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Unilever Leads as Companies Increase Climate Transparency

December 5, 2012December 5, 2012 by Leon Walker

Companies are increasingly making their climate and energy strategies public, as Unilever once again leads a ranking of companies’ global warming commitments, according to research by ClimateCounts.org. Some 66 percent of companies rated in Climate Counts’ 2012 – 2013 Annual Company Scorecard Report have publicly available climate and energy strategies, up ... Read more »

Zara Bows to Greenpeace, Commits to Zero Chemical Discharge

December 3, 2012December 3, 2012 by Kirsten Korosec

Zara, one of the world’s largest clothing retailers, says it will eliminate all discharge of hazardous chemicals from its supply chain and products by 2020, following a Greenpeace campaign pressuring the brand to end use of toxic chemicals in its products. The commitment covers Zara and seven other brands under ... Read more »

Calvin Klein, Zara Among Worst Chemical Users, Greenpeace Says

November 21, 2012November 21, 2012 by Kirsten Korosec

Hazardous chemical residues have been found in clothing made by Zara, Calvin Klein, Benetton, Giorgio Armani, the Gap and 15 other global brands, according to a Greenpeace investigation. The study “Toxic Threads: The Big Fashion Stitch Up” found high levels of toxic phthalates in four of the products, cancer-causing amines ... Read more »

H&M, C&A, Nike Top Organic Cotton Users

November 9, 2012November 9, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

H&M was the biggest user of organic cotton worldwide for the second consecutive year in 2011, according to Textile Exchange’s latest Organic Cotton Market Report. Dutch retail chain C&A, Nike and fashion retailer Zara, the flagship store of Inditex Group, hold the no. 2, no. 3 and no. 4 places ... Read more »

‘Sustainability Leaders’ Revealed – But Most Firms Fall Short

November 7, 2012November 7, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

While most large companies fall short of sustainability leadership, 10 including Ford, GE and Panasonic present best practices for other businesses to emulate, according to sustainability advisor Two Tomorrows. Less than a third of the largest companies scored over 70 percent, the threshold for “sustainability leadership” in the 2012 Tomorrow’s ... Read more »

Natural Capital Coalition Tackles Accounting

November 7, 2012November 7, 2012 by Kirsten Korosec

The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) for Business Coalition, founded by the Global Reporting Initiative, WWF-UK and six other organizations to change corporate behavior to preserve, rather than deplete the world’s natural capital, has officially launched in Singapore. Puma and Deutsche Bank are serving in advisory roles to the ... Read more »

Nike, LLamasoft Partner on Environmentally Friendly Supply Chain Software

October 25, 2012October 25, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Nike and supply chain software designer LLamasoft have partnered to make international supply chains more environmentally friendly and efficient. Nike, which has been a customer of Michigan-based LLamasoft for two years and has a minority investment in the company, says it will use Llamasoft’s software platform to make its supply ... Read more »

Consumers More Willing to Buy from Brands Using Renewable Energy

September 14, 2012September 14, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Sixty two percent of consumers surveyed said they would be more willing to buy products from brands using wind energy, according to a study commissioned by turbine maker Vestas. The Global Consumer Wind Study 2012, an annual survey produced by TNS Gallup, also showed that 79 percent of consumers prefer ... Read more »

Nike, Walmart, Levi’s Launch Sustainable Apparel Index

July 26, 2012July 27, 2012 by Kirsten Korosec

Walmart, Nike, Target, JC Penney, Levi’s and fellow members of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition have unveiled the group’s index for measuring the environmental impact of apparel products across the supply chain. The Higg Index is an indicator-based tool for apparel that allows clothing manufacturers and brands to evaluate material types, ... Read more »

Coke, Nike, UPS Co-Found Transportation Fuel Working Group

July 19, 2012July 19, 2012 by Leon Walker

Coca-Cola, Nike, Shell, Suncor, UPS, the US Department of Defense, and Walmart are to be part of a working group run by sustainability consultants BSR that aims to help global companies understand the sustainability impacts of their transportation fuel systems. With global energy consumption set to rise by 40 percent ... Read more »

Coulomb to Deploy 160 EV Chargers, Part of $4.4m NYSERDA Award

June 25, 2012June 25, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Coulomb Technologies has received $1 million to install more than 160 charging ports throughout New York state. In partnership with gas and electric company National Grid, Coulomb will deploy 80 percent of these ChargePoint stations (pictured) in upstate New York, the companies said. The EV charging project is one of ... Read more »

BMW, Frito-Lay, Nike, Starbucks Commit to Support EV Deployment

June 20, 2012June 20, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

BMW, Frito-Lay, Price Chopper, Ikea, National Grid, Public Service Electric and Gas Company, and Ceres’ business advocacy coalition BICEP – on behalf of member companies including Starbucks, Nike, eBay and Clif Bar – are among the 70 companies and organizations that have pledged to facilitate the deployment of electric vehicles ... Read more »

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