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Wal-Mart Creates Green Jobs Council

Wal-Mart created a green jobs council and has partnered with many of its sustainability suppliers to facilitate the creation of green jobs in the U.S. The Wal-Mart Green Jobs Council is made ...

Critics Question Financial Aspect of L.A.’s Solar Plan

Last week, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced plans for 10 percent of L.A.'s electricity to come from solar power by 2020. The city plans to develop and sign contracts for 1,280 ...

Wal-Mart, FedEx, Lenovo Discuss Supply Chain Sustainability

Executives from Waste Management, FedEx and Lenovo discuss sustainability and the supply chain at Wal-Mart's Sustainability Summit in Beijing, China. See ...

Green Spending And The Uncertain Economy

With the economic crisis, the green movement has been slowing down due to tightening cash flows. But Andrew Winston writes on the Leading Green blog that “delaying action on sustainability plans ...

Austin Retailers Report 40% Reduction in Plastic Bag Use

Austin retailers who participated in the city-led , “Reduce, Reuse and Recycle” campaign report that they have recycled over 20 percent more bags at stores during the first half of 2008 compared ...

Wal-Mart To Buy 226 M kWh Wind Energy To Help Power 350+ Stores

Wal-Mart has signed a four-year agreement with Duke Energy to supply up to 15 percent of the retailer's total energy load for about 360 Texas Wal-Mart stores and other facilities using ...

Wal-Mart To Expand Packaging Scorecard Despite Economy

At the Pack Expo 2008, Wal-Mart announced that it plans to expand its commitment to packaging source reduction and its Packaging Scorecard, despite a downturn in the economy, Packworld.com reports. Wal-Mart plans ...

Retailers Putting Green Into Their Blueprints

Retailers are putting green into their blueprints across the country, racing to gain awareness with consumers and to lower operating costs. Most retailers are currently focusing on prototypes, but the trend could ...

Wal-Mart Unveils Styrofoam Recycling Plan

Wal-Mart Canada has launched a recycling program that sees used Styrofoam packaging from eight Wal-Mart locations going to Grace Canada for reuse in the production of commercial insulation. "As we work with our merchandise suppliers long-term ...

Duke Announces Green Initiatives

Duke Energy Corp. has announced energy- and water-saving projects at 13 of its largest facilities, the Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area reports. The move is expected to save Duke 4.8 ...

UK Launches Carbon Footprint Standard

BSI British Standards, the Carbon Trust and Defra have launched a new standard to help businesses assess the carbon footprint of their goods and services. The standard, called PAS 2050, ...

Duke Caves To Criticism, Halves Solar Plan

Duke Energy has decided to cut its $100 million distributed solar rooftop program in half after the company was criticized by companies such has Wal-Mart as being "unfair," New York ...

Wal-Mart Announces Responsible Sourcing Initiative For China

Wal-Mart has hosted a summit which gathered more than 1,000 leading suppliers, Chinese officials and NGOs in Beijing, China. At the summit, Wal-Mart announced it is aiming to make Wal-Mart China ...

FTC Could Move To Establish Legal Precedents On Green Ad Claims

David Young, a partner at Goodwin Procter LLP, told Marketing Daily that with the Federal Trade Commission updating its “Green Guides” next year, the commission is likely to seek legal precedents by going ...

Wal-Mart Says Duke’s Solar Roof Plan Unfair

Wal-Mart recently filed a testimony with the N.C. Utilities Commission complaining that Duke Energy Carolinas solar plan prevents customers, like Wal- Mart, from keeping the solar energy produced by their own ...

Wal-Mart’s Packaging Scorecard Drives Sustainability, Cuts GHG Emissions

Wal-Mart Packaging Scorecard was launched eight months ago. As of August, more than 8,000 unique vendors has accessed the Packaging Scorecard Web site, and more than 170,000 items has been entered ...

Supermarkets Shifting to Greener Buildings

Both Shaw's Supermarkets and Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. are making their stores greener, revealing a green commercial architecture trend that could grow from $3 billion in 2006 to $27 billion by ...

Greening the Apparel Supply Chain: Tapping the Power of Collective Leverage

True or false? “Until corporate environmental best practices are considered as confidential as other company IP, they are clearly not driving competitive advantage.” I once held this assumption. Indeed, the strategy and management literature frequently points ...

Sam’s Club Completes 546 kW Solar System in Glendora, Calif.

Sam's Club announced the completion of a 546 kilowatt solar power system at its Glendora, Calif. store. The system consists of over 3,000 modules and is expected to provide about 27 ...

Suzlon, ADAGE, Wal-Mart Announce Green Commitments

At the 2008 Clinton Global Initiative, several companies announced plans to invest in the green economy. Suzlon Green Power announced a $5 billion commitment in green energy assets over five years, which aims to bring ...

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