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06/11/2026

Join the global Green Sports Day initiative. Engage in events and climate commitments that showcase the impact of sustainable sports practices.

06/11/2026

It is so exciting to see the positive results of a fairly recent initiative, The Green Sports Alliance.

Venues hosting the 2026 World Cup must meet high standards to obtain environmental certifications, but FIFA also requires that they use natural grass, which is water-intensive to maintain.

06/11/2026

Scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency say they're being pressured to revise assessments of chemicals used in products such as cosmetics and household cleaners in ways that downplay potential risks to human health and the environment, reports CNN.

06/11/2026

Strong leadership is vital to the success of chemical manufacturing in the U.S and across the world. ACC’s Responsible Care® & Sustainability Future Leaders (RCSFL) Program is a selective initiative designed to cultivate early‑career professionals with the potential to shape environmental, heal...

06/11/2026

Detergent and cleaning brand Tide is urging Americans to do their laundry in cold water; to save the planet, and maybe save some money.

06/11/2026

A single product launch quietly rewrote how 130 million American households do laundry.

Before 2005, the warm-and-hot wash was the default in every US home. Procter & Gamble's research showed that 90 percent of a wash cycle's energy went to heating water, and the company committed to engineering enzymes that could lift soil at 60 degrees Fahrenheit. The Tide Coldwater launch was paired with the Turn to 30 campaign in Europe and an industry-wide push to redesign detergent chemistry around lower temperatures.

The result was one of the fastest behavior reversals in consumer history. According to P&G's own consumer tracking and Energy Star data, the share of US laundry loads run cold rose from roughly 35 percent in 2005 to over 75 percent by 2023. Procter & Gamble estimates the shift has prevented about 60 billion kilowatt-hours of household electricity use, the equivalent of taking 8 million cars off the road for a year.

The downstream effect changed appliance design too. Modern washing machines now recalibrate their warm and hot settings to lower targets, and most US-sold detergents from Tide to Persil to Arm & Hammer are formulated for cold-first performance. The dial still says hot. Almost nobody turns it there anymore. [QMZGT]

06/11/2026

P&G has developed Tide detergent squares that eliminate water and plastic bottles after 10 years in the making.

06/10/2026

The once-child-wiz kid behind the Ocean Cleanup, Boyan Slat also invented a device for cleaning up rivers called the Interceptor.