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• Why business is an ‘untapped resource’ for malaria control programmes

  Guardian Professional, 22 Oct 2014: A partnership between state and industry in Borneo has helped cut malaria cases in one province by 96% in less than 20 years

• UK remanufacturing worth £5.6bn if business model can be cracked

  Guardian Professional, 21 Oct 2014: Remanufacturing presents a huge financial opportunity for the UK and could give British manufacturers a competitive edge

• Hacking the optimal office space

  21 Oct 2014: A futuristic lab in California hopes to design the greenest, most comfortable and efficient buildings possible

• Business and academia join forces to tackle UK food security

  21 Oct 2014: Retail giants such as Marks and Spencer and Asda are working with UK universities to promote sustainability in the country’s agri-food sector

• Waste-free, Willy Wonka packaging is coming but are consumers ready for it?

  Guardian Professional, 21 Oct 2014: From edible water bottles to yoghurt encased in fruit flavoured skins, the packaging industry is getting creative, but psychological barriers persist

• Rifles for a four-year-old: when corporate donations go bad

  20 Oct 2014: Corporate donations have never been more popular, but some companies still struggle to align philanthropy with social responsibility

• Inspections are not enough to fix garment factories in Bangladesh

  Guardian Professional, 20 Oct 2014: Sarah Labowitz: With no figure on how many Bangladeshi factories produce for the export market and no commitments made to funding factory upgrades, the Bangladesh Accord is a long way from success

• Disney World's biogas facility: a model for converting food waste into energy

  17 Oct 2014: As the US generates 35m tons of food waste yearly, biodigesters could be big business. Harvest Power hopes to crack the code

• Movies and YouTube hits spurring action on supply chain issues

  Guardian Professional, 17 Oct 2014: Movies like Blood Diamond and YouTube hits such as Follow the Frog bring supply chain issues to the big screen but what are the ingredients for real change?

• Ebola may be in the headlines, but tobacco is another killer in Africa

  Guardian Professional, 16 Oct 2014: As tobacco companies expand into new African markets, the health, social and economic ramifications could be unprecedented

• Can fashion become a zero waste industry? - live chat

  16 Oct 2014: On Thursday 23 October, from 1.30pm - 2.30pm BST, experts will be here online to take questions on the challenges of tackling waste in the fashion industry

• How breast cancer research benefits from fracking and other abominations

  16 Oct 2014: Baker Hughes, a maker of fracking drill bits, has produced them in bright pink to support breast cancer research. Here’s how to tell if your company is a philanthropic hypocrite
  

• The craft coffee trend: it's pricey, but farmers aren't getting rich

  16 Oct 2014: Improving the chocolate and coffee market will take a much more nuanced approach than a certification or two

• The Bangladesh Accord factory audits finds more than 80,000 safety hazards

  Guardian Professional, 15 Oct 2014: Alan Roberts: the next challenge is to finalise and implement corrective plans and ensure brands stay committed to protecting worker safety

• Facebook refuses to disclose carbon emissions information to CDP

  Guardian Professional, 15 Oct 2014: Despite joining coalitions that call for action on climate change, the social media giant has failed to disclose its carbon emissions data to NGO CDP

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