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Established in 2008, Litefoot is a registered charitable trust that seeks to inspire New Zealanders to become environmental champions. Fronted by seven of New Zealand’s top athletes, Litefoot seeks to inspire Kiwis by example, to make simple lifestyle changes to reduce their environmental impact, ensuring that future generations are ... keep reading
Written by Celsias this month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, awards, Charity, Climate Change, Corporate Social Responsibility, Design, Emissions, Innovation, Sustainability
Locals from the Mataura area talk about their fears from the massive ( billion tonne) lignite mining operation Solid Energy has in store for us all. These fears include loss of good productive farmland, pollution of the water, and health impacts .Lignite is a very low quality coal , one of the ... keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Agriculture & Food, Carbon Sequestration, Chemicals, Children and Families, Corporate Social Responsibility, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Environmental Disasters, Industry & Business, Pollution (1 comment)
A new study by a team of international scientists and led by a NASA climate scientist reports that inexpensive and relatively simple measures to cut two key pollutants could dramatically slow global warming, improve health, and boost crop production worldwide. For years climate-change efforts have focused on reducing carbon dioxide ... keep reading
Written by Julie Mitchell last month, about Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Corporate Social Responsibility, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Pollution, Population, Sustainability
This month, Swedish retailer IKEA is replacing its wooden shipping pallets with a thinner, lighter and cheaper alternative made from corrugated cardboard. Bloomberg Businessweek reports that the company uses 10 million pallets to ship its goods to 287 stores in 26 countries. The new cardboard pallets will be able to ... keep reading
Written by Emma Hutchings/ PSFK last month, about Corporate Citizenship, Corporate Social Responsibility, Industry & Business, Innovation (3 comments)
“The gym” features in many New Year’s resolutions, but fitness centres themselves are being asked to shape up for 2012. It could even result in having a workout that charges your cellphone! The country’s eco-labelling organisation is calling for gyms to look at their environmental impact. Environmental Choice ... keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Accreditation, Chemicals, Consumerism, Corporate Social Responsibility, Design, Health
So it seems that the use of the phone book is fast becoming a thing of the past. But much faster offshore than here. 18 states across the US are now (in at least some parts) only delivering white pages phone books to those who ask for them. San Francisco ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in December 2011, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Corporate Social Responsibility, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Population (2 comments)
The Warehouse has released its 11th annual Community and Environment Report which tracks its performance with respect to community and environmental measures. Highlights of the report include Quality Assurance and in store service improvements for customers, continued reductions in the use of non-essential plastic bags, advances in its Ethical ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in December 2011, about Children and Families, Climate Change, Corporate Citizenship, Corporate Social Responsibility, Lifestyle & Behavior, Retail
What does a commercial cleaning company have to do with China’s environment? Paramount Services managing director Galvin Bartlett wants Kiwis to learn the environmental lessons from China’s extraordinary development so is bringing journalist and author Jonathan Watts to New Zealand for a speaking tour in early 2012. Watts ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in December 2011, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Corporate Social Responsibility, Industry & Business, Innovation, Politics & Government
102 community groups have received a share of nearly $570,000 distributed by the SkyCity Hamilton Community Trust to support all sorts of enterprise and community work. From organisations upskilling people to those celebrating the region’s arts and culture, supporting sports, health care and community, the Hamilton Community Trust ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in December 2011, about Charity, Children and Families, Corporate Social Responsibility, Finance & Money, Lifestyle & Behavior, marketing
The carbon footprint of New Zealand milk could be much larger than Fonterra claims.A new report released today reveals that Fonterra’s continued use of palm kernel expeller (PKE) as a supplementary feed on dairy farms could have produced up to 8.9 million tonnes of carbon emissions. That ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in December 2011, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Advertising, Corporate Social Responsibility, Deforestation, Education, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Industry & Business, Palm Oil (2 comments)
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