Supply Chain

A new ICT Sustainability Index released by IDC ranks the G20 countries on how well they've incorporated technologies from smart grid to teleworking that can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 5.8 gigatons by 2020. Read More

From Apple to REI, Boots to Staples, here's how top retailers are adopting chemicals management systems. Read More

The latest in our series of GreenBiz Reports explores and outlines the 10 best practices for bringing all your employees on board with your company's sustainability projects. Read More

GreenBiz.com and Green Impact have partnered to release a new report, "Green Teams: Engaging Employees in Sustainability," that includes 10 tips on how to support and guide Green Teams. Read More

At first glance it seems an impossible task to take on the hundreds or thousands of chemicals in your company's supply chain, but a number of companies have developed useful approaches to measuring and lowering their use of hazardous chemicals. Read More

The first of a three-part series about developing a benchmark to help companies embrace green chemistry and toxic reductions explores which firms are leading the charge, and how they benefit from designing greener products. Read More

The addition of three new retailers last week brought the total of signatories aiming to reducing mining's environmental and social impact to 60, with more than $1.3 billion in U.S. jewelry sales represented by companies involved. Read More

Companies large and small, and in every industry, still hold on to a number of surprising misconceptions about the risks and rewards of implementing sustainability practices. Here's how to dispel those myths. Read More

All too often, behind the glitter of gold are ugly environmental and social costs: Unregulated mines creating toxic wastes, child laborers working under grim conditions, rivers and bays polluted with waste. Read More

A new study measures the sustainable performance of worldwide auto manufacturers from 1999 to 2007, comparing resource use efficiency of production for factors such as emissions, work accidents, waste generation and water use. Read More