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Dean Foods' Environmental 2013 Roadmap is designed to achieve a 20 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and 30 percent decline in water use by 2013, both metrics measured per gallon of product produced. The company also intends to slash its solid waste generation by 30 percent.
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How did that get there? It's a question that I've found myself asking at lot these days. Goods movement, freight, logistics -- call it what you will. Regardless of name, it's the source of a lot of greenhouse gas emissions.
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The automaker today announced plans to collect 100,000 pounds of booms used to soak up oil from the spill in the Gulf of Mexico and recycle them into under-hood components of the new Chevy Volt.
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A new report from BSR in partnership with the Electronics Industry Citizenship Coalition finds that a number of electronics suppliers have poor records for managing wastewater, in a country already seriously stressed for clean water.
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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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The art and science of carbon footprinting is about to take a step forward with the upcoming release of guidance to help companies measure and manage Scope 3 emissions in supply chains, including products, travel, waste and distribution.
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While considering investments that mutually benefit the bottom line and the environment, a prevalent theme emerged at the World Climate Summit: The greening of the entire value chain.
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Almost every company, large or small, progresses through these five stages on their sustainability journey, and firms that are wondering how to take their sustainability efforts to the next level may benefit from knowing that even the greenest firms have also passed through these stages.
by Vijay Kanal
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Since adding recycling bins at its stores for the first time earlier this year, Target has finalized a set of company-wide goals covering emissions, water and more.
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The materials are critical to a number of technology products, especially hybrid cars and cell phones; with China holding nearly all the world's stores of the materials, Hitachi aims to make itself more self sufficient through recycling.
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With climate action stalled in Cancun and Congress, companies like Coca-Cola are tackling thorny supply chain climate problems on their own. They are collaborating and open-sourcing with industry peers like never before, which is leading to quicker, cheaper and larger-scale solutions.
by Anne Kelly
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The nonprofit Carbon War Room has rated the greenhouse gas efficiency of nearly every big oceangoing vessel in the world, which will be searchable in a new data hub designed to help ship owners, operators, ports and stakeholders make better, more efficient shipping decisions.
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Fiji Water announced today it has reopened its bottled water plant in Fiji, originally shuttered on Monday in protest of a government tax hike.
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The EPA's proposed new mileage standards for semi-trucks -- all the way up to 9 mpg -- would actually represent a huge leap forward for fuel efficiency and for the environment.
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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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Fiji Water, which ships its bottled water thousands of miles, has shut down its bottled water plant in Fiji over a tax hike that would have increased its payments to the government by 45 times.
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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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Georgia Pacific's recent commitment to expand its sustainable forestry practices could help transform the entire paper industry; even if the company's overally environmental performance isn't flawless, it's an important project for the NRDC to get behind.
by Peter Lehner
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The first wave of GreenBuild announcements that began trickling in last week has grown into a deluge, ranging from product certifications and awards to new tools and resources.
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A number of products purchased in the U.S. were found to include wood products that violate the Lacey Act. Here are five ways to stay on top of your paper procurement.
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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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Pharmaceutical distributor McKesson Corporation is using a new IBM program to look at where it can cut emissions and reduce costs in its supply chain.
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One area that is all too often overlooked in corporate sustainability plans is green procurement -- a move that, if done right, can raise the environmental performance of an entire industry.
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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.
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In the first of an ongoing series of articles, we give voice to EDF's sustainability work with Walmart, and offer inside perspectives on what it's like to work with the world's largest retailer on its environmental impacts.