Recently, Fortune Chinese website announces top 100 of 2013 China Corporate Social Responsibility. Among local enterprises, Baosteel Co.,Ltd. enters the list for three consecutive years, ranking 5th. Chinese Corporate Social ...
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Saint-Gobain Glass not only boasts the UK’s leading energy-saving flat glass coatings with its SGG PLANITHERM range; it is also working with a growing group of processors to develop and expand its innovative Cullet Returns Scheme and ...
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Muttenz, – A European Union commissioned study of flame retardants for smartphones, laptops and other electrical and electronics applications has acknowledged the environmental and health benefits of pioneering Exolit® ...
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Life Cycle Assessment shows high-build traffic paint markings made with FASTRACK HD-21A Binder leave a smaller environmental footprint compared to thermoplastic road markings Time-tested and field-proven to facilitate high-build systems ...
Tags: Dow Coating Materials, FASTRACKTM Polymer technologies, traffic paint
Sustainability nonprofit GreenBlue has added a new service to its Advisory Services offerings—a standardized packaging design assessment. Companies interested in designing more sustainable packaging can now take advantage of this ...
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BASF is to showcase chemistry's contribution to sustainable construction at the BAU 2013 trade fair in Munich from January 14 - 19, 2013. Based at Hall A4/stand 303, the company presents numerous solutions, including products to raise the ...
Tiny glass beads embedded in the road marking material reflect the light from headlights in dark or wet conditions. This is why the markings are still so easy to see in the dark, the fog and the rain. Thanks to their structure, the lines ...
Tags: Evonik, Degaroute Reaction Resin, Construction Decoration
Intertek announced the launch of the Instant LCA Textile Web Portal, an online tool for life cycle assessment (LCA) and product eco-design that enables the textile and apparel industry to instantly measure and ...
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With the assistance of Glass Association of North America's (GANA) flat glass manufacturing division, NSF International has announced the development of a Product Category Rule (PCR) for flat and float glass. This PCR is intended to provide ...
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In 2005 there were more green residential projects than commercial,said Harvey Bernstein,vice president,industry insights and alliances,McGraw Hill Construction(MHC)during MHC's Annual Outlook Executive Conference held last week in ...
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A Europe-wide life-cycle assessment conducted by Germany-based Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (IFEU) has revealed that carton packs for ultra-high temperature (UHT) milk have a better environmental profile when compared to ...
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CmiA cotton is grown exclusively using rainfed cultivation methods,meaning the smallholder farmers do without any form of supplemental irrigation.At zero cubic meters of freshwater per kilogram of cotton lint,this gives CmiA cotton a clear ...
A new Life-Cycle-Assessment (LCA) undertaken by the Intertek Group for UK-based Symphony Environmental Technologies’ d2w oxo-biodegradable plastic carrier bags and bread bags revealed that the oxo-biodegradable bag performed 75% ...
Tags: plastic carrier bags, oxo-biodegradable bag, litter category
Kraft Foods is using a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to help it make the right changes and get the best results when it comes to the environmental impact from packaging. The LCA function builds on the multi-year footprinting project Kraft ...
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The 71st Plenary Meeting of the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC), held in the Swiss city of Interlaken, featured a week of intensive discussion and debate on issues facing today's global cotton industry. The over-arching theme ...
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