Wal-Mart Opens First ‘High-Efficiency’ Store
Wal-Mart is opening its first high-efficiency store that the retailer says will use 20 percent less energy than one of its typical supercenters...
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Food Lion Joins EPA’s GreenChill
Food Lion, with 1,200 stores in 11 Southeast and Mid-Atlantic states, has joined the Environmental Protection Agency's new GreenChill partnership...
Marks & Spencer Launches 5-Year Eco-Plan
UK retailer Marks & Spencer has announced what it's dubbed "Plan A," a business-wide £200m "eco-plan" which the company says will have an impact on every part of M&S' operations over the next five years...
Meeting Strategies Worldwide Launches MeetGreen Calculator
Meeting Strategies Worldwide has launched the MeetGreen Calculator, a gauge for environmentally friendly meetings...
UK McDonald’s Sell Rainforest Alliance Certified Coffee
Starting Wednesday, January 10, all 1,200 McDonald’s restaurants in the United Kingdom and Ireland will sell exclusively Kenco coffee, a Kraft Foods high-quality Arabica coffee containing 100 percent Rainforest Alliance Certified beans...
World’s Largest Green Building Releases Green Practices Report
Pittsburgh's David L. Lawrence Convention Center, the world's largest certified green building, has released highlights of the facility's 2006 measurable green practices...
Whole Foods Questions Sincerity of Wal-Mart’s Sustainability Efforts
Whole Foods, with 39,000 employees, $4.7 billion in annual sales, and 187 locations in North America and the U.K., has taken a strong stance on the environment. With consumers around world focusing on sustainability and global responsibility, Walter Robb, co-president, Whole Foods, believes...
Syngenta to Pay $1.5 Million for Bt 10 Distribution
Syngenta Seeds has agreed to pay a $1.5 million penalty to EPA for selling and distributing seed corn that contained an unregistered genetically engineered pesticide called Bt 10.
Businesses Promote Eco-Friendly Stance with RecycleBank
Companies have a way to market eco-friendly attitudes by teaming up with RecycleBank, a company that tries to get households to recycle by offering coupons from businesses like Starbucks, Bed, Bath & beyond, and Staples, Forbes reports (via Triple Pundit). The goal is to increase municipalities' recycling rates -and lower...
Outdoor Retailer Promotes Sustainable Practices
Outdoor Retailer, an outdoor industry trade event, has taken steps to promote sustainable practices at its Winter Market 2007, First Tracks reports. All Winter Market attendees will receive badges made from recycled paper and printed with soy ink. The recycled paper badges will replace an estimated 20,000 petroleum based badges. Badge ... Read more »
Poultry Industry Evaluates Solar for Growout Houses
WorldWater & Power will build a $500,000 PV system to power Allen Family Foods’ poultry growout house in Laurel, Delaware. Growout houses take day-old chicks and raise them to maturity. The poultry industry is looking to solar as a cost effective, sustainable energy source for the future of growout contractors ... Read more »
Aspen Sells Tags to Offset Guests’ Travel Emissions
Aspen Skiing Company is partnering with the Bonneville Environmental Foundation to sell Green-e certified SkiGreen Tags to resort guests who wish to offset their travel-related emissions to and from the resort with wind energy. SkiGreen Tags can be added to a season pass for $20, or guests can purchase a ... Read more »