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Promoting Sustainable Tourism in The 21st Century
Sep 27, 2016Ever since the Beijing Olympics, tourism has grown to become a major economic, cultural and social plus for China as it celebrates its long and special history with the rest of the world. So, too, with the rise of a middle class, more ...
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Bega Cheese Publishes Its First Sustainability Report
Jul 18, 2016Bega 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 ...
Tags: Bega Cheese, Cheese
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EPA Announces That BJ's Wholesale Club Is First Wholesale Club and Most Participant
Aug 20, 2014(Boston) – The U.S. EPA announces that BJ's Wholesale Club is the first wholesale club and the most recent participant in EPA’s Food Recovery Challenge, a national initiative aimed at encouraging businesses and institutions to ...
Tags: EPA, BJ, Service, Certification
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Macy's, Inc. Reported a Series of New Initiatives in Its Multi-Year Strategic Program
Aug 13, 2014Macy's, Inc. reported a series of new initiatives in its multi-year strategic program to enhance environmental sustainability. They are consistent with the company's sustainability principles first adopted in 2008 and implemented with ...
Tags: Macy, Apparel, Accessories
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WhiteWave Announces Green Building Certification of Its Beverage Manufacturing Facility
Jul 24, 2014WhiteWave Foods, a leading consumer packaged food and beverage company that makes Silk, Horizon, International Delight and Earthbound Farm products, has announced green building certification of its beverage manufacturing facility in ...
Tags: WhiteWave Foods, beverage, Agriculture
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Metroflor Corp.'s New LVT Product Has Received SCS Global Services' Level Certification.
Jun 9, 2014Metroflor Corp.'s new luxury vinyl tile (LVT) product, Aspecta, has received SCS Global Services' Platinum- level certification. SCS Global Services (SCS) recently announced its Platinum-level certification of Metroflor Corp.'s new ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Flooring
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H&M Ensures Fabrics Are Not Coming From The Worlds Remaining Ancient and Endangered Forest
Apr 9, 2014H&M is committed to ensure that its fabrics are not coming from the worlds remaining ancient and endangered forest. H&M to together with the not-for-profit environmental organization Canopy by June 2014 put a plan in place to avoid ...
Tags: Fabrics, H&M, alternate fibres
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To Build on The Policies and Programs Pepsico Has Already Established in a Number of Areas
Mar 20, 2014PepsiCo believes acting ethically and responsibly is not only the right thing to do, but also the right thing for our business. To build on the policies and programs PepsiCo has already established in a number of areas including supplier ...
Tags: PepsiCo, Land Policy
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The USCG Will Eventually Certify Ballast Water Treatment Systems for Use in Ships
Jan 8, 2014The Canadian Shipowners Association (CSA) has formally sought a legal review in the United States of the implementation dates found in the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Vessel General Permit (VGP). The VGP imposes requirements ...
Tags: Transportation, Service
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SAC Unveiles an Updated Version of The Higg Index, a Sustainability Measurement Tool
Dec 16, 2013The Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC), a trade association comprised of brands, retailers, manufacturers, government and non-governmental organizations and academic experts, and representing more than a third of the global apparel and ...
Tags: SAC, Higg Index, supply chain
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SAC Congress for Apparel Sector Is Held by Spanish Coruna
Nov 25, 2013Identifying best practices and environmental strategies to promote sustainable development of apparel and textile sector was the main theme of the recently held Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) congress, at the University of Coruna, in ...
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Captured Streams and Springs May Flow in Combined Sewers
Sep 10, 2013Captured streams and springs may flow in combined sewers, increasing clean baseflow in pipes and wastewater treatment works, but reducing pipe capacity and increasing treatment costs. This review investigates stream and spring capture, ...
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Know More About Fashion Fabrics
Jun 7, 2013The future of fashion fabrics is more environmental friendly than ever with more innovative ideas and techniques. The Indian textile industry is more inclined towards reducing the negative environmental impact and focus more on how the ...
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A Container Terminal at Newcastle Would Be Good for People Living in Northern NSW
May 8, 2013Greg Cameron A container terminal at Newcastle would be good for people living in northern NSW because the cost of transporting goods to and from the port will be lower, obviously, than with Port Botany. Low-cost access to a container ...
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Delkor Systems Opens New Facility in St. Paul
Feb 26, 2013Posted by Jenni Spinner, Senior Editor -- Packaging Digest, 2/25/2013 8:30:00 AM Delkor Systems opens new facility in St. Paul To accommodate its growth, Delkor Systems (a company that specializes in packaging equipment for cartoning, ...
Tags: cartoning, case, tray packing