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With the launch of Walmart's sustainability scorecard and a growing interest in the retail world for greener products, suppliers and product makers need to know how to anticipate and respond to retailers' sustainability demands.<br />
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Three years after its launch in the U.K. and Canada, next month will see the U.S. kickoff of a campaign aimed at educating consumers about buying and using environmentally friendly products from a number of P&G brands.
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As consumers, we define ourselves by the brands we keep. We believe in them, yet they seldom give us new reasons to do so. But that's changing now as we find ourselves in the early stages of a new industrial revolution.
by Marc Stoiber
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The technology giant has implemented three best practices as part of a sustainability pilot project that are netting huge savings in materials and transportation costs as well as waste management.
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On the day the computer manufacturer released its third annual Supplier Responsibility Report, Apple met with shareholder groups to discuss why the firm won't make public greenhouse gas reduction commitments.
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Why should companies worry about carbon management given the lack of a definitive outcome from climate talks in Copenhagen? Panelists from UPS and Motorola shared their firms’ motivations at the State of Green Business Forum in Chicago.
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Business has officially entered The Age of Sustainability, and businesses that don't figure in sustainability aren’t likely to survive. Here’s a look at the reasons why as well as pointers on how your company can adapt to the change.
by Mahesh Pethe
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Organizers of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics deserve only a bronze medal for environmentalism, according to a Canadian green group.
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The third annual State of Green Business report, released today by GreenBiz.com, tracks 20 facets of green business operations to measure whether firms are moving the needle toward lower-impact and more planet-friendly operations.
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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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Nike has brought its footprint for greenhouse gas emissions back to 2007 levels and reports progress in other climate and energy areas, but has revisited its carbon neutrality goals and no longer purchases carbon offsets, the firm says in its latest corporate responsibility report.<br />
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Cree Inc., Dow Chemical Company, GE, CalStar Products and Serious Materials are among the more than 100 firms receiving $2.3 billion in tax credits for cleantech manufacturing that's expected to create thousands of U.S. jobs while producing advanced technology and equipment to generate, efficiently use and manage energy.
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The Ionator Exp, a hand-held device that turns tap water into a chemical-free cleaning agent, has the become the newest green weapon against germs in the workplace for facilities services company UGL Unicco.
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<a href='http://www.thefordstory.com/'>Ford</a> unveiled its next-generation Focus today at the <a href='http://www.naias.com/'>2010 North American International Auto Show</a>, where the company showed off its best bet for making deeper inroads into the market for fuel-efficient -- as well as efficiently made -- compact cars.
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Dual-flush toilets, the water-saving commodes that typically offer users a choice of a 1.6-gallon or a .8-gallon burst to dispose of waste, can be confusing -- but it doesn't have to be that way, according to the plumbing technology experts at Geberit North America.<br />
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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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The Responsible Jewellery Council's system represents more than three years of solid engagement with all levels of the diamond and gold industries.
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That's Muhtar Kent, the CEO of Coca-Cola, on the right. On the left is a polar bear. I caught up with Muhtar Kent at COP15, where he was one of a few Fortune 500 CEOs to show up in an effort to influence the climate talks.
by Marc Gunther
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(Episode 100): Coca-Cola Company CEO Muhtar Kent, one of a scant number of Fortune 500 chief execs to make it to COP15, tells GreenBiz.com Senior Writer Marc Gunther what compelled the company to have a strong presence at the climate conference.
by Marc Gunther
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The other day, I took a spin around your nation’s capital in what is being touted as the first affordable electric car that will find its way onto America’s roads: It’s the Coda.
by Marc Gunther
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Soupy Sales once challenged the kids who watched his TV show to "show me a pink car and I'll show you a pink carnation." The challenge at the recent LA Auto Show was to size up the right green car for my family amid a range of choices.<br />
by John Davies
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Facing risks from toxic toys to questions about nanomaterials, smart companies have begun to take dramatic steps forward in disclosing potentially toxic ingredients to investors, customers and policymakers alike.
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Marking a shift in tactics after 20 years of certifying individual products or services, the nonprofit green certification group has launched a new project that will measure and seek to improve the impact of a company's entire operations.
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I had expected the conference to be a showcase of how, when green goes mainstream, good intentions and high standards give way to the lowest common denominator of the mass market. Happily, I was wrong.
by Joel Makower
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The Cooper Hewitt People's Choice Award was the only category in the Smithsonian Institution's recent National Design Awards to be opened to public voting, and over 6,000 designers, consumers, and interested citizens spoke up. Some of the biggest design names in the country were nominated. But it was an independently produced sustainable design website that managed to squeeze past the designerati to place in the final three. <br />
by Jess Sand