Supply Chain
Building business value in a changing world
KPMG explains how megaforces like climate change, urbanization and food security are rapidly increasing the costs of doing business. Read More
How Sustainable is Your Valentine's Day Candy?
It's easy to lose sight of sustainability issues on a day that's focused on material expressions of affection, but there are resources gift-givers can use to gauge the environmental impacts of sweets and the firms that make them. Read More
Puma’s 2010 Environmental Profit & Loss Report
The apparel company's groundbreaking report offers a roadmap on assessing the eco-impacts of any company's supply chain. Read More
Puma's Eco-Impacts Report Kicks the Ball Forward on Transparency
The apparel company has continued its sustainability leadership with the publication of a detailed look at the environmental impacts of its supply chain, which totaled US$191 million in 2010. Read More
The Bigger Picture Behind Apple's China Problem
The major problems uncovered in Apple's -- and the IT industry's -- Chinese supply chain in a series of recent exposes go far beyond Apple to the heart of how companies measure their social and environmental impacts. Read More
How She Leads: Hannah Jones of Nike
Nike's head of sustainability and innovation offers advice to entrepreneurs and other sustainability professionals, and tells how her company is creating radical innovation. Read More
Dan Hendrix: The Future of Interface is Bright & Greener than Ever
At the GreenBiz Forum in New York City, the CEO of the world-leading sustainable manufacturer talks about how Interface continues to evolve and improve the sustainability of its products, and how its taking its products to the skies. Read More
How SAP's Software Benefits Poor Rural Women In Ghana
As part of its CSR initiatives, SAP has partnered with PlaNet Finance to help fund, and make more efficient, the work of rural shea harvesters in Africa -- improving lives and helping to improve the environment in one fell swoop. Read More
How Greener Medical Products Can Address Health Concerns
When patients are admitted to a hospital, they expect to be treated in an environment that helps people heal. They might be surprised to learn that hospitals across the U.S. use products and materials that contain industrial chemicals that can potentially do more harm than good. Read More
Kaiser Gets Green Infusion with Safer IV Equipment
Kaiser Permanente is converting to IV bags that are free of the industrial chemicals PVC and DEHP and DEHP-free tubing in the latest major move to green its medical supply chain. Read More