Walmart, Patagonia Strengthen Pact to Measure Apparel Impact
Nike, Gap, Patagonia and Walmart have teamed up to create a standard way to measure and evaluate the environmental impact of clothing. Read More
Cargill Cuts CO2 Emissions with World's Largest Kite-Powered Ship
Cargill plans to use the world's largest kite-powered vessel to reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with the shipping its products. Read More
View from the C-Suite: Grainger CEO James Ryan
Ryan discusses the broadening sustainability focus in the heavy manufacturing market, Grainger's catalogue of 8,000-plus "environmentally preferable" products, and how product innovations like automatic paper towel dispensers yield surprising energy, waste and labor savings. Read More
P&G Commits to LEED for Factory in China and All New Facilities
Procter & Gamble has pledged to seek LEED certification for all new facilities in the company's latest move to pursue its recently announced sustainability vision. The consumer packaged goods behemoth made the commitment as it broke ground on manufacturing plant in China. Read More
Compostable Sun Chips Bags Get a Second, Quieter Chance
Frito-Lay's Sun Chips have a brand new bag now that the company redesigned the snack's compostable packaging to be quieter. Read More
Maersk Orders 'World's Greenest Container Ship'
The Danish shipping giant has penned a $1.9 billion deal with Daewook for 10 next-generation vessels that can carry 18,000 containers, and which run slower as a way to cut emissions by an expected 35 percent. Read More
The Year in Biomimicry: Mussels, Elephants, Water Bears & More…
From helmets that protect better to self-sharpening tools to bottles that collect water from the air, read on for some of the biggest innovations inspired by nature in 2010. Read More
Heinz and Coke Team up to Squeeze Ketchup into PlantBottles
The Coca-Cola Company today announced a partnership that will license the beverage giant's plant-based packaging to Heinz for use in its ketchup packaging. Read More
How the ARPA-E 'Incubator' Helps Hatch Next-Gen Energy Projects
Arun Majumdar, the director of Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, lays out the audacious goals and the tough budgetary realities of the U.S. Department of Energy unit that's best known by its acronym ARPA-E. Read More
Sustainability Doesn't Sell … or Does It?
When surveying executives about their top priorities for the year, sustainability falls way, way down the list. But there's a lot more to the story of how and why companies are embracing green initatives. Read More