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As the market shifts its focus in response to a potential recovery and as consumer expectations  for alternative products and business sustainability practices continue to increase, companies are feeling the need to redirect their capital and resources.  In our professional consulting, we find leading businesses shifting the emphasis of their research and development in response to …

Reported by Staffan Engström  Interphone, the long awaited study by the World Health Organization investigating the relationship between cell phone usage and increased risk for brain tumors, was finally released last month.  The $25 million dollar study was financed by the United Nations, the European Union and the mobile phone industry making it the largest study ever …

 Unstable Governments The Democratic Republic of Congo produces more than $2 billion of diamonds annually, but 90% of its population (60 million people) lives in poverty 70% of the world's gold comes from developing countries such as Guatemala and Ghana Nearly 2 million children work in mines around …

The traditional jewelry industry has a long history of contributing to devastating social and environmental problems. While issues of sustainability have been addressed in many other industries over the past few decades, the idea of sustainable jewelry (sometimes referred to as eco jewelry or green jewelry) is only just starting to take hold.Sulusso is founded upon the belief that you …

Building on my last several posts, the main objective here is to recap the final phase and deliverable of a major sustainability project engagement: Reporting. As background, our client had not previously done any public reporting along the lines of Climate Leaders, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), etc. Nor had they been reporting on their sustainability efforts …

Metal Mining 22 of 22 metal mines investigated by Earthworks were found to be contributing to water contamination A typical gold ring results in 20 tons of mine waste Cyanide and Mercury are typically used to separate gold from the ore Metal mining is responsible for 96% of …

(3BLMedia/theCSRfeed) Madison, WI - June 18, 2010 - Leonardo Academy reports significant progress during the third face-to-face meeting of the multi-stakeholder Standards Committee that is working to develop an American National Standard for Sustainable Agriculture. During the two-day meeting at the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville, Standards Committee members discussed, and then voted to …

Engaging conversation around sustainable business strategies is always exciting and this morning was no different.   Why?  Because as a sustainability consultant in the heart of Texas, I was welcomed with open arms to speak at the Houston Business Connection.  The Houston Business Connection is an allegiance of business professionals in Houston’s prestigious Spring …