July 25, 2008 - The majority of companies seeking to green their supply chains are more than happy to pass the costs upstream, according to a new report.

July 24, 2008 - Six out of ten supply chain executives are now tracking their climate emissions from transportation and logistics activities, according to a new survey of 500 North American companies.

July 24, 2008 - Intelligent Global Pooling Systems (iGPS) is selling potential clients on the green benefits of its new plastic shipping pallets with a free online calculator that shows exactly how much fuel they'll save by ditching the wood pallets now widely in use.

July 24, 2008 - British supermarket chain Tesco is set to begin construction on a new distribution center equipped with a power plant that generates electricity from straw.

July 23, 2008 - Hallmark Business Expressions, a subsidiary of the greeting-card giant, has launched a new line of business-oriented holiday cards made from renewable materials, Kansas City Business Journal reports.

July 22, 2008 - Baosteel, China's largest iron and steel conglomerate, has pledged to source its operational materials from suppliers that have been certified under the ISO 140001 environmental management system.

July 18, 2008 - Small and medium-size businesses (SMEs) in the manufacturing and distribution sectors are seeing increasing value in adopting software applications that support green supply-chain initiatives, according to a new survey from IDC, an IT services firm.

July 18, 2008 - Nordstrom says it will save $150,000 in energy costs at its Cedar Rapids, Mich., fulfillment and contact center this year - despite a recent site expansion that nearly doubled the size of the facility.

July 17, 2008 - Whole Foods has begun requiring its vendors of farmed seafood to pass an independent third-party review of their environmental impacts.