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FedEx Brings Up Rear In ‘Climate Counts’ Shipper Rankings

December 14, 2007January 3, 2008 by Paul Nastu

Climate Counts has released green rankings for consumer shipping companies. DHL and the U.S. Postal Service received the highest marks. DHL led the sector with a score of 45 (out of 100), followed by the U.S. Postal Service with a score of 43. UPS was next, scoring a 39, with ... Read more »

Royal Hawaiian Honey Sports Carbon Free Label

December 5, 2007October 4, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Distributor Tropical Traders Specialty Foods says its Royal Hawaiian Honey is the first U.S. food product to be certified Carbonfree, a label marketed by Carbonfund.org. All carbon emissions generated in the production and shipping of the honeys are calculated and offset through reforestation, renewable energy and energy efficiency projects, according ... Read more »

How SC Johnson Saved $1.6 Million With Efficient Trucking

November 29, 2007October 21, 2009 by Paul Nastu

SC Johnson recently completed a transportation-logistics project that eliminated 1,882 tons of greenhouse gases over a 12 month period, used 2,098 fewer trucks, cut fuel usage by 168,000 gallons and saved approximately $1.6 million. The Truckload Utilization Project combined multiple customer orders – and multiple products – to load the ... Read more »

Sun, 10 Other IT Firms To Build Energy-Saving Underground Data Center

November 14, 2007October 4, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Sun Microsystems and 10 other IT firms plan to build an underground data center in Japan, Nikkei reports. It will consume up to 50 percent less power than conventional facilities by using groundwater as coolant. Over $400 million is being invested in the project. For the project, Sun will offer its Project Blackbox method using shipping containers. Specifically...

Simon & Schuster Purchases Paper With More Recycled Fiber

November 8, 2007October 4, 2009 by Paul Nastu

p>Simon & Schuster purchases approximately 70,000 tons of paper annually. At current production levels, the shift to 25 percent recycled fiber will result in saving approximately 483,000 trees annually and reducing greenhouse gases by nearly 85 million pounds, the company reports. Simon...

UK Climate Change Bill Will Cut Emissions 60%

November 7, 2007 by Paul Nastu

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has committed the UK to reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 60 percent before 2050, the BBC reports.The Climate Change Bill will make the UK the first country to put carbon emissions reduction targets into law. An independent...

Office Depot Launches Nationwide, In-Store Tech Recycling Program

October 16, 2007October 4, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Office Depot has launched a new "Tech Recycling Service" available at all of its 1,100-plus retail store locations in North America. The program, which was piloted in 2006 in approximately 100 stores in the U.S., has resulted in the recycling of more than 108,000 pounds of technology. In order to recycle products, customers must buy a Tech Recycling Box at

Unilever Campaign Turns Kids Into Green Brand Ambassadors

October 10, 2007October 10, 2007 by Paul Nastu

Unilever is launching a nationwide marketing campaign that challenges elementary students to become mini-environmentalists and get their families to make green choices - like switching to Unilever's 3x concentrated laundry detergent. "The Go Green & Small with 'all'" campaign includes...

Wal-Mart’s Sustainable Packaging Initiatives Costing Marketers Money

October 1, 2007October 4, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Wal-Mart's sustainability initiative to downsize packaging is costing manufacturers money, AdAge reports. It could cost Procter & Gamble, part of Wal-Mart's effort to concentrate certain products, $200 million by one estimate. Wal-Mart's packaging initiative pressures marketers to invest substantially upfront to reduce packaging...

ICS: Global Regulations Needed To Cut Ship Emissions

September 10, 2007 by Paul Nastu

The chairman of the International Chamber of Shipping says the UN must enforce global regulations if the industry is to cut emissions, Reuters reports. Some industry groups have called for a complete ban on high sulfur marine fuels, in favor of running the world's merchant fleet on cleaner-burning distillate fuels. But ICS...

Nestle Waters’ CEO Counters Bottled Water Criticism

September 5, 2007 by Paul Nastu

Kim Jeffery, president and CEO of Nestle Waters North America, has written an opinion piece for Hearst Newspapers countering recent criticism of the bottled water industry. "Those who propose bans on bottled water don't acknowledge that bottled water represents less than one percent of the municipal solid waste that ends up in landfills," Jeffery writes. "Bottled water is only one

Snyder’s Increases Efficiency, Makes Changes To Packaging, Transportation

August 29, 2007October 4, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Pretzel maker Snyder's of Hanover has increased sustainability and cost-savings by making changes to packaging specifications and the way it transports products and raw materials. Georgia-Pacific worked on the project. The company...

FedEx Brings Up Rear In ‘Climate Counts’ Shipper Rankings

Royal Hawaiian Honey Sports Carbon Free Label

How SC Johnson Saved $1.6 Million With Efficient Trucking

Sun, 10 Other IT Firms To Build Energy-Saving Underground Data Center

Simon & Schuster Purchases Paper With More Recycled Fiber

UK Climate Change Bill Will Cut Emissions 60%

Office Depot Launches Nationwide, In-Store Tech Recycling Program

Unilever Campaign Turns Kids Into Green Brand Ambassadors

Wal-Mart’s Sustainable Packaging Initiatives Costing Marketers Money

ICS: Global Regulations Needed To Cut Ship Emissions

Nestle Waters’ CEO Counters Bottled Water Criticism

Snyder’s Increases Efficiency, Makes Changes To Packaging, Transportation

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