by TSC Webmaster | Jan 2, 2019 | News
Published on December 14 on E-Scrap News The e-scrap industry in recent years has witnessed declining volumes of used electronics collected and recycled under legislated state programs. This development is not surprising – the shift from larger, heavier...
by TSC Webmaster | Jan 2, 2019 | News
Managing Director, EDF+BusinessPublished Wednesday, December 5 on EDF+Business I have helped Walmart, Starbucks and other companies get started with sustainability. I can help you too, using all the lessons I’ve learned from them. I don’t want to sound like just...
by TSC Webmaster | Oct 29, 2018 | Blog
News from GreenBiz By Euan MurrayChief Executive, The Sustainability Consortium There is plenty to panic about working in sustainability, and nothing is more fear-inducing than seeing cleared land where there once were trees. We know that forest loss comes...
by TSC Webmaster | Oct 15, 2018 | News
By: Elizabeth Sturcken / Environmental Defense Fund Oh what a week it has been! Trying to turn away from the political polarization and fracturing civility in this country, I looked elsewhere in the news and found something even worse…dire climate warnings for our...
by TSC Webmaster | Oct 4, 2018 | News
News from Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation In person or in pictures – felled trees where a forest once stood can be alarming to witness. Whether you have viewed satellite images of deforestation in the Amazon or watched as trees are cut down on a local hillside,...
by TSC Webmaster | Sep 24, 2018 | News
Apples, Computers, Diapers, Peaches, Hair Coloring Products and Melons Reported as Highest Scoring Categories on the 2017 Sustainability Index The Sustainability Consortium releases its list of highest scoring product categories. September 24, 2018, Scottsdale,...
by TSC Webmaster | Sep 13, 2018 | News
Using Google Earth images, researchers developed model mapping global drivers of forest loss. More than a fourth of global forest loss from 2001 to 2015 is permanent deforestation from commodity-driven agriculture, meaning these areas likely will not be forested...
by TSC Webmaster | Sep 13, 2018 | News
News from WRI | Article by Nancy Harris, Elizabeth Dow Goldman, Mikaela Weisse and Alyssa Barrett The narrative is not a new one: The world is losing tree cover at an alarming rate, and the effects on biodiversity, the climate and indigenous communities cannot...
by TSC Webmaster | Sep 13, 2018 | News
News from BBC | Article by Edison Veiga From Rome to BBC News Brazil In the last decades, the effort to preserve the environment seems to have been incorporated, to a greater or lesser degree, by governments, companies and citizens. But, according to a study published...
by TSC Webmaster | Aug 13, 2018 | News
Paper coffee cups have a thin layer of plastic on the inside to prevent leaking. It’s a well-engineered vessel, but difficult to recycle. Credit: Steven Davy/PRI News from PRI’S The WorldAugust 13, 2018 You go to the coffee shop and take your coffee to go. You...