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A Five-Point Plan For Creating Healthier, Safer Beauty Products

Beauty products lag far behind their grocery-store counterparts in addressing consumer concerns about safety and environmental impact. With this market gap comes an incredible opportunity for disruptive brands to innovate with sustainable, healthy products. READ»

Clorox Reveals Chemicals You've Been Dumping on Your Floors, Counters, Commodes

The maker of bleach, pipe cleaners, countertop scrubbers, and more has made all the ingredients in all of its products available for perusal. Is this corporate transparency at its finest or just a greenwashing stunt?READ»

Corporate Leadership for the 21st Century: Sustainability Experience Required

You will soon find that no corporate board will hire a CEO or elect a new board member who doesn't have experience in environmental sustainability and social issues. Why would I say this? And where would a corporate person gain ...READ»

Sustainable Excellence: The Must-Read Book

A new book, Sustainable Excellence, shows that for companies to deliver lasting value for investors, they must create strategies that include solutions to the biggest social and environmental challenges of the twenty-first century. ...READ»

Enter the Sustainable Innovation Open By May 8!

<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3157/4563942618_3927c99cf9.jpg" width="300" height="300" alt="4303_300" />I'll be going back to beautiful Monterrey, California June 7-10 for the Sustainable Brands conference (Fast ...READ»

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Clorox to Phase Out Deadly Chlorine Gas

Greenpeace gave Clorox a pat on the back today for phasing out the use of deadly chlorine gas for making bleach at its seven US plants. Not only is this move to safer chemical processes better for the environment, it lowers the ...READ»

The 10 Greenest Brands, Chosen by You

Much ado has been made about Newsweek's Green Rankings of the biggest corporations in America. But public perception of sustainability is just as important as reality--the greenest company in the world is worthless if it has no ...READ»

Toxic Yogurt? GoodGuide Rechannels Your Food Rage

Ocean Spray 100% Cranberry Juice has more sugar than a can of Coke? Beef has a carbon footprint three times the size of chicken? Companies like Nestle and Dole have been implicated for labor rights violations recently? That's what ...READ»

Clorox Goes Green

Since Clorox enlisted the Sierra Club to hype a new green product line, sales are booming. But the club is dealing with a nasty little stain.READ»