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Standardizing Excellence: Working with Smaller Businesses to Implement Environmental Management Systems
This report summarizes existing tools and techniques to help smaller businesses implement environmental management systems. Read More
IEMS Company Manual Template for Small Business
Easy-to-use template helps small and medium-size companies document internal environmental management systems; includes help with ISO 14001 procedures. Read More
EPA Launches Commuter Choice Web Site
The U.S. EPA and the U.S. Department of Transportation launched a new Web site this week in support of its the Commuter Choice Leadership Initiative, a partnership to reduce air pollution and global warming associated with vehicle use. Read More
Guide to Environmental Issues
The U.S. EPA's handbook for understanding and solving environmental problems. Read More
Ecology of Your Market Workshop
An energetic and informative guide to environmental programs for grocers. Read More
Five Strategies to Reinvent Business
Know the five strategies that facilitate the innovative culture needed to radically change products and processes toward sustainability. By Jacquelyn Ottman Read More
Seventh Generation Paper Towels Go Chlorine-Free
Seventh Generation, Inc., a leading brand of natural household products in the U.S., now provides consumers with the reassurance that its recycled paper towels are certified “Processed Chlorine-Free.” Read More
Small Business Survival Index Ranks States
Nevada has the best policy climate for small business and entrepreneurship, followed by South Dakota, Washington, Wyoming, and Florida. Good luck in Kansas, Maine, Hawaii, and Rhode Island, where the business climates are the most challenging. The District of Columbia, though not a state, is the least accommodating to small business. That’s the word from the Small Business Survival Committee, whose sixth annual rankings of states in its Small Business Survival Index 2001 aims to let citizens and lawmakers know how they stack up with other states on energy costs, friendliness to small businesses, and economic growth. Read More
Labor, Management Must Work Toward Sustainability
There is ample evidence to prove that where there is an honest union-management partnership, productivity and product quality increase. That applies to efforts in sustainability as well. By Morton Bahr. Read More
E-waste Recycling Could Mean Millions in Profit
More than 6,000 computers go to waste every day in California, according to a new study prepared by a coalition of industry groups under sponsorship of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Cleaning up computer and electronic waste could cost industry as much as $232 million, or generate as much as a $36 million profit, depending on what solutions are chosen, the report found. Read More