Supply Chain

Congratulations. You've been LEED certified. Think you're done? Think again. LEED isn't a destination -- it's a vehicle that can place your company on the road to sustainability. Read More

Almost every company, large or small, progresses through these five stages on their sustainability journey, and firms that are wondering how to take their sustainability efforts to the next level may benefit from knowing that even the greenest firms have also passed through these stages. Read More

 Fiji Water announced today it has reopened its bottled water plant in Fiji, originally shuttered on Monday in protest of a government tax hike. Read More

On the first day of the international climate change negotiations in Mexico, some of the world's largest consumer goods companies threw their collective weight behind efforts to tackle deforestation and to phase out potent greenhouse gases used in refrigeration. Read More

Fiji Water, which ships its bottled water thousands of miles, has shut down its bottled water plant in Fiji over a tax hike that would have increased its payments to the government by 45 times. Read More

On the heels of similar long-term targets set by rival Procter & Gamble, the consumer products company aims to double sales while cutting the water, waste and carbon impacts of its products -- and its customers' use of those products -- by 2020. Read More

One area that is all too often overlooked in corporate sustainability plans is green procurement -- a move that, if done right, can raise the environmental performance of an entire industry. Read More

Since Aveda was purchased by Estee Lauder Companies in 1997, the smaller, environmentally-focused personal care company has benefitted from the larger scale of its owner while also influencing Estee Lauder's sustainability efforts. Read More

As the M&A market continues to ramp up in many industries, issues of sustainability are higher on the radar for acquiring companies. Read More

The Carbon Disclosure Project revised its questionnaire this year to make the reporting of indirect emissions more robust, revealing these so-called Scope 3 emissions may be up to 50 times the size of a company's direct carbon footprint. Read More