Leadership
The Importance of Spring Cleaning Your IT Infrastructure
As an ever-increasing number of companies look to cloud computing as a sure path to green IT, there are three areas in any organization where IT is doing more harm than good. Read More
How Walmart Became a Force for Nature
A new book offers the first in-depth look at the many overlapping forces that drove the green makeover of Walmart -- and what that makeover means for the world. Read More
Japan Leads World in Harnessing IT for Sustainability
A new ranking of green IT leadership finds Japan far out in front in its successes to use IT to reduce its carbon footprint. Denmark and Germany tie for second, while the U.S. fails to place in the top 10. Read More
Kraft's Recipe for Greener Mac-n-Cheese and Oreos
Kraft plans to manufacture its famous foods using less water, energy and packaging, the company announced last week. Its European coffee brands have also committed to 100 percent sustainably sourced coffee by 2015. Read More
Nike's Sustainability Report Takes Top Ceres-ACCA Award
Nike won for Best Sustainability Report today in the Ceres-ACCA North American Awards for Sustainability Reporting, followed by first runner-up American Electric Power. Anvil Knitwear and SAP rounded out the honors. Read More
Levi's Revamps Supply Chain Engagement to Focus on Workers' Rights
The company's new guidelines, issued 20 years after it set terms of engagement focused on compliance in its supply chain, now aim to help the workers in its global supply chains prosper while also protecting the environment. Read More
Costa Coffee, Kenco, Mars Honored by Rainforest Alliance
Costa Coffee, the Kenco Coffee Company ad Mars Inc. are among the winners of Rainforest Alliance's Sustainability Standard-Setter Awards for 2011. Read More
How Timberland, Levi's Use Teamwork to Advance Sustainability
Companies across all industries are collaborating like never before with stakeholders to get a jump on the next big, smart sustainability idea or avoid the next embarrassing misstep. Read More
Unilever Tops List of Sustainability Leaders
Just months after unveiling its Sustainability Living Plan, Unilever has rocketed to the top of a list of global corporate leaders, according to the latest survey of sustainability experts conducted by the research firm GlobeScan Inc. and the think tank and strategy consultancy SustainAbility. Read More
Mapping Out the Complexities of Corporate Sustainabilty
As the world of corporate social responsibility -- both environmental as well as social -- becomes ever more complicated, the need for an at-a-glance reference has become imperative. Here's a starting point for a CSR mind map. Read More