Ecoprint: Greening the Industry One Print Run at a Time

The committed staff at Ecoprint, an innovator in environmentally preferable printing processes, share the best practices that have made their company a success. By Susan Nickbarg Read More

Ford Issues Climate Change Report

In an industry first, Ford Motor Company has issued a report addressing the business implications of climate change, carbon dioxide emissions and global energy concerns. Read More

Microsoft, Other Major Companies to Complete Phase-Out of PVC Plastic

Microsoft, along with Kaiser Permanente, Crabtree and Evelyn, and others, have joined the fast-growing ranks of major corporations demonstrating concern about the environmental health impacts of their products or packaging by phasing out PVC plastic (polyvinyl chloride or vinyl). Read More

General Electric Wins Corporate Citizenship Award

The United States Chamber of Commerce Center for Corporate Citizenship (CCC) has awarded GE the Corporate Citizenship Award in the category of Corporate Stewardship, Large Business. Read More

McDonald's to Sell Fair Trade Certified Coffee

McDonald's has announced it will serve Fair Trade certified coffee in 658 of its restaurants in New England and Albany, N.Y. Read More

Chiquita Offers First Rainforest Alliance-Certified Fruit in Europe

Chiquita Brands International, Inc. will now be filling supermarket shelves in nine European markets with bananas labeled as Rainforest Alliance-certified. Read More

Texas Car Dealership First to Seek LEED Green Certification

Pat Lobb Toyota of McKinney, which broke ground Oct. 14, has been designed from the ground up to maximize all environmentally sensitive possibilities. Read More

Starbucks Honored for Recycled-Content Cup

The result of more than eight years of innovative research and testing, the introduction of Starbucks recycled-content cup in early 2006 is expected to lower the company's dependence on tree fiber annually by more than five million pounds. Read More

Levi Strauss Publishes List of Active Suppliers

Levi Strauss & Co. has published a list of all active owned-and-operated and contract factories producing Levi's, Dockers, and Levi Strauss Signature branded products. Read More

Coca-Cola Japan Using Recycled PET Plastic in Labels

Coca-Cola Japan has started using new labels made from 10% recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET). Read More