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Four best practices gleaned from the retail giant's sustainability progress.
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The Canadian retailer's energy executive shares what he's learned about getting energy projects off the ground.
by Erin Hiatt
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Focus first on results, says Mark Lester, energy investments VP for the co-op.
by Erin Hiatt
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Here's how retail leaders continued to raise the bar on energy and climate this past year.
by Erin Hiatt
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It's been 10 years since the behemoth from Bentonville launched is sustainability quest. So, how's it doing?
by Joel Makower
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Energy affects many aspects of trade. Fracking has created a bubble. What would happen if it burst? And how likely is that?
by Jacob Park
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What will it take to get solar onto the rooftops of every store on the block?
by Adam Siegel
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Nike’s new sustainability report highlights how the sporting goods giant is pushing innovation in both its products and supply chain.
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Is energy becoming a big-box business? A first-of-its-kind program gives customers the option to switch energy service providers at a Chicago-area Best Buy store.
by Derek Top
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Britain makes scant headway in efforts to cut use of plastic shopping bags and Emirates airline is the latest carrier to beef about the EU's cap-and-trade plan, but on the plus side smart meters are looking to be smarter than at least one utility thought.
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Last week, we released the sustainability rankings of the world's largest oil and gas companies. Despite the skepticism of whether the industry can ever be green, there are plenty of reasons to rank their sustainability efforts.
by Todd Cort
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Today, Walmart made its first major commitment to reduce greenhouse gases -- but in typical fashion, rather than set a tough goal that might affect its own growth curve, the company plans to turn up the pressure on its thousands of suppliers to reduce their emissions.
by Marc Gunther
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During the past several years, the word "green" has taken on new meaning and usage as it has quickly entered the business vernacular in its many forms. What does it mean to select, design and operate a business in the era of green?
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The world’s third-largest grocery retailer has tapped a New York-based firm to supply the software that will help it measure and manage its behemoth carbon footprint. Tesco plc will use CA's ecoSoftware to streamline data management processes, reduce errors and expenses, and help the company communicate significant achievements.
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What concrete actions are firms taking to tackle climate change in 2009? The CEO of the Carbon Disclosure Project offers the first in a series of sneak peeks at the forthcoming annual report.
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In the new world of Supply Chain Environmentalism, the spoils of competition will go to those retailers who spoil the least.
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Consolidated Edison Co. of New York Inc. is soliciting applications from demand side management companies to help it reduce the electricity load in 10 neighborhoods.
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The Alliance to Save Energy, in partnership with Philips Lighting and energy-efficiency advocates, has announced a goal of transforming the U.S. lighting marketplace to 100 percent energy-efficient lighting by 2016.
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The UK-based retail chain Tesco announced plans to build a $13 million solar installation on five-building, 820,400-square-foot distribution center in Riverside.
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Wal-Mart has announced an ambitious campaign to sell 100 million compact fluorescent light bulbs at its Wal-Mart and Sam's Club locations by the end of 2007.
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In response to shareholder requests, two leading big-box retailers and the nation's largest shopping mall company have agreed to significantly expand reporting and disclosure on energy-efficiency performance, with the two big-box retailers also agreeing to discuss greenhouse gas emissions.
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Albertson's has received an America's Marketplace Recycles! Award from the International Council of Shopping Centers in partnership with the Environmental Protection Agency.
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USA Technologies has entered an alliance with EnergySmart Grocer to bring an energy conservation program to thousands of independent grocery stores in the state of California.