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		<title>Message from Earth: Organic Matters</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 13:18:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week we&#8217;re bringing you a re-post from our friends at Fairware, a distributor of ethical and sustainable promotional products. Reading some of the latest posts on the Product with Purpose blog, we were particularly taken with the following video by Fairware supplier Anvil Organics. Highlighting the sustainability merits of organic over conventional cotton, we [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.reeveconsulting.com&amp;blog=2477130&amp;post=1040&amp;subd=reeveconsulting&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Research Helping Define the “Sustainability Consumer”</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 16:42:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week we&#8217;re bringing you a re-post from our colleagues at Ecolabel Index, an online database that offers the largest global directory of ecolabels. With raw data showing demand for greener products staying robust in spite of a major recession, researchers are working to question old assumptions about who sustainability consumers are and how they [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.reeveconsulting.com&amp;blog=2477130&amp;post=1030&amp;subd=reeveconsulting&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>GoodGuide.com for Sustainable Purchasing Programs</title>
		<link>http://blog.reeveconsulting.com/2011/06/01/goodguide-com-for-sustainable-purchasing-programs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 14:05:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our clients regularly ask us where they can find a list of green products or sustainable suppliers. While there is no silver-bullet-one-stop shopping list for ethical and sustainable options, there are an increasing number of online tools to help buyers evaluate the environmental and social attributes of products. While these tools are user-friendly and convenient [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.reeveconsulting.com&amp;blog=2477130&amp;post=857&amp;subd=reeveconsulting&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Protecting our oceans with sustainable seafood production and consumption</title>
		<link>http://blog.reeveconsulting.com/2011/03/28/protecting-our-oceans-with-sustainable-seafood-production-and-consumption/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 14:39:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Industrial fishing practices are having serious detrimental effects on the world’s fish populations. Here in the Pacific Northwest, some top concerns include farmed salmon, the overfishing of tuna species and fishing practices like bottom trawling among others. While there are a myriad of concerns related to seafood production, fish are a valuable global protein source [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.reeveconsulting.com&amp;blog=2477130&amp;post=681&amp;subd=reeveconsulting&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Are there too many eco-labels and green ratings?</title>
		<link>http://blog.reeveconsulting.com/2010/10/18/are-there-too-many-eco-labels-and-green-ratings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 14:03:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a good question and one we hear often at Reeve Consulting. In a recent article on GreenBiz.com, Joshua Saunders of GoodGuide tackles this issue and presents some valuable insights. With over 300 eco-labels in the global marketplace, and more being added each year, manufacturers, businesses and consumers are faced with increasingly complex decisions [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.reeveconsulting.com&amp;blog=2477130&amp;post=362&amp;subd=reeveconsulting&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Who Sets the Standards for Ecolabels?</title>
		<link>http://blog.reeveconsulting.com/2010/03/26/who-sets-the-standards-for-ecolabels/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 19:19:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is common practice to rely on third-party ecolabels to define environmental criteria for particular purchasing categories.  Ecolabels provide third-party verification of the environmental and social standards related to a particular product or service category and can be used to reduce the onus of creating environmental criteria.  By understanding how to identify a mature and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.reeveconsulting.com&amp;blog=2477130&amp;post=237&amp;subd=reeveconsulting&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s in a label?  ISEAL Alliance aims for a gold medal with standard setting code.</title>
		<link>http://blog.reeveconsulting.com/2010/03/26/224/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 05:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who&#8217;s certifying the certifiers? Credible standards that define sustainable products is critical to ongoing work in sustainable supply chains.  Here&#8217;s an interesting presentation from a group that&#8217;s trying to bring more consistency to the standard setting process.  ISEAL is an organisation that is comprised of groups like FSC, Marine Stewardship Council, Rainforest Alliance and more. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.reeveconsulting.com&amp;blog=2477130&amp;post=224&amp;subd=reeveconsulting&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Buy Smart Program Designed by Reeve Consulting Receives 2010 Games “Sustainability Star”</title>
		<link>http://blog.reeveconsulting.com/2010/01/28/buy-smart-program-designed-by-reeve-consulting-receives-2010-games-%e2%80%9csustainability-star%e2%80%9d/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:05:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vancouver 2010’s Buy Smart program of ethical and sustainable purchasing has been awarded one of the pretigious Sustainabilty Star designations for the 2010 Winter Games. The Buy Smart program was originally envisioned by Tim Reeve, Terry Wright, John McLaughlin and other members of the 2010 Bid Corporation as part of Vancouver’s original bid submission to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.reeveconsulting.com&amp;blog=2477130&amp;post=127&amp;subd=reeveconsulting&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sustainable Fashion?</title>
		<link>http://blog.reeveconsulting.com/2009/11/09/sustainable-fashion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:02:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Vancouver Fashion Week winds down today, one might ask oneself what impact fashion might have on the environment and working conditions around the world? What, if any, positive impact would sustainable choices in fashion make to the environment? For the fashionably conscious switching from haute couture to baggy hemp garments doesn&#8217;t really seem like [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.reeveconsulting.com&amp;blog=2477130&amp;post=113&amp;subd=reeveconsulting&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reeve Consulting &#8216;Green Links&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.reeveconsulting.com/2009/04/10/reeve-green-links/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:10:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are a couple of interesting links we&#8217;ve come accross in the past few weeks: Motorola Releases Eco- Cell: A cell phone made of 100% post consumer water bottles has been certified the first carbon free phone. Motorola will also offset the amount of energy required to manufacture, ship and operate the phone. A postage [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.reeveconsulting.com&amp;blog=2477130&amp;post=57&amp;subd=reeveconsulting&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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