Triple Pundit: People, Planet, Profit

Walmart Knows What’s Good for You

2012-02-10T06:33:02Z

Walmart announced this week that it will start putting a new label on food products to help consumers make healthier food choices at its stores. A logo with the phrase "Great For You" will be used to indicate to consumers that a certain product has gotten Walmart's nutritional seal of approval.

China Bans its Airlines from Participating in the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme

2012-02-10T02:56:12Z

Over several months, many governments and airlines around the world have opposed the European Emissions Trading scheme forcing airlines to buy carbon allowances, but China's reaction this week is the strongest yet, in imposing a national law placing an outright ban on participation.

Finally, a Personal Solar Charger for the Masses

2012-02-10T05:44:50Z

While there have been 100s of solar powered mobile device chargers put out on the market, Charger's new system has done what's needed to happen all along: Allow your device to be charged at your convenience, rather then when you happen to be out in the sun. Add competitive and social aspects, along with tangible real world rewards, and this has potential for huge impact.

Get Ready for Forest Footprint Disclosure

2012-02-10T15:43:25Z

If you were wondering what would be the next stop in the journey of businesses to identify their impacts and dependencies on ecosystem services, you got an answer earlier this week. After disclosing their carbon and water footprints, companies are moving now to disclose their forest footprint. Why they do it? Are these companies becoming the new treehuggers?

Walmart’s Renewable Energy Power Surge

2012-02-10T06:43:23Z

The EPA's latest ranking of the top renewable energy buyers has Walmart moving to number three on the list from number 15 three months ago.

The Green Economy: It May Not Include Me

2012-02-10T06:34:00Z

This might sound shocking because, not only do I contribute to a publication focused on green and sustainable business news, but I graduated from a school that focuses on sustainable management. With a cogent résumé towards a green economy, why might the green economy not include me?

Does Gender Equality Have a Place in the Green Economy?

2012-02-10T21:23:11Z

The green economy includes women, but not to the extent it could and should.

Latest Study Finds More MRSA in Grocery Pork, Even When it’s Antibiotic-Free

2012-02-10T21:24:51Z

A recent study by the University of Iowa’s School of Public Health that discovered a dangerous prevalence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria lurking in pork on grocery store shelves, could lead to an even more dangerous conclusion.

Reverse Vending Machines Make Recycling Easier

2012-02-10T02:27:34Z

Put your CFL into a big slot in the vending machine, a video camera fitted inside identifies the bulb so it can be sorted, and then you receive a voucher for a free cup of coffee.

Nike Partners with Dutch Company to Foray Into Waterless Dyeing

2012-02-10T02:38:41Z

I wrote about the innovative, waterless dyeing technique pioneered by a Dutch company, DyeCoo in August last year. It appears that Nike liked the look of this technology and will now be working with the company to reduce water use. The technique uses recycled carbon dioxide to dye synthetic fibers and uses absolutely no water. Nike [...]

Shareholders Press Oil & Gas Companies on Fracking

2012-02-10T21:04:14Z

Investor groups, coordinated by Ceres, announced they've filed shareholder resolutions with Exxon-Mobil, Chevron, Chesapeake Energy, ConocoPhillips and 14 other oil and gas companies, "pressing them to disclose their plans for managing environmental and workplace challenges such as hydraulic fracturing, greenhouse gas emissions and woker safety."

How to Engage Sustainability Natives

2012-02-09T16:07:32Z

As future generations take the lead in determining our sustainable future and responsible business, how will their innate conceptions and expectations for a responsible economy inform our challenges and solutions?

Jeffrey Hollender’s Recipe for a Better (European Style) Future

2012-02-10T00:47:17Z

Jeffrey Hollender’s talk on Tuesday at NYU wasn’t probably listed on Time Out NY, but nevertheless it was one of the best shows the city provided that night. Hollender, an almost impossible combination of a CEO and a rebel, is never boring no matter how many times you get to hear him. Combining gloomy economic and social observations with funny anecdotes, he managed to charm the dozens of students that packed the room, sending them home afterwards with his innovative ideas (some would say 'European') on how to get the U.S. economy back on the track towards a sustainable future.

The Wall Street Journal and Climate Change Denial

2012-02-10T20:52:59Z

A January 27 op-ed piece in the Wall Street Journal contains the usual drivel about climate change denial. Signed by 16 scientists, the op-ed piece claims that the number of “scientific heretics” continues to grow every year. A cursory glance at the exact field of the 16 scientists is very telling. Only a couple of [...]