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Taiwan Working on Carbon Footprint Labeling for CPGs

Taiwan Working on Carbon Footprint Labeling for CPGs
Taiwan is the latest nation to float a plan to label the carbon footprint of common consumer packaged goods, following in the ...

UK Government Calls for Food Labels to Show Carbon Footprint

UK Government Calls for Food Labels to Show Carbon Footprint
Supermarket food in the UK will be labeled to show its carbon footprint, country of origin and animal welfare standards as part of the government's new ...

Twenty Trends for Sustainability in 2009-10

Twenty Trends for Sustainability in 2009-10
Here is a list of 20 sustainability trends that are changing the business landscape. We're keeping our eyes on these... 1. From economic collapse to a green economic ...

Groups Lobby for ‘Water Footprint’ on Food/Bev Items

Groups Lobby for ‘Water Footprint’ on Food/Bev Items
Food and beverage items deserve a special label that indicates their "water footprint," two food and health groups in the UK say. The Food Ethics Council ...

Australia Joins Carbon Reduction Label Scheme

Australia Joins Carbon Reduction Label Scheme
Australia is joining the UK in using the Carbon Trust's Carbon Reduction Label, touted as the world's first carbon label for consumer products. The Carbon Trust, an ...

Tesco To Roll Out Carbon Labels for TP and Kitchen Towels

Tesco To Roll Out Carbon Labels for TP and Kitchen Towels
Tesco, a major UK retailer, plans to announce that its toilet and kitchen rolls are the next products to join the company's list of products ...

Avoiding the Pitfalls of Product-level Carbon Footprinting

Avoiding the Pitfalls of Product-level Carbon Footprinting
As companies implement their GHG reduction strategies, many are turning to product level carbon footprinting for insight. By mapping carbon throughout a product's lifecycle -- from ...

UK Launches First Carbon Footprint Label for Retail Clothing

UK Launches First Carbon Footprint Label for Retail Clothing
The UK fashion retail market has claimed the world's first carbon footprint label for clothing. Continental Clothing, described as an ethical and eco-chic manufacturer, working with ...

Chip Maker Exceeds Emissions Goal, Retains Carbon Label

Chip Maker Exceeds Emissions Goal, Retains Carbon Label
Chip maker Walkers announced that is has become the first company to retain the Carbon Reduction label, issued by the Carbon Trust. The company first ...

Green Business 2008 – Environmental Leader’s Most Popular Stories

Green Business 2008 – Environmental Leader’s Most Popular Stories
With 2008 just out the door, it's a good time to look back at the green business issues and news items popular with top sustainability executives. Here are Environmental Leader's top green business stories for ...

Tesco Signs Lighting Retrofit Deal with Nualight

Tesco Signs Lighting Retrofit Deal with Nualight
Tesco announced that it has signed a deal with Nualight to implement energy saving LED lighting products in its stores in Ireland. The deal's worth approximately $1.27 million Nualight will retrofit 111 ...

Cadbury Releases CSR Report on New Website ‘DearCadbury.com’

Cadbury Releases CSR Report on New Website ‘DearCadbury.com’
Cadbury launched a corporate social responsibility Web site called DearCadbury.com, which provides consumers information on ethical sourcing, responsible consumption and the environment. The site features Cadbury's 2007/08 Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability ...

Supermarkets Shifting to Greener Buildings

Supermarkets Shifting to Greener Buildings
Both Shaw's Supermarkets and Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. are making their stores greener, revealing a green commercial architecture trend that could grow from $3 billion in 2006 to $27 billion by ...

Supervalu Tests Fuel Cell, Other Green Tech

Supervalu Tests Fuel Cell, Other Green Tech
Supervalu, the parent company of Shaw's and Star Market, is testing a fuel cell that runs on natural gas, a refrigeration system that reduces carbon emissions, and light-emitting diodes in a Star ...

Tesco Chief,“We Must Go Green”

Tesco Chief,“We Must Go Green”
Speaking at the Coca-Cola Retail Research Council Global Forum, in Beijing, Tesco's chief, Sir Terry Leahy said, “we must go green,” because every £1 spent now tackling climate change, saves our children ...

Japanese Govt Launching Carbon Label Program

Japanese Govt Launching Carbon Label Program
About 30 Japanese companies will voluntarily start carrying carbon footprint labels on food packaging and other products beginning in April 2009, Guardian reports. Unlike carbon footprint labels being tested in other parts ...

Tesco Saves 2 Billion Plastic Bags

Tesco Saves 2 Billion Plastic Bags
Tesco recently announced it has saved 2 billion plastic bags in about two years without adding a bag tax or charging for the plastic bags. Since the supermarket launched Green Clubcard ...

Anheuser-Busch To Pour 5 Billion Green Beers In 2009

Anheuser-Busch To Pour 5 Billion Green Beers In 2009
Anheuser-Busch announced it will brew about one in seven beers, or over 5 billion 12.oz servings, with alternative energy by 2009 as part of its goal to run its U.S. operations on ...

Tesco Powers Distribution Center On Straw

Tesco Powers Distribution Center On Straw
Tesco will meet the electricity and heating needs of its Goole Distribution Center with a straw-powered Combined Heat and Power plant, which will generate 5 megawatts of electricity, or enough to run eight Tesco stores. Construction ...

Efficiency = Economics For HK’s Textile Industry

Efficiency = Economics For HK’s Textile Industry
WWF and a small number of factory owners in Hong Kong and southern China are developing a carbon labeling system to measure how effective factories have been in reducing CO2 emissions, AFP ...

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