Supply Chain

ForestEthics ranks credit card, telecom and insurance companies on their paper use and policies. Read More

A company better know for delivering mail and packages highlights its recycling and waste hauling services. Read More

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Puma is the first sportwear company to put a value on its greenhouse gas and water impacts. Read More

The demand for lifecycle assessments projects has led to a boom as software makers flood the market with solutions. Here's how your firm can choose the right LCA tool. Read More

The new law requiring U.S. public companies that use tin, tantalum, tungsten or gold to trace them back to their source calls for unprecedented transparency in supply chains. But will it end the "minerals curse" that hangs over materials from the Democratic Republic of the Congo? Read More

Interest in life cycle assessments has exploded as companies realize the benefits of knowing nitty-gritty details of their products' impacts and aim to stay ahead of regulations. Read More

Kraft plans to manufacture its famous foods using less water, energy and packaging, the company announced last week. Its European coffee brands have also committed to 100 percent sustainably sourced coffee by 2015. Read More

The company's new guidelines, issued 20 years after it set terms of engagement focused on compliance in its supply chain, now aim to help the workers in its global supply chains prosper while also protecting the environment. Read More

Costa Coffee, the Kenco Coffee Company ad Mars Inc. are among the winners of  Rainforest Alliance's Sustainability Standard-Setter Awards for 2011. Read More