Aldi Celebrates Record-Breaking Year By Giving UK Employees a Raise Above the Living Wage
The company boasted record-breaking sales in the UK throughout 2018 – and now they are celebrating the milestone by giving their workers a raise.
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Swiss Company to Get CO2 Out of the Atmosphere and Into Sparkling Water
You may soon be able to help the planet by drinking sparkling water that is made with recycled carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
M&M Parent Company Commits $1 Billion to Stopping Child Labor and Other Injustices
This candy conglomerate is investing over $1 billion to completely revamp the cocoa supply chain so that is 100% responsibly sourced.
Australia Slashes Plastic Bag Use By 80% in Just 3 Months, Thanks to Two Grocery Stores
Though it was originally hailed as a controversial ban, the initiative has resulted in an 80% drop in plastic bag consumption across the nation.
In Bid to Cut Food Waste, Kellogg's is Using Their Rejected Cornflakes to Make Beer
They're donating a portion of the beer's sales to charity, too.
Patagonia's CEO is Donating Company's Entire $10 Million Tax Cut to Fight Climate Change
"In this season of giving, we are giving away this tax cut to the planet, our only home, which needs it now more than ever," writes the CEO.
Instead of Watching Farmers Contribute to Pollution, IKEA is Recycling Their Waste Into Products
IKEA has come up with an ingenious strategy that will benefit rural farmers while simultaneously reducing air pollution by 33%.
A 140-Acre Forest Is About to Materialize in the Middle of Detroit
After nearly five years of planning, a large-scale attempt to turn a big chunk of Detroit blight into an urban forest is now underway. The transformation of more than 1,500 vacant city-owned lots on the city's lower east side – a total of more than 140 acres – is now underway.
Happy Employees, Culture of 'Weirdness' Equals Success for Green Products Company Method
Since Adam Lowry and Eric Ryan launched Method in 2000, to sell pretty bottles of eco-friendly soaps and cleaners in glowing pastel colors, the company has grown into a $100 million (£62.3m) company. Their company's culture of keeping it weird is a social mission that keeps employees happy. To stay focused on employee happiness and high-end innovative design is the business model.
KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut Commit to Deforestation-free Palm Oil
The company that owns fast-food restaurants KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut joined the trend toward sustainability by announcing on Friday it plans to refrain from using palm oil obtained through deforestation.
Apple to Build Largest Private Solar Array in the US
The world's most valuable company, Apple, has announced plans to build America's largest private onsite solar array at their North Carolina data center. Apple's data center in Maiden is already one of the most energy-efficient of its kind, earning a coveted LEED Platinum certification.
Companies That Were 'Naughty And Nice' In 2012
Consumer Reports unveiled its third annual Naughty & Nice List featuring companies whose policies attracted either nasty stares or gleeful praise. The companies were picked based on specific practices that the magazine's editors and subscribers found particularly worthy of either a thumbs up or thumbs down.
$38 Mil Donated to Storm Relief as Help Streams in From Agencies
By early Friday morning, a total of $35 million had already been donated according to the American Red Cross. The public has been generous, a spokesperson said. Agencies have deployed hundreds of troops and tons of supplies, and opened hundreds of shelters.
Biggest Energy Companies in U.S. call for Caps on Carbon Emissions
Check out this lead paragraph in the online Grist magazine for April 6: Tuesday saw a tectonic shift in the climate-change debate during an all-day Senate conference on global-warming policy.
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Walmart Doubles Down on Hydrogen Fuel Cells
Walmart is dramatically increasing its investment in hydrogen fuel cells to get away from dirtier battery and fueling options, giving a boost to high-profile supplier Plug Power.
Nestlé Removes All Artificial Ingredients From its UK Candy Line
Nestlé has become the first major candy manufacturer in the UK to remove all artificial ingredients from its entire candy product line. The company has replaced artificial colors, flavors and preservatives with natural alternatives in all 79 candy products sold there.
HP Leads in PC Recycling
Hewlett-Packard Co. has been in the forefront of the movement to recycle old computers and has strategized to benefit from it.
Republicans and Democrats Moving in Tandem Against Greenhouse Gases in California
In California, where one-eighth of Americans reside, we have a Republican governor and a Democratic legislature moving in the same direction -- and with broad public support -- on the issue of Global Warming.
Slowly, Asia's Factories Begin to Turn Green
Intel's new $1 billion chip factory in Vietnam, about 10 miles from downtown Ho Chi Minh City, embraces environmental and sustainability measures far beyond those required by Vietnam's laws. Intel didn't have to go to these lengths, but the motivation for these measures is simple, said the complex's general manager: "It turns out, what's good for the environment is also good for business."
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