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IKEA's Mike Ward to Keynote Retail Sustainability Conference 2013!

Railroads Promote the Mode as More Environmentally Friendly Than Trucking

Freight that moves by rail instead of highway is estimated to reduce emissions by two-thirds, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. If just 10 percent of the long-haul freight currently moving by truck could be switched to rail, it would eliminate more than 12 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions per year.

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Cradle-to-Cradle Supplies Grows Demand in Supply Chains

A huge opportunity exists to develop new, safer materials as companies look to phase out hazardous substances and textiles from their supply chains.

War on Waste and Packaging to Target Supermarkets, Retail

There are few issues guaranteed to make environmentalists' blood boil quite like packaging and food waste. From single bananas in plastic wrapping to giant bags of produce that spoil within days, packaging and food waste remain one of the most visible symbols of resource inefficiency and a source of deep frustration for green campaigners and mainstream shoppers alike.

Companies Begin to See Risks, Opportunities Associated with Sustainability, Report Finds

Companies are increasingly connecting the dots between risk management and sustainability by making sustainability issues more prominent on corporate agendas, according to :2013 six growing trends in corporate sustainability", an Ernst & Young LLP / GreenBiz Group study.

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Commercial Building Automation Market Sees Growth, More SaaS Applications

A drive for cost savings and energy efficiency has brought a wave of new players and capabilities into the commercial building automation market. Rather than competing directly with the giants of the established building automation system (BAS) market, these new entrants are bringing additional managed data services to help drive greater efficiency.

'Green Tax' Index Measures How Nations Use Taxes to Influence Corporate Sustainability

Although the corporate tax director doesn't normally pow-wow each week with the head of sustainability, a new green-tax index just might encourage more talking between the two - and maybe with the CFO in on the conversation.

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How Rising Fuel Costs Are Transforming Distribution Strategies

Rob Nemeth, president of Allied Distribution, shows exactly how rising fuel costs are affecting the movement of goods throughout the distribution chain - and how companies are responding to the trend.

Flanders's Location Makes It a 'Natural Distribution Hub'

Benoit Reinards of Flanders Investment and Trade explains why global retailers like Nike have made Flanders their hub for distribution throughout Europe and beyond.

Emerging Markets Find Sustainability Pays Off, And Isn't Monopoly of More Developed Countries

Organic products were a luxury with little market to speak of when Ibrahim Abouleish founded Sekem, Egypt's first organic farm, in Cairo in 1977. The years Sekem spent honing sustainable cultivation practices paid off, though, in 1990, when it moved into growing organic cotton. Organic produce was entering mainstream Western stores then, and worldwide demand for all things organic began to surge.

Unilever North America Says All Facilities Now Have Zero-Waste-to-Landfill Status

Unilever United States and Canada announced that all 26 of its manufacturing and non-manufacturing headquarter facilities are now zero waste to landfill (ZLF). Other countries in which Unilever has achieved this milestone reportedly include the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, France, Germany and Japan.

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New Oil Alternatives Needed to Address Vegetable Oil Challenges, Study Says

Solving the sustainability challenges of the palm oil market will require use of alternative oils and the cooperation of all stakeholders, says a study from A.T. Kearney.

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