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Despite the many differences between the Fortune 500 coffee retailer and the family-owned artisan roaster based in Mendocino, Calif., the two companies are committed to working with growers to source coffee beans as sustainably and ethically as possible.
by Marc Gunther
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Kraft plans to manufacture its famous foods using less water, energy and packaging, the company announced last week. Its European coffee brands have also committed to 100 percent sustainably sourced coffee by 2015.
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Risk management, brand enhancement, product differentiation and the desire to attract new talent are among the key reasons corporate carbon management efforts are reaching into the supply chain.
by Frances Way
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Members of the new platform, called Global Compact LEAD, will work to implement the newly unveiled Blueprint for Corporate Leadership, a roadmap released by the UN Global Compact last year. The LEAD program's new members include Accenture, Intel, KPMG, Newmont Mining Corp., PricewaterhouseCoopers, Symantec, Coca-Cola, Novo Nordisk and Heineken, among others.
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More major companies are tracking their supply chain emissions, and many, along with their suppliers, are also saving money from reducing emissions.
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One area that is all too often overlooked in corporate sustainability plans is green procurement -- a move that, if done right, can raise the environmental performance of an entire industry.
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"The 21st Century Corporation: The Ceres Roadmap for Sustainability" makes the business case for why companies should be rethinking their corporate structures, processes and performance, while also offering advice and case studies of how companies are putting these practices to work.
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Today, Walmart made its first major commitment to reduce greenhouse gases -- but in typical fashion, rather than set a tough goal that might affect its own growth curve, the company plans to turn up the pressure on its thousands of suppliers to reduce their emissions.
by Marc Gunther
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Companies leading in carbon management increasingly want their suppliers to be aligned with their ambitions. At CDP we have found that our member organizations are keen to collaborate with their suppliers to reduce emissions. But are suppliers up to it?
by Frances Way
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Leading corporations are already transforming the way they manage carbon in the supply chain, despite the uncertainty and lack of emission reduction targets that came out of Copenhagen, according to the 2010 CDP Supply Chain report released this week.<br />
by Frances Way
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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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At a summit of global paper industry leaders, Asia Pulp & Paper announced a commitment to halt expansion of its pulp-processing facilities until it finds a source for sustainably produced materials. At the same time the Forest Disclosure Project has announced the next step in developing its first annual 'forest footprinting' report.