Retail & Restaurants
Woolworths Cuts CO2 Intensity 8% as Carbon Tax Looms
Woolworths Limited achieved a carbon intensity of 881 tons of CO2e per $m EBIT in 2011, eight percent below the 2010 level of 956 ...
Ikea Expects 10% Transport Savings from Pallet Replacement
Ikea will replace all 10 million of its wooden pallets with lighter, cheaper corrugated cardboard by next month, in a move the company says ...
Asda Launches $1.3bn Sustainabilty Savings Drive
Sustainability initiatives carried out by U.K. grocery store chain Asda saved the company £70 million ($110 million) in 2010 and it has committed to new goals ...
3E Adds CDR Services, GC3 Builds Chemical Data Portal for Retailers
EH&S compliance and information management services provider 3E Company has released a new services suite aimed to assist businesses with disclosure processes and chemical data reporting ...
Packaging Key to Sustainable Society, EUROPEN Says
Packaging should be seen as an integral part of achieving a resource efficient society, according to a paper by packaging trade body EUROPEN.
Green Paper on ...
McDonald’s Supplier Slammed with Humane Society SEC Complaint
The Humane Society of the United States has lodged a legal complaint with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission alleging that Smithfield Foods, a pork supplier ...
JCPenney’s Recycled Cardboard Initiative
JCPenney gives an overview of its use of 100 percent recycled cardboard boxes for online shopping orders.
Kroger Progressing on Sustainable Fish Goal
Kroger has announced that 65 percent of its top 20 wild-caught seafood species are sourced from fisheries meeting its sustainability standards, ...
Best Buy Energy Automation to Cut Costs 15% in Three Years
Best Buy is to implement a new energy management system across its 1,105 U.S. retail locations, in a move expected to reduce the company's energy costs ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: Oil Sustainability Certification, Prop. 65 'Dunks' Acrylamide, WEEE Trial
Equitable Origin on Monday announced the launch of a stakeholder-based sustainability certification for the oil and gas industry, the first of its kind, according to the ...
M&Co to Power 300 Stores by Wind
Fashion retailer M&Co is to develop enough wind turbines to power each of its 300 U.K. shops, the Press Association reports.
Mackays Group, which trades as ...
Unilever, Sainsbury’s: ‘Don’t Wait for Customer Demand – Create It’
A report from Sainsbury's, Unilever and Forum for the Future says companies must drive sustainability, rather than waiting for consumers to demand more sustainable products and ...
Levi’s Jeans Save 16m Liters of Water
For its spring line, Levi's has produced almost 1.5 million pairs of jeans from its "Water<Less" range while saving 16 million liters of water in the ...
Marks & Spencer Uses PIQET to Evaluate Packaging
Marks & Spencer has selected the Packaging Impact Quick Evaluation Tool to help it understand the environmental impact of its food packaging.
The software, ...
Nike Sets Up Green Venture Capital Arm
Nike is to set up a sustainable venture capital arm in an effort to cut costs and promote green commerce.
The sports clothing company’s Sustainable Business & ...
Sodexo Reveals First Carbon and Water Measurements
Sodexo emitted 71,368 metric tons of carbon equivalent in 2010, according to the company's first performance-based sustainability report for North America.
The report included a ...
Whole Foods, Albertsons win EPA GreenChill Awards
Grocery store chains Albertsons and Whole Foods have received awards from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for their work to green up refrigeration in their stores.
The ...
Solar Briefing: Walmart Plans Arrays for 75% of Calif. Stores
Walmart plans to complete rooftop solar arrays on more than three quarters of its California stores, with projects planned for up to 60 locations.
The planned ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: Cadmium Ban Threat, REACH Guidance, LEED for Nestle
The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a notice in the Federal Register that it will write regulations to limit cadmium content in ...
Woolworth’s Discusses Sustainability
Retailer Woolworths has been recognized for its sustainability achievements by both the World Economic Forum and the Dow Jones. To discuss ...
