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  • This report from Greenpeace ranks and rates 20 supermarket chains, including 17 national chains, on their sustainability practices for purchasing seafood and communicating about sustainable seafood to shoppers.

  • The 12th edition of the quarterly scorecard focuses heavily on toxics-reduction goals and achievements, punishing three companies for failing to remove BFRs and PVC from their products.

  • This comprehensive report examines the array of water-saving opportunities available for the commercial, industrial and institutional sector (CII) to reduce water use in the nation’s most populous state. Although based on the water-saving potential in California, the report's recommendations are in many ways universal and the technologies can be applied to other regions.

  • This report describes the methodology behind the Organic Center's new calculator, which estimates the environmental impacts avoided by shifting dairy cows from conventional to organic management practices.

  • This brochure offers a guide to the objectives and benefits of the Eco-Patent Commons, a non-profit environmental information-sharing project created by IBM, the World Business Council on Sustainable Development, and a growing number of environmentally minded companies.

  • This website provides a host of resources and guides to help companies make better paper choices and push their suppliers and others in the right direction.

  • This fact sheet is intended to help institutions easily adopt a purchasing program for printers, copiers and fax machines that accounts for social and environmental concerns.

  • Climate Leaders is an EPA industry-government partnership that encourages companies to develop long-term comprehensive climate change strategies. This fact sheet offers a primer on the steps undertaken by Climate Leaders partners to establish a greenhouse gas emissions reduction goal.

  • The ISSA, the leading trade association for the cleaning industry, provides a short online video, an FAQ list, a copy of the standard and other free tools and resources about the guidelines.

  • The Climate Group and Arup collaborated on this guide to provide businesses with an introduction to California's emerging GHG emissions reduction policies and a practical description of steps businesses can take, whether they are just beginning to consider these issues or have been working on them for some time.

  • Two tools on the newly launched Best Places to MeetGreen site of Meeting Strategies Worldwide can help planners select meeting sites based on the eco-friendliness of prospective locations and the estimated carbon emissions resulting from air travel.

  • Expert marketing strategists share their slideshow about building credible brands and strong foundations for eco-friendly businesses from their panel at the 2008 West Coast Green Conference.

  • As part of a law enacted in September 2008, all electronics manufacturers selling computers in Texas are required to offer free takeback and recycling of old hardware. This site helps find companies and recyclers anywhere in the state.

  • The Green Building Underwriting Standard and the Capital Markets Partnership Green Value Score comprise a straightforward, easy-to-implement tool allowing lenders, private equity investors, developers and real estate owners the ability to rate an asset's "greenness" at the time of financing or acquisition.

  • Protecting the health of school-age children and other sensitive and vulnerable populations is a key focus of the updated version of the Green Seal Environmental Standard for Industrial and Institutional Cleaners.

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