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Dell Shipping Netbooks in Bamboo Packaging

Dell Shipping Netbooks in Bamboo Packaging
Dell is shipping some of its computers in packaging that includes bamboo components. Product cushions inside the packaging for Inspiron Mini 10 and Mini 10v ...

Sprint to Save $2.1M With Eco-Friendly Packaging

Sprint to Save $2.1M With Eco-Friendly Packaging
By redesigning packaging for its phone accessories, Sprint expects to save $2.1 million annually in packaging costs. This represents a 35 percent reduction in ...

Xerox Cuts GHG Emissions by 20% from 2002

Xerox Cuts GHG Emissions by 20% from 2002
Xerox Corp. reports greenhouse gas emissions fell 20 percent from 2002 to 2008, and says it will deliver a 25 percent reduction in total GHG ...

Council on Foreign Relations Goes LEED

Council on Foreign Relations Goes LEED
The Council on Foreign Relations' new building in Washington, D.C., took extra steps to attain LEED Gold status by the U.S. Green Building ...

Tetra Pak, HP Join Global Forest and Trade Network

Tetra Pak, HP Join Global Forest and Trade Network
Tetra Pak Inc., a manufacturer of food processing and packaging systems, and Hewlett-Packard have joined World Wildlife Fund's (WWF) Global Forest & Trade Network in ...

Staples, Dogwood Alliance Promote Forest Carbon Offsets

Staples, Dogwood Alliance Promote Forest Carbon Offsets
Once upon a time at loggerheads, Staples and the Dogwood Alliance have come to an agreement that should help protect forests by ...

Abbott to Launch 40 Sustainable Packaging Initiatives

Abbott to Launch 40 Sustainable Packaging Initiatives
Abbott is in the process of launching more than 40 sustainable packaging initiatives across its nutrition, pharmaceutical and medical product businesses to help achieve its ...

REI Recycles Nearly 85% of Waste, Emissions Up 11%

REI Recycles Nearly 85% of Waste, Emissions Up 11%
Despite its goal to become carbon-neutral by 2020, Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI), a national retail cooperative, has increased its greenhouse gas emissions by 11 percent in ...

California Forest Carbon Credit Standards to go National

California Forest Carbon Credit Standards to go National
The board of the California-based Climate Action Reserve (CAR) voted for the final adoption of Version 3.0 of its Forest Project Protocol, which paves the ...

Scholastic Strengthens Sustainable Paper Push

Scholastic Strengthens Sustainable Paper Push
Scholastic has increased its use of Forest Stewardship Council-certified and recycled paper, with nearly 35 percent of all paper purchased in 2008 meeting those standards. In January ...

FedEx Office, Office Depot Get Top Grades for Paper Practices

FedEx Office, Office Depot Get Top Grades for Paper Practices
Office retail stores FedEx Office and Office Depot earned top grades in the latest Green Grades office supply report card that ranks retailers and wholesalers/distributors ...

American Airlines Recycling Wine Corks

American Airlines Recycling Wine Corks
At its numerous Admirals Club locations, American Airlines will begin recycling wine corks to prevent them from ending up in landfills. In conjunction with ReCork America ...

Kimberley-Clark to Boost Use of FSC, Recycled Content 71%

Kimberley-Clark to Boost Use of FSC, Recycled Content 71%
Facing pressure from Greenpeace, Kimberley-Clark has committed to a new fiber procurement policy. The paper goods company has received Forest Stewardship Council certification for more ...

Kimberly-Clark to Source 40% of Fiber from Recycled or FSC-Certified Stock

Kimberly-Clark to Source 40% of Fiber from Recycled or FSC-Certified Stock
By changing the content of more than 20 away-from-home tissue and towel products, Kimberly-Clark Corp., maker of Kleenex, Scott and Cottonelle brands, has agreed to ...

USPS Unveils NYC’s Biggest Green Roof

USPS Unveils NYC’s Biggest Green Roof
Aimed at saving energy and reducing pollution runoff, the U.S. Postal Service has unveiled its first and New York City's largest green roof on top of ...

Johnson & Johnson Emissions Rise 3%

Johnson & Johnson Emissions Rise 3%
On the back of efforts to source 34 percent of its electricity from renewables and building the largest corporate hybrid car fleet in the U.S., Johnson ...

Hannaford Bros., Food Lion Add LEED Prototype Stores

Hannaford Bros., Food Lion Add LEED Prototype Stores
Hannaford Bros. and Food Lion, two primarily East Coast supermarket chains, are adding "green" prototype stores. Hannaford Bros.' new location in Augusta, Maine, will open July ...

WM Move to Grade Suppliers on Sustainability Affects Other Retailers

WM Move to Grade Suppliers on Sustainability Affects Other Retailers
Wal-Mart is set to announce a new sustainability index that will grade various suppliers and products by a range of environmental and sustainable factors. The move, to ...

IP Says Paper is Greener than Computers

IP Says Paper is Greener than Computers
International Paper has added a new brochure to its Down to Earth environmental series, "Pixels vs. Paper: Are pixels greener than paper?" which ...

Global Sustainable Product Standards Sought

Global Sustainable Product Standards Sought
The Alliance for Sustainable Built Environments and the Institute for Market Transformation to Sustainability (MTS) have formed an educational partnership to advance global sustainable product standards. The ...

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