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Climate-Conscious Companies Outperform Peers, Study Finds Companies with effective climate management strategies and the ability to turn them to competitive advantage tend to churn out higher profits than their same-sector rivals, according to a new study by Innovest Strategic Value Advisors. Read more... Also This Week... Labelmaker Helps Customers Green Packaging, Cut Carbon Label Impressions, a specialist in flexography, foil hot stamping, and screen printing, recently became the first flexo printer to receive Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification. The company has been offsetting its carbon emissions for years. Read more... Ryder Rolls Out Green Tractor Trailers Ryder 's new RydeGreen tractors and trailers are designed to help shippers reduce fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. Read more... Virgin Money to Launch Climate Change Fund Virgin Money is planning to launch a climate change fund in January — the company's first new fund offering in 12 years. Read more... Sustainability Execs Give Carbon Offsets the Thumbs-Down Carbon offsets may be making headlines, but most companies are steering clear, according to corporate sustainability executives polled at the recent Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) conference in San Francisco last week. Read more... Office Depot, Wal-Mart, IBM Lauded for Cutting Fleet Emissions The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has honored Office Depot, Wal-Mart, and IBM, along with 31 other businesses and organizations, for voluntary efforts to reduce fuel consumption and lower greenhouse gas emissions from their vehicle fleets. Read more... Wal-Mart Distribution Center to Use Fuel-Cell Powered Trucks Wal-Mart has purchased fuel cells to power the lift trucks at its food distribution center in Washington Court House, Ohio. The fuel cells will replace the lead-acid batteries normally used on pallet trucks. Read more... Timberland Offsets Carbon from New Ad Campaign Timberland is estimating the carbon-dioxide emissions from broadcasting its new TV ads and offsetting them with wind energy — an industry first, according to MediaPost. Read more... PepsiCo, Staples, Johnson & Johnson Earn EPA Nods for Green Power Purchasing The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has handed out its annual leadership awards for green power purchasing. The honorees, which range from Fortune 500 companies to city governments to academia, are all participants in EPA's voluntary Green Power Partnership program. Read more... More Climate Management News... Forward to a Friend! Car Makers Strive, Stumble Toward "Sustainable Zoom-Zoom" A series of Reuters reports from the Tokyo Autoshow this week show car makers confronting the harsh reality of a carbon-constrained world — and still coming up short. Read more... Did You Know? SLM organizes content by topic, also offering focused news, ideas, and tools on: *Smart Eco-Strategies *Sustainable Brands *Greener Design *Sustainable Sourcing *Greening IT Find Peers and Partners If you haven’t already joined the fastest growing online sustainable business community, create a profile now and start connecting. Solution Providers

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