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Calumet Offers New Carbon-Neutral Candle Wax Blend
Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P. will begin selling its new TitanZero™ wax candle blend product in December. TitanZero is a soy and petroleum candle wax blend that has been independently certified as a Carbon Neutral product by SCS…
The Best Ethical Jewelry Brands To Shop Online
When it comes to shopping for jewelry, responsible practices matter, especially given the horrendous ethical and environmental concerns in jewelry production. From mining practices that pollute and take advantage of impoverished populations to…
Highlighting the recyclability of PLA
A new whitepaper from TotalEnergies Corbion offers a deep dive into the topic of PLA recycling. Stay in the cycle, rethinking recycling with PLA bioplastics offers a summary of the recycling market for PLA, as well as the relevant…
An Urgent Need for Water Stewardship in Food & Beverage Processing
By Stacy Vogel Davis
Without water, there is no food.
This truth is often applied to agriculture, but it is valid at all stages of the food and beverage production process.
In fact, a 2021 Barclays analysis finds that the…
Toyota Joins The Water Council’s WAVE Program
The Water Council is pleased to announce Toyota Motor North America has signed onto The Water Council’s WAVE program, enhancing its commitment to water stewardship by developing meaningful strategies, goals and actions around water use.
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What Is Ethical Jewelry? Everything You Need to Know
Jewelry making has long been tied to slave labor, exploitation, pollution, deforestation, and war. (You've probably heard the term "conflict" or "blood" diamonds—diamonds that funded rebel militias in Africa in the '90s.) Supply chain…
SCS-007: The Jewelry Sustainability Standard
Retailers, jewellers, designers, and consumers have long evaluated naturally mined and lab-grown diamonds based on their cut, colour, clarity, and carat weight (collectively known as the four Cs). There is a new and revolutionary way to evaluate…
Revolution develops certified PCR stretch film
Revolution, a manufacturer of recycled resins and recycled-content plastic products based in Little Rock, Arkansas, has developed EncoreWrap as a high-performance hand stretch film made with 10 percent postconsumer recycled (PCR) resin.…
Environmental Health Groups Pitch for Third-Party Lead Safe Paint® Certification
Environmental health groups are urging paint manufacturers, including those that export finished products to the Philippines, to obtain third-party Lead Safe Paint® Certification.
In a statement released in time for the…
Is This The World’s Most Sustainable Watch To Date?
We all want luxury products that tick the sustainability box in terms of attaining the highest standards of ethical and environmental responsibility. Thanks to the complexity of global supply chains however, it is an imperfect, and often opaque,…