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An really good blog on GreenBiz about the other, the softer side of sustainability. Worth a read over the upcoming weekend.
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One reason I like to host seminars at the Center for Ecoliteracy is that you never know who is going to show up.
Last August, one of the 80 people who participated in our “Short [...]

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I guess there is some truth in this which we might not would like to admit. Our whole drive towards sustainability or being green is also a way to differentiate ourselves from others. This is the beginning of the article:
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While consumers are more likely to “go green” on the high street where [...]

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Marketing and Sustainability or’ Green’ as some people call it, are difficult areas to combine. Brand management as a consequence will play a huge role in bringing this gap. This is an interesting article on how a company can do this successfully.
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Let’s start with a compelling fact: More than 90% of consumers feel that [...]

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It is a really good sign if a company is winning a customer service awards. It is even better news if that company is a company selling renewable energy. This is what  Green Energy UK has done this week. We need more examples like that if the sustainability industry is to be seen as a [...]

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Have you ever wondered what a Sustainability recruitment consultant is looking for in the right candidate?
Well, you do not need to look any further here Toby Webb, one of the senior recruitment consultants from Acre Resources, is explaining what he is looking for in individuals at a graduate and a senior manager level.

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A german fishing boat flies giant kite to save fuel. How great is that? And this is a sign of how the marine future may look like? A really interesting article.
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The 15,000 tonne ‘Maartje Theadora’ is the first fishing vessel to use the system, in which a 160 square meter blue and white [...]

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This is an interesting opinion piece from Marketing Week about the recent announcement by Marks and Spencer (A UK retail business) about their decision to expand their Sustainability initiative called ‘Plan A’. I also agree with the authors conclusions that a lot of organizations are under-selling their sustainability work.
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Marks & Spencer’s impressive announcement regarding the [...]

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Marks & Spencer (M&S) has announced 80 new initiatives under its ‘Plan A’ eco programme and committed to begin implementing them within the next five years.
Amongst the most ambitious commitments set out today by the high street retailer is to ensure that at least 50 per cent of M&S’ 2.7 [...]

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Eating outside of your home generally requires three things: food, food containers, and food utensils. For the majority of Americans, oil is involved in all three of these components. Food, especially processed food, requires tremendous amounts of oil to grow, process, and transport it. The plastic food containers we use [...]

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How much of this census will be propaganda and spin? Or is this a real effort by China to measure its pollution? I am not so sure. Decide for yourself. This is the beginning of the article :
China has revealed its most ambitious measure of what explosive development has done to its environment, saying Tuesday [...]

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