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Supply chain environmental management can help companies decrease the use of toxic and non-renewable materials, use energy more efficiently, reduce labor costs and promote greater employee participation in environmental-improvement activities. This section explores the ways that supply chain managers are developing to make products green from beginning to end.
If climate regulation will burden businesses or increase costs, then why are so many companies strengthening their voluntary response to the climate crisis in the midst of an economic downturn?...
Our recent survey of business leaders across industries found a huge increase in green purchasing in the last 12 months, but there are plenty of gray areas where uncertainty lie. ...
The latest Green Confidence Index shows a dip in consumer commitment to buying green as more individuals tell Obama to "focus on the economy first." ...
Marking a shift in tactics after 20 years of certifying individual products or services, the nonprofit green certification group has launched a new project that will measure and seek to improve...
The company's 2009 sustainability report shows that not only has the company passed the half-way point on its goals, but that its reductions are picking up speed year over year. ...
All too often, behind the glitter of gold are ugly environmental and social costs: Unregulated mines creating toxic wastes, child laborers working under grim conditions, rivers and bays polluted...
A new study measures the sustainable performance of worldwide auto manufacturers from 1999 to 2007, comparing resource use efficiency of production for factors such as emissions, work accidents,...
Kraft Foods vowed to increase the amount of Rainforest Alliance Certified cocoa beans ten-fold to 30,000 tons by late 2012, to be used in two premium chocolate brands sold in the European and...
We want environmental sustainability to be a core value -- like quality and customer responsiveness. So how do you instill environmental considerations into every operation of a company? It...
A new report from EIRIS finds that reporting and short-term reduction targets are comparable to global peers, but North American companies lag in third-party verification and linking executive...
It seems like a new sustainability certification or standard is announced weekly. As these increase, along with corresponding logos and taglines, so too have questions about their validity and...
Software and information services company Sustainable Minds has released a new life cycle assessment (LCA) program to help companies design greener products and understand the impacts of new and...
One session at this year's Business for Social Responsibility conference focused on how sustainability initiatives are taking root in China; the head of BSR's China operations sat down for an...
A top-notch panel on traceability in the supply chain offered a hard look at one of the biggest challenges facing companies, part of a roster of big issues tackled during day two of the 2009 BSR...
Crafting an effective corporate social responsibility (CSR) report is both an art and a science. A blend of facts and feelings. An amalgamation of quantitative and qualitative parts assembled into...
At the opening sessions of the 2009 BSR conference, industry and public-sector leaders explored the scope of the problems facing the world, and proposed how the global business community can shape...
There's a good food revolution brewing. By bringing locally grown, organic, nutritiously rich food to a table near you, the good food revolution can help us tackle larger societal issues, and...
IBM drew upon its IT expertise and work with its own massive supplier network to create a new consulting service aimed at helping companies improve the efficiency and environmental impacts of...
Several approaches have been developed to enable companies to meet their responsibilities of environmental stewardship, social equity and well being, and community economic vitality to...
Tools, trainings and best practices for changing driver behavior and maximizing fleet performance are among the offerings the Environmental Defense Fund unveiled at the launch of the 2009 Green...
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