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While helping the outdoor industry develop a green rating system for products, the company has announced plans to expand its own Green Index to cover its entire footwear line by the end of 2012....
A new tool fashioned by makers of outdoor apparel to measure the environmental impact of products is easy to use and available to any company that wants to try it. Summer Rayne Oakes provides an...
The Eco Index tool aims to help companies understand all of the impacts of their products and learn how they can make their goods more sustainable....
We cannot enjoy the benefits of products without some environment degradation and some health risks. But we can be safer and more sustainable in how we make and use products if we all practice...
Life cycle assessment (LCA) has come a long way in the past few years, evolving from a niche activity carried out by academics and a few forward-thinking businesses to a mainstream practice...
The retail giant’s sustainability dreams don’t appear to have diminished, though it's clear the company has been humbled by the fiendish complexity of all it has set out to do....
Information on the energy use, solid waste and greenhouse gas emissions from the production of common plastics has been updated for the U.S. Life-Cycle Inventory Database....
The VP of Sustainability at the world's largest household and personal products company talks about Procter & Gamble's 9,000-member innovation team, how it impacts chemical giants like Dow and...
A new framework, "The Living Principles," aims to help bring sustainability to design in all its many forms, from products to companies to systems of commerce....
A seasoned lifecycle assessment engineer recently pointed out differences between big-impact elements and small ones, and suggested they must be big enough to be worth an effort in an LCA-driven...
There are all too many obstacles and perverse disincentives stopping the growth of a broad, effective recycling system in the U.S. But these simple steps can make the problem manageable, and close...
Sprint Nextel upped its green credentials before Congress Tuesday with testimony that it had developed a green design scorecard for new products and would vastly expand its wireless phone...
Sustainability has become the touchstone of the entire discussion about the relationship between business and the society it serves. It is a global issue, with an impact in every country, and...
SustainableMinds offers up this year-in-review take on 2009, "taken from our perusals of some of the quirkier green stories we’ve seen this year." Go ahead: Test your green cred....
As the sun began to set on 2009, we asked some of our readers and partners to share their innovations, commitments, and passions for the coming year....
The manufacturer of recycled-glass surfaces announced during Greenbuild 2009 that it had published an Environmental Product Declaration, allowing customers to verify the reduced impacts of its...
Looking at the full impact of any type of product or device -- rather than, say, the cloud of exhaust in front of you on the highway -- opens the door to a whole new understanding of how design...
Nike's corporate responsibility agenda has evolved from one based on risk and reputation management to being a source of innovation, a change that has yielded not only new products, but a shift in...
This report from ChemSec and Clean Production Action highlights the innovations driven by electronics manufacturers that have removed toxics like bromine and chlorine from high-tech gadgets....
It's clear our consumption-centered lifestyle has challenged our planet's ability to support us. Our economy doesn't need to be focused solely on spurring consumption. Here's a guide on how to...
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GreenBiz.com is pleased to announce a landmark event, the GreenBiz Innovation Forum, the first event aimed at global companies seeking to understand and harness the opportunities that exist at the intersection of “green” and “innovation.”
Evaluate and compare features between the leading Enterprise Carbon Accounting software applications from over 60 providers. Produced by Groom Energy and GreenBiz.com.
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The Green Packaging Group is a collection of packaging companies that have combined...
Which materials can be claimed as pre-consumer recycled content -- and which definitely...- The latest quarterly rankings of the greening of the electronics industry finds a number...
- This study shows that eating common canned foods is exposing consumers to levels of...
- Laboratory tests revealed 38 secret chemicals in 17 name brand fragrance products,...
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