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Shaw Industries’ Asia Carpet Tile Manufacturing Facility Earns LEED Silver Status

Shaw Industries’ Asia carpet tile manufacturing facility in Nantong, China has achieved LEED Silver status in the New Construction category.

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William McDonough honored at National Conservation Achievement Awards

William McDonough to be honored at the 2015 National Conservation Achievement Awards. He is the recipient of the J.N. “Ding” Darling Conservation Award.

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Sustainable business and the value of values: the latest from The McDonough Conversations

"Sustainable business and value of values," is the latest installment of The McDonough Conversations on GreenBiz. William McDonough discusses with Joel Makower how value relates to sustainability.

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Winners of C2C Product Design Challenge Announced

Winners of the Product Design Challenge were announced today by The Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute and Autodesk

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William McDonough Webcast at OAS

Bill McDonough is live in a webcast for the Organization of American States. Via www.oas.org

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Article on potential health concerns from fluorinated chemicals

For 20 years MBDC has been advocating for products to be redesigned with more attention being paid to the choice of materials used and to designing in the next use cycle for the product after it is no longer functional. Now more than 200 scientists outline potential health concerns from fluorinated chemicals, urge replacements and […]

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SunPower’s Cradle to Cradle Certified Solar Panel In The News

We are pleased to announce that MBDC’s client SunPower is in the news at the Guardian Sustainable Business for achieving a Silver level Cradle to Cradle Certified(TM) award for its Solar Panel. SunPower is also the 2015 winner of the innovation award in the net positive category of the Guardian Sustainable Business Awards. MBDC worked […]

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Jay Bolus, MBDC Speaks at Fashion Positive Salon

Jay Bolus, President of Consulting Services at MBDC presented at the Fashion Positive Salon Series on Wednesday, April 29th This was an intimate discussion of “Fashion Positive“, an initiative of the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute. The event was led by Julie Gilhart & Lewis Perkins from the Insitutie with Bionic Yarn and MBDC. […]

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Aquion Energy AHI Battery First to be Cradle to Cradle Certified™

PITTSBURGH, April 21, 2015 – Aquion Energy, Inc., developer and manufacturer of Aqueous Hybrid Ion (AHI™) batteries and energy storage systems, today announced that the AHI S20 and S20-P Product Lines are the first batteries in the world to be Cradle to Cradle Certified™ Bronze, an esteemed quality mark recognized across industries to provide a […]

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UCTV Premiers William McDonough Oppenheim Lecture May 13

In his Oppenheim lecture, William McDonough shares his vision for a world of abundance, where the very concept of waste has been eliminated. Premiers on UCTV on May 13.

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April 18: William McDonough at Global Citizen 2015 Earth Day

William McDonough is set to announce a new design project at Global Citizen 2015 Earth Day.

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Watch: William McDonough lecture at UCLA

Last month William McDonough gave a lecture, “Design for the Circular Economy in the Ecological Century,” part of the Oppenheim Lecture Series.

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