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Food Processing September 2008 Diane Toops |
Food and Beverage Companies Go Green Consumers are making choices based on sustainability efforts; here's what the top food and beverage companies are doing.  |
The Motley Fool January 31, 2007 Jack Uldrich |
Wal-Mart's Green Goal A new initiative could help the company, its customers, and the environment. The prospect of saving greenbacks while going green should leave Wal-Mart investors feeling good that the company is doing the right thing -- and profiting in the process.  |
The Motley Fool September 26, 2007 Rich Smith |
Quick Take: Wal-Mart Evaporates Wal-Mart announces it will sell only concentrated liquid laundry detergents in the U.S. The switch will save 95 million pounds of plastic resin, 125 million pounds of cardboard, and 400 million gallons of water, making investors and "Greens" happy.  |
CRM April 2010 Lauren McKay |
10 Efforts to Make You Green (With Envy) Think a green initiative is either too lofty a goal or too difficult to pursue? These 10 companies would be quick to disagree.  |
The Motley Fool July 21, 2010 |
The Not-So-Dirty Secret Behind P&G's Innovation We talk with Inder Sidhu, senior vice president of strategy and planning for worldwide operations at Cisco about innovations at Procter & Gamble.  |
Popular Mechanics December 2008 |
Is Recycling Worth It? PM Investigates its Economic and Environmental Impact Almost overnight, it seemed, recycling was embraced by the public as a kind of all-purpose absolution for our environmental sins.  |
Fast Company November 19, 2011 Emma Haak |
Seventh Generation Introduces Eco-Friendly Laundry Detergent Containers When one product becomes more eco-friendly, benefits abound throughout the supply chain.  |
BusinessWeek March 31, 2011 Duane Stanford |
Why Sustainability Is Winning Over CEOs Long a cause celebre of the eco crowd, sustainable business practices are yielding big savings at companies like PepsiCo and Wal-Mart.  |
National Defense June 2010 Grace V. Jean |
Converting Eco-Unfriendly Plastic Into Fuel Natural State Research Inc., based in Stamford, Conn., has developed a technology that converts waste plastics into hydrocarbon liquid fuel through a thermal degradation process.  |
Food Processing September 2011 Dave Fusaro |
ConAgra Foods Offers Practical View of Sustainability ConAgra Foods' view on green or sustainable food manufacturing is an outgrowth of the company's philosophy on good corporate citizenship.  |
Popular Mechanics January 2006 Josh Dean |
The Train Welcome to tomorrow's computer-controlled, GPS-guided, ultra-energy-efficient transportation revolution.  |
The Motley Fool October 3, 2007 Timothy M. Otte |
Retail's Greenest Pastures Growth, profitability, and environmental consciousness can coexist in the retail world. Here is the "green quotient" on five of the biggest retailers.  |
Popular Mechanics December 17, 2009 Adam Hadhazy |
How the Manufacturing Sector Can Curtail Its Greenhouse Gas Emissions Increasing efficiency, which reduces emissions, also improves the bottom line, and so the manufacturing industry has already begun to think creatively about its sizable carbon footprint.  |
IndustryWeek December 1, 2005 John Teresko |
Technology Leader Of The Year -- Connecting Profits And Preservation As Chairman and CEO of General Electric Co., Jeffrey R. Immelt has embraced the cause for global and national preservation by turning it into multiple growth opportunities via innovative new products.  |
IndustryWeek March 14, 2012 David Blanchard |
Intermodal Transportation Strategies Offer Manufacturers a Greener Way of Doing Business Manufacturers are realigning their transportation networks to reduce both their costs and their carbon footprints.  |
Food Processing October 2008 Kate Bertrand Connolly |
Wal-Mart's Scorecard Drives Sustainable Packaging The fruits of Wal-Mart's drive for sustainability are apparent in the surge of environmentally friendly packages for food and other consumer goods on its shelves.  |
Popular Mechanics December 2008 Alex Hutchinson |
Recycling By the Numbers: The Truth About Recycling What's the bottom line on the cost to recycle five different products from aluminum to polystyrene?  |
Food Processing February 2008 Kate Bertrand Connolly |
Wal-Mart suppliers learn the score Beginning this month, the retailer's Packaging Scorecard helps suppliers gauge the relative sustainability of their packaging.  |
IndustryWeek October 1, 2008 |
Three Pathways to Greener IT There are plenty of ways for manufacturers to be green.  |
The Motley Fool February 17, 2010 Alyce Lomax |
Weekly Walk of Fame: Wal-Mart Wal-Mart has begun setting up the framework for a Sustainability Index, surveying several major vendors and suppliers to determine how eco-friendly their practices are.  |
Food Processing September 2007 Kate Bertrand Connolly |
Move to earth-friendly packaging A new generation of packaging materials makes it difficult not to go green.  |
Fast Company February 2010 |
Green Giants Early progress from four Walmart Sustainability Consortium members  |
IndustryWeek March 1, 2002 Doug Bartholomew |
Beyond The Grave New regulations and concerns for the environment are prompting manufacturers to design products for easier recycling and remanufacturing...  |
HBS Working Knowledge April 28, 2010 |
Earth Day Reflections Harvard Business School professors Robert G. Eccles, Rebecca Henderson, and Richard H.K. Vietor shared their views on the sustainability-related challenges and opportunities facing today's business leaders.  |
Popular Mechanics February 16, 2010 Stephen Joiner |
Is Bigger Better? 'Monster' Trains vs Freight Trains Union Pacific quietly ran a record-setting "monster" freight train over its Sunset Route, from Dallas to Long Beach, using the 3.5-mile-long behemoth during a one-time test of new distributed-power configurations that may help make long trains even longer.  |
Fast Company September 2008 Melanie Warner |
Green Business: Plastic Potion No. 9 Recycling should be the easy way to get people involved in helping the environment. Too bad the businesses behind it are blowing it.  |
The Motley Fool May 27, 2009 Alyce Lomax |
Blue Chips Yield Surprising Green Shoots McDonald's, Coke, and Wal-Mart show that even venerated behemoths are pushing for better, greener practices. That's good for the environment, and good for shareholders, too.  |
InternetNews March 3, 2005 Roy Mark |
Tax Credits For Cutting 'E-Waste' The Electronic Waste Recycling and Promotion and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 establishes an $8 per unit tax credit for companies that recycle at least 5,000 display screens or computer system units per year.  |
Food Processing September 2011 Diane Toops |
Top Food and Beverage Companies: Leaders in Sustainability How big food and beverage companies and small ones are protecting the planet and their bottom lines.  |
The Motley Fool September 30, 2009 Christopher Barker |
The One Hybrid You Will Never Drive Norfolk Southern lays the tracks for a hybrid locomotive.  |
Popular Mechanics November 10, 2008 |
Recycling Myths: PM Debunks 5 Half Truths about Recycling The dominant factor in virtually every case is the enormous amount of energy required to turn raw materials into metals and plastics compared to the energy needed to reprocess products that already exist.  |
PC Magazine November 29, 2006 Matthew D. Sarrel |
Recycling E-Waste Recycle your computers and electronics to cut down on toxins.  |
Food Processing March 2011 Kate Bertrand Connolly |
Food Processors Beginning to See Benefits of Going Green With Packaging From Heinz to the Girl Scouts, everyone wants packaging with less environmental downside.  |
Fast Company Jul/Aug 2014 Jon Gertner |
Behind GE's Vision For the Industrial Internet of Things Mashing big data with big machines is "beautiful, desirable, investable," says Jeff Immelt. It could transform GE's business -- and the economy.  |
National Real Estate Investor February 1, 2007 Steve McLinden |
Always Low Energy Wal-Mart's ambitious goal of reducing energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions in new stores by 30% over the next four years -- and by 20% in existing stores over the next seven years -- may actually be surpassed.  |
Outside April 2005 Florence Williams |
The Axis of Eco Earth-friendly cool is everywhere, from Hollywood and innovative building design to hybrid cars and candy bars. You live, breathe, and play green already--so why not come full circle by bringing it all back home?  |
The Motley Fool July 17, 2009 Toby Shute |
Wal-Mart's Next Growth Initiative The firm promotes an ambitious index that could reshape retail. The retail giant has pursued one green initiative after another.  |
BusinessWeek January 29, 2007 Pete Engardio |
Beyond The Green Corporation Imagine a world in which eco-friendly and socially responsible practices actually help a company's bottom line. It's closer than you think.  |
Entrepreneur March 2009 JJ Ramberg |
Moving Made Cheaper and Greener Spencer Brown's Rent A Green Box takes the bite out of moving an office location -- both the cost and the waste.  |
Food Processing November 2010 |
DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation For 22 years, the polymer company has honored the best in new packages.  |
The Motley Fool August 28, 2007 Selena Maranjian |
The Green Giants of Wall Street Which companies are doing their part to help the environment? Investors, a few risks early on for eco-friendly firms may pay off later.  |
The Motley Fool May 4, 2011 Alyce Lomax |
This Common-Sense Change Makes Good Business Strategy Many companies are going green, but still struggling with how to get there.  |
Outside December 2006 Amanda Griscom Little |
Always Low Prices -- and Now Eco-Accountability When America's largest retailer, Wal-Mart, embraces environmentalism, we all benefit.  |
BusinessWeek April 10, 2006 Lorraine Woellert |
HP Wants Your Old PCs Back HP is pushing states to force recycling of TVs, computers, and other e-gear. Here's why.  |
Food Processing December 2007 David Feder |
It's Easier Being Green Sometimes, the wellness element of a food or beverage is what's on the outside.  |
PC Magazine March 6, 2007 Dan Costa |
Buy A Dell PC, Plant A Tree Today, you can send any Dell PC back to the company for recycling without paying a penny. If you buy a new Dell, the company actually sends someone to pick up your old PC.  |
Food Engineering December 1, 2006 Kevin T. Higgins |
Know the package score Wal-Mart execs unveil packaging scoreboard by which products will be judged... Food packages with secondary uses are becoming more upscale...  |
The Motley Fool January 13, 2010 Toby Shute |
Honk If You Love Fuel-Efficient Vehicles Stimulus cash revs up a promising R&D program for fuel-efficient vehicles.  |
Food Engineering November 1, 2006 Kevin T. Higgins |
Material suppliers seek sustainable advantage Sustainability may be the feel-good corporate buzzword of the year, but the vagueness of the term becomes even more murky when applied to packaging.  |
IEEE Spectrum August 2006 Willie Jones |
Hydrogen on Track While much attention has been focused on fuel-cell-powered passenger cars, a little-noticed but promising development has been taking place in rail transportation and heavy industry, where experiments with hydrogen-fuel-cell propulsion are well under way.  |