Shareholders should pay for a company’s environmental damages – I.I.A.S.A.

Shareholders in a company should also be held liable when the company’s activities harm the environment. A new study from the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis suggests that this is exactly what should happen if we want to move the world’s energy systems toward sustainability.The research, done in collaboration with the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, found that there is a fundamental rigidity or lock-in mentality by which...

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EcoSeed 2012: Top Ten

The low-carbon sector covers almost all aspects of life – from the power we use to the products we chose – and EcoSeeds mandate to cover this sector means we write about a variety of different topics. As the year draws to a close, we look at ten of the most popular articles published on our website today, covering – you guessed it – a wide variety of topics. From green buildings to green heroes, green fuels and green energy,...

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E.U. and India: Cases of low-carbon development in 2012

2012 has been a blast for the low-carbon economy. This year was marked increasingly by nations that committed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, recognizing that there is no other way to tackle climate change and to seize a sustainable future but to go “green” in terms of energy sources. While most of the countries across the world made significant efforts toward decarbonization, there are those that really caught...

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SC Johnson increases renewable energy use with wind turbine installations in Wisconsin

SC Johnson, a household cleaning products manufacturer, has begun operation of two wind turbines at their manufacturing facility in Wisconsin. The company’s Waxdale facility is their largest manufacturing facility. With the addition of the two operating turbines to existing cogeneration turbines, the facility is now able to produce 100 percent of its energy on-site. “SC Johnson has been making green choices for our products...

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Australia launches first carbon capture plant

Australia has launched it’s first-ever carbon capture plant in Queensland, a move that aims to slash its immense greenhouse gas emissions as a coal-dependent nation. Touted as “one of the worlds’s most advanced carbon capture projects,” the $208 million Callide Oxyfuel Project aims to demonstrate how the technology can be used in existing coal-fired stations to generate electricity with significantly lower emissions...

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Most of world’s largest companies say clean energy is good business

Most of the world’s largest companies initiate and do not take cues from the government in taking efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and employ clean technologies, according to a new study. “Power Forward: Why the World's Largest Companies are Investing in Renewable Energy,” a report co-authored by environmental group World Wide Fund for Nature, sustainability leadership consultant Ceres and investment management company Calvert Investments,...

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Zara commits to ‘eco-friendly’ fashion

Zara, the world’s largest clothing retailer, has committed itself to “toxic-free fashion” after an intense nine-day public pressure urging its response to the “Detox” campaign by environmental group Greenpeace. With its parent company Inditex, Zara vowed to “eliminate all discharge of hazardous chemicals from its supply chain and products by 2020.” By the end of March 2013, it will start requiring 20 of its suppliers to disclose pollution data,...

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Green growth: A case for developing countries

The Green Economy is not just a fancy catchphrase in the world of business. The United Nations Environment Programme defines it simply as one that improves human well-being and social equity, while significantly cutting environmental risks and ecological scarcities. More specifically, it foreshadows increased investments in economic sectors that could help preserve natural resources and reduce environmental impacts. According to the U.N. agency,...

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Levi’s turns plastic bottles into fashionable denim

With eight plastic bottles, you can make a pair of jeans. That’s the sustainability concept behind a new line of denim products from Levi’s that uses 20 percent post-consumer recycled content. Levi’s “Waste<Less” line of products, part of the company’s Spring 2013 collection, adds in recycled plastic bottles and food trays to their make-up. For its Spring 2013 collection, the company said it will use over 3.5...

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Puma unveils ‘eco-friendly’ product line

Sportswear company Puma has introduced its new line of “eco-friendly” merchandise in a bid to bring out the concept of sustainability in its products. Likewise, it released details from its Environmental Profit and Loss analysis which looks into the environmental impacts of its two products from the new environmental line in comparison with its conventional products. The InCycle collection, which includes...

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