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Global Organizations Announce $8.4 Mil Grant to Give South American Recyclers DignityThe Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Coca-Cola Company, Fundación Avina, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF), launched a coalition that aims to improve the lives of the at least 4 million people who make a living off of recycling. |
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Pressure Builds to End $4 Billion in Taxpayer Subsidies for Oil CompaniesIn these days of federal budget-cutting (and high gas prices), it was only a matter of time before subsidies for oil companies came under closer scrutiny. That moment has come. |
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World’s largest beef company signs Amazon rainforest pactThe world's largest meat processor has agreed to stop buying beef from ranches associated with slave labor and illegal deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon, according to the public prosecutor's office in the state of Acre. |
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Google is Building the World’s Largest Solar Tower Power PlantThe solar investments from Google just keep on comin’, and this time, it’s a biggie. On Monday afternoon, the search giant announced its largest investment in renewable energy to date: $168 million into one of the first utility-scale solar projects being built by startup BrightSource Energy in California’s Mojave Desert. |
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KFC dumps palm oil due to health, environmental concernsKFC said it is making the change due to health and climate concerns. Palm oil is high is saturated fat and has been associated with destruction of carbon-dense peatlands and rainforests in Indonesia and Malaysia. |
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GE To Build Largest Solar Factory In The U.S.GE announced Thursday that it’s planning to go big in solar panel manufacturing and will build the largest solar panel factory in the U.S., with an annual capacity of 400 megawatts of production of thin-film solar when it is up and running in 2013. |
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Bank bailout turns a profitDon't look now, but the bank bailout is starting to turn a profit. The Treasury Department announced Wednesday that the money it gave to banks during the financial crisis has been paid back, and then some. |
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Impact Investing: $4.1 Trillion to Save the Worldhe world now faces dramatic cuts in government spending and no shortage of pressing social and environmental challenges. On Monday, asset owners and managers of an impressive 4.1 trillion dollars gathered in San Francisco to “Take Action!” – discussing how they can best use their investment portfolios to address big issues. |
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McDonald’s Sets Long-Term Sustainable Beef, Coffee PlansMcDonald's has laid out a plans to move to more sustainable meat, coffee and packaging. |
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Costco Steps Up Sustainable Seafood PolicyIn a “stunning win for the oceans,” Costco recently stepped up its Sustainable Seafood policies. Improving on voluntary changes announced last August, Costco issued its Seafood and Sustainability Report agreeing to stop selling 12 red-listed varieties of fish. |
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Flying less is more, say businessesNew research published today by WWF suggests that, following the recession, businesses are making a permanent commitment to fly less. |
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Plastic bag ban begins on Kauai and Maui, fee discussed for rest of stateIn Hawaii, Maui and Kauai County are the official forerunners in banning single use plastic bags that easily find their way into water streams, ocean currents and the stomachs of birds and fish. |
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Ford to extend Auto Start-Stop system to gasoline and diesel vehiclesAuto Stop-Start technology that shuts off a vehicle’s engine when it comes to a stop to save fuel is a standard feature on many hybrid and electric-vehicles (EVs), including Ford’s Fusion Hybrid and Escape Hybrid. Ford has now announced its Auto Start-Stop system will be added to conventional cars, crossovers and SUVs in North America from 2012. |
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California approves first US carbon-trading schemeCalifornia has become the first US state to approve a carbon-trading plan aimed at cutting greenhouse emissions. |
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Corporate social responsibility
- Victory for Forests: Disney Stands Up for Endangered Forests and Animals
- Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific bans shark fins as air cargo
- Johnson & Johnson Announces a Ban on Harmful Chemicals in Products
- How Some Food Retailers Are Coming to the Rescue of Pigs
- Company Designs Bottle From Great Pacific Garbage Patch Debris
- KFC-Indonesia suspends purchases from Asia Pulp & Paper due to deforestation
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