’s so great about wilderness anyway? Does it even exist anymore? What does being “wild” even mean? Is nature just […]
October 9, 2015
Voices for Change
Behind the Scenes on the Sustainable Development Goals
This weekend world leaders met at the United Nations in New York City to define a sustainable development agenda through […]
September 28, 2015
Voices for Change
Center for Carbon Removal: Beyond Mitigation in a 2 °C World
Later this year ministers, scientists, diplomats and heads of state from more than 190 countries will convene in Paris for COP […]
September 8, 2015
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The Circular Economy and Green Electronics
Electronics Recycling: Breaking Down Barriers to Employment
It doesn’t seem that long ago that I brought home my first computer, a Mac Classic “plus” souped up with […]
September 1, 2015
Voices for Change
Engaging Faith-Based Communities Is Key in Building International Trust
Nigeria is a land of contrasts and conflict. Too often potential allies are mistaken as enemies and, for the nation’s […]
August 17, 2015
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The ROI of Sustainability
General Mills: Water Stewardship and the Evolution of Business Imperatives
This article is part of a series on “The ROI of Sustainability,” written with the support of MeterHero. MeterHero helps […]
June 26, 2015
Energy
Keurig Helps Farmers Cope with 'Coffee Rust'
La Roya — to an untrained ear those words almost sound like a new blend of premium coffee. Far from it. “The rust” […]
January 30, 2015
Finance
Visualize Sea-Level Rise with Time Goggles
We humans are a visually-attuned species. For most of us “seeing is believing,” in that we understand complex ideas, mathematical […]
January 20, 2015
Finance
TrendPoint Announces Expansion of Partnership with Facebook
The data center is the factory floor of the information age. How well it is managed can mean the difference […]
December 19, 2014
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Carbon Offsetting
Sustainability at 35,000 Feet: A Look at Business Aviation and Climate Change
Read more in this series When Detroit’s Big Three automakers flew their corporate jets to Washington, D.C. in 2008, to […]
December 10, 2014
Finance
Nathan Mackenzie Brown: Profile of an Impact Investor
Part of the problem or part of the solution? “I think a lot of people blame the ‘top 1 percent’ […]
November 17, 2014
Energy
Urban Organics: Sustainable Development in Post-Industrial America
The land of sky blue waters – what beer, urban development and aquaponics have in common I date myself by […]
July 24, 2014
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Sustainable Seafood
Investing in Sustainable Fishing: A New Lease on Life for New England Communities
America was built on Cod. When Americans today think of the first Thanksgiving feast, we often lean on our childhood […]
June 11, 2014
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Sustainable Seafood
Sustainable Fish Farming: Global-Scale Aquaculture in the Big City
Editor’s note: This is the third post in a three-part series on sustainable fish farming startups. In case you missed […]
May 9, 2014
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Sustainable Seafood
The Future of Mariculture and the Role of Startups, Lawmakers and NGOs
Editor’s note: This is the second post in a three-part series on sustainable fish farming startups. You can read the […]
May 8, 2014
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Sustainable Seafood
Sustainable Fish Startups: From the Open Seas to the Inner City
Editor’s note: This is the first post in a three-part series on sustainable fish farming startups. You can find the second […]
May 7, 2014
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Sustainably Attired
The Better Cotton Initiative: Making Sustainable Cotton Mainstream?
“King Cotton,” as it came to be known in the American South, has an unsettled past. The crop has played […]
March 5, 2014
Finance
Soccer Ball Harnesses Energy of a Swift Kick
Soccer rules–with the possible exception of one enclave in North America known as the United States. As Erik Distler writes […]
February 17, 2014
Finance
CollectiveSun: Solar Power for Nonprofits
The boom in solar energy in the U.S. is due in large part to innovative financing, putting solar within reach […]
February 3, 2014
Technology
Stanford Start.Home: Sustainable Design That Puts People First
In 2002 the U.S. Department of Energy launched the Solar Decathlon, an international college competition where students refine and present […]
January 17, 2014
Technology
Will Our Cities Save Us? Municipalities at the Nexus of Change
Ed note: This post originally published on GlobalWarmingisReal.com and has been entered in the Masdar Engage blogging contest for the upcoming […]
January 1, 2014
Corporate Responsibility
American Idol Kelly Clarkson Rallies Support for Fair Trade Coffee
For most Americans, our morning cup of coffee is the requisite first step before anything else that may occupy our […]
November 8, 2013
Energy
Safe Water Network: Activating Consumer Demand to Secure Safe Water
Despite much progress, nearly 800 million people still lack access to safe water. It isn’t for lack of trying, and […]
September 13, 2013
Energy
Achieving Access to Safe Water: Reflections on World Water Week
This post originally appeared on Global Warming is Real. In 2010, the United Nations passed resolution 64/292 mandating the basic human […]
September 11, 2013
Technology
Future of San Francisco's Market Street Comes Into View
Public engagement is key to building sustainable and livable cities. Too often the trend of the past half century has […]
July 26, 2013
Finance
A Story of Carbon and a New Model of Clean-Tech Investment
Like Prometheus handing down fire from the Gods, harnessing the immense power of fossil energy has made possible the modern […]
June 21, 2013
Technology
Microwave 2.0: A Study in Emotionally Durable Design
When Marshall Jamshidi, a student at the Savannah Institute of Art and Design, heard about the Design for Your Product Lifetime student […]
April 12, 2013
Energy
OriginOil Algae Technology Might Revolutionize Fracking
Riggs Eckelberry founded OriginOil with his brother Nicholas in 2007. The idea then was targeting the need in the budding algae biofuel […]
April 2, 2013
Finance
Trendpoint: The Nuts and Bolts of Efficiency for Datacenter Management
A data-hungry world Recently I saw a commercial for a popular mobile services company on TV that claimed we-the-consumer’s “right” […]
March 22, 2013