Retail & Restaurants
Tesco Tackles Food Waste with Ethylene-Absorbing Strips
Tesco is trialing a packaging strip developed by It'sFresh! Ltd. in an effort to make food last longer and prevent waste.
The U.K. supermarket giant will ...
Lack of Eco-Clothing Hampers Sales
Consumers would increase sustainable apparel purchasing if only they could find it, according to a survey by Ryan Partnership Chicago and Mambo Sprouts Marketing.
Some ...
Oasis Calls on Customers to Audit Its Paper Sustainability
Oasis Brands has invited leading U.S. grocery chains to audit its Indonesia-sourced tissue products, including materials sourced from Asia Pulp & Paper.
In a letter ...
Warm Winter Hurting Some Businesses, Boosting Others
Apparel makers and retailers, ski resort operators and natural gas producers are feeling the pinch from abnormally warm winter temperatures in the U.S., ...
Office Depot Recycling Earnings up 37%; CO2 Down 11%
In 2010 Office Depot earned $2.43 million from recycling, up 37% from 2009, according to its 2011 Corporate Citizenship Report.
The company, which has ...
Walmart Rockets from 15th to Third in EPA Green Power Rankings
Walmart has shot to third place on the EPA's rankings of the country's top green power purchasers, from 15th place just last ...
Tesco Quits Carbon Labeling
Tesco, the U.K.'s biggest retailer, has decided to stop using a carbon labeling program a few years after promising to label all ...
NatureBake Oregon Grains 100-Mile Bread Story
A look at the sustainability model for using locally grown and processed ingredients at NatureBake's Oregon Grains bread.
Retailers Shrink Stores to Save Energy, Report Finds
Big-box retailers are gravitating towards smaller stores and distribution centers as they seek to reduce energy use, create transportation efficiencies and support communities, according to ...
Albe Zakes Discusses TerraCycle’s Retailer Recycling Program
Beyondtheline.org interview with Albe Zakes, the 25 year-old Global VP, Media at TerraCycle, Inc., an'upcycling' company, which converts waste materials into ...
Stop & Shop Nabs $4m in Incentives for Lighting and ECMs
Stop & Shop has cut costs and received over $4 million in utility incentives through use of efficient lighting and electronically-commutated motors (ECMs) ...
Grupo Pao de Acucar Chooses SAP for Energy Monitoring
The Grupo Pao de Acucar, the largest retailer in South America, has selected the SAP Carbon Impact OnDemand product to monitor and manage carbon emissions ...
Tesco Opens Zero-Carbon Store
Tesco has opened its fourth zero-carbon store, the first such retail outlet in Ireland, the company announced.
The U.K.-based grocery giant already has zero-carbon stores ...
DOE Retail Building Guide ‘Can Halve Energy Costs’
The Department of Energy has released a guide that it says will help owners of retail stores achieve 50 percent energy savings, ...
McDonald's Works to Mainstream Sustainability Across Global Supply Chain
McDonald has released its 2011 Global Sustainability Scorecard, indicating its progress to improving healthy eating choices on its menu (with fruit) but also its ...
Rite Aid Taps Ecova for Energy Management
Drugstore chain Rite Aid has selected Ecova to provide utility expense and energy management services for its 4,700 U.S. locations.
The Ecova system will provide Rite Aid ...
Starbucks Builds Store out of Shipping Containers
Starbucks is about to open a Seattle-area store made mostly out of four upcycled shipping containers, the New York Times reports.
The prototype – ...
Organic Seafood Labels Often Greener Than Eco-Labels
Organic eco-labels for seafood are often better indicators of a product's green credentials than industry eco-labels or those assigned by retailers such as Whole Foods or ...
Sustainability Roundup for Seafood Purchasers
Tradex Foods' November summary of hot topics in sustainability for seafood purchasers.
Suntech, Tesco, Schneider Take Home Gigatron Awards
Renewable energy firm Suntech, grocery chain Tesco and Schneider Electric are among those companies to receive awards for outstanding business leadership in carbon emissions reduction at ...
