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Technology

CES Makes Up (Partly) For 2018's Zero Women Debacle

Something as simple as the speaker’s lineup for a trade show can become a platform for change — if people […]

Tina Casey

January 4, 2019

Energy

3 Ways Cisco is Taking the Lead on the SDGs

In 2015, the United Nations adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which includes 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Tech […]

Vikas Vij

January 4, 2019

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How Does Data Privacy Affect Corporate Responsibility?

Helping Foster Youth Protect Against Identity Theft

This article series is underwritten by Symantec and went through our normal editorial review process. Identity theft is a nightmare […]

Phil Covington

January 3, 2019

Energy

Sustainability the Key Ingredient for Food Producers in 2019

The global food industry begins 2019 with increased pressure to make sustainability a key ingredient in feeding an estimated 9.8 […]

Amy Brown

January 3, 2019

Energy

BCG: Agriculture Sector Can Address Global Food Challenges

The global population is set to increase by over two billion in the next 30 years. Malnourishment is endemic, soil […]

Vikas Vij

January 3, 2019

Energy

The 6 SDGs Companies Should Emphasize During 2019

With 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in total, aligning with this United Nations’ blueprint to forge a more sustainable and […]

Leon Kaye

January 2, 2019

Energy

Corporations Should Step Up to Save Our National Parks

As the current U.S. federal government shutdown is mired in its second week, it is clear many of our national […]

Leon Kaye

January 2, 2019

Energy

Top 5 Renewable Energy Trends for 2019: Why Hydrogen Makes The Cut

With the urgency of climate action in mind, here are five energy trends to look out for in 2019. They […]

Tina Casey

December 31, 2018

Energy

The Circular Economy: Enabling Sustainability, for Business and Planet

We have just one Earth. But at our current rate of consumption, we need about 1.7 Earths in order to […]

Christopher Wellise

December 28, 2018

Energy

Holiday Purchases Power Her Potential: Gifts that Give Part II

Here are seven more brands who pledge to support microloans for women entrepreneurs through the WholePlanet Foundation when you purchase […]

Whole Foods Market Foundations

December 28, 2018

Energy

How Can 2019 Bring Us Hope for a Healthy Climate Future?

As 2018 ends, our climate expectations are complicated and uncertain. For me, after working and volunteering on climate awareness and […]

felixkramer

December 28, 2018

Energy

Holiday Purchases Power Her Potential: Gifts that Give Part I

Learn how your purchases of products including apparel, kombucha, snacks and greeting cards at your local Whole Foods through the […]

Whole Foods Market Foundations

December 28, 2018

Energy

5 Key Sustainability Developments in 2018

As someone who has developed sustainability targets, adopted ESG (environmental, social and governance) best practices and evaluates various corporate responsibility […]

John Friedman

December 27, 2018

Energy

Millennials’ Food Choices Means Canned Tuna Stays on Shelves

Millennials have been blamed for killing dozens of industries, from banks to beer to real estate (even cereals and napkins). […]

Amy Brown

December 21, 2018

Energy

Coal: The Elephant in the Room in Katowice

Arriving into Katowice, Poland, host city for COP24, you were immediately struck by the obvious conflict at the heart of […]

Joel Benjamin

December 20, 2018

Energy

Purdue University Report: Palm Oil Is Still Unsustainable

A new report conducted by Purdue University and published in the journal Science of the Total Environment says it loud […]

Nithin Coca

December 19, 2018

Energy

Metals Recycler Slashes Emissions, Energy Use and Waste

Schnitzer Steel Industries of Portland, Oregon recently released its latest sustainability report, highlighting the progress the company — one of […]

Andrew Burger

December 19, 2018

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DNA Testing Is Popular, But Many Are Unaware of Privacy Concerns

This article series is underwritten by Symantec and went through our normal editorial review process. Genetic testing is a booming […]

Amy Brown

December 18, 2018

Energy

It's Time for Big Agriculture to Stand Up for Fuel Economy

When the Trump administration proposed rolling back Obama-era fuel economy standards for the auto industry, the opposition was nearly universal […]

Tina Casey

December 18, 2018

Energy

Solar Provider Partners with Unilever to Expand Across Kenya

Leading African mobile pay-as-you-go solar providers continue their efforts to build out services that provide rural Africans who lack access […]

Andrew Burger

December 17, 2018

Energy

Soy (Hopefully) Won’t Become the Next Palm Oil: Here’s Why

Representatives of Brazil’s soy industry, local NGOs and nearly two dozen large international companies are rounding the corner in an […]

Grant Whittington

December 13, 2018

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From Farm to Fork: Sustainability in the Food and Agriculture Business

How General Mills Sustainably Sources Food Ingredients from Around the World

This article series is underwritten by General Mills and went through our normal editorial review process.  To produce enough food […]

Kevin ODonnell

December 13, 2018

Energy

2019 Food Trends Include Fish-Free Tuna, Mushroom Jerky and BYOVB

It’s the time of the year when everyone is looking ahead at what the New Year will bring. Whole Foods […]

Megan Amrich

December 13, 2018

Energy

Unilever Crowdsourcing Alternatives to Plastic Packaging

As the problem of plastic ending up in the world’s oceans intensifies, Unilever recently announced that it will invest €100,000 […]

Nithin Coca

December 12, 2018

Energy

How Companies Can Benefit by Addressing Climate Change

With the recent release of the United Nations’ Climate Report concluding that “there is no simple answer to the questions […]

Adam Sansiveri

December 12, 2018

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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 […]

Tom Schueneman

December 12, 2018

Energy

Recap: #GenerationForChange Twitter Chat with Mars

Last week, Mars, Inc., The Climate Group, EDF+Business, The Nature Conservancy and Oxfam came together at #GenerationForChange on Twitter during […]

Leon Kaye

December 11, 2018

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How to Scale-Up Sustainable Power

Helping Companies Finance a Clean Energy Future

This article series is sponsored by NRG Energy and produced by the TriplePundit editorial team.  As companies look to meet […]

Amy Brown

December 10, 2018

Energy

Activist Investors Force Shell to Act on Carbon Emissions

Royal Dutch Shell set the Intertubes abuzz last week when it became the first global company to propose linking executive […]

Tina Casey

December 10, 2018

Energy

How I Became Passionate About the Circular Economy

In the U.S., 81 percent of Generation Z say they’re looking for purpose in their work, according to a recent […]

Melissa Rusinek

December 10, 2018

Energy

Powering Down Coal Worldwide Isn’t Occurring Fast Enough

To meet the temperature goal set out in the 2015 Paris Agreement – to keep global warming below 3.6 degrees […]

Jim Witkin

December 7, 2018

Energy

Maersk Pushes the Net Zero Carbon Emissions Envelope

The global shipping company A.P. Moller – Maersk has joined the growing list of top corporations pledging either 100 percent […]

Tina Casey

December 7, 2018

Energy

COP24: A Chance For Companies to Act on Climate

What do we do about our changing climate? That’s the question world leaders will be focused on as the 24th […]

Elizabeth Sturcken

December 7, 2018

Energy

Giving Smallholder Farms the Help They Need, with Fertilizer as Capital

This article series is underwritten by The Mosaic Company and went through our normal editorial review process.  Food insecurity is […]

Amy Brown

December 7, 2018

Energy

IEA: Clean Energy Must Accelerate to Stop Climate Change

In case it has not been clear – the deployment of clean energy technologies must move at a far faster […]

Nithin Coca

December 6, 2018

Energy

Paul Polman Retires After Pushing Boundaries for a Decade

Few top executives are as synonymous with changing the way companies view their role in the world as Paul Polman, […]

Amy Brown

December 5, 2018

Energy

More Brands Are Choosing Better Cotton

According to the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI), 2017 was a banner year for sustainable cotton, and this multi-stakeholder group is […]

Nithin Coca

December 5, 2018

Energy

Heavy Industry and Transport Slashing Climate Footprint

With the onslaught of sobering climate assessment reports, it is refreshing to get an optimistic take from some of the […]

Amy Brown

December 4, 2018

Energy

Corona Fights Ocean Pollution by Thinking Outside the Ring

A sustainable new wrinkle on those ubiquitous plastic six-pack rings demonstrates how one relatively modest improvement in product packaging can […]

Tina Casey

December 4, 2018

Technology

Why I’m Developing for Mars and Sustainable Life in Space

As published on the Cisco Corporate Social Responsibility blog This post was written by guest blogger Dr. Natalie Rens, CEO of Spaceport […]

Cisco Corporate Social Responsibility Blog

December 4, 2018

Energy

Colombian Coffee Icon Juan Valdez is Going Sustainable

Since the late 1950s, the fictional Juan Valdez has been the face of Colombian coffee. The indefatigable Juan and his […]

Leon Kaye

December 3, 2018

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Ensuring Business Innovation While Protecting Data Privacy: A Balancing Act

This article series is underwritten by Symantec and went through our normal editorial review process. With connected devices expected to […]

Amy Brown

December 3, 2018

Energy

How Mosaic Is Working to Help Feed a Growing and Hungry World

This article series is underwritten by The Mosaic Company and went through our normal editorial review process.  The demand for […]

Amy Brown

November 30, 2018

Energy

Kickstarter’s New Features Put Sustainability Top-of-Mind for Creators

This morning, Kickstarter unveiled new features that will help creators evaluate and reduce the environmental impact of their products at the earliest […]

Daniel Hill

November 29, 2018

Technology

Medellín, Latin America’s Leading Smart City

Is your company or NGO looking to open a regional office in Latin America, but you’re not sure which of […]

Leon Kaye

November 28, 2018

Energy

Mining Bitcoin Takes More Energy Than Extracting Gold or Platinum

Digital currencies, as in so-called cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum, may represent the future of our monetary system, but so […]

Jim Witkin

November 28, 2018

Energy

U.S. Climate Change Report Makes the Business Case for Action

The Trump administration released the latest National Climate Assessment last Friday, the day after Thanksgiving Day. This kind of timing […]

Tina Casey

November 26, 2018

Energy

Colombia Embraces Sustainable Tourism

It’s rich in biodiversity, containing over 1,500 species of orchids that can’t be found anywhere else on the planet – […]

Leon Kaye

November 26, 2018

Energy

Despite Trump, the Shift from Coal to Renewables Continues Unabated

If you were only paying attention to public statements coming from Washington D.C., you would likely think that in the […]

Nithin Coca

November 26, 2018

Energy

“Reinvented” Toilets Saving Lives Could Also Reap Billions in Revenues by 2030

Sanitation is “the business of the decade,” Cheryl Hicks, chief executive of the Toilet Board Coalition, said last week on […]

Abha Malpani Naismith

November 26, 2018

Energy

World Central Kitchen Is Making Thanksgiving Possible for Californians Devastated by This Month’s Wildfires

Upon returning home from a trip earlier this week on a short flight from San Francisco to my town, I, […]

Leon Kaye

November 22, 2018

Technology

Businesses Find Innovation and Profit in Tackling Food Waste

The American Thanksgiving table laden with food is a stark contrast to the massive problem of food waste in the […]

Amy Brown

November 21, 2018

Energy

Electric Aviation May Slash Emissions by Early 2020s

The winds seem to be shifting in favor of electric aviation as a viable solution to airplane carbon pollution, with […]

Amy Brown

November 21, 2018

Energy

The Solar Home Energy Storage Revolution Has Just Begun

Energy storage, rooftop solar panels and LEED construction used to be expensive, customized options for wealthier homeowners, but they are […]

Tina Casey

November 21, 2018

Technology

Blockchain – When We Are All Responsible

I have to thank Dr. Wayne Visser* for once again inspiring an article. In this case, it was this graphic […]

John Friedman

November 21, 2018

Energy

Top 3 Clean Energy Trends to Watch in 2019

Ethan Zindler is Head of Americas at Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF), the definitive source of insight, data and news […]

Carolyn Johnson

November 19, 2018

Energy

Study: 'Meat Tax' Could Save 220,000 Lives Annually

Taxing red and processed meats could prevent more than 220,000 deaths globally each year while also saving $40 billion in […]

Grant Whittington

November 16, 2018

Energy

Can Making Cannabis Production More Sustainable Increase Profits?

The legal cannabis industry in the U.S. may grow to $50 billion by 2026, expanding to more than eight times […]

Amy Brown

November 16, 2018

Technology

Former Microsoft CEO Invests $59 Million in Education Project with Austin Tech Firm

The U.S. education system continues to lag behind other developed nations. Only two U.S. states have high-school graduation rates above 90 […]

Mary Mazzoni

November 15, 2018

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From Farm to Fork: Sustainability in the Food and Agriculture Business

Why Soil Health Matters for Food and Beverage Businesses

This article series is underwritten by General Mills and went through our normal editorial review process.  When I speak about […]

Jerry Lynch

November 14, 2018

Energy

Blockchain and the Ocean Plastic Pollution Fight: Perfect Together

Blockchain technology is steadily gaining traction as a platform for action on global sustainability issues, and the latest case study […]

Tina Casey

November 13, 2018

Energy

What Is the New Plastics Economy, and Why Does It Matter to Business?

Last month, more than 290 organizations and business leaders came together in support of something called the New Plastics Economy […]

Tina Casey

November 12, 2018

Energy

It's Time to Think Seriously About Behind-the-Meter Energy Storage, Says BNEF

As the cost of lithium-ion batteries continues to fall, businesses gain a competitive edge with behind-the-meter energy storage. They can […]

Tina Casey

November 9, 2018

Energy

Private-Sector Solutions To Protect Freshwater Resources

The latest report released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) told us that 50 percent more people will […]

Brooke Barton

November 8, 2018

Technology

How Will Artificial Intelligence Impact the Future? It’s Up To Us

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a wide-ranging tool that enables us to more effectively integrate information, analyze data, and use the […]

Darshan Goswami

November 8, 2018

Energy

Michael Bloomberg and OceanX Announce $185 Million Ocean Exploration Partnership

Founded by filmmaker James Cameron and Dalio Philanthropies President Ray Dalio, OceanX supports scientists as they explore the ocean and share […]

Mary Mazzoni

November 7, 2018

Energy

3 Reasons Why Companies Should Make Air Pollution a Top Priority

Leaders from nearly every country attended the World Health Organization’s (WHO) inaugural Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health in […]

Aileen Nowlan

November 7, 2018

Energy

Water.org, Bank of America Partner to Bring Safe Water and Sanitation to India and Brazil

Water.org received a $3 million grant over three years from Bank of America to unlock safe drinking water and promote […]

Grant Whittington

November 5, 2018

Technology

Digital and the Sustainable Development Goals: An Urgent Call to the World’s Donor Countries

Charlotte Petri Gornitzka co-authored this story In a meeting last month co-hosted by the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC) and […]

Mats Granryd

November 5, 2018

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How Market Levers for Clean Energy Development are Continuing the Trend Toward Renewables

This article series is sponsored by NRG Energy and produced by the TriplePundit editorial team.  The renewable energy industry has […]

Jim Witkin

November 2, 2018

Energy

Companies Step In to Preserve Ecological and Economic Benefits of Bats

This Halloween, befriend a bat. Dozens of companies are doing it. You might wonder why corporations would care about these […]

Amy Brown

October 31, 2018

Energy

Reforestation Project Combating Climate Change Wins $100,000 Ray of Hope Prize

At least 14.2 million acres of land in the Atlantic Forest has the potential to grow trees – and Brazilian […]

Abha Malpani Naismith

October 31, 2018