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The nation's largest retailed promised to only sell concentrated liquid laundry detergent to save water, plastic and cardboard. The move is one of several high-profile commitments made at the third Annual Meeting of the Clinton Climate Initiative. Read More

The recent passing of Body Shop founder lacked the kind of coverage in the U.S. press befitting a woman with her legacy. But Anita had important lessons for business leaders and especially those who are positioning their companies at the forefront of sustainability. Read More

Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts has launched a two-year development strategy to enhance its corporate social responsibility activities. A corporate CSR Committee, spearheaded by the group's chief operating officer, has been established to continue to fulfill the group's responsibilities in five key areas: the environment; employees and the community; health and safety; supply chain management; and stakeholder relations. Read More

Aligning workplace values with personal values is not just good for the planet, it's also good for business. A few simple tricks can help your employees expand your green values. Read More

Xerox will open a new $60 million manufacturing plant that will produce a toner it is touting as more environmentally friendly. Read More

I've seen enough research data on Americans' green buying habits over nearly twenty years that I've become immune to much of it. It's not that I think such research is shoddy; it's just that I've found consumers' credibility on the issue wanting, as I've noted in several . . . previous . . . posts. Read More

Sun Microsystems has created Project Blackbox, which it touts as the world's first virtualized datacenter that fits into a storage container. Read More

What's commonly referred to as municipal solid waste is only a small slice of the waste pie. And that could be a problem for companies. Read More

The relatively simple but eye-opening act of testing the energy used in various computer configurations at your company is one way to overcome an IT manager's biggest frustration: not knowing how much energy is used by each new piece of hardware. Read More

East Los Angeles College will build a solar farm that will generate nearly enough electricity to fulfill all the campus' daytime needs. Read More