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Walmart Waste Program Diverts Over 80%, Expanding Nationwide

Walmart’s California operations have diverted more than 80 percent of their waste from landfills, and the program that produced these results is being implemented across all of the company’s 4,400 stores, Walmart said yesterday. The program will be put in place in all Walmarts, Sam’s Clubs and Walmart distribution centers ... Read more »

Walmart, Nike, Gap Create Apparel Index

Nike, Target, JC Penney and Levi’s are among the nearly 30 manufacturers and retailers that have created an industry-wide index to evaluate apparel products’ environmental impact. The Sustainable Apparel Coalition, launched today, also includes non-profits, academics and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). It aims to reduce the environmental and social ... Read more »

Timberland, Bassett Cut Costs, Emissions with LED Lighting Retrofits

Retail stores such as Timberland and Basset Home Furnishings are realizing the cost and environmental benefits of switching from traditional store lighting to LED lights. The Timberland Company has saved approximately $100,000 in electricity costs ten months after it partnered with Eco-Story to develop LED lighting track lights for its ... Read more »

Wal-Mart, Seventh Generation, Tetra Pak Test Drive Earthster LCA Tool

Earthster is collaborating with Wal-Mart, Seventh Generation, and Tetra Pak to create an open, data commons and lifecycle assessment (LCA) tool for product designers, manufacturers, suppliers and sustainability experts looking for information on materials, energy, water, social and climate impacts throughout the product life cycle. The three sustainability leaders will ... Read more »

Retailer Distribution Centers Lead the Way for LEED Certification

Companies that target customers interested in the outdoors are leading the way in ‘green’ operations, reports Multichannel Merchant. As an example, Patagonia constructed its Reno, Nevada, service center as a green building in 1996, but targeted the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED Gold certification for its facility expansion in 2006. ... Read more »

Wal-Mart, Target Remove Lead-Tainted Toys from Shelves

Wal-Mart and Target stores have removed lead-tainted children’s products from store shelves after the Center for Environmental Health (CEH) reported that the products contained high levels of lead in violation of federal standards, reports The Sacramento Bee. Christine Gasparac, a spokeswoman for the California attorney general’s office, told The Sacramento ... Read more »

REI Stewardship Report: GHG Emissions Down 10%

Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI) has reduced its absolute climate impact by 10 percent from 111,000 tons of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, or C02e, to less than 100,000 tons C02e from 2008 levels, according to the company’s 2009 Stewardship Report. REI’s 2009 stewardship report is divided into three sections: Community, Environment ... Read more »

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