December 2014

  • Published On: December 1, 2014

    The German Development Ministry has launched the Textiles Alliance, a coalition of companies and organizations dedicated to improving social and environmental standards in the textiles and garment industry. Spearheaded by Gerd Müller, German development minister, in concert with a working group of 70 representatives, the “Fairness Alliance” will work to bring about concrete improvements in [...]

  • Published On: December 1, 2014

    According to an announcement in Energy Harvesting Journal, the U.S. solar market has grown by more than 10 times in the past four years. Wunder, a Boulder, Colo., Techstars company, has launched a first-of-its-kind solar fund that makes investing in solar projects easy, provides a 7 percent annual return and supports a clean, renewable power [...]