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January 4, 2008 Greener Products, Smarter Supply Chains Home | Climate News & Ideas | Connections | Events | About

Honeywell Exec Credits Green Product Sales for Company Turnaround Green tech is playing an increasingly prominent role at Honeywell. The company has seen its profits double over the past five years, thanks in large part to an exploding market for energy-efficient technologies, according to CEO Roger Fradin. Read more... Also This Week... Democratic National Convention Adds Guide to Green Vendors The Denver 2008 Convention Host Committee has added a green business designation to the Democratic National Convention's official vendor directory — the first green recognition process for a national political convention. This is also the first time that the convention's vendor directory will be available exclusively online. Read more... California Winemaker Thinks Outside the Bottle Five years after becoming one of the first U.S. vintners to package wine in lightweight, space-saving cartons instead of bottles, California winemaker Three Thieves has expanded its green-packaging program to include new varietals, citing significant savings in materials and shipping costs. Read more... Health Care Purchasers Get Green Magazine Slated to debut in May, EverGreen will be the first trade publication to focus exclusively on green procurement in the healthcare field. The bi-monthly magazine is already reporting a subscriber list of 50,000, making it the industry's third largest publication. Read more... Tools, Guidelines & Frameworks How Paying Attention to Your “Waste Chain” Can Create a Sustainable Supply Chain This white paper shows how the “waste chain” — the movement and reduction of discarded or disposed materials in your supply chain — can be a core component of your company's sustainability program. Case studies include Mohawk Industries and Trex Company, which have demonstrated the business opportunity in vertically integrating recovered packaging as feedstock for the manufacturing process. Also profiled: Wal-Mart's plastic recovery program, which diverts hundreds of millions of pounds of waste from landfills while providing valuable feedstock to manufacturers. (RedPrairie) Download now... More Sustainable Sourcing News & Tools... Forward to a Friend! Can You Build a Carbon-Efficient Supply Chain? Green aspirations top the business agenda in 2008, and that starts with an examination of a company's supply chain. But determining the carbon footprint of any supply chain is a complicated, expensive and uncertain endeavor. (CIO) Read more... Find Peers and Partners If you haven't already joined the fastest growing online sustainable business community, create a profile now and start connecting. Advertise on SLM! Become a Sustainable Life Media advertiser or sponsor and reach thousands of business leaders looking for product or service solutions to help them build their sustainability story. Click here to learn more. Have a story you want told? Send it to us! Solution Providers

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