Marijuana meets Big Food: Why green weed isn’t easy to grow

Cannabis companies are hiring agriculture experts to grow newly-legal businesses, but pitfalls like organic labeling and big energy bills loom large.

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Measuring the ROI for circularity soon may be easier

More companies are introducing circular concepts into their product manufacturing, but a full transition to circularity may need convincing metrics. Ellen MacArthur Foundation, Accenture and UL EHS are working on it.

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Measuring the ROI for circularity soon may be easier

Sustainability Dispatches: Dawn Rittenhouse, DuPont

DuPont’s director of sustainability discusses how she balances ambitious aims and risk reduction strategies with business acumen.

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Sustainability Dispatches: Dawn Rittenhouse, DuPont

The 3 business risks of using fossil fuels

Smart companies are betting on clean energy to power their growth. These factors are powerful motivators.

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Is this the start of an SDG reporting boom?

More companies are trying to measure progress toward the sweeping United Nations global development goals.

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Is this the start of an SDG reporting boom?

How energy-data-as-a-service is enabling innovation

Energy is now a resource that can be optimized with enterprise benefit. Energy companies are taking lessons from tech to offer energy-as-a-service.

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How Nike and Google are jumping into the Circular Economy

In just a few short years, the circular economy has gone from a movement to a market. Here’s how large and legacy companies are approaching the transition. What is Nike doing to reuse materials? How is Google, whose products are by-in-large digital, getting involved in the circular economy? Kate Brandt, Cyrus Wadia and Ellen MacArthur sat down at VERGE 16 to discuss.

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How Nike and Google are jumping into the Circular Economy

How Nike and Google are jumping into the Circular Economy

In just a few short years, the circular economy has gone from a movement to a market. Here’s how large and legacy companies are approaching the transition. What is Nike doing to reuse materials? How is Google, whose products are by-in-large digital, getting involved in the circular economy? Kate Brandt, Cyrus Wadia and Ellen MacArthur sat down at VERGE 16 to discuss.

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How Nike and Google are jumping into the Circular Economy

Here’s the long view on the impact of Trump’s presidency

More companies are following nature’s principles to drive profit and sustainability. Will Trump’s presidency throw a wrench into progress?

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Here’s the long view on the impact of Trump’s presidency

Meet the man ramping up renewables at Salesforce

How companies are collaborating to shrink the Internet’s carbon footprint.

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