Business-to-Consumer

BMW, Toyota, Ford Tout Eco-cars

More and more automakers are playing up their hybrid cars, and other environmental ...

‘Green’ Mobile Phone App Downloads May Exceed 400M by 2014

As more and more companies and organizations develop mobile phone applications that are centered on energy efficiency and the environment, the market ...

94% Think of Energy Efficiency When it Comes to ‘Sustainable Production’

Energy efficiency (94 percent), followed by waste reduction and environmental impact (both 78 percent), are the first things that corporations consider when they decide to pursue ...

When Explaining Smart Grid Benefits, Keep it Simple

When explaining the benefits of the smart grid, consumers relate most to terms such as "budget billing," "flat billing" and "peak pricing." ...

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 ...

P&G Cuts CO2 Emissions and Water In Half Since 2002

The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) has reduced (per unit of production) water consumption by 52 percent, energy usage by 48 percent, CO2 emissions by ...

Maker of Lysol, Woolite Ahead on Carbon Reduction Target

Reckitt Benckiser (RB) plc, a global leader in household, health and personal care products including Calgon, Lysol, and Woolite, has reduced its total carbon ...

Sobeys, Wegmans Continue Reducing Plastic Bags

Sobeys' stores in Ontario have exceeded the province's targeted guidelines for reducing plastic bags. Sobeys, which operates in Ontario under the Sobeys, Foodland and IGA ...

Whirlpool to Produce 1M Smart Energy Dryers by 2011

Whirlpool Corp. will produce one million smart-energy clothes dryers by the end of 2011 as part of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Smart ...

Seventh Generation Commits to Sustainable Palm Oil by 2012

Seventh Generation aims to exclusively use certified sustainable palm oil for its household products by 2012. Palm oil is used in foods, drugs, personal care ...

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 ...

TerraCycle, 3M Reusing Scotch Tape Dispensers

TerraCycle is working with 3M to convince consumers to save empty Scotch tape dispensers and cores and collect them, to save the dispensers from being sent to landfills. TerraCycle has ...

Service Industries Find More Buyers for ‘Green’ Services

The green marketplace obviously encompasses services as well as products, though these services are not used with the frequency of most products measured in Natural ...

A Consumer First Approach to Sustainability

Walk into Florence's Piazza della Signoria on a summer day and hundreds of birds instantly fly up and surround you. Take a cyber-walk today and ...

Food Lion, Clorox Green Works Promote Online Flyer

To encourage consumers to use an online weekly sales flyer, Food Lion is running a "Go Green & Win Green" sweepstakes. The supermarket chain is running weekly ...

Consumers Identify with Environmental Impact Issues

Consumer awareness of the environmental impact generated by various products has risen significantly since 2004. In particular, more consumers have begun to realize that the impact ...

Only 12% of Major Firms have Executive Team for Sustainability

Many large corporations are merely paying lip service to their environmental policies, according to a new report from the Sustainable Enterprise Institute. Among companies in the ...

Carbon Disclosure Demands on the Rise: Is Your Organization Ready?

Home Depot battled negative headlines in May when shareholders voted down a resolution to enforce more rigid and transparent energy efficiency measures. The resolution ...

Consumers Rank Environment No. 4 Among Top Concerns

When it comes to their top concerns, consumers put the environment behind the economy, health care and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to new research from the Shelton Group. The research, GreenLivingPulse 2009, ...

Businesses Turn to Living Roofs for Profit, Energy Savings

As interest in green buildings continues to grow, roofing companies, hurt by the recession, are looking at sustainable practices such as green roofs as a way ...