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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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It is becoming increasingly common for companies to measure and report the water they consume within their four walls. Yet they rarely track all the water used to make the electricity powering their operations. It's called the forgotten water footprint, and it's about to get a lot more attention.
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The world's largest retailer has set a new goal for shrinking its environmental footprint and is turning to suppliers to help achieve a 20-million-tonne cut in greenhouse gas emissions from the lifecycle and supply chain of Walmart products by 2015.
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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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Walmart's new commitment to cut 20 million metric tons of CO2 emissions from its supply chain is big news in and of itself, but it's the way the company will leverage its suppliers to make cuts that will make the biggest impacts.
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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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Sustainability has become the touchstone of the entire discussion about the relationship between business and the society it serves. It is a global issue, with an impact in every country, and every community.
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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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The 2010 CDP Supply Chain report launches week with blogs provided to GreenBiz.com by Frances Way, who heads CDP's supply chain program. Today she outlines the business case for introducing climate change consideration in supplier relationships.
by Frances Way
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CEOs looking for new ways to cut costs should focus on reducing their company's supply chain dependence on oil. The first step is to understand their current fossil fuel exposure. Carbon accounting offers a business-friendly way to achieve this goal.
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More than 50 corporations are measuring the greenhouse gas emissions of their products and entire supply chains with two new standards from the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Initiative.<br />
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McDonald's U.K. is starting a three-year investigation into its cows' methane emissions and the best methods for lowering their impacts.<br />
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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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We wanted to know what kinds of commitments — formal or informal — people were making in their companies.
by Joel Makower
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As the sun began to set on 2009, we asked some of our readers and partners to share their innovations, commitments, and passions for the coming year.
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A new ICT Sustainability Index released by IDC ranks the G20 countries on how well they've incorporated technologies from smart grid to teleworking that can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 5.8 gigatons by 2020.
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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?
by Marc Gunther
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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, waste generation and water use.
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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 compensation to emissions reduction.
by Robert Kropp
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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 policy to encourage action on a much-needed scale.
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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 Fleets Conference today.
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The U.S. Postal Service unveiled goals to significantly curb its emissions and petroleum use Thursday, a week after President Barack Obama ordered federal agencies to set create action plans to reduce their environmental impacts.
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Former foes Staples Inc. and the nonprofit Dogwood Alliance are joining forces for a pilot project meant to give landowners in the southern U.S. the chance to earn money by conserving their forests and changing their management practices.
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Federal agencies must set 2020 greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals within 90 days and devise a string of action plans to size up and soften their environmental impacts, President Barack Obama ordered this week.