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October 5, 2007 
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Wal-Mart's "Sustainability 360"
Last August Rand Waddoups, Wal-Mart's senior director of corporate strategy and sustainability, introduced us to "sustainability 360" — the company's name for its very ambitious (and very public) drive toward environmental and social responsibility. Little did we know that Wal-Mart was just getting started. The retail giant recently hit its sales goal of 100 million energy-efficient CFL lightbulbs three months early, thanks in part to the higher visibility and increased shelf space afforded its private-label CFL brand. And in the past two weeks the retail giant has rolled out two new initiatives that are poised to change how products are manufactured and sold in the U.S. Want to know more? Read on!
Wal-Mart Leans on Suppliers to Make Greener Laundry Detergent Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. has pledged to sell only concentrated liquid laundry detergent at its U.S. Wal-Mart and Sam's Club stores, saying it aims to act as a "catalyst for the transformation of the entire liquid laundry detergent category across the retail industry and save vast amounts of natural resources." Read more... Wal-Mart to Calculate Products' Total Energy Use Wal-Mart has partnered with the Carbon Disclosure Project to measure the amount of energy used to create products throughout its supply chain, including the procurement, manufacturing, and distribution process. Read more... Is Wal-Mart's Sustainability Drive Costing Suppliers? Wal-Mart's heralded push toward concentrated laundry detergent, labeled a "win-win-win" for companies, the environment, and consumers, is shifting costs upstream, says an article in Advertising Age. Read more... What do you think? Weigh in! Also This Week... Study: Trains Top Trucks and Planes for Low-Emissions Shipping Trains are cleaner than planes and trucks for shipping goods — with a few caveats, according to a new report. Read more... Philips Aims to Double Sales of Green Products Within Five Years 
Royal Philips Electronics has announced a new goal to double revenues from its green products from 15% to 30% of total group sales by 2012. Read more...
Demand for Greener Shipping Drives Truckers to Biodiesel An expanded federal initiative and growing customer demand for “green” shippers are expected to accelerate biodiesel use in the trucking industry Read more... Legion Launches Green Paper Classification System 
Legion Paper, a North American supplier of fine art paper, has launched a new online search engine that classifies its paper into five categories: Alternative Energy, Chlorine-Free, Handmade Papers, Mill Certification, and Tree-Free. Read more...
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Nike's Phil Berry on Building a Greener Shoe 
As former director of manufacturing for Nike Considered, the footwear giant's green product design initiative, Phil Berry put Nike suppliers through their paces. In this exclusive interview, Phil discusses the company's challenges and triumphs in managing its environmental impact — at factories in Asia and around the world. Read more...
Greenlighting Efficiency: 7 Easy Steps to Reduce the Environmental Impact of Today’s Supply Chains 
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