Environmental LeaderMore from Environmental LeaderBusiness Strategy AlignmentTrumpet Your Company's Efforts on Corporate Social Responsibility, Report SaysWhen it comes to corporate social responsibility, consumers want more than aspirational mission statement, according to research by Cone Communications. They want to know what companies are doing.October 29, 2012Business Strategy AlignmentWider Acceptance of 'Green' Buildings Requires Better Documentation of BenefitsWider financial, environmental and social benefits need to be documented for green building if it is to maintain the growth seen in the past decade, according to research by McGraw-Hill Construction.October 8, 2012Business Strategy AlignmentCampaign Builds Steam to Keep Wind Protection Tax CreditStarbucks, Johnson + Johnson, Sprint and 16 other companies have sent a letter to Congress, urging elected officials to extend the wind production tax credit (PTC) before it expires at the end of 2012.September 27, 2012Business Strategy AlignmentEU, Australia Agree to Link Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading SystemsEuropean climate commissioner Connie Hedegaard and Australian climate change minister Greg Combet have announced that Australia and Europe will link their emissions trading systems, which will allow businesses to use carbon trading units from either trading scheme for compliance under either system.August 31, 2012All TechnologyFood Supply Chain Sees $15Bn in Wasted Edibles Each Year, Study FindsGrocery stores and other retail food sellers are losing as much as $15bn a year in unsold fruits and vegetables alone, with about half of the U.S. supply going uneaten, according to an analysis on food waste by the National Resources Defense Council.August 28, 2012Business Strategy AlignmentJohnson and Johnson Plans to Drop Potentially Harmful Chemicals from Certain BrandsJohnson and Johnson, owner of personal care brands Aveeno, Neutrogena and Clean and Clear, says it will remove a number of potentially harmful chemicals, including formaldehyde, from its line of adult consumer products by the end of 2015.August 22, 2012Global Supply Chain ManagementCoalition Measures Environmental Impact of Apparel Products Supply ChainWalmart, 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.August 1, 2012Business Strategy AlignmentOffice Depot Debuts Nation's First EPEAT Consumer Labels for ElectronicsA newly-designed Office Depot store in Portland, Ore., will be the country's first to offer products bearing the EcoSense label for electronic merchandise.July 30, 2012Business Strategy AlignmentKohl's Increasingly Relying on Solar Power Generated at Its StoresKohl's Department Stores is to install solar panels at roughly 30 additional locations, expanding its existing solar program by nearly 25 percent.June 28, 2012Global Supply Chain ManagementEPA Wants to Crack Down on Soot from Plants, Factories and VehiclesThe EPA plans to propose tougher air quality pollution standards for fine particulate matter, or soot, a microscopic particle released from power plants, factories and vehicles.June 20, 2012Previous PagePage 17 of 21Next Page