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About a third of eco-minded grocery shoppers are leery about products labeled "natural" and two out of three say they'd like to see standards set for goods that bear the description, according to a new study.
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Frito-Lay North America, which has pursued greener manufacturing, transportation and packaging, is launching a major push to reformulate half its products in 2011 so that the snacks are made only with natural ingredients.
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I applaud Frito-Lay for making the move to all natural ingredients, and I wholeheartedly respect the marketing acumen behind the move. I now encourage them to put on their collective CSR hat and give consumers the straight story about natural vs. healthy/good for you snacks.
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With the winter holidays come major meals events and mountains of dishes. For the eco-conscious, the issue about the greenest way to get them clean becomes murky when earth-friendly soaps aren't robust enough to do the job.
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A carbon offset provider aims to help shoppers shrink the purchase of the millions of new gadgets purchased this holiday season -- especially the carbon-intensive aluminum bodies of Apple's MacBook Pro and Air models.
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Companies whose products contain certain out-of-favor chemicals can suffer from toxic lockout, and Colgate-Palmolive is among the firms that are moving away from triclosan -- a chemical frequently used in antibacterial soaps and hand sanitizers.
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Two years ago, Walmart set a 2012 goal for its top 200 factories in China to achieve 20 percent greater energy efficiency. Is the effort running out of steam?<br />
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Every aspect of the new Chevy Volt, from its conception to its execution, exemplifies disruptive innovation. Here's how the old-school automaker overcame internal and external challenges to create a truly game-changing technology.
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A study by the Electric Power Research Institute tested the three most popular home gaming consoles and found a wide range of difference, with the Nintendo Wii using one-sixth the energy of the Microsoft Xbox 360.
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With the announcement of its first comprehensive, companywide sustainability commitments, Target may now be positioned to do for sustainable products what they did for well designed, yet affordable, consumer products -- and leap ahead of other retailers in the process
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The industry association that represents roughly 34,000 pubs and brewers in the U.K. has laid out 10 sustainability commitments that cover emissions, water use, renewable energy and others, including some goals that double the U.K. government's own targets.
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With a score of 72 out of a possible 100, Cisco boosts its score to stay at the top of the heap, while Ericsson and Fujitsu also made big strides in applying IT solutions to greenhouse gas emissions to land in second and third place.
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Nearly 18 months after opening up the certification to the entire world, the Green Electronics Council has appointed six organizations as certified qualifying bodies, allowing for even further expansion of the EPEAT system.
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'Mesh companies' -- new enterprises based on sharing goods and services -- have the ability to redefine the nature of gift-giving this holiday season and beyond.
by Lisa Gansky
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S.C. Johnson has kicked off a major green marketing campaign over the Thanksgiving holiday to tell consumers about its pledge to disclose all ingredients in its cleaning products, which includes brands Windex, Nature's Source and Shout.
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On the first day of the international climate change negotiations in Mexico, some of the world's largest consumer goods companies threw their collective weight behind efforts to tackle deforestation and to phase out potent greenhouse gases used in refrigeration.
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Adsa is looking to team up with a leading detergent brand to install liquid dispensing machines across its stores in a bid to cut down on packaging and save money.
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Nonprofits, electric utilities, the government and researchers are all trying to make Black Friday shopping sprees as environmentally friendly as possible -- if that's not an oxymoron in the extreme.
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The biggest shopping day of the year is right around the corner, and two new reports take a look at just what this annual electronics-buying frenzy will mean for the environment and human health.
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Now that Patagonia is close to offering recycling for all of its clothing, it's taking a new approach to bringing sustainability to apparel: Asking customers to wear less and repair more.
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Tests of reusable grocery bags in Florida found that some plastic bags contain more lead than will be allowed in kid's toys. Coupled with previous cases of lead found in bags, the federal government is being called on to investigate and ban lead in bags.
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Preserve collected 50 tons of waste polypropylene plastic this year though its Gimme 5 recycling program for plastic that it turns into new bath and home products.
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On the heels of similar long-term targets set by rival Procter & Gamble, the consumer products company aims to double sales while cutting the water, waste and carbon impacts of its products -- and its customers' use of those products -- by 2020.
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Amid a slew of self-congratulations from companies recycling everything from office paper to electronics, a small number of companies make commitments to boosting recycling rates in the U.S.
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The upgraded second version of Earthster 2 -- first put to use to track the eco-impacts of Walmart's house brands -- will be pilot tested by 10 companies, then released for free next year.