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The company's 'Sustainability 360' project promotes eco-friendly expansion around the globe, and fine-tuning business practices in the U.S. to reduce the chain's environmental footprint.
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DuPont has been recognized by the Coalition for Government Procurement for its overall commitment to the environment.
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Lenovo says that its line of ThinkPad notebooks, ThinkCentre desktops, and ThinkVision monitors have received high ratings from EPEAT, a procurement tool funded by the Environmental Protection Agency to help purchasers evaluate PCs based on environmental attributes.
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Wal-Mart Stores says it is introducing the Marine Stewardship Council's independent blue eco-label on ten fish products in stories across the United States.
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Ricoh Co., a major Japanese manufacturer of office equipment and supplies, will ask its suppliers of parts and other materials to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions as part of its green procurement activities.
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Industrial manufacturer Eaton Corporation joins a group of large manufacturers committed to sharing both lean -- and clean -- manufacturing techniques and environmental process improvements with their small and medium-sized suppliers.
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Hewlett-Packard has unveiled a year-long training program aimed at providing the management staff of its suppliers in China with the knowledge to improve social and environmental responsibility practices in their factories.
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Eight of the world's top jewelry retailers have pledged to move away from 'dirty' gold sales, calling on mining corporations to ensure that gold is produced in more socially and environmentally responsible ways.
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Quad/Graphics has become the first corporation in the printing and publishing industry to join the SmartWay Transport Partnership, a collaborative voluntary program to increase the environmental performance of freight shippers.
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The new award honors the GM supplier that best supports the companies' environmental initiatives, exhibits transparency in its environmental performance, and brings new technologies to GM that improve environmental performance of the company's facilities or products.
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The committed staff at Ecoprint, an innovator in environmentally preferable printing processes, share the best practices that have made their company a success. By Susan Nickbarg
by Emily Rabin
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Members of the World Resource Institute's Green Power Market Development Group have announced 185 new megawatts (MW) of renewable energy purchases and projects, bringing the total number of MW under contract to 360 -- the average size of a coal-fired power plant.
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Levi Strauss & Co. has published a list of all active owned-and-operated and contract factories producing Levi's, Dockers, and Levi Strauss Signature branded products.
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Japan's Toppan Printing Company is making advanced efforts to reduce environmental impacts under the vision of 'contributing to fulfilling lifestyles as key player in information and culture.' By Kazunori Kobayashi
by Emily Rabin
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The City of LaGrange will launch a new program harvesting methane gas from the community landfill in September. The first customer to draw methane from the pipeline will be Milliken Carpet, which will purchase 80% of the rapidly renewable gas generated.
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The largest retail bank in the U.S. -- one of the world's largest consumers of paper products -- has devised a new paper procurement policy geared toward reducing impacts on the world's forest ecosystems and promotes sustainable forestry practices.
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Six U.S. companies have agreed to participate in the EPAT Early Adopter Circle -- a group of businesses selected to assist in the development of a universal tool to evaluate environmentally preferable paper in purchasing decisions.
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The U.S.-based financial institution now requires Southeast Asian timber client Rimbunan Hijau to obtain independent, third-party certification.
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Royal Philips Electronics introduced 21 new Green Flagship products to the market in 2004, bringing the total number of green flagships to more than 100.
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The largest DIY retailer in the U.K., B&Q has signed a deal with the certification body SmartWood, a program of the Rainforest Alliance, to certify its key stores to the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) chain of custody standards.
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The Green Purchasing Network, a Japanese environmental network, announced the winners of the 7th Green Purchasing Award, which recognizes outstanding effort in promoting green purchasing.
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The system enables Office Depot to ensure that paper used in its printed marketing materials is 'environmentally preferable' and establishes a new level of transparency in the process of paper procurement.
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Office Depot is offering customers who return eligible used ink and toner cartridges to any of its U.S. stores the choice of a free ream of 35% post-consumer recycled content paper or $2.50 on their next purchase of any ink, toner, or fax product.
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Two Boston-area hotels today were awarded Energy Star labels for superior energy efficiency.
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R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company has received Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) 'Multi-site Chain-of-Custody' certification for all of of its U.S. magazine, catalog, retail insert and directory printing plants.