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 Newly-launched underwear company PACT infuses social and environmental values in its supply chain and sales, and throughout its development it's made some tough decisions over what materials to use and where to manufacture. Read More

For energy companies and heavy manufacturers, it has long been clear that climate change regulation would have a significant impact on business. While some from other industries still insist climate change isn't relevant for them, the best available research indicates it is material for virtually every company, both in the traditional accounting sense and the sustainability context, which incorporates wider stakeholder concerns Read More

Under pressure from New Zealand's Auckland Zoo, Cadbury has agreed to remove palm oil from its Dairy Milk chocolate bars, because of concerns about deforestation and habitat loss. Read More

The co-directors of Walmart's Sustainability Consortium, one key plank of the company's larger Sustainability Index, explain how the group will work -- and what companies get for the six-figure price of admission. Read More

The CEO of Siemens Water Technologies has laid out a handful of steps to help manufacturing facilities measure, manage and reduce the water consumed in daily operations. Read More

A Frito-Lay factory in Connecticut now generates its own electricity with a combined heat and power system that enables the 75-acre site to ease the demand on the country's Northeast power grid. Read More

Looking to get the most energy savings out of your data center? The newest technique, called "power-capping," may be your answer, even though at first blush it sounds like a very scary proposition. Read More

The Federal Trade Commission charged four clothing and textile companies with saying their products are made from bamboo when they are actually made of rayon. The FTC also levied a series of charges over false and unsubstantiated claims the companies made about their products and manufacturing processes. Read More

Creating a coordinated and effective sustainability at a company with 32,000 employees in more than 300 locations offers a number of challenges, of course; but McKesson's process also highlights opportunities for firms of all sizes. Read More

In-depth case studies of some winners of the American Forest & Paper Association's recycling awards show how businesses, municipalities and schools have developed innovative and highly successful recycling programs. Read More