Chemical Crisis In Cape Town, South Africa

Thu, 10/08/2015 - 18:40

In a time where most of the world is taking a proactive approach to chemical safety, there are still pockets of chemical concern.

School Milk to 66 Million Children Worldwide

Thu, 10/08/2015 - 15:00

In 2014, 8.2 billion Tetra Pak packages filled with milk or other nutritious drinks reached 66 million children all around the world. In cooperation with governments, food processors, development agencies and NGO’s, Tetra Pak and Tetra Laval Food for Development are supporting practical implementation of school milk programmes around the world.

Faces Apparel Turns T-shirts Into Education For Filipino Children

Fri, 10/09/2015 - 09:00

There’s plenty of evidence of how the benign air of social responsibility is blowing through many a fashion company.

Crystal Sanchez, a Freshman at University of California Irvine from Lawndale, CA, is the Nation’s Top Student Entrepreneur

Wed, 10/07/2015 - 14:30

College freshman, Crystal Sanchez from Lawndale, CA won the 2015 NFTE National Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge, presented by the Citi Foundation.

Ravago Manufacturing Americas Joins Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council

Thu, 10/08/2015 - 11:20

The Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council (HPRC) welcomes Ravago Recycling Group Americas (RRG), an industry leader in in recycled content resins in PIR and PCR recycled feedstocks, as its newest member. RRG produces a wide range of plastic reprocessed materials from high performance engineered resins to recycled post-industrial PP, HDPE, and PS materials.

Arrowhead® 100% Mountain Spring Water to Significantly Increase Recycled Content in Plastic Bottles

Wed, 10/07/2015 - 12:00

As part of Arrowhead® Brand 100% Mountain Spring Water’s commitment to environmental stewardship in California, the company today announced it will expand its use of recycled content to many of its most popular sized bottles by the end of 2016.

New Industry Resource, The ABCs of GHS Compliant Safety Data Sheets & Labels, Now Available

Wed, 10/07/2015 - 14:00

The Automotive Industry Action Group’s (AIAG) Globally Harmonized System (GHS) Work Group joined forces with the internship program at Purdue-Calumet University to create an easy-to-use reference document for chemical manufacturers, mixture companies/blenders and distributers who must comply with the update requirements of OSHA HCS 2012.

Cultivating Loving Homes With Fair Trade Flowers

Fri, 10/09/2015 - 10:00

Sweet With Substance: How Fair Trade Cocoa Keeps Farming Families Healthy

Thu, 10/08/2015 - 10:00

It's ironic, isn't it? That many of the farmers and workers who grow the world's food struggle to feed their own families.

Curious Minds Are Brewing With Fair Trade

Wed, 10/07/2015 - 10:00

Child labor is a critical issue in our food systems. In fact, recent studies show that instances of child labor are increasing in some of the world's more important agricultural regions, like in West African cocoa production for example.