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McDonough To Keynote 2015 CSR Conference in Denmark

On October 7, 2015 the annual CSR Conference and Awards will take place in Vejle,Denmark. This year, the theme is: “How can business drive sustainable growth?”

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William McDonough Keynotes BCDC’s 50th Anniversary Summit: Sink or Swim

William McDonough will keynote “Sink or Swim: Adapting to Rising Tides in the San Francisco Bay” panel, part of 2015 BCDC's 50th Anniversary Summit: Sink or Swim.

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Packaging World Features Method’s “South Side Soapbox”

Being the world’s first and only LEED Platinum-certified manufacturing plant to produce consumer products, Method is proud of their “South Side Soapbox”

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William McDonough to jury World Economic Forum’s Circulars 2016

William McDonough will be a judge for the second annual circular economy awards, The Circulars. The Circulars, the world’s premier circular economy award program, offers recognition to individuals and organizations from commerce and society that have made a notable contribution to driving circular economy principles. [...]

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Be Green Packaging Recognized for Cradle to Cradle Achievements

BGP is one of the only foodservice and consumer packaging companies that is Cradle to Cradle Certified™. BGP designs, manufactures and distributes non-GMO Verified, fiber and compostable packaging for the food and consumer packaging industries.

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Symbol of Growth 10 Years After Hurricane Katrina

The Make It Right project has evolved into a symbol of the growth since the Hurricane Katrina tragedy in 2005 and has also expanded to other states including: Missouri, Montana, and New Jersey.

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William McDonough Interviews with Bloomberg Radio at Sage Summit

Cory Johnson and Carol Massar of Bloomberg Radio, talk with William McDonough at Sage Summit 2015.

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Method founders innovate with new factory in Chicago

Zach Mortice for Autodesk’s Line//Shape//Space, compares railcar manufacturer George Pullman to the Method founders Eric Ryan and Adam Lowry, who both came to the South Side of Chicago, utilizing unusual methods of architecture to create a property for high-tech manufacturing. [...]

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Techvibes Highlights McDonough Sage Summit Panel Discussion

Sage Summit 2015 featured panel discussion entitled “Stay hungry. Stay foolish,”that included William McDonough, Bre Pettis, and Dolly Singh. The three shared their experiences in innovation from their respective industries.  Jacob Serebrin of Techvibes, highlighted a few of the key takeaways from the discussion.  Read the full story on Techvibes.com. One key point that McDonough spoke […]

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Jay Bolus and Cradle to Cradle® at SXSW Eco

Jay Bolus and Cradle to Cradle® design at SXSW Eco. Meet Jay Bolus, President, Certification Services at SXSW Eco® on Wednesday, October 7. 2:15PM – 3:15PM Austin Convention Center Austin Suite 500 E Cesar Chavez St – See more HERE Jay is presenting on a panel: “Mainstreaming Green Chemistry” with Jon Smieja, Steelcase – Environmental […]

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McDonough Innovation seeking IT professional/archivist

McDonough Innovation is looking for a curator/archivist in our Charlottesville studio to lead our pioneering physical and digital “living archive” project with Stanford University Libraries. Candidate must be proactive, thoughtful, highly organized and friendly; fluent in iOS/Mac platforms (integrating multiple mobile and desktop devices); have a keen curiosity and tenacity for researching (and troubleshooting) new apps, softwares and […]

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