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Bob Langert, the company's VP for sustainability digs in to the many ways the company is pushing for greener fast food, and how it's got a long row to hoe to convert its many skeptics and opponents.
by Marc Gunther
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The coalition's creative collaboration model is tacking the biggest problems in corporate sustainability, and in the process developing a way to create truly sustainable consumer goods.
by Will Pekel
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Yalmaz Siddiqui, the head of environmental strategy at the office retailer, explains how the motto 'Be Greener, Buy Greener and Sell Greener' shapes the company's actions.
by Marc Gunther
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A new series of articles in Grist drags Walmart over the coals for not being as sustainable as it could be. While the author raises valid points about Walmart's level of action, there is more to the story.
by Marc Gunther
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There is no bigger hurdle to reducing wasteful consumption than the increasingly ridiculous shopping marathon known as 'Black Friday.' Here's what's wrong with this festival of consumerism run amok.
by Marc Gunther
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The company's CEO is leading a drive to convince businesses and individuals that solar energy makes sense -- today.
by Marc Gunther
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Putting energy management systems in place in its manufacturing facilities was one of several steps that have helped the beverage maker earn the highest score ever recorded by The Carbon Trust.
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We've always looked at the problem of sustainable consumption as needing to convince individuals to buy less. But the real challenge may be in convincing companies to sell less -- and to make what they sell more sustainable.
by Jeff Erikson
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The company that started out by creating rewards for recycling is seeking to become a Internet marketing platform that will reward people for how they shop, do laundry and even commute.
by Marc Gunther
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The British retailer yesterday unveiled 20 green targets to be achieved by the end of the decade; the company has set an absolute emissions reductions goal of 30 percent by 2020, or 65 percent relative to revenues.
by Will Nichols
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Every year, the United States continues to improve the amount of paper recovered for recycling. But what if getting more paper recycled actually is worse for the environment?
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The company today has announced a comprehensive partnership with the Chinese government to help spread the use of high-tech irrigation, fertilization and crop management techniques, as part of its ongoing efforts to reduce global water use.
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The world's second largest sports brand has been working on a cross-industry partnership to phase out hazardous chemicals in its supply chain, in response to a challenge from Greenpeace.
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The clothing retailer's vice president of social and environmental responsibility talks about the goals in Gap's just-released CSR report and why the apparel industry can make a significant impact on a global scale.
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Noting insufficient attention to the impact of climate change in the company's sustainability report, Calvert Investments and Trillium Asset Management call for a report on social and environmental risks to its coffee business.
by Robert Kropp
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Interbrand's just-released ranking of green companies highlights the gap that can occur between environmental performance and customers' perception of that performance. What are the implications of that gap for your firm?
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The company's 15 goals embrace everything from advancing global health through medical innovation to pushing sustainability through its supply chain; among its other goals are a 20 percent emissions reduction by 2015.
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The VP of sustainability at the consumer-goods giant talks about the power of collaboration, the difficulty of changing individuals' behavior, and why Americans in the shower is one of the biggest environmental hurdles Unilever faces.
by Adele Peters
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Although the coming revolution will affect many, it will be led by just a few, and the director of Plan A at Marks & Spencer shared his thoughts on how your firm can get ahead.
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After a year-long review of waste practices in the U.K. the environment agency released a 'light-touch' plan for voluntary recycling initiatives that was poorly received by NGOs.
by James Murray
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Today's early news finds Unilever touting progress on its sustainabliity goals, a list of "brownwashing" Republican politicians, and obligatory discussions of just how green Apple's new cloud-based music service is.
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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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The cosmetics company has pledged to buy enough GreenPalm certificates to cover all of its global palm oil use.
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