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Scholastic Strengthens Sustainable Paper Push

August 28, 2009October 19, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Scholastic has increased its use of Forest Stewardship Council-certified and recycled paper, with nearly 35 percent of all paper purchased in 2008 meeting those standards. In January of 2008, the maker of textbooks put in place a goal to use FSC-certified paper for 30 percent of its operations, and 75 ... Read more »

FedEx Office, Office Depot Get Top Grades for Paper Practices

August 27, 2009October 21, 2009 by Gina Roos

Office retail stores FedEx Office and Office Depot earned top grades in the latest Green Grades office supply report card that ranks retailers and wholesalers/distributors on their paper practices. However, wholesaler/distributor companies PaperlinX and Xpedx and retailers Amazon.com and Costco received the worst grades in the report. Conducted by environmental ... Read more »

Researcher Says Global Forest Destruction is Overestimated

August 24, 2009August 24, 2009 by Gina Roos

Hoping to affect global climate negotiations, a Brazilian researcher says that deforestation results in less than the 20 percent of global carbon emissions, which is a figure being widely used before the Copenhagen climate talks in December. Gilberto Camara, the director of Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research, which measures Amazon ... Read more »

FTC Charges Clothing Firms With ‘Bamboo-zling’ The Public

August 12, 2009September 30, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Four companies selling clothing marketed as made from bamboo have been charged by the Federal Trade Commission with deceptive advertising and marketing claims. The companies sold rayon clothing and textiles that the FTC said falsely claimed: to use an environmentally friendly process to retain the natural antimicrobial properties of the ... Read more »

Is the U.S. Falling Behind in the Race to Clean Tech?

August 4, 2009October 19, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Increasingly, business executives are starting to worry that the U.S. is losing a prime opportunity to advance the nation’s economy by embracing the clean tech revolution. Instead, China appears poised to take a leadership role. The U.S. faces a “competitiveness crisis” in the area of “green technology,” wrote John Doerr ... Read more »

Timberland, Adidas Follow Nike’s Lead, Ban Use of Amazon Leather

July 29, 2009July 30, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Feeling the pressure from Greenpeace activists, Timberland and Adidas have agreed to cease using leather imported from cattle raised on former Amazon rainforest lands. Previously, Greenpeace had succeeded in getting Nike to change its practices. At the time, the activist group said its next targets would be Timberland, Clarks, Adidas ... Read more »

Greenpeace Calls Out Reebok, Adidas on Leather Sourcing

July 24, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Shortly after Greenpeace issued its report on shoe companies sourcing leather from denuded Amazon rainforest, Nike issued a statement that it would purchase no leather from cattle grown on Amazon rainforest. Now, Greenpeace UK is pushing for other shoe manufacturers, including Reebok, Adidas, Timberland and Clarks, to follow suit. The ... Read more »

E Ink POS Display Charges Via Artificial Light

July 12, 2009 by Paul Nastu

For retailers wanting to add E Ink point of sale (POS) advertising displays throughout their stores, a new model has the extra benefit of being able to recharge itself from regular indoor lighting. The POS display from Neoluxiim has a thin display that measures 7.5 mm in depth, with a ... Read more »

Microsoft Reduces Windows 7 Packaging

June 30, 2009 by Gina Roos

High-tech companies are joining the ranks of leading food companies and retailers in developing new ways to reduce their products’ packaging. Microsoft recently announced that the packaging for the new Windows 7 operating system will deliver a simpler, clean design that is easy to open and reduces waste. According to ... Read more »

Greenpeace Says Big Brands Destroying Rainforest

June 23, 2009 by Gina Roos

A three-year investigation by Greenpeace into Brazil’s cattle industry shows that the expansion of the cattle sector is driving the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest and threatens to undermine Brazil’s pledge to cut deforestation by 72 percent by 2018. The environmental group also says the cattle industry is the single ... Read more »

Tropicana, Frito-Lay Join Eco-Marketing Partnerships

April 24, 2009April 24, 2009 by Gina Roos

Building on their extensive sustainability initiatives, two PepsiCo companies, Tropicana and Frito-Lay, have entered into separate eco-marketing programs to help save the environment. Tropicana has partnered with Cool Earth, an international trust dedicated to protecting the rainforest, to offer its “Rescue the Rainforest” initiative that aims to save the rainforest ... Read more »

Microsoft: Software Downloads Reduce Carbon Footprint by 88 Percent

March 31, 2009October 18, 2009 by Gina Roos

Microsoft has released the results of a comparative carbon footprint study that quantifies the environmental benefits by providing its software to consumers online. The digital distribution study, based on the online download of 10 million copies of Microsoft Office 2007, avoided eight times the amount of carbon emissions, or reduced ... Read more »

Scholastic Strengthens Sustainable Paper Push

FedEx Office, Office Depot Get Top Grades for Paper Practices

Researcher Says Global Forest Destruction is Overestimated

FTC Charges Clothing Firms With ‘Bamboo-zling’ The Public

Is the U.S. Falling Behind in the Race to Clean Tech?

Timberland, Adidas Follow Nike’s Lead, Ban Use of Amazon Leather

Greenpeace Calls Out Reebok, Adidas on Leather Sourcing

E Ink POS Display Charges Via Artificial Light

Microsoft Reduces Windows 7 Packaging

Greenpeace Says Big Brands Destroying Rainforest

Tropicana, Frito-Lay Join Eco-Marketing Partnerships

Microsoft: Software Downloads Reduce Carbon Footprint by 88 Percent

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