Tag: PepsiCo

A New Algorithm for Fast Carbon Footprinting

Happy New Year all…I forgot to post this one last Fall…
Pepsi and Columbia University have been working together for a few years to improve the state of the art on product-level carbon footprinting. They’re making great progress…
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Wal-Mart Plays With Our Food

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Every week, 140 million people — about the population of England and Germany combined — shop in a Wal-Mart store. Soon, all of these people will be eating healthier, and the environmental impact of their food will be lessened.

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Five Ways to Use (Green) Data to Make Money

If you put an energy meter inside a home and show people total usage in real time, a miraculous thing happens: they use about 10 percent less energy. The simple act of placing data in front of people changes their behavior. Data makes people smarter and inspires them to make small changes to save money and energy. You can use this powerful tool in business not only to cut costs, but to drive innovation and revenues.

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