Wal-Mart Launches Jewelry Line Traceable from Mine to Market

Wal-Mart has introduced a gold and silver jewelry line that allows buyers to trace the path of their baubles by going online to review every link in the supply chain from mine to market. Read More

World Ports Commit to Reduce Emissions

Fifty-five ports from around the world agreed to cut carbon dioxide emissions and boost air quality with the endorsement of the World Ports Climate Declaration. Read More

PSE&G Partners With Four N.J. Cities to Test LED Street Lights

The six- to 12-month tests involving 24 LED street lights place the Public Service Electric and Gas Company and the cities in which the tests are being conducted among a small but growing number of municipalities and utilities that are exploring application of LED technology to green public lighting. Read More

Logistics and Transportation: Key Steps to a Greener Supply Chain

Whether shipping is the key focus of your operations or merely means to an end, there are several ways companies of all sizes can make this element of their supply chains smarter, more efficient, and greener. Read More

Navigating the Wilderness of Green Business Certifications

Getting your business certified green has many benefits, but as companies are discovering, the simple act of choosing which program opens up a world of complications. Read More

Sixteen Climate Change Consultants Evaluated in New Report

A Verdantix report looks at how 16 consulting firms with climate change offerings stack up against 74 criteria. Read More

G8 Nations Aim to Halve Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2050

The Group of Eight has made a nonbinding agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2050 and work towards a binding reduction goal with other major emitting countries. Read More

The Qualities of a Sustainable Leader

With just about every company addressing or beginning to address its environmental impact, a whole new class of job description is emerging: the sustainability leader, an employee at any level of an organization who is responsible for making his or her company greener. Here is what it takes to be an effective sustainability leader. Read More

How Bad Is Greenwashing, Really?

Is greenwashing really as bad a problem as some are making it out to be? Read More

Maker's Mark Fuels Operations with Bourbon Waste

A new treatment system at the Marker's Mark distillery is turning waste from bourbon-making into biofuel. Read More