Consumer Products
This Stinks: What Perfume Makers Won’t Tell You
A new report reveals a slew of popular perfumes on the market include secret ingredients not disclosed on the label. Is it a reason for alarm? Read More
Pepsi's Dream Machine Aims to Make Recycling a Slam Dunk
The beverage company has teamed up with Waste Management to launch a multi-year partnership to roll out thousands of reverse vending machines that make it easy for individuals to recycle containers for rewards. Read More
The Revolution in the Laundry Room
Over the past several years, the look of the laundry detergent aisle of your supermarket has completely changed, driven largely by Method, and followed by the sector's biggest players. Read More
Marks & Spencer, Tesco, Walmart Lead Retailers' Sustainability Efforts
A new report published by Five Winds International on GreenBiz.com finds that many major retailers are walking their green talk quite well, and explores the factors that affect sustainability efforts for retailers of any size. Read More
Earth Day, at the Mall
It's that time of year again, when a number of companies try to persuade us that, in honor of Earth Day, we can shop our way to a cleaner, greener planet. Read More
KFC Lands in Hot Water for its Packaging
In the latest sign of how forestry and paper issues are coming to the fore for companies in almost all industries, the fast food chain is currently under fire from environmental groups for using virgin forests to supply the paper for its packaging. Read More
The Green Consumer, 1990-2010
The author of the 1990 book "The Green Consumer" (and the founder of GreenBiz.com) looks back at 20 years of green consumerism and ponders whether the whole exercise is a distraction. Read More
Can Green IT Be as Simple as Changing Your Font?
The University of Wisconsin is using Century Gothic instead of Arial for its email system; the school says the move will save 30 percent on printer ink. Read More
Nestle Waters Wades Through Bottled Water Challenges
Nestlé Waters North America faced four key challenges in its efforts to build a new bottled water plan in the northeastern U.S. The company partnered with Business for Social Responsibility to map a path to success. Read More
P&G Launches U.S. Campaign to Highlight 'Future Friendly' Products
Three years after its launch in the U.K. and Canada, next month will see the U.S. kickoff of a campaign aimed at educating consumers about buying and using environmentally friendly products from a number of P&G brands. Read More