By Kurt Knebusch More and more growers are using greenhouses and high tunnels, says the organizer of a workshop that will show how to boost the structures' crop quality, profitability and sustainability, especially by managing water ...
Tags: OARDC, Greenhouse Management Workshop, growing food crops, greenhouses
Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC), one of Asia's leading commercial vehicle manufacturers, today announced that its Canter Eco Hybrid light-duty truck has been awarded the "European Transport Sustainability Prize 2014." The ...
Tags: Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation, commercial vehicles
Canada-based Chantler Packaging has unveiled a new EnduroPouch, which is designed for packing grapes and cherries. Claimed to be an alternate to the traditional produce bags, EnduroPouch is also being used for some vegetables such as mini ...
Tags: Chantler Packaging, packing grapes
Your old pair of denim has a story. You adopted them and in return they gave you years of comfort. Do not let that story end. Lee brings to you they’re-denim project', a unique initiative that allows you to donate your old denims ...
Tags: Lee, Denim Jeans, Recycling Project
The concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has hit the supply chain management with increasing intensity. Now OEMs have to navigate the complexity of getting the supply chain on board. CSR initiatives span the breadth of the ...
Tags: Chain, Industrial Equipment, Components
The petrochemical industry of the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has taken positive steps towards achieving environmental sustainability over the last two years, said Abdulwahab Al Sadoun, secretary general, of the Gulf ...
Tags: Petrochem Sector, Textile
Just two months after its launch, the Cotton LEADS program continues to gain momentum along the global textile supply chain. Thirty textile companies - suppliers to some of the world's most recognizable apparel brands - have formally ...
For the third consecutive year,Mohawk was honored as the most sustainable flooring manufacturer in the 2013 Southeastern Corporate Sustainability Rankings,the only annual assessment of sustainability practices among the region's ...
Tags: Mohawk, Southeastern Corporate Sustainability Rankings
The way in which consumers view and interact with packaged products is changing. With a growing focus on convenience and sustainability, traditional pack types are being replaced by innovative and flexible options designed to meet these ...
Fashion Institute of Technology's (FIT) students have introduced the new Project Carton, which was created in the college's packaging design program for a competition sponsored by Evergreen Packaging. Project Carton is an exhibit of ...
Tags: Evergreen, Sustainable Packaging
China's natural gas sector will develop quickly in the near future, which offers "golden opportunities" for business and cooperation, an Hong Kong-based think-tank said in a report on Monday. The paper, known as "CEFC China Energy Focus: ...
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is providing a $15 million loan to dairy company Parag Milk Foods for expanding its milk processing facilities, to enhance dairy farm productivity and boost incomes in rural India. With IFC's ...
Tags: Dairy Farmers, Parag
Encana Corporation(TSX:ECA)(NYSE:ECA)today announced the Production Acceptance Notice(PAN)at the Company's Deep Panuke offshore Nova Scotia project,issued after successful completion of a performance test of the platform.The Deep Panuke ...
With the defeat of the M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), this vast blighted country is poised for a brighter future. But a new US law designed to help the region escape its poverty looks set to do just the opposite. ...
Tags: Democratic Republic of the Congo, M23 rebels, conflict minerals
Voltage optimisation has been delivering energy savings and cutting carbon emissions for a decade now.It is a proven and reliable technology,and one of only three technologies applicable for a new batch of carbon reduction funding,having ...