Retail & Restaurants
Red Lobster, Olive Garden Owner Installs 1.1 MW Solar Array
The owner of Olive Garden, Red Lobster and LongHorn Steakhouse is installing a 1.1 MW roof-mounted solar array at its LEED-gold restaurant support ...
Tesco Drops Biodegradable Bags
Tesco is eliminating a controversial type of additive which helped it to create biodegradable bags, according to news reports.
The U.K. supermarket giant ...
Wal-Mart ‘to Assess Crop Sustainability’
Wal-Mart is considering using sustainability measurement devices developed by the Stewardship Index for Specialty Crops, reports ThePacker.com.
Wal-Mart officials have said that the retailer is looking into ...
Best Buy Raises Recycling Across All Categories
Best Buy increased its U.S. recycling of electronics, appliances, cardboard and paper, plastic and metals in fiscal year 2011, according to the company’s ...
B&Q Plans Recyclable Tools
U.K. home improvement chain B&Q is drawing up plans to lease some of its construction tools to customers rather than sell them, as it eyes a ...
E2A Launches Energy Management System for Convenience Stores
Efficient Energy America (E2America) has announced that its retrofit HVAC control system aimed at reducing energy costs and consumption is now available to the convenience store ...
Flagship Lord & Taylor to be 100% Wind-Powered
Lord & Taylor is buying 100 percent wind power for two New York stores, an initiative that is says will ...
The Coming Consolidation of Sustainability Labels
An expert from a leading Swiss supermarket chain is predicting a major rationalization of the existing sustainable labeling ...
Supervalu Makes a Profit From Trash
Supervalu, the owner of Albertsons, Acme and other supermarket brands, saw its recycling revenues exceed landfill waste expenses for the first time in fiscal ...
Lend Lease, Best Buy, Major League Teams Sign Up to Better Buildings Commitments
Best Buy, Lend Lease and a coalition of 25 major sports teams are among 14 initial partners that have signed up to the ...
Supervalu to Go Zero Waste at 40 Stores; Puma Bag Dissolves in Water
Supervalu Inc. and its Albertsons brand of supermarkets have announced that they will move 40 stores to be zero waste by the end of next ...
Kroger Cuts Waste 30%, Fleet Efficiency up 8%
Kroger manufacturing plants cut their waste to landfill by 30 percent between 2009 and 2010, and the company’s fleet increased its cases shipped per ...
Compliance & Standards Briefing: First ISO 50001, Climate Registered Platinum Awarded
Schneider Electric's head office is the first building in the world to earn the new ISO 50001 certification for energy ...
Ahold to Use EnerNOC Efficiency IT at 630 Stores
Stop & Shop owner Ahold USA is deploying EnerNOC’s EfficiencySMART Insight platform to reduce energy usage and spending across 630 stores.
The system will ...
Marks & Spencer Over Halfway on Plan A Sustainability Goals
Marks & Spencer has achieved over half of the commitments outlined in its ecological and ethical corporate program, Plan A, according to its ...
Home Depot Sued by Calif. Counties over Paint VOC Levels
The South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD), the air pollution control agency for Orange County and much of Los Angeles, San Bernardino and ...
Dry Conveyor Lubricants Save Water for Food & Beverage Companies
Ecolab's DryExx, a silicon-based lubricant used for moving bottles, cans and other containers down plastic conveyor lines, is cutting water use and saving money ...
Marks & Spencer’s Mike Barry Discusses Sustainability
Mike Barry, Head of Sustainable Business at Marks & Spencer, discusses how 'Plan A' has helped M&S focus on carbon issues ...
REI Sales Growth Outpaces Emissions
REI increased its carbon emissions by 7.3 percent last year, less than the company’s 14 percent sales growth, according to its fifth annual ...
Sears, USPS Efficient Lighting to Save Millions of KWh
Sears says its Canadian stores are making one of the world’s largest replacements of inefficient lighting, the Toronto Sun reports.
More than 130,000 inefficient ...
