Food Waste
Supply Chain ... Infrastructure
COMMODITIES ... Better Infrastructure Would Cut Food Waste
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Open file 9451
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Companies
Starbucks
Starbucks pulls plug on Ethos water bottling in drought-stricken California ... may 2015
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Open file 9801
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Technology
Automotive Power
Cummins is developing a 2.8L, E-85 truck engine with power of gas, diesel engines twice its size
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Open file 9802
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Industrial Pollution
Images from AmusingPlanet.com
Amazing photos ... Edward Burtynsky’s Photos of Industrial Landscapes ... Industrial Scars by American photographer J Henry Fair
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Open file 9803
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UNILEVER
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Unilever says its socially responsible brands outperform rest
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Open file 9804
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Energy
Jeremy Leggett
At least one major oil company will turn its back on fossil fuels, says scientist ... Jeremy Leggett, former industry adviser, warns over plunging commodity prices and soaring costs of risky energy projects
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Open file 9805
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Agriculture
The State of Bees
New USDA survey reveals alarming increase in honeybee mortality rate
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Open file 9806
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Ideas ... Economics
Robert Skidelsky
No Pain, No Gain for Britain?
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Open file 9807
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Ideas ... Economics
Niall Ferguson
The Economic Consequences of Mr. Osborne
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Open file 9808
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Ideas ... Economics
Dean Baker
Niall Ferguson Goes to Bat for Cameron, Osborne, and Austerity
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Open file 9809
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NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION
Anne-Marie Slaughter
Former director of policy planning in the US State Department (2009-2011), is President and CEO of the New America Foundation, Professor Emerita of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University, and a member of the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on the Future
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Open file 9810
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Corporate Behavior
Walmart, Amazon, Nike
Hey Michelle and Barack: Walmart and Amazon Are the Problem, Not the Solution
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Open file 9811
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Issues
Human Trafficking
Google Building an Online Network to End Human Trafficking ... Launching the Global Human Trafficking Hotline Network ... Collaboration involving Polaris Project, La Strada and Liberty Asia
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Open file 9812
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Energy ... Oil
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest crude exporter, could phase out the use of fossil fuels by the middle of this century, Ali al-Naimi, the kingdom’s oil minister, said on Thursday.
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Open file 9813
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Agriculture
Bees
Holy Shit! Almonds Require a Ton of Bees
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Open file 9814
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Initiatives
RE100 ... Renewable Energy 100
An initiative of The Climate Group in partnership with CDP to encourage the world’s most influential businesses to join RE100 and commit to going 100% renewable.
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Open file 9815
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Initiatives
RE100 ... 100% Renewable energy initiative
M&S joins 100% renewable energy initiative
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Open file 9816
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Issues
Refugees
Which way is up? Flatpacks alone can't solve global shelter crisis* ... IKEA has trialled 'flatpack' housing units in Iraq and Kenya
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Open file 9817
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Peter Burgess Connections
Claudia
Misc links and useful information
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Open file 9818
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LinkedIn Dialog
B-Team
Overly optimistic? Or another sign that businesses across all sectors may finally be waking up to our climate reality?
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Open file 9819
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Military
Environmental footprint
Over 180,000 Marine Mammals May Die in Navy's Arctic War Games ... National Marine Fisheries Service say military exercise “may result in damage that could take years to decades from which to re
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Open file 9820
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Ideas
Paul Krugman
The Big Meh ... Paul Krugman Debunks One of the Bigger Economic Hoaxes of Our Time
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Open file 9821
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People
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift is Not an 'Underdog': The Real Story About Her 1 Percent Upbringing That the New York Times Won’t Tell You ...
Swift is the privileged daughter of plutocrats. She had a leg up.
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Open file 9822
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Ideas
Robert Reich
ECONOMY ... Robert Reich: Corporate Collusion Is Rampant and We All Pay the Steep Price ... The big banks even referred to themselves as 'cartels,' but government will do nothing to stop them.
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Open file 9823
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Trade
Race to the bottom
EU Dropped Pesticide Laws Due to U.S. Pressure over TTIP, Documents Reveal ...
U.S. trade officials pushed EU to shelve action on endocrine-disrupting chemicals linked to cancer and male infertility to facilitate TTIP free trade deal.
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Open file 9824
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SPARE
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Open file 9825
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Ideas
Joel Makower
Can companies become cities’ sustainability savior?
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Open file 9826
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Company
Fedex
FedEx Retires More Jets as Cargo Markets Stagnate ... 2012
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Open file 9827
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Company
FedEx
FedEx Marks 40th Anniversary with Significant European Contribution
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Open file 9828
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Ideas
Kevin Jones
What’s NEW for SOCAP15? ... A message from SOCAP Convener, Kevin Jones:
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Open file 9829
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Ideas ... metrics
Michael 'Luni' Libes
Measuring, Comparing, and Aggregating Impact ... Introducing the Pinchot Impact Index
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Open file 9830
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Event
MILE Webinar Tuesday, June 16th, 2015
MILE Webinar Tuesday, June 16th, 2015 ... Peter Burgess ... How to Manage for Best Triple Bottom Line Performance
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Open file 9831
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Company ... FirstGroup
Brand ... Greyhound
Greyhound Taps Airline Pricing Models to Boost Profit
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Open file 9832
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Event
PV O&M Europe 2015
PV O&M Europe 2015 ... some of the speakers
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Open file 9833
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Technology
Internet of Things (IoT)
ShiSh Shridhar ... The 3 Stages of IoT: the path to personalized shopping
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Open file 9834
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People
Thirdy Alim III
Thirdy Alim III in Egypt
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Open file 9835
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People
Bjorn Lomborg
The Millions Behind Bjorn Lomborg's Copenhagen Consensus Center US Think Tank
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Open file 9836
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Issues
Money in Politics
Ben Cohen ... MoveOn ... Stamp Money Out Of Politics—Amend the Constitution.
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Open file 9837
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Event
ACEEE ... American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy
ACEEE Intelligent Efficiency Conference ... The Westin Boston Waterfront ... Boston, MA ... December 06, 2015 to December 08, 2015
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Open file 9838
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Ideas
John Oliver
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: FIFA and the World Cup (HBO)
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Open file 9839
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Ideas
John Oliver
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Net Neutrality (HBO)
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Open file 9840
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Country ... Egypt
The Sisi Government
4 of the Biggest Cheerleaders for Egypt's Shockingly Repressive New Regime ... Why are these Western leaders backing Sisi's brutal rule?
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Open file 9841
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People
Senator Warren
Senator Elizabeth Warren on big money in Washington
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Open file 9842
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Organizations
FIFA
Fifa corruption charges: is this the beginning of the end for the house that Sepp Blatter built?
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Open file 9843
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Organizations
FIFA
Fifa crisis: Visa sponsorship threat compounds calls for Blatter to resign ... English FA chairman Greg Dyke and Diego Maradona say embattled Fifa president must go, as Visa says it could reassess football sponsorship deals
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Open file 9844
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Initiative
MIT ... Center for Civic Media
Promise Tracker ... an MIT initiative to encourage community accountability being implemented in São Paulo
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Open file 9845
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Ideas
Jason Jay
The PROMISE of a Systems Approach to Sustainability
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Open file 9846
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Workplace Conditions
Nail Salons ... New York City
The Price of Nice Nails ...
Manicurists are routinely underpaid and exploited, and endure ethnic bias and other abuse, The New York Times has found.
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Open file 9847
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Workplace Conditions
Nail Salons ... New York City
Perfect Nails, Poisoned Workers
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Open file 9848
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Country ... Burundi
Political crisis ... coup
May 2015 ... The military moves against Nkurunziza's third term bid
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Open file 9849
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Brands
Brand Value
Green Initiatives Improve a Brand’s Perceived Value
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Open file 9850
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