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CDP Launches Water Disclosure Project

CDP Launches Water Disclosure Project
The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) has launched a global water disclosure project to help businesses and institutional investors understand the risks and opportunities associated with ...

Sustainable Tips to Save Small Business Owners Money

Sustainable Tips to Save Small Business Owners Money
In recent years, the notion of a “green economy” has gathered steam. The conversation accelerated when the economy worsened and unemployment rose and ...

Sam’s Club Testing Solar, Radiant Flooring

Sam’s Club Testing Solar, Radiant Flooring
Among other environmental initiatives, Sam's Club is testing solar at five locations. The wholesale club store also is looking into radiant flooring ...

Around the Web: Solar Declines, Climate Change As Religion, Handicapping Carbon Prices

Around the Web: Solar Declines, Climate Change As Religion, Handicapping Carbon Prices
Today's news from around the web. Solar Market Declines for First Time Ever Greentech Media Industry Witnesses' Dominance of Hill Climate Hearings Irks Consumer Advocates ...

Wal-Mart Adding LEDs to 650 Stores

Wal-Mart Adding LEDs to 650 Stores
Megaretailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc. plans to use LED lights inside 650 new and renovated stores. Cree Inc. has been selected to handle the installation, ...

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Wal-Mart Thinks Big With Smaller Stores

Wal-Mart Thinks Big With Smaller Stores
Future Wal-Mart locations will be about 8 percent smaller and cost 16 percent less to build, as the retail giant seeks to reduce waste ...

Asda Adopting Own Version Wal-Mart’s Packaging Scorecard

Asda Adopting Own Version Wal-Mart’s Packaging Scorecard
Asda, the UK subsidiary of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., next year will introduce a packaging scorecard similar to what Wal-Mart has been using. The ...

Wal-Mart, WRI May Decide Which Eco-labels Will Stick

Wal-Mart, WRI May Decide Which Eco-labels Will Stick
The far-reaching Green Supply Chain Initiative, undertaken by the World Resources Institute thanks to a grant from Wal-Mart Stores Inc., aims to develop ...

Product Lifecycles Next on Corporate Energy Agenda

Product Lifecycles Next on Corporate Energy Agenda
I’m convinced that the principles of environmental sustainability have gained a firm foothold at today’s leading companies. Why? Because even in the ...

P&G, HDR, ISC Highlight Sustainability at Clinton Global Initiative Meeting

P&G, HDR, ISC Highlight Sustainability at Clinton Global Initiative Meeting
The key theme at the Fifth Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Annual Meeting, held this week in New York, is innovation, reports Businessweek.com. Attendees included executives ...

Moving From Standards to Sustainability

Moving From Standards to Sustainability
In many industries, the lack of standards has gotten us into trouble. For years, the financial services sector went unregulated, resulting in a financial meltdown. The ...

AmerenUE, PepsiCo Honored for Renewable Energy PR

AmerenUE, PepsiCo Honored for Renewable Energy PR
The Center for Resource Solutions (CRS) has recognized AmerenUE, PepsiCo, Bonneville Environmental Foundation and Ed Holt as Green Power Market Development award winners. The four ...

EPA Names Intel, Kohl’s, Deutsche Bank, Mohawk Fine Papers as Green Power Partners of the Year

EPA Names Intel, Kohl’s, Deutsche Bank, Mohawk Fine Papers as Green Power Partners of the Year
EPA has singled out Intel, Kohl's, Deutsche Bank and Mohawk Fine Papers for their adoption of renewable energy, naming the ...

The Five Stages of Adopting Corporate Sustainability

The Five Stages of Adopting Corporate Sustainability
Adopting sustainability as a goal now will help corporations develop business models that will leave competitors scrambling to catch up, according to a new report from ...

Wal-Mart, Kroger Hold Sustainability Talks

Wal-Mart, Kroger Hold Sustainability Talks
Normally, Wal-Mart holds court. But to kick-start its sustainability index, Wal-Mart took the unusual step of traveling to the Cincinnati headquarters of competitor Kroger to ...

Facing Declining Demand, Water Bottlers Start Price War

Facing Declining Demand, Water Bottlers Start Price War
Despite new strategies by bottled-water companies to offer more eco-friendly packaging, it hasn't been enough to win back environmentally-minded customers. Bottled-water makers have stepped up a ...

CRT, EPA SmartWay Transport Tackle Emissions from Port Trucking

CRT, EPA SmartWay Transport Tackle Emissions from Port Trucking
The Coalition for Responsible Transportation (CRT) has partnered with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) SmartWay Transport Program to help develop a national SmartWay certification ...

A Greener View of Corporate ‘Eco’-nomics

A Greener View of Corporate ‘Eco’-nomics
Our country has been transformed by numerous periods of historic and evolutionary change - from the Industrial Revolution to the dot-com bubble and the age of ...

Lifecycle Assessment Boosts Transparency of Sustainability Performance

Lifecycle Assessment Boosts Transparency of Sustainability Performance
Retailers are demanding more information about their suppliers' sustainability programs and a higher degree of transparency about their sustainability performance to align with their own organizations' ...

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