Topic: DuPont Company

DuPont To Hit $1 Billion in Solar Sales This Year

The chemical giant finds its solar cell products are selling faster and faster. How big could this industry get?READ»

Sustainability Faceoff: Dow vs. DuPont

Massive materials companies like Dow and DuPont generate so many products that it's difficult to get a comprehensive picture of their sustainability as a whole. Nevertheless, author and investment adviser R. Paul Herman compares the ...READ»

DuPont Tweaks Printing Tech to Make Cheaper Screens: 50-Inch OLED TVs Here We Come

We've heard so very much hype about OLED tech that it's slightly disappointing to see how few devices have an OLED screen so far. It's because the manufacturing is tricky and expensive--but this is something DuPont thinks it's ...READ»

Knit Rider: Woven Car Is Part Overstock, Part Recycled Materials, Part Etsy

There is a certain regalness to the Woven Car, a picnic basket-like vehicle constructed from recycled and overstock materials. The car, designed by artists Ann Conte and Jeanne Wiley, is made out of a rusted MG Midget. "I thought ...READ»

Playing Tens: The CLO, CRO and CSO

In the sixth post of their 7-part series, John Elkington and Charmian Love look at how CLOs, CROs and CSOs are coping with the new wild cards dealt by environmental, social and governance challenges.READ»

Playing Kings: The CEO and President

In the third post of their 7-part series, John Elkington and Charmian Love look at how CEOs are coping with the new wild cards dealt by environmental, social and governance challenges.READ»

Buffalo Extended Warranty Programs in West New York offered for Car Truck and SUV's

Extended Warranty Programs available in Buffalo, West New York at West Herr Dealers. Contact your local West Herr car truck and SUV dealer for information on Purchasing your Extended Warranty 716-649-7711READ»

Almost Genius: Emanuele Pizzolorusso's Crumpled Maps

Most city maps are awkward, fold-up creations that fail for a variety of reasons. One, they're unwieldy. Two, potential bag-snatchers and pick-pockets can spot you a mile off--you might as well be holding an umbrella emblazoned with ...READ»

The Materials Driving Product Innovation in 2010

What innovations might fuel the next wave of product innovation?READ»

The 75th Birthday of Nylon

On February 28, 1935, DuPont chemist Wallace Carothers created nylon, one of the most versatile and profitable materials ever invented. At first, the new polymer was plagued by bad press (the Washington News reported erroneously ...READ»

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Scott Brown, Climate Change, and You

Scott Brown is the toast of the town.  Sweeping into Washington on the heels of his election as the newest senator from Massachusetts, he might just be bigger news than Tiger Woods or Conan.  Some hope, and others fear, ...READ»

EPA's Chemicals of Concern the Scientific Answer to Axis of Evil?

Sure, lists like the Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics are enough to make some image-conscious companies remove toxic chemicals from their products, but there are still plenty of carcinogens that manage to weasel their way ...READ»

Undead Tech: The Hooked-Up Luxury Car

In the run-up to the Detroit Auto Show, there have been a lot of new hoopties sneak-peeked by luxury car companies, but perhaps none as truly hooked up as the new Audi A8. The A8 is arguably this year's torch-bearer for ...READ»

Five Ways to Know If You're Cut Out to Be a Corporate Entrepreneur

Although the myth is that innovation doesn't happen in big companies, the reality is that corporations have a major role to play in fostering this crucial economic driver. Apple and Google have launched game-changing new enterprises, ...READ»

Has BP Actually Moved Beyond Petroleum?

When BP gave itself the tagline "Beyond Petroleum" in 2000, few environmentalists took the company seriously. Just one year later, Mother Jones magazine named BP as one of the 10 worst corporations for its environmental and human ...READ»

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»

Sustainability: It's Not About Light Bulbs

To many people, sustainability means solar panels, wind turbines and LEED-certified buildings. But sustainability is more than just going green or being green. It's a way of thinking about business — a mode of leadership and behavior that aims to create lasting value as opposed to piling up short-term transactional wins, says Dov Seidman. READ»

Foremost World-Changing Agencies

Saatchi S. Cone. Global Change Network. Emotive Brand. Frog. GreenOrder. DiMassimo Goldstein. Little Big Brands. 8 Agencies Changing the Industry - And the World.READ»

U.S. Army Expands Tracking of Its Carbon "Bootprint"

Forgive the cheesy headline, the military really does refer to its carbon footprint as a "bootprint." And now the Army, which was commanded by executive order in 2007 to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 3% annually through 2015, is ...READ»

World War Two-Era Fungus, Elephant Dung Combine to Make Biofuels

Hemp, soy, mustard, sunflower and palm oil can all be used to make biofuels, so why not elephant dung and World War Two-era fungus? Copenhagen-based Danisco A/S is using the fungus, which was discovered during WWII eating soldier's ...READ»

F-Gases Are a Major Global Warming Threat. What Can We Do to Stop Them?

Greenpeace branded F-gases (refrigerant chemicals) as "the worst greenhouse gases you've never heard of" long ago, but a study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has confirmed that the ...READ»

DuPont Develops Catnip-Based Insect Repellent

DuPont is working on an insect repellent based on nepeta cataria--better known as catnip--and it's the first new biopesticide to be registered by the company in eight years. It won't get you high, but DuPont's repellent works ...READ»

Some of the Greatest Inventors Are Women

digg_url = 'http://www.fastcompany.com/article/some-greatest-inventors-were-women'; digg_skin = 'compact'; Do you know who invented liquid paper or the first solar home heating system? Well, those inventors were women. And with ...READ»

Doug Schrandt Financial Gain

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