KaMin announced today that it will increase prices for hydrous kaolin clay products for the global paper and packaging industry 6-8% effective 1 October 2016. "This price increase is necessary to ensure our long term sustainability," ...
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Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk has revealed his second part of his self-titled masterplan, which intends to take the automaker to the next level. Musk in his official Tesla blog started by reminding about this first Master Plan where he ...
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Bega Cheese has published its first ever sustainability report. Looking back on its 2015 financial year, the report examines the dairy company's environmental and social impacts. It reveals that Bega Cheese achieved a 7 per cent ...
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XL Hybrids has received approval from California Air Resources Board (CARB) for incentive vouchers for converting hybrid-electric vehicles to fleet vehicles. The approval for the first California Heavy Duty Voucher Incentive Project ...
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Volkswagen has taken a major step towards increased environmental sustainability of production at its facilities around the world. At present vehicles and components are now manufactured in a way which is 25 percent more environmentally ...
German automaker Porsche has opened a new 8 cylinder engine manufacturing plant at the main site in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen. About €80m has been invested in the plant, which has a capacity to produce 200 engines per day. The new ...
IKEA announced that it has installed three Blink electric vehicle (EV) charging stations at its Las Vegas, Nevada store in partnership with Car Charging Group which owns the Blink Network and Blink EV charging stations. IKEA store manager ...
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Pomì, an Italian tomato brand owned by the Consorzio Casalasco del Pomodoro, presents its new organic product line to the American market in occasion of this Summer's Fancy Food Show, 26 June to 28 June. Pomì Organic will be ...
Honda Motor has issued the “Honda SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2016” which summarises the company's approach to sustainability as well as initiatives Honda has undertaken based on key challenges identified in non-financial areas. ...
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The American Apparel & Footwear Association applauded President Barack Obama for signing the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (H.R. 2576). The AAFA-supported legislation, an update of the Toxic Substances ...
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New Belgium Brewing and Ben & Jerry's are working together again to create a new ice cream inspired beer. The new Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ale is due to be released this fall. The companies also guarantee that $50,000 of the proceeds ...
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Clariant a supplier of zeolite powders and catalysts, will be presenting at the 18th International Zeolite Conference, which will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from June 19 to 24, 2016. The six-day event will focus on "Zeolites for a ...
Jaguar Land Rover has opened its first wholly-owned manufacturing plant outside its home market of the UK. The company inaugurated a £240m manufacturing facility and education business partnership centre in the state of Rio de ...
The Furniture Makers’ Company, the furnishing industry’s charity, has announced that for the fist time ever it will be accepting entries for its prestigious Sustainability Award from all UK furnishings manufacturers. Now in ...
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DuPont Nutrition & Health plans to turn its plant in Grindsted, Denmark, into a carbon dioxide neutral facility by next year. To achieve this, the company will retrofit the plant's large coal boiler to burn wood chips. By doing so, ...