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Cisco's Packaging Diet: Just How Sustainable is It?
Eighteen months after I first profiled Cisco's efforts to cut their packaging waste -- and save big bucks in the process -- I got a chance to see if the project is thriving or struggling. Read More
The Companies that Will Make a Business Out of Geoengineering
Bill Gates has stepped into the breach to become the world's leading funder of research into geoengineering, and he's brought others, including GE's Jeff Immelt, into the industry as well. Read More
Clorox Becomes Latest Firm to Adopt Integrated Sustainability Reporting
The shift to integrated reporting -- which companies including Southwest Airlines, Philips, United Technologies and Novo Nordisk have also undertaken -- is one that investors are beginning to clamor for. Read More
Canadian Truckers Can Now Earn Carbon Credits from Fuel Efficiency
In a first-of-its-kind deal, a group in British Columbia has reached a five-year agreement to sell carbon offsets created through the reduction of diesel fuel consumption by heavy trucks and equipment. Read More
How Waste Management Treats Waste as Resource
For Waste Management, garbage isn't just garbage anymore. Read More
Canned Fish Maker John West Plunges into Supply Chain Transparency
The U.K. company is launching next week a new barcode tracker to allow customers to trace the fish they're buying back to the boat that made the catch. Read More
How Steve Jobs Inspired a Sustainable Future
Can we take Jobs' legacy of fanatical dedication to continual improvement and apply it to business areas like supply chain, workers' rights, and business impacts globally, we will all be living in a better world. Read More
A Report from PepsiCo's Road to Zero
The company has set an ambitious goal to make its 27-year-old Frito-Lay manufacturing facility in Arizona a "near net zero" consumer of energy and water. Here's how it's progressing. Read More
Mattel Sets Sustainable Packaging Goals After Greenpeace Pressure
Mattel said it will boost recycled content in its paper packaging, avoid virgin fiber from controversial sources and increase the use of fiber that is third-party certified. Read More
How FedEx is Starting Its Shift to Electric Vehicles
In a preview of the upcoming Net Impact conference, FedEx's vice president of sustainability talks about how the delivery giant is embracing alternative fuels in its delivery fleet. Read More