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Patagonia Tracks Carbon ‘Footprints’

In May 2007, as part of the Footprint Chronicles, a group of 10 Patagonia employees were sent to travel the world, tracking five products from the design studio to the raw-materials stage to Patagonia’s Nevada distribution center, Fast Company reports...

Published 03-23-2008 9:28 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Supply Chain, Sustainability, Business-to-Consumer, Manufacturing, Asia, Products & Planning

How Recycling Helps Fight Climate Change

In this first in a series of “5 Things You Should Know about Climate Change” on EnviroTV, Green Canary Sustainability CEO Kevin Tuerff interviews Dell’s Pat Nathan about how recycling can help the fight against climate change.

Published 03-23-2008 7:22 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Major Players, Climate, U.S., Manufacturing, Hi-Tech, Recycling, Research & Technology, Today's Green Video

Consumer Product’s Green Diet: Slimmer Packaging Looks Good On You

What a difference a year makes. At the start of 2007, few consumer products companies had a focus on sustainability in packaging. However, 54 percent of the consumer goods companies that AMR Research recently surveyed are targeting improvements. The numbers...

Published 03-23-2008 7:08 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Supply Chain, Sustainability, Marketing, Business-to-Consumer, Manufacturing, Sales, Products & Planning, Retail & Restaurants, Guest Column

SI Group Launches Website To Market Environmental Services

Phenolic resin and chemical intermediate supplier SI Group has launched StrategicGreen to market its environmental services. SI bills it as a resource that will help manufacturing industries comply with environmental regulations and adapt products and...

Published 03-23-2008 5:53 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Sustainability, Business-to-Business, U.S., Marketing, Manufacturing, Products & Planning

BASF Measures Sustainability Of Food Production

BASF has developed a tool for its customers in the food industry which gives information on the composition of products and manufacturing methods - including levels of sustainability achieved in production (via FoodProductionDaily.com). S.E.T. stands...

Published 03-19-2008 3:15 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Reporting, Sustainability, Business-to-Business, Manufacturing, Agriculture, Finance & Reporting

Soaring Diesel Prices Spur Interest In Hybrid Trucks

New EPA standards and $100-a-barrel oil are creating demand for hybrid big rigs, garbage trucks and dump trucks, even with the 35 percent premium over conventional vehicles, Forbes reports. The appeal: hybrid trucks can deliver fuel savings of 5 percent...

Published 03-19-2008 2:40 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Transportation, Emissions, Supply Chain, Major Players, Sustainability, Business-to-Business, Automotive, Fossil Fuels, Manufacturing, Hybrid Technology, Strategy & Leadership

Lionsgate Announces Green DVD Packaging

Independent film studio Lionsgate plans to package many of the Company’s DVD releases in “environmentally friendly” materials. The first “green” release will be Weeds: Season Three, which will hit stores in June. The trays...

Published 03-18-2008 5:08 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Marketing, Business-to-Consumer, Manufacturing, Recycling, Products & Planning, Retail & Restaurants

Consumers Ready To Kiss Convenience Packaging Goodbye

More than half of U.S. consumers would give up all forms of packaging provided for convenience purposes if it would benefit the environment, including: packaging designed for easy stacking/storing at home (58 percent); packaging that can be used for cooking...

Published 03-17-2008 7:56 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Supply Chain, Global, Sustainability, U.S., Business-to-Consumer, Manufacturing, Consumption, Recycling, Research & Technology, Today's Green Trend

CEOs Take to Airwaves to Support Cap on GHG Emissions

A new national advertising campaign features Robert Lane, CEO of Deere & Co. and Alexander Cutler, CEO of Eaton Corp. - along with Frank Knapp, president of the 5,000-member South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce, calling on Congress to...

Published 03-17-2008 4:29 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Major Players, Business-to-Business, Marketing, Business-to-Consumer, Government, Manufacturing, Policy & Law, Today's Green Video

Is HP Planning A Green Marketing Push?

In a recent AdAge’ interview, Michael Mendenhall, the new senior VP-CMO at HP, said that McGarryBowen will be handling a new, unspecified corporate assignment - not for any of HP’s three divisions.. AdAge speculates that the agency could be...

Published 03-16-2008 5:59 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Major Players, Marketing, Manufacturing, Hi-Tech, Products & Planning

Battle Over Smog Rules Ramps Up

The chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Rep. Henry Waxman (D., Calif.), plans to hold a hearing on allegations that the White House intervened to water down new smog rules issued last week by the Environmental Protection Agency...

Published 03-15-2008 5:55 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Feature, Major Players, Pollution, U.S., Government, Manufacturing, Economics, Healthcare, Industrial Goods, Utilities, Policy & Law

SC Johnson Powers Plant With Wind Power

SC Johnson says it will power 46 percent of its second largest North American manufacturing plant in Bay City, Michigan with wind power from Harvest Wind Farm. The company is one of the first manufacturers in Michigan to use wind power, striking a five...

Published 03-14-2008 12:00 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Major Players, U.S., Business-to-Consumer, Manufacturing, Wind Energy, Contracts & Installations

Will Companies Get Carbon Labels Right?

A BusinessWeek article has tackled the issues surrounding carbon labels. As EL readers know, there’s lots of controversy - also hurdles - to overcome. Top of the list is that manufacturers and retailers have yet to come up with an easy way to provide...

Published 03-11-2008 6:42 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Supply Chain, Feature, Major Players, Global, Sustainability, Marketing, Manufacturing, Agriculture, Strategy & Leadership

China’s Solar Industry Feels The Heat

Luoyang Zhonggui High-Technology Co. in China’s Henan Province is a green energy company that produces polysilicon for solar panels. But, according to a Washington Post article, the company is guilty of dumping silicon tetrachloride, the byproduct...

Published 03-10-2008 6:04 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Feature, Business-to-Business, Manufacturing, Clean Energy, Asia, Solar Energy, Products & Planning

Nature Provides Recipe For Sustainable Manufacturing

By studying the Earth’s biosphere, managers can learn how to build ecologically friendly products that reduce manufacturing costs, Gregory Unruh writes in the Dallas Morning News. To make recycling easier, manufacturers should think fewer materials...

Published 03-10-2008 4:34 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Supply Chain, Sustainability, Business-to-Business, Waste, Business-to-Consumer, Manufacturing, Efficiency, Recycling, Products & Planning

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