Supply Chain

Companies that meet United Parcel Service's new green standards for responsible packaging can ship their goods with a label attesting to that fact under an assessment program the carrier introduces today. Read More

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

Healthcare facilities are second only to the food industry in producing waste. Yet in some sectors of the healthcare industry, major players have been slow to go green. 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

Unilever's early efforts and comprehensive sustainability platform propelled the London-based company to the top of its sector in the latest Tomorrow's Value Rating. Nestle and Danone followed behind in second and third place, with PepsiCo and Coca-Cola rounding out the top five. Read More

Three years before Walmart announced it would squeeze 20 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions from its supply chain, the retailer rolled out its Supplier Energy Efficiency Program with the goal of helping its suppliers save electricity and money, in turn bringing down the price of products. Read More

OfficeMax is offering a new reusable shipping bin program to help businesses that make frequent orders reduce packaging waste.   Read More

Three years after its launch in the U.K. and Canada, next month will see the U.S. kickoff of a campaign aimed at educating consumers about buying and using environmentally friendly products from a number of P&G brands. 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