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Shaw Targets a 60% Reduction in Waste to Landfill by 2011

Shaw Industries Group Inc., a leading carpet manufacturer and floor covering provider, has reclaimed more than 244 million pounds of post-consumer carpet since 2007 through its ...

Climate Change Risks Could Cost Nations nearly 20% of GDP

While one study shows that climate change risks could cost nations nearly 20 percent of their GDP by 2030, another one indicates that some countries including ...

U.S. Accounts for 55 Firms in Global Cleantech 100 Ranking

The Guardian and Cleantech Group LLC, have released their inaugural Global Cleantech 100 report that highlights the most promising private clean technology companies ...

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 ...

University of Colorado at Boulder Tops Sierra’s Ranking of Green Colleges

The University of Colorado at Boulder, University of Washington at Seattle, Middlebury College, University of Vermont and College of the Atlantic are the top five "green" ...

Seventh Generation Cuts Carbon Footprint 23% in 2008

Sales of Seventh Generation's non-toxic household products, have saved 140,000 trees, 191 billion BTUs of energy, more than 50 million gallons of water, and nearly 1.5 ...

Aluminum Can Recycling Inches Upward

The rate of growth is slow, at 0.4 percent, but the percentage of aluminum cans recycled continues to grow year over year. In 2008, 54.2 percent of ...

Emissions, Energy, Water Use Rise at Cliffs Natural Resources in 2008

Cliffs Natural Resources, a mining and natural resource company, reports that the company's emissions, energy consumption and water use all increased in 2008, according to its ...

UK Food Label Would Show Items’ Environmental Impact

The UK may implement a food labeling scheme that details elements such as the number of miles from the source to the UK - a.k.a. food ...

Siemens Building Tech Reduces Emissions 4%

Siemens Building Technologies Inc. has reduced its total CO2 emissions by 4 percent and its total fleet CO2 output by 26 percent (both relative to ...

Delhaize Cuts Energy use by 3.5%, Eliminates CFCs

Delhaize Group (DG), a Belgium-based international food retailer, has reduced energy use companywide by 3.5 percent, and has eliminated the use of ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) at ...

Owens Corning Cuts Energy Use by 11%

Owens Corning, a leading manufacturer of fiberglass and foam insulation products, has reduced its energy consumption by 11 percent, water use by 3 percent and ...

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' ...

Coca-Cola Enterprises To Cut Carbon Footprint 15%

Coca-Cola Enterprises has committed to reducing its carbon footprint by 15 percent by 2020 as part of its "Commitment 2020." This move is expected ...

Clorox Green Works, Burt’s Bees, Tom’s of Maine Top U.S. Green Brands

Clorox Green Works edged out other U.S. consumer brands in a consumer rating of top U.S. green brands. Burt's Bees, Tom's of Maine, S.C. Johnson & Son ...

Army Bases Adopt GHG Management System

A greenhouse gas reporting and management software system is being rolled out to an additional 11 bases, as part of the military's general move to lessen ...

ArcelorMittal to Focus on Sustainable Steel

At the heart of ArcelorMittal's corporate responsibility report for 2008 is the company's goal to deliver sustainable steel, investing $295 million in research and development in ...

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 ...

Study Reveals Companies Lack Supply Chain Sustainability

Nearly two-thirds of supply chain and operations professionals say they have marginal or no visibility across all tiers and levels of their value chain, although 90 ...

Software Solutions Ease Sustainability Management and Reporting

As more companies face the daunting task of reporting on a variety of environmental performance criteria, they will be getting a helping hand thanks to a ...