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What to make of the 20 most-read stories among the 2,350 (or so) articles and blog posts we ran during 2009? It's hard to make head or tails of them.
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As the sun began to set on 2009, we asked some of our readers and partners to share their innovations, commitments, and passions for the coming year.
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The landmark memorandum of understanding identified a variety of projects that can help the dairy industry achieve those greenhouse gas reduction goals and increase its financial and environmental sustainability.
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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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The clock is ticking. Not just on climate change, but on shopping days to Christmas. Could there possibly be a connection? Actually, yes, and more than you might suppose.
by Andrew Simms
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The monthly index from GreenBiz.com found consumer attitudes found interest in green products improved modestly last month, while Americans were twice as likely to believe businesses should support climate change legislation -- even if it means prices could increase as a result.
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From now until 2012, Ford will introduce a range of electric vehicles, from continuing its work with hybrids to releasing plug-in and battery electric vehicles.<br />
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Following on the release earlier this year of a report outlining how information technology can enable a low-carbon future, the Climate Group this week launched a project to keep the IT industry on course.
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Office Depot, whose annual Green Guide is a compendium of the nearly 2,200 greenest products the retailer provides, has added a new dimension to its campaign to be the working world's top supplier of eco-friendly office products.
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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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GreenBiz.com Executive Editor Joel Makower sat down with Sustainability Consortium Co-Directors Jay Golden and Jon Johnson Wednesday to explore the role of the organization launched in the wake of Walmart's bid to rate the sustainable attributes of its products. The 90-minute webcast sheds light on its limited role, the misconceptions and the benefits of membership, which can cost up to $100,000 a year for a three-year commitment.
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The big-box retailer has adopted a strategy of helping its customers buy the greenest products possible, but has also quietly and steadily become the country's largest recycler of discarded electronics.
by Marc Gunther
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At first glance it seems an impossible task to take on the hundreds or thousands of chemicals in your company's supply chain, but a number of companies have developed useful approaches to measuring and lowering their use of hazardous chemicals.
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(Episode 99): Scott Vitters, the Coca-Cola Company's global head of sustainable packaging, takes the wraps off the company's new PlantBottle, a recyclable PET plastic container made partially from plants.
by Marc Gunther
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The Coca-Cola Company's vision of developing a 100 percent renewably sourced, carbon-neutral container has led to its design of the PlantBottle, a recyclable PET vessel that's 30 percent sourced from Brazilian sugar cane and molasses.
by Marc Gunther
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The first of a three-part series about developing a benchmark to help companies embrace green chemistry and toxic reductions explores which firms are leading the charge, and how they benefit from designing greener products.
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The fast food chain is swapping out the red for green in its logos in some European stores, as a way of promoting its environmental commitment.
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One of the biggest challenges facing marketers is how to encourage shoppers to buy green products that don't have clear, immediate benefits to them -- in other words, how to get people to apply their purchasing decisions to the greater good.
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The addition of three new retailers last week brought the total of signatories aiming to reducing mining's environmental and social impact to 60, with more than $1.3 billion in U.S. jewelry sales represented by companies involved.
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If climate regulation will burden businesses or increase costs, then why are so many companies strengthening their voluntary response to the climate crisis in the midst of an economic downturn?
by Marc Gunther
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A number of innovative bio-technologies are on the market today that offer highly effective alternatives to traditional chemical formulas, proving that products don't need to be toxic to be effective. Case in point are silver-based technologies.
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While the push is on to green buildings, the RSC Equipment Rental firm has devised a new service to help reduce the environmental impact of a key component of construction: It tracks the emissions of every diesel unit that rolls out of its lots around the country.<br />
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When a meat-based entrée is being served and people are offered a vegetarian alternative, about 5 to 10 percent will request it. But what if the choices were reversed?
by Marc Gunther
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The latest Green Confidence Index shows a dip in consumer commitment to buying green as more individuals tell Obama to "focus on the economy first."
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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