Items Tagged with "Carbon Footprint"
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Are Energy Credits and Green Claims Smoke and Mirrors?
Renewable energy credits (RECs) allow green energy providers to sell more than their power ––essentially they are also selling the environmental benefits of the cleaner energy they are providing.Companies trying to reduce their carbon footprints purchase RECs, and the derived revenue is
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FIJI Water's Carbon-Negative Claims Land it in Hot Water
A Southern California woman who claims FIJI Water’s carbon-negative claims are false and misleading has filed a class-action lawsuit against the company.The lawsuit was filed on Dec. 20 in the U.S. District Court in Santa Ana on behalf of Desiree Worthington by the Newport Trial Group. The cla
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U.K. Supermarket Group Launches Aggressive Sustainability Plan
The Co-Operative Group encourages customers to Join The Revolution as it announced what it called “the most radical sustainability program in U.K. corporate history.”The company said is pledges to meet “the toughest operational carbon reduction targets of any major business, and th
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Walmart Reduces Carbon Footprint by Reinventing a Few Products
Andy Wunde, an Associate in Environmental Defense Fund’s Corporate Partnership Program, is working with Walmart to help it reach its 20 million metric ton greenhouse gas reduction goal over the next fie years.What has impressed Wunde most, according to a column he recently penned for GreenBiz.
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Port of Seattle Continues to be the Green Gateway for Trade
Seattle -- A recently updated study shows that the Port of Seattle once again offers the lowest carbon footprint for containers moving from Asia to theMidwest. The 2011 "Carbon Footprint Analysis for the Asia to North AmericaIntermodal Trade," conducted by the maritime firm Herbert Engineering Corp
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Kraft Foods Maps its Total Environmental Footprint
As Kraft Foods measured it climate change impacts it discovered that more than 90 percent of it carbon footprint is outside its plants and offices, and nearly 60 percent is from farm commodities.The environmental survey conducted in partnership with Quantis Inc. and reviewed and analyzed by World Wi
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Colgate Meets Goals for Carbon Emissions, Water Use, Energy and Waste Water Loading
Colgate-Palmolive surpassed goals of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 5 percent and water use by 25 percent from 2002 to 2010. Reductions posted were actually 7.8 percent and 34.6 percent respectively, according to the company’s 2011 sustainability report.In that same time fame, the company
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Coca-Cola Details Carbon and Water Footprint Reductions
Atlanta-based Coca-Cola Enterprises’ (CCE) new sustainability report outlines the company’s new vision, commitments and more challenging targets that lie ahead.CCE has outlined 37 targets in each of its seven focus areas, but said it want to particularly lead the industry in energy and c
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Office Depot Showcases Smaller, Greener Store in Oregon
Office Depot has been rolling out smaller store formats across the U.S., as part of its strategy to reduce energy, its carbon footprint and overall expenses while boosting shopper convenience. The retailer just opened its first such store in the Pacific Northwest, which is also highlights the chain&
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Kroger Cuts Carbon Footprint by 2 Percent
The Kroger Co. reduced its carbon footprint by 2 percent in 2011 compared to 2010 levels, and continues to meet many of its sustainability benchmarks, according to its sixth annual report.With its energy management initiatives, the grocer has saved more than 2.34 billion kilowatt hours of electricit
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PepsiCo Teams With University to Develop High Speed Carbon Calculator
PepsiCo teamed up with Columbia University’s Earth Institute to create a carbon calculator that can measure the carbon footprint of thousands of products simultaneously.For a company such as PepsiCo with more than 20 brands and hundreds of consumer packaged goods products, such a tool could sa
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C&S Wholesale Grocers Renews Climate Commitment
The country’s largest food wholesaler, C&S Wholesale Grocers, said it is working with the The Conservation Fund’s Go Zero programs to reduce its carbon footprint.C&S is working with program to measure the carbon emissions from key facilities, and then offset those emissions by pl
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Office Depot Receives EPA's Climate Leadership Award
Office Depot Inc. has been recognized with a Climate Leadership Goal Achievement Award for Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Center for Corporate Climate Leadership, the Association of Climate Change Officers, the Center for Cli
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Stop & Shop Outlines Carbon Reduction Progress
Quincy, Mass.-based Stop & Shop, a division of Ahold USA, announced sustainability advancements in Massachusetts, in particular its progress in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the state where it currently operates 131 stores.The company also renewed its partnership with the Environmen
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Weis Markets Reduces Carbon Footprint by 15 percent
Weis Markets has released its first corporate sustainability report, which highlights how it has and continues to reduce its environmental footprint.“Five years ago, we embarked on a systematic sustainability program that reinforces our commitment to being a good neighbor in the communities we
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CVS Carbon Intensity Down 7 Percent Since 2010
CVS Caremark’s carbon intensity has decreased by 7 percent since 2010, which is nearly half way to its declared goal of a 15 percent reduction by 2018, according to the drug chain’s newly released corporate social responsibility report.The retailer has achieved these goals even as it has
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Colgate-Palmolive Shares Progress on Sustainability Strategy
Colgate-Palmolive reduced energy use and carbon emissions per ton of production by about 15 percent compared to 2005, and was named a U.S. EPA ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year for the third year in a row, according to the company’s new 2012 Sustainability Report.During the year, Colgate also la
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