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According to CSRWire (newswire of corporate social responsibility), Monadnock Paper Mills recently announced “that all its Graphic Arts Printing and Packaging Papers are made using 100% renewable electrical energy and are manufactured carbon neutral.”
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In May, Greenbiz.com reported on this story:
In the wake of new restrictions on toxic chemicals in products across the U.S. and in Europe, shareholders in Hasbro have filed a resolution urging the company to stop using PVC in its products, as well as to produce a sustainability report reassuring shareholders that the company is taking [...]

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In 2010, Dongtan, China, a city that doesn’t yet exist, will sit 30 minutes from Shanghai’s financial district. When the city opens, 60% of its energy will be generated from renewable sources, and if all goes as planned, that figure will be 100% by 2030. And to add a little perspective to the scope of [...]

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Green to Gold

In this podcast from the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies:
Dan Esty, director of the Center for Business and the Environment at Yale, discusses how smart companies are incorporating environmental concerns into their business strategies. Leading companies worldwide have discovered that thinking green can generate value for their brands and do wonders for the [...]

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Melcher Media has created a synthetic paper that is both waterproof and recyclable:
DuraBooks are “green” and good for the environment. Made in such a way to be upcyclable, the synthetic “paper” can be melted down and reused in perpetuity, thus sparing trees and reducing toxins in the earth’s ecosystem. DuraBooks™ are also non-toxic and child [...]

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