Consumer Products

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

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

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

When Nike first began incorporating sustainability into its business practices, the risks and opportunities we grappled with seemed distant  indeed, even non-existent to most businesses. Fifteen years later, the risks and opportunities that businesses face from environmental and social challenges are more obvious than ever. Read More

"The 21st Century Corporation: The Ceres Roadmap for Sustainability" makes the business case for why companies should be rethinking their corporate structures, processes and performance, while also offering advice and case studies of how companies are putting these practices to work. Read More

A nonprofit called Kopernik hopes to connect the creators of the low-cost, innovative and life-saving inventions with the people who need them most. Read More

This report from the U.N. Environment Programme looks at the growth of e-waste generated by and sent to developing nations, and suggests ways to reduce the health and environmental impacts from discarded electronics. Read More

The nonprofit launched the Industry Innovators (i2) project today with charter member companies Amtrak, Ben & Jerry's, Clif Bar, REI, Shaklee and Timberland, each of whom received Climate Counts' top scores on the moves they've undertaken to address climate change. Read More

Can a company dedicated to buying and selling goods thrive while trying to convince people to consume less? eBay and its dedicated green team are working to promote the benefits of buying used products as the only kind of green shopping. Read More

Corporate sustainability is like teen sex. Everybody talks about it. Nobody does it very much. And when they do it, they don’t do it very well. Friend and colleague Joel Makower likes to tell that joke, and it’s as good a way as any to introduce Greenbiz.com’s third annual State of Green Business report. Read More