Strategy

From Walmart on down, retailers are becoming the key to corporate sustainability efforts across the supply chain. Read More

UPS yesterday released a new, on-demand shipping pickup service targeted at small to medium-sized businesses that promises to make shipping more efficient and to cut emissions along the supply chain. Read More

Yes, many businesses are taking green to heart, but even those corporations that are leading the charge are still conducting toxic business as usual behind the scenes. Read More

Most likely, you're currently dumping about a gallon of drinkable water down the sewer each time you flush. These new-fangled low- and no-flow toilets sidestep the behavior-change obstacle by making water conservation a no-brainer. Read More

Tropicana is shrinking its most popular size of orange juice by five ounces due to freezes in January that put the squeeze on orange crops.   Read More

If you're of the mind that the global economy is an Energizer battery that will simply go, go, go -- without needing outside attention -- think again. Read More

When Nike first began incorporating sustainability into its business practices, the risks and opportunities we grappled with seemed distant  indeed, even non-existent to most businesses. Fifteen years later, the risks and opportunities that businesses face from environmental and social challenges are more obvious than ever. Read More

This survey of more than 1,600 design and construction professionals in the U.S. charts their latest perceptions and practices regarding green building -- and compares them to attitudes and activities before and during the Great Recession. Read More

"The 21st Century Corporation: The Ceres Roadmap for Sustainability" makes the business case for why companies should be rethinking their corporate structures, processes and performance, while also offering advice and case studies of how companies are putting these practices to work. Read More

The technology giant has implemented three best practices as part of a sustainability pilot project that are netting huge savings in materials and transportation costs as well as waste management. Read More