In response to Bridgestone’s announcement of its new Global Sustainable Procurement Policy, with commitments to a sustainable supply chain for natural rubber, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) issued the following statement from Kerry Cesareo, vice presi…
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World Wildlife Fund Convenes Organizations to Enable a Global Market for Sustainable Materials Management
World Wildlife Fund (WWF) today announced the Cascading Materials Vision, a platform that seeks to enable a global system of efficient materials management, creating markets that better the re-use of materials to reduce waste. Grounded in a framework o…
Read moreWWF Study: Shrimp Can Be Traced Back to Their Country of Origin Though Elemental Profiling
A new World Wildlife Fund (WWF) report finds that farmed shrimp from Thailand, Vietnam, and India could be traced back to their countries of origin with more than 98 percent confidence through a process known as elemental profiling. With greater refine…
Read moreWorld Wildlife Fund, American Hotel & Lodging Association and The Rockefeller Foundation Bring Hotel Brands Together to Prevent Hotel Food Waste
World Wildlife Fund (WWF), with support from The Rockefeller Foundation, and the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA), today launched a series of pilot projects aimed at further reducing food waste in the hotel industry. WWF and AHLA develop…
Read moreMexico’s Monarch Butterfly Reserve: 40% Decline in Illegal Logging; Threats from Climate Rage on #ClimateChange #MonarchButterflies
Extreme weather events are adding a new, ominous threat to the monarch butterflies’ key wintering habitat in Mexico, according to[…]
Read moreBioplastic Feedstock Alliance Announces Strong Position on Consumer Claims #Bioplastic #Sustainable
The Bioplastic Feedstock Alliance (BFA), announced a strong position on consumer biobased content claims – calling for all on product[…]
Read moreBoulder Named 2016 US Earth Hour City Challenge Capital
The City of Boulder, CO has been named the 2016 US Earth Hour Capital in the fourth year of World[…]
Read moreWWF Statement on New Zero Deforestation Policy from Michelin
In response to a new zero deforestation sustainability policy from Michelin, a global tire maker headquartered in France, WWF issued[…]
Read moreApps for Earth Raises $8 Million For The Planet
For 10 days in April, Apple and 24 developers worked together to launch Apps for Earth, a global campaign to[…]
Read moreNew Forest Commitments Bring Peru’s Pact for Legal Wood to Life
In response to commitments announced as part of the Peru’s National Pact for Legal Wood, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) issued[…]
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