Movie Studios Eye Standards for Green DVD Packaging
With Wal-Mart's Packaging Scorecard in effect and tighter U.S. environmental regulations around the corner, some movie studio execs say it's time the industry worked together to develop more resource-efficient, cost-effective packaging for DVDs. At last week's Green Media Summit in Los Angeles, representatives from Disney, Warner Bros, Universal, and Fox, among others, discussed the opportunities and challenges of designing a greener DVD case, Video Business reports. Read more...
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40% of Supermarkets Plan Greener Stores Within Five Years
Citing soaring energy costs, supermarket operators are focusing sustainability and green store design, according to a new Food Marketing Institute survey. About a third of respondents say they took on green retrofits or new-store designs in 2006 (the year covered by the survey), and 40% are planning similar projects within the next five years. Read more...
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...
HP Releases New CSR Report, Names Top Suppliers
Hewlett-Packard has published its 2007 corporate responsibility report, announcing that the company has already reached its goal to reduce energy use and greenhouse gas emissions 20% below 2005 levels by 2010. HP also says extensive supplier audits reveal "strong progress" toward achieving environmental goals; in a bid toward greater transparency, the tech giant has published a list of its largest suppliers - an industry first. Read more...
Companies, Beware of "Radical Greening"
"Radical greening" - an ill-considered corporate response to consumer, regulatory, and economic pressures to go green - is one of the top ten challenges facing business today, according to "Strategic Business Risk 2008," a new report from Ernst & Young. Move too quickly and you could paint yourself into a corner, the report suggests; move too slowly and you'll be left in the dust. Read more...
IKEA Customers Say No to Plastic Bags
IKEA has banned plastic and paper shopping bags from its U.S. stores after an overwhelming 92% of customers indicated that the company should stop offering them at checkout. The ban will take effect October 1. Read more...
Bank of America Adopts Carbon Principles
Bank of America has joined Citibank, JPMorgan, and Morgan Stanley in adopting the Carbon Principles, a set of guidelines that help advisors and lenders to power companies evaluate and address carbon risks in the financing of energy projects. Read more...
Tyson Foods Cuts Water Use 15%, Ups Renewable Energy Output
Tyson Foods has slashed water use by 15% per pound of product over the past two years, according to the company's latest corporate sustainability report. The world's largest meat producer has also pledged to produce up to 250 million gallons of renewable fuel a year from animal fat within the next four years. Read more...
ConocoPhillips Offers $300,000 for New Clean-Energy Ideas
Oil and gas giant ConocoPhillips has launched a $300,000 annual prize for "original, actionable solutions" to the U.S. energy crunch and global climate change. The ConocoPhillips Energy Prize, awarded in partnership with Penn State's Energy Institute, will recognize innovative ideas for developing new energy sources, improving energy efficiency, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Read more...
Law Firms Going Green to Attract More Corporate Clients
U.S. law firms are implementing green initiatives to cut costs and attract more corporate clients in today's flagging law market, New Jersey Law Journal reports. In addition to facing economic pressures to operate more sustainably, law firms are seeing market opportunity in reflecting the values of their increasingly environment-conscious client base. Read more...
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VFA's Lisa Raffin on Greening the Commercial Building Sector
With operational costs at a premium, many commercial building managers are seeing financial opportunity in environmental performance. One beneficiary from the green boom? Building assessment providers like Boston-based VFA, which recently added an environmental benchmarking service to its suite of offerings. In this SLM interview, VFA’s Lisa Raffin explains who's leading and who's lagging in the green-building race – and why property managers are often caught in the middle. Read more...
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Your company has a sustainability story to tell, but is everyone in your company telling the same story? In this SLM interview, branding expert Cheryl Heller highlights the dangers of a department-by-department approach to green communications - and offers tips for getting employees on the same page. Read more...
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