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Companies and other institutions are major buyers of many goods and services, and can leverage their purchasing power to move markets toward more greener versions. A growing number of companies -- as well as universities, government agencies, and others -- now have formal environmentally preferable purchasing policies and programs, encouraging or requiring buyers to engage in green procurement.
Seventh Generation, which used to refuse to sell its products through Walmart, has partnered with the retail giant to make environmentally friendly cleaning products available nationwide and...
Environmental product declarations, though in their infancy in the U.S., are becoming must-haves in the German building industry. As the demand for transparency in product design and manufacturing...
In a move affecting more than $1 billion in goods each year, Kaiser Permanente is now requiring its suppliers to provide environmental data on all medical equipment and products purchased by the...
Office Depot will give product rebates to companies that eliminate small orders and receive less-frequent orders. Staples has named the winners of its first contest for greener product ideas....
Walmart is stocking 60 TerraCycle products made from upcycled packaging and waste during the month of April.
...OfficeMax is offering a new reusable shipping bin program to help businesses that make frequent orders reduce packaging waste.
...Even if you're conscientious about the three R's when it comes to packaging, odds are your vendors are still shipping you excess materials. These three steps can help you ship smarter and greener...
The Environmental Working Group has found that the ingredients and hazard information for 17,000 chemicals are being kept secret. New York, meanwhile, is looking at a list of 85 chemicals that the...
As we view the whatever-it's-called decade in the rearview mirror, it's tempting to assess what's transpired since the good old days of Y2K to see how far we've come — and how far we haven't...
A new 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....
Tim Spring, the CEO of a company that makes all its products from 100 percent recycled stock talks about how a firm that was green 'before Greenpeace bought their first rubber boat' is adapting to...
The co-directors of Walmart's Sustainability Consortium, one key plank of the company's larger Sustainability Index, explain how the group will work -- and what companies get for the six-figure...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has proposed a new label to identify products made with renewable plant, animal, marine or forestry materials. The proposal is an outgrowth of the government's...
This report from Green Century Capital Management and As You Sow looks at the ways that major packaged-foods companies are working to remove BPA from products, and grades them on their performance...
The global market for organic cotton hit $3.2 billion in 2008, according to a new report from Organic Exchange, but the rapid growth of supply could lead to problems....
The two major retailers are adding organic jeans to their private label clothing brands after testing sales of the jeans last year....
A state committee has approved tentative green purchasing specifications for office printers, refrigerators, motor oil, traffic cones and 14 other products....
A recent study conducted by The Center for Environmental Health showed that jewelry sold at Wal-Mart, Express, Lane Bryant, Longs Drugs, Anchor Blue, Banana Republic, and Abercrombie and Fitch...
Part one of this two-part podcast looks at the history of Interface and InterfaceRAISE, and the ways in which the carpet manufacturer put its green ideas to work in-house before spreading the word...
Attorney David Scott joins GreenBiz Radio to discuss the Green Guide for Lawyers and the ways in which his law firm is making its operations more environmentally friendly....
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