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April 11, 2008 Greener Products, Smarter Supply Chains SLM Home | Sourcing News & Ideas | Connections | Events | About

Report: Smartest Companies Have Greenest Supply Chains A new report establishes what top-performing companies already know - that greener supply chains deliver business benefits in energy cost reduction, logistics cost reduction, and perceived competitive advantage. The report, from research firm Aberdeen Group, grilled supply chain execs about their sustainability efforts, revealing that the most successful (or "best-in-class") companies were more likely to have had green supply chain initiatives in place for at least a year, and to have redesigned key parts of their supply chains to be green. Read more... This Week's Top Stories... Fiji Water to Disclose Product's Carbon Footprint on New Website Fiji Water has unleashed a major communications effort to disclose the carbon footprint of its products from sourcing to production to distribution. The company has created a dedicated green website where consumers will have access to lifecycle emissions data for its bottled water. Read more... To read our interview with Thomas Mooney, Fiji Water's SVP of sustainable growth, click here. Office Depot Launches Green Office Products Line Office Depot has launched a dedicated green brand of office supplies ranging from recycled-content paper to non-toxic cleaners to compact fluorescent lightbulbs (CFLs). The new Office Depot Green line is the first such private-label brand of environmentally preferable office products to be offered by a major retailer. Read more... Sodexo Saves Water, Energy with New Dishwashing System Foodservice operator Sodexo is re-outfitting its 6,000 U.S. sites with a new computer-controlled dishwashing system that maximizes operational efficiency. The Ecolab Apex technology saves water and energy by optimizing the number of dishmachine racks that must be washed at each foodservice site. Read more... Staples, FedEx Kinko's Make the Green Grade for Paper Sourcing FedEx Kinko’s and Staples are making significant progress in their paper purchasing, while OfficeMax has been doing the least to back up its green spin with concrete actions, according to a new report from ForestEthics and Dogwood Alliance. The environmental groups took out a full-page ad in USA Today last week highlighting the latest edition of their "Green Grades" report card on paper sourcing policies in office products industry. Read more... More Sustainable Sourcing News & Tools... We want to hear from you! Post your comments or questions below any SLM news story and we'll feature the best of them here. (Note: You must be a registered SLM user to post. Not yet signed up? Click here!) Forward to a Friend! Fiji Water's Thomas Mooney Talks "Carbon Negative" Last November, Fiji Water made the bold commitment to take its bottled water “carbon negative,” earning public raves – and raspberries – depending on who’s doing the talking. In this SLM interview, Thomas Mooney, Fiji Water’s senior vice president for sustainable growth, explains how the company is planning to make good on its high-profile promise – and answers the criticism that “bottled water” and “sustainable” don’t belong in the same sentence. Read more... Top Headlines from Other SLM Channels IBM's New Supercomputer Uses Water to Save Energy KT Models Green Business Push on GE's Ecomagination Prius's Unique Design Attracts Status-Conscious Consumers Tiny Fuel Cells Headed for a Greener Gadget Near You Marriott Outlines Five-Point Plan to Green Global Operations Business Travelers Want Hard Facts on Green Hotels Ford Employees Tout Green Message in New "Drive One" Campaign Movie Studios Eye Standards for Green DVD Packaging New Ecos Desktop 70% More Efficient than Energy Star Standard Apple Wants Its Green Logo Back 200 Already Coming to SB'08! New this week: Williams Sonoma, Nordstrom, Hurley, Kimberly Clark, and more! Only eight weeks to go - and SB'08 will sell out. Want a look at how the program is shaping up? Download the conference agenda here (PDF), and register today! Solution Providers

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