Tag archive for "sustainability"

Style Your Bathroom And Kitchen Sustainably

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Style Your Bathroom And Kitchen Sustainably

1 Comment 31 March 2011

Thinking of refitting your bathroom or kitchen? Style sustainably with luxury kitchen and bathroom fixtures that use less water…and they look good while doing it. Shop for bathroom and kitchen fixtures responsibly. Ask your retailer the right questions. Be sure that the fixtures you select comply with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) guidelines for water conservation. Not [...]

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CSR Program Returns Over 17 Million Gallons of Water To Ecoystems

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CSR Program Returns Over 17 Million Gallons of Water To Ecoystems

2 Comments 21 February 2011

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is entering a new phase as the Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF) offers corporate partners a return on water for their commitment to CSR. “More companies recognize the need to factor in water consumption when assessing their environmental footprint,” says Margie Gardener, C.E.O. of BEF. The innovative Water Restoration Certificate Program by BEF reportedly [...]

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Should Water Be Free?

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Should Water Be Free?

2 Comments 12 January 2011

Pricing water is a touchy topic in the water world. Access to clean water was declared a fundamental human right by the United Nations (UN). But, does that mean that it can’t be priced for scarcity? What are the implications of not charging end users for treating and transporting water? Piet Klop, Senior Fellow at the [...]

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Interbev 2010

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Interbev 2010

No Comments 16 September 2010

Did you know that in the United States there is one event that covers all the facets, aspects of the beverage industries, from cans, to bottles, to alcoholic drinks, everything is included! Interbev is a world-class event presented in collaboration with the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida.

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Aquaculture

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Aquaculture

5 Comments 08 September 2010

Aquaculture can be defined as the farming of water creatures and organisms such as fish or shellfish that can be done in a natural or artificial habitat. Since 1994, the WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) started working on aquaculture, supporting research projects and trying to come up with an analytic comparison between the impacts of shrimp aquaculture and shrimp trawling.

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P&G corporate social responsibility

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P&G corporate social responsibility

No Comments 07 September 2010

Procter & Gamble has one of the most impressive portfolios of leadership brands in the world. This giant corporation has employees in close to 80 countries and holds some of the most famous brands like Pampers®, Tide®, Ariel®, Always®, Whisper® or Pantene®. In 2004, in collaboration with various organizations, P&G created the Children’s Safe Drinking Water programs (CSDW), that helps raise awareness around the globe about the importance of having access to quality drinking water.

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Aquaponics: a smart innovation

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Aquaponics: a smart innovation

No Comments 01 September 2010

Many of our previous posts remind you of the importance of environment conservation and the need to limit water pollution considering that it has severe consequences on a variety of ecosystems and on the humankind. The stability and conservation of water is directly dependent on the survival of entire ecosystems. Aquaponics, an innovative style of gardening, is an interesting example of the interdependence between the survival of plants and sea creatures such as fish.

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Sanpellegrino

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Sanpellegrino

No Comments 31 August 2010

Sparkly water is popular all over Europe and it is slowly gaining in popularity as luxury water sold in the nicest hotels and restaurants. In Italy and all over the world, Sanpellegrino is a milestone in the mineral water bottled water industry. With a luxury positioning in most restaurants in North America, this brand represents the values and style of Italian culture and is marketed as “fine dining water”.

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Simple Shoes & forward looking fashion

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Simple Shoes & forward looking fashion

No Comments 25 August 2010

Fashion no longer means glitter and glitz with a superficial touch of polished elegance and eccentric designers. The creative world of design has grown socially responsible in the last couple of years, designers have acquired a grown awareness for environmental problems. Don’t be fool be appearances, eco-friendly fashion has nothing to do with a hippy-grungy look; green fashion is fresh, forward looking and as elegant and glamorous has high-end designer prêt-à-porter. Simple Shoes, a line for outdoors athletic shoes embody the combination of style and comfort blended the use of recycled materials and eco-friendly production and manufacturing procedures.

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Yves Rocher Social Responsiblity

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Yves Rocher Social Responsiblity

No Comments 27 July 2010

The Yves Rocher group, a self proclaimed “world leader in botanical beauty care" was born in Brittany in 1959. This brand ranges from skincare to makeup and fragrances that should embody values of botanical nature and the purity and freshness of nature.

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