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Danielle Peacock
November 22nd, 2013
Originally posted on GreenBlue’s In The Loop: http://www.greenblue.org/2013/11/ftc-takes-landmark-enforcement-actions-on-green-guides-violations/
A few weeks ago, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced enforcement actions against five companies making deceptive claims for biodegradable plastics, marking the FTC’s first action against biodegradable plastic claims since publishing their recently revised
November 15th, 2013
Flexible media release
http://3blmedia.com/News/CSR/Celebrating-America-Recycles-Day-Look-How2Recycle-Label-Milestones
On this America Recycles Day, GreenBlue’s Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) celebrates America’s commitment to recycling by taking a look at How2Recycle Label milestones. Sustainability is a journey that relies on good design, accessible infrastructure, and consumer understanding of what, where, and how to recycle.
November 1st, 2013
Originally posted in Packaging Digest online and in print
The New Belgium Clips Beer & Film Festival made a stop in Charlottesville, VA, on Sept. 13. New Belgium recruited GreenBlue to organize compost, recycling and trash services for the event. With the help of Republic Services and Black Bear Composting (www.blackbearcomposting.com), staff diverted more than 90 percent of waste at the event-but not without effort.
October 11th, 2013
Featured article on GreenBiz.com homepage
This week in Tampa, the Sustainable Packaging Coalition's annual Fall Members Meeting and Sustainable Packaging Forum showcased efforts across the supply chain, from sourcing to end-of-life or recovery. The conversation centered on the many ways companies are working to make packaging more sustainable. These five methods stood out.
September 4th, 2013
After a lifetime of waiting, custodian of the University of Queensland Pitch Drop Experiment died without witnessing a drop. Professor John Mainstone died in August at the age of 78.
July 23rd, 2013
It’s slower than molasses in January or watching grass grow.
After an extreme exercise in patience, the pitch finally dropped in Trinity College’s “Pitch Drop” experiment. Nobel Prize winner Ernest Walton began the experiment at Trinity College in 1944 to prove the viscous nature of pitch. The event marks the first time that a pitch drop was caught on camera.
July 10th, 2013
Yesterday, Kroger announced a $2.4 billion buy of North Carolina based grocery store Harris Teeter. The buy adds a high-end grocery store known for fresh produce and prepared foods to the Kroger portfolio. Kroger’s geographic presence also increases in the acquisition of Harris Teeter’s mid-atlantic and southeast stores, which it sees as a high-growth area.
The buy out was the subject of conversation with many of my friends yesterday. As a native of the southeast, I have high brand loyalty to Harris Teeter. Many that I spoke with were concerned that their beloved Teeters would convert to Krogers.
But that doesn’t seem to be the case, much to our relief. Kroger, like many parent companies, owns a portfolio of stores from Fred Meyer to Ralphs. Communications thus far imply that Kroger will maintain the Harris Teeter name, employees, and growth plan. Kroger hopes to benefit from Harris Teeter’s current market, and Harris Teeter hopes to benefit from Kroger’s purchasing power. That’s an arrangement that we all can appreciate.
This is a common theme across industries, which we see reflected at the Sustainable Packaging Coalition. Membership is based on the parent company. Once the company joins, all business units become members. Parent companies range from centralized control to highly independent business units to a combination of both. Acquisitions change our membership composition and revenues, and require a deeper dive in to who owns whom and how we can best work with the parent companies or business units.
July 9th, 2013
Creativity bequeaths creativity.
This morning, I listened to a piece on PRI’s The World featuring a Chinese entrepreneur pursuing a new concept in crop irrigation.
