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Kellogg, IKEA and others are seizing financial opportunities from improving lives and reducing the environmental impacts of millions of smallholders in supply chains.
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Global production networks are more complex than ever. Can mobile devices, data analytics and on-demand logistics cut through the noise?
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The fast-food giant says it will implement a partial ban on antibiotics at its 14,000 U.S. locations within two years.
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The retailer is making some of its in-house supply-chain sustainability metrics public with a new program to highlight top-performing companies.
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Companies increasingly realize that risk resides in their supply chains.
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Sustainability leaders gathered in Arizona emphasized big risks — and big opportunity to rethink business as usual.
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Beef, paper, timber, soy, palm oil. ... A new first-of-its-kind ranking on global deforestation efforts reveals 500 leaders and laggards across sectors.
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By working together, companies are driving change within sectors and supply chains.
by Joel Makower
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There’s a lot to be said for viewing the year just passed through the rear-view window, from runaway oil wells to crashing hybrids to political stalemate over climate change. Still, there’s much to be hopeful about. Here are 10 stories we published that represent significant, promising developments.<o p=''></o>
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by Joel Makower
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While considering investments that mutually benefit the bottom line and the environment, a prevalent theme emerged at the World Climate Summit: The greening of the entire value chain.
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We're making headway on the path to sustainable consumption, but to make larger leaps forward, the U.S. needs to turn to the idea of Share American and get the government involved.
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As the healthcare industry strives to reduce its environmental footprint, the makers of pharmaceuticals and medical devices are working to curb their use of energy and water and run their facilities more responsibly. Thera Kalmijn examines their efforts in Part 2 of her series on green initiatives in the healthcare industry.
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The latest report from Five Winds International to be published by GreenBiz.com examines the activities of retailers to determine if they are taking significant steps to increase the number of greener products on their shelves.
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A new report published by Five Winds International on GreenBiz.com finds that many major retailers are walking their green talk quite well, and explores the factors that affect sustainability efforts for retailers of any size.
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Five Winds International has created a new website to help companies meet supplier sustainability requirements being imposed by retailers.<br />
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While individual car buyers stayed out of showrooms with disastrous results, corporate and institutional buyers proved a bright green spot for the industry with increased purchases of hybrid-electric, diesel, biodiesel, electric and other so-called alternative-fueled vehicles.
by Joel Makower
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T'is the season for making resolutions! In case you work for a company and have not made your sustainability resolution yet, maybe this will help. <br />
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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.
by Joel Makower
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We wanted to know what kinds of commitments — formal or informal — people were making in their companies.
by Joel Makower
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At first glance it seems an impossible task to take on the hundreds or thousands of chemicals in your company's supply chain, but a number of companies have developed useful approaches to measuring and lowering their use of hazardous chemicals.
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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 requires a culture change, and that's always the hardest thing to do.
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Walmart’s mandate for stricter sustainability practices among suppliers poses huge challenges to firms -- as well as a windfall of opportunities for businesses that can clear the hurdles and avoid being snared by sustainability myths.