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Novelis to Convert All Beverage Can Sheets to High-Recycled Content evercan™ Aluminum by 2017
Novelis, producer of aluminum rolling products, has announced a new commitment to convert all of its beverage can body sheet production to its evercan sheet by the end of 2017.
This new commitment means that all can body sheet produced by…
Gainesville Biomass Plant Earns Prestigious Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Chain of Custody Certification
The Gainesville Renewable Energy Center (GREC), a 102.5-megawatt (MW) biomass power facility located in Gainesville, Florida, today announced that it has received certification from the Forest Stewardship Council, affirming that GREC’s purchase…
GAINESVILLE BIOMASS PLANT EARNS PRESTIGIOUS FOREST STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL (FSC) CHAIN OF CUSTODY CERTIFICATION
The Gainesville Renewable Energy Center (GREC), a 102.5-megawatt (MW) biomass power facility located in Gainesville, Florida, today announced that it has received certification from the Forest Stewardship Council, affirming that GREC’s purchase…
Philadelphia Floor Store Earns FSC Certification
The award, given to companies with notable export success, was presented by the Swedish Fund for Export Development. Bona, headquartered in Sweden, is now in more than 100 countries through its subsidiaries and distributors.
"Ninety-eight…
SCS Announces Updated Recycled Content Certification Standard
SCS Global Services (SCS), provider of third-party environmental and sustainability certification, has released an updated version of its Recycled Content Certification Standard, which helps manufacturers conserve natural resources, support…
Fund Helps Belize Shrimp Farms in Bid to Meet ASC Standard
Thanks to funding from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH), the Belize Shrimp Growers' Association is preparing member farms for Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) …
Food Production Shouldn't Be A Mystery: Reading Behind Food Eco-Labels
What's in my food? How is it made? These are questions consumers are increasingly concerned about when it comes to purchasing food, according to the Natural Products Industry Forecast 2014, released by New Hope Natural Media and the marketing…
Food production shouldn't be a mystery: Reading behind food eco-labels
By McKenzie Hall, R.D., Environmental Nutrition Newsletter | Premium Health News Service
What's in my food? How is it made? These are questions consumers are increasingly concerned about when it comes to purchasing food,…
How to Fight Greenwashing: The Value of Third-Party Certification in Green Building
By Elise Hunter
I recently came across a line of roofing tiles advertised as “lower carbon footprint.” This nebulous claim begged a string of questions. Lower than what? How much lower? What scopes of emissions are included in the carbon…
La certificación FSC, a debate en Galiforest
El tercer Monográfico Forestal Internacional para el Sur de Europa, Galiforest 2014, reserva la primera de las tres jornadas (del 26 al 28 de este mes) para un ciclo de charlas que organiza FSC España, una organización no gubernamental de…