Enviro Groups Update Office Supply Industry’s Green Grades

A recent USA Today ad placed by environmental groups Dogwood Alliance and ForestEthics highlighted the forest-related paper practices of  Corporate Express, ...

Konica Minolta Reaches Zero-Emissions Goal

Konica Minolta Group has achieved "Level 2 zero emissions" at all of its 15 production bases in Japan, Tech-On ...

Tools Advise On Purchasing Sustainable Forest-Based Products

A number of new resources from the World Resources Institute and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development ...

Desire To Be Thought Leader Drives Green Efforts

Forty-one percent of companies that participated in a recent Aberdeen study, Building a Green Supply Chain: Social Responsibility for Fun and ...

HP Releases CSR Report, List Of Suppliers

HP has issued its 2007 Global Citizenship Report and a list of its largest suppliers. According to the report, ...

Tyson Releases CSR Report

Tyson Foods has issued a corporate responsibility report (PDF). Absolute emissions from electricity have risen from 2.69 million metric ...

Carbon Tariffs Could Bring Manufacturers Back From Asia

Imposing carbon tariffs on China could drive some manufacturers back to North America, according to a new CIBC Coming ...

Lego Releases Sustainability Report, Misses Efficiency Target

The Lego Group has released its 2007 sustainability report (PDF).  Overall, Lego's five percent efficiency target ...

UPS Adds 167 CNG Delivery Trucks

UPS has added 167 Compressed Natural Gas delivery vehicles to its fleets in Texas, Georgia and California. It ...

Nissan Readies Green Procurement Guidelines

Nissan will issue new green procurement guidelines, a set of environmental protocol to augment The Nissan-Renault Purchasing Way, in ...

Arithmetic Of Food Miles Flawed

Thousands of people in the UK have bought in to the idea that eating local produce can help save ...

Patagonia Tracks Carbon ‘Footprints’

In May 2007, as part of the Footprint Chronicles, a group of 10 Patagonia employees were sent to ...

Consumer Product’s Green Diet: Slimmer Packaging Looks Good On You

What a difference a year makes. At the start of 2007, few consumer products companies had a focus on sustainability in packaging. ...

Software Calculates Carbon Footprint What-Ifs

ILOG has released a Carbon Footprint extension to its LogicNet Plus XE supply-chain application, InfoWorld reports. The software can map out several ...

Hospitals Cut Waste By Recycling Single-Use Devices

Hospitals are starting to recycle and reuse items that are labeled for single use - scissors, scrubs, even surgical ...

Soaring Diesel Prices Spur Interest In Hybrid Trucks

New EPA standards and $100-a-barrel oil are creating demand for hybrid big rigs, garbage trucks and dump trucks, ...

ArcelorMittal Tells EU Court That Emissions Rules Aren’t Fair

Lawyers for steel giant ArcelorMittal have told Europe's highest court that there's no justification for EU lawmakers to ...

Will Companies Get Carbon Labels Right?

A BusinessWeek article has tackled the issues surrounding carbon labels. As EL readers know, there's lots of controversy - also hurdles ...

Con-Way Freight Dials Back Speed To Save Fuel

Less-than-truckload freight transportation company Con-way Freight has turned back the speed governors on its 8,400-tractor fleet in a move ...

PHH GreenFleet Adds Telematics Service

PHH Arval has added data from telematics to GreenFleet's PHH Onboard service to help companies cut their emissions. ...