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Selling Small, Thinking Big: P&G's Sustainable Innovations
Peter White, the head of sustainability at Procter & Gamble, speaks to GreenBiz Radio about how the company is using product design and marketing to reduce energy and water use across its products' life cycles, and how the company couples its environmental goals with social responsibility goals.
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The Big PictureEnergy prices and atmospheric temperatures are rising -- putting energy efficiency on everyone's front burner as a smart environmental and business practice.
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The average company could recycle half of the waste it produces. The environmental benefits seem obvious, but are businesses really considering waste reduction as a means to cut costs? The Xerox Corporation has, and this 155-page guide and accompanying workbook will help other businesses to do so as well.
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The Big PictureBecause traditional, nonrenewable energy sources such as oil and coal harm the environment in their extraction, processing, delivery, and use, customers say they are willing to pay more, if necessary, for cleaner energy
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Compliance & EMS
An environmental management system is a set of processes and practices that enable a company to reduce its environmental impacts and increase its operating efficiency. Using the ISO 14001 standard provides an internationally recognized framework for environmental management, and for many companies, ISO 14001 certification is a contractual requirement of customers. Local, state and federal government programs exist to reward companies that meet or exceed compliance standards, whether by offering reduced regulatory oversight, such as fast-track permitting, fewer inspections, and less-frequent reporting requirements.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Independent Evaluation Group examined the effectiveness of World Bank projects in nine countries between 1990 and 2007. While the bank has made progress, results vary.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Citing budget pressures, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced last week that it had published the last of its annual Agricultural Chemical Usage reports, which track the amount of pesticides applied farmlands nationwide.
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OTTAWA, CANADA -- Health Canada is expected to label bisphenol A, a common chemical in reusable water bottles, baby bottles and numerous other items, as a toxic chemical, prompting retailers to purge their shelves of BPA-containing items.
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NEW YORK, N.Y. -- More than half of chief financial officers and finance executives in a recent survey believe their companies will boost revenue, investor returns and employee retention through sustainability.
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Today, many executives, and especially those working in carbon-intensive industries, are grappling with how future carbon regulation may impact their businesses and industries.
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OAKLAND, Calif. -- More than two dozen states and the federal government are considering new restrictions on lead and other materials in toys, resulting in a patchwork of regulatory ideas that could hamper businesses in the sector.
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OTTAWA, -- Two federal groups are working on guidelines for green claims, hoping to force businesses to strip their products of vague and misleading environmental statements.
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WILMINGTON, -- The projects, part of DuPont's Clean Technologies, regenerate sulfurif acid used in processing and turn refinery gases into sulfur products.
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OAKLAND, Calif. -- The International Code Council will unveil a certification program to ensure that code officials understand the application of green building technologies.
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Facing a lack of leadership from Washington, states from coast to coast and forward-looking companies like Wal-Mart and Consorta are creating business-led solutions to help industry getting out in front of potential legislation on toxic chemicals.
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LONDON, -- Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned of government action to make stores charge for plastic bags in the same week as figures on the amount of bags used by retailers as well as government marketing were revealed.
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OAKLAND, Calif. -- Corporate Chinese polluters may have a harder time raising capital if they don't improve and disclose their environmental performance. Separately, the country's largest plastic bag producer closed earlier this month following announcement of a bag ban.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- As the EPA unveils its long-awaited draft specifications for energy efficient servers, a new survey reveals European IT chiefs are happy to pay more for greener products.
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When the U.S. switches to the digital spectrum a year from today, the country will likely face an avalanche of obsolete and unwanted television sets filled with lead and other toxins. Here's how manufacturers and retailers can take responsibility.
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OAKLAND, Calif. -- More companies are taking CSR practices to heart, Not only are more companies taking CSR practices seriously and implementing them across operations, those companies are more likely to see their value grow, according to two new reports from IBM and and the Economist Intelligence Unit.
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