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This fall, Timberland unveiled new packaging for its footwear products aimed at reducing the company’s environmental footprint. The new packaging, made of environmentally-friendlier materials, 100 percent post-consumer waste fiber, soy based inks and water-based solvents in place of chemical glues, features the “Our Footprint” ingredient label.  This industry-leading transparency initiative provides consumers with information about […]

As Japan for Sustainability reports, "Yamamoto Eng. Works Co., a manufacturer of waste recycling machines in Tokushima in western Japan, together with the Tokushima Prefectural Industrial Technology Center, Kagawa University and Okura Industrial Co., co-developed a new recycling system for waste plastics in March 2003; all four groups are located on Shikoku Island. The salient

Today Dell Inc. announced a new free recycling program available online for U.S. customers by Friday and expected to be available for global customers by next month.  As the Austin Business Journal reports, "Under its new global recycling policy launching Friday, Dell will provide customers recycling of any Dell-branded product, regardless of whether a replacement

In an effort to answer rising consumer demands for fish despite demishing supplies, one New York entreprenuer has taken to cultivating thousands of tilapia in gurgling tubs in his Brooklyn Warehouse.  As a recent article in Seed Magazine reports, "counterintuitive though it may seem, growing fish in the inner city could ameliorate some of the

ROCKY HILL, Conn. The Connecticut Clean Energy Fund (CCEF), SunEdison and Whole Foods Market today hosted a dedication ceremony to celebrate the unveiling of a 121-kilowatt solar photovoltaic (PV) system installed on the rooftop of the Whole Foods Market Distribution Center located at 400 East Johnson Road in Cheshire, Connecticut. Covering about 10% of the

The 6th annual SAM/SPG Sustainable Leadership Award, acknowledging personal excellence in implementing the principles of sustainability in the corporate sector has been awarded to WBCSD Chairman and retired Alcan President CEO Travis Engen. An international jury of sustainability experts chose Travis Engen for his many years as successful CEO of the Canadian Aluminum producer. Jeremy

The Washington Post reports that California’s legislature approved the broadest restrictions on carbon dioxide emissions in the nation yesterday.  The California bill requires a 25 percent cut in carbon dioxide pollution produced within the state’s borders by 2020 in order to bring the total down to 1990 levels.  It will set up a cap-and-trade program