For PepsiCo, one of the world’s biggest makers of potato chips, the key to producing the crispiest chips possible is all about driving moisture out of raw potatoes. Paradoxically, though, potatoes are made up mostly of water. At a Walkers…
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Dan Hendrix: The Future of Interface is Bright & Greener than Ever | GreenBiz
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Because of the enduring green epiphany of its charismatic founder, Ray Anderson, the influence of Interface has always been outsized in the world of sustainability. In the wake of Anderson’s death last autumn at age 77, following a nearly two-year battle with…
Meet the Change Makers: PUMA’s Sustainable Track Record | OnEarth
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The sportswear giant is first out of the starting block with an aggressive effort to track environmental performance PUMA has a long history of winning in dramatic style. At Beijing’s 2008 Olympic Games, Jamaica’s Usain Bolt savored his world record-setting…
Meet the Change Makers: How Verizon is dialing in efficiency | OnEarth
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Greening fleets, mining copper cables and tweaking data centers at Verizon Verizon can trace its technological roots back to the 1880s, when Alexander Graham Bell’s invention first relayed voices between Manhattan and Boston. Now, as then, the New York-based company…
Meet the Change Makers: Steering Ford Toward Sustainability | OnEarth
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A focus on efficiency helps Ford pull away from the Detroit pack. Executive Sue Cischke explains how. In the long history of U.S. automakers, green strategy and profitability have rarely gone hand in hand –until, that is, Henry Ford’s great-grandson…
Meet the Change Makers: The New Pepsi Challenge | OnEarth
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Bringing sustainability to the soda and snack food aisles Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of OnEarth Q&As with business leaders who are transforming their industries. Since the days when Pepsi challenged Coke to a long-running public taste-off, the cola wars have…