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Wal-Mart’s CO2 Emissions Up 8%

Wal-Mart, which is spending $500 million per year on sustainability efforts, has released a sustainability report. CO2 emissions across all regions were up an average of 8.6 percent from 2005 to 2006 - that's 18,776,224 to 20,388,574 tonnes of CO2...

Published 11-16-2007 12:32 PM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Retail & Restaurants, Emissions, Feature, Major Players, Reporting, Environmental Affairs, Facilities, Waste, Business-to-Consumer, Efficiency, Recycling

Oil Spill Delays Crab Season

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has issued an executive-order suspending all fishing and crabbing for human consumption in areas affected by last week's San Francisco Bay oil spill until at least Dec. 1, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The affected...

Published 11-13-2007 7:06 PM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Transportation, Retail & Restaurants, Supply Chain, Feature, Environmental Affairs, Business-to-Business, Waste, U.S., Business-to-Consumer, Fossil Fuels, Government, Water, Hazardous Waste

Target To Reduce PVC Use

Target has agreed to systematically reduce its use of polyvinyl chloride plastic. The company is reducing PVC found in many of its products including infant products, children's toys, shower curtains, packaging and fashion accessories. The move follows...

Published 11-08-2007 12:47 PM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Retail & Restaurants, Feature, Major Players, Environmental Affairs, U.S., Business-to-Consumer, Manufacturing

Target Brand Sports Green-e & FSC Mixed Source Logos

Target Stores Archer Farms brand is using the Green-e certified label and new paperboard packaging certified by the Forest Stewardship Council, Sustainable Is Good reports. The Green-e logo and the FSC Mixed Source logo appear on Archer Farms Organic...

Published 11-05-2007 1:08 PM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Retail & Restaurants, Feature, Major Players, Environmental Affairs, U.S., credits, Business-to-Consumer, Manufacturing, Clean Energy, Recycling

Reckitt Benckiser Pledges To Cut Cradle-To-Grave Emissions 20%

Consumer packaged goods giant Reckitt Benckiser has launched a program to reduce the company's total carbon footprint 20 percent by 2020. The company says that the "Carbon 20" program will take a cradle-to-grave approach, across the entire...

Published 11-01-2007 1:53 PM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Transportation, Retail & Restaurants, Emissions, Supply Chain, Feature, Major Players, Reporting, Environmental Affairs, Sustainability, Facilities, Business-to-Consumer, Manufacturing, Recycling

JCPenney First To Earn Retail Store Energy Star Label

Four JCPenney stores are the first retail buildings in the country to earn the Energy Star label for superior energy efficiency and environmental performance. Compared to similar stores nationwide, the JCPenney stores collectively spend almost a quarter...

Published 10-30-2007 10:47 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Retail & Restaurants, Emissions, Feature, Major Players, Environmental Affairs, Facilities, U.S., Business-to-Consumer, Government, Construction

Bank Of Scotland Cuts Emissions 65%

Bank of Scotland says it has reduced its UK carbon emissions by 65 percent over the past two years and, in a first for a Scottish bank, will launch a new annual climate change report, The Sunday Herald reports. As the...

Published 10-08-2007 12:36 PM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Retail & Restaurants, Emissions, Europe, Feature, Reporting, Environmental Affairs, Business-to-Business, Facilities, Financial, Business-to-Consumer

Timberland’s Swartz Says Shoe Manufacturers Need Green Standard

Shoe companies have yet to adopt the greenest methods for making, transporting and selling shoes, even though the technologies are readily available, Jeffrey Swartz, the chief executive of Timberland, said in a New York Times interview. Swartz said the...

Published 10-02-2007 9:25 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Retail & Restaurants, Emissions, Supply Chain, Feature, Major Players, Environmental Affairs, Sustainability, Business-to-Business, U.S., Marketing, Business-to-Consumer, Manufacturing, People

Office Depot Releases Corporate Citizenship Report, Announces Green Building Plans

Office Depot released its 2007 Corporate Citizenship Report, "Fulfilling Our Vision - Living Our Values." The Corporate Citizenship Report is a combined version of Office Depot's past Community Relations, Environmental Stewardship and Sustainable...

Published 09-26-2007 11:08 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Retail & Restaurants, Emissions, Feature, Major Players, Reporting, Environmental Affairs, Sustainability, Facilities, U.S., Business-to-Consumer, Efficiency, Electricity, Refitting, Recycling, CSR Reports

Hill Phoenix Releases Sustainability Report

Hill Phoenix, a Dover Company that manufactures commercial refrigeration systems and products, has published its first Sustainability Report. In the Report, Hill Phoenix outlines the Sustainable Environment Management System they designed to implement...

Published 09-19-2007 9:09 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Retail & Restaurants, Emissions, Feature, Environmental Affairs, Sustainability, Business-to-Business, U.S., Manufacturing, CSR Reports

Tesco Pledges $50 Million To Fund Green Institute

Tesco's CEO Sir Terry Leahy has announced that the supermarket chain will give about $50 million for a sustainable consumption institute at Manchester University that will investigate clean tech and sustainability issues, Guardian Unlimited reports...

Published 09-13-2007 3:23 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Retail & Restaurants, Europe, Feature, Major Players, Environmental Affairs, Business-to-Consumer, Pricing

Nau Delivers $60,000 To ‘Partners For Change’

Outdoor apparel company Nau's business model lets customers donate five percent of the purchase price of products bought to a nonprofit organization. This month...

Published 09-06-2007 12:06 PM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Retail & Restaurants, Feature, Environmental Affairs, U.S., Business-to-Consumer, Clean Energy

Starbucks Finds CSR Silver Lining In Box Office Failure Of Artic Tale

Arctic Tale, a Paramount Classics documentary co-financed by National Geographic Films, has only grossed roughly $600,000 domestically since its release July 25, The LA Times reports. Starbucks signed on to promote the film with special in-store signs...

Published 08-29-2007 10:05 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Retail & Restaurants, Feature, Major Players, Environmental Affairs, U.S., Marketing, Business-to-Consumer, Economics

Woolworths Slammed For Using Sustainable Forests Logo

Woolworths, Australia's biggest supermarket chain, has told shoppers that two of its home brand products are environmentally sustainable, but at least two reports, plus an independent audit of the Indonesian company that supplies the pulp to Woolworths...

Published 08-23-2007 3:47 PM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Retail & Restaurants, Feature, Major Players, Environmental Affairs, Business-to-Consumer, Manufacturing, Agriculture, Australia

Gap Releases Social Responsibility Report

Gap Inc. has released a social responsibility report (PDF of highlights, PDF entire report) covering fiscal years 2005-2006 and detailing the company's progress and goals for initiatives involving its supply chain, community investment, employees...

Published 08-16-2007 12:43 PM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Retail & Restaurants, Feature, Reporting, Environmental Affairs, CSR Reports

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