Greener Design

Puma's 2010 Environmental Profit & Loss Report

admin — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:52:50 +0000

The apparel company's groundbreaking report offers a roadmap on assessing the eco-impacts of any company's supply chain.

Puma's Eco-Impacts Report Kicks the Ball Forward on Transparency

Matthew Wheeland — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:41:36 +0000

The apparel company has continued its sustainability leadership with the publication of a detailed look at the environmental impacts of its supply chain, which totaled US$191 million in 2010.

3 Ways to Get Ahead of Climate Change, Without Ditching Oil (Yet)

Kumar Venkat — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:45:06 +0000

Despite the painfully slow progress on a global transition to clean energy, there are three relatively simple ideas that, if widely implemented, could offset a big chunk of fossil fuel emissions and buy us time while we shift to clean energy.

UK Retailers Test-Drive Greener Fruit Packaging to Cut Food Waste

Jonathan Bardelline — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:45:46 +0000

Strips that absorb the gas that accelerates fruit ripening are being tested by Marks & Spencer and Tesco in the hopes of slashing food and packaging waste.

5 Lessons in Futureproofing Products from Brown Toilet Paper

Marc Stoiber — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:07:43 +0000

Innovations -- even ones leading to the most sustainable products of their fields, like Cascades' new Moka recycled TP -- sometimes fail not because of any inherent fault of their own, but because they're launched at the wrong time.

As Biotech Debate Rages on, More GMOs Get Planted

Marc Gunther — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:46:27 +0000

Even as both sides continue to wage a battle around whether or not genetically modified organisms are good for the planet and its people, new data show that ever-larger swaths of land are being planted in biotech crops.

Calif. Green Jobs Handled Recession Better than Conventional Jobs

Jonathan Bardelline — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:00:00 +0000

Throughout 2009, California's green economy lost fewer than half as many jobs as the overall state economy, according to the latest report from Next 10.

Why Sinking Cleantech Investment Data Aren't the End of the World

Adam Aston — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:56:46 +0000

The latest figures from Ernst & Young show a 4.5 percent dip in investments in clean technologies last year. Given how bad the Year of Solyndra was for all things green, there's reason for optimism.

Diversity, Innovation and Sustainability at Rio+2.0

Kathrin Winkler — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:04:50 +0000

The first full day of a technology-focused gathering in the run-up to this summer's Rio + 20 conference in Brazil highlighted how Big Data, coupled with innovative ideas for dealing with Big Data, can make big impacts at every level.

How She Leads: Hannah Jones of Nike

Maya Albanese — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:00:30 +0000

The head of sustainability and innovation at Nike offers her advice to entrepreneurs and other sustainability professionals, and details on how her company is experimenting with radically new and different materials, redesigning supply chains, and driving social innovation in the athletic apparel industry.

A Hackathon for Geekery and the Greater Good

Sarah Krasley — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:45:12 +0000

From green data center management to real-time carbon emissions tracking, more than 100 developers and sustainability professionals gathered last week to hack together solutions for a greener planet.

Stop Wasting Waste: Fixing the Travesty of Lost Value in Recycling

Champa Gujjanudu — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:45:15 +0000

The market for tapping value from recyclable waste streams is caught in a series of binds that keep it from scaling, even though countless companies have achieved major benefits from cutting waste out of the loop.