Apple released a list of its global suppliers for the first time last week, drawing both praise and criticism from industry watchdogs who have been urging the company to increase transparency in regards to its supply chain. ... View More
California’s major public utilities are the first in the country to launch a standardized tool providing customers a simple way to access their energy usage data. ... View More
Southwest Airlines has introduced a new cabin design expected to improve fleet efficiency and lower environmental impact. ... View More
Coca-Cola, Walt Disney Company and Johnson & Johnson are among the founding corporate members of the Innovations in Environmental Sustainability Council, a group of global companies coming together to address major sustainability challenges. ... View More
Major brands now have the option to operate their own corners of the World Wide Web, a development that is expected to foster greater competition and innovation online, while allowing organizations to strengthen ties with customers and other stakehol... View More
Fashion designer Titania Inglis has been awarded the 2012 Ecco Domani Fashion Foundation Award for Sustainable Design, according to Ecouterre. ... View More
Starbucks, Yum! Brands and Georgia-Pacific are among the founding members of the Paper Recovery Alliance, which aims to create solutions for the recovery and processing of used paper foodservice packaging. ... View More
SGS Consumer Testing Services announced the launch of what it says is the first carbon footprint labeling program for individual products manufactured and sold on international markets. ... View More
Software company Intuit released its first-ever sustainability report documenting the company’s progress since launching a corporate-wide sustainability program in 2007.At that time, the company set four goals for its internal operations and client... View More
With the publication of an updated environmental scorecard, Sprint is encouraging mobile phone manufacturers to increase the use of modular designs that will ultimately improve both the reparability and recyclability of devices. ... View More
The US Department of Energy is joining with governmental colleagues from around the world to launch a competition for the most energy efficient flat-panel television. ... View More
The 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) begins today in Las Vegas and has recognized ten consumer electronics products for innovation in Eco-Design and Sustainable Technologies. ... View More
Marks & Spencer is rolling out an innovative packaging technology expected to extend the refrigerated life of fresh fruit and reduce the amount of domestic food waste, according to The Guardian. ... View More
Owners of Kindle e-readers now have the option to power their devices in a sunny window. ... View More
Advances in mobile technology could do away with some eco-labels as an increasing number of consumer products are given smart barcodes, says consultant group Organic Monitor. ... View More
Lowe's, the world’s second-largest home improvement retailer, announced it is entering the emerging smart energy market, with a system called Iris that allows home energy management, automation, and monitoring. ... View More
If you did much holiday shopping online this year, you likely had to deal with pesky, loose-fill peanut packaging that is tough on the environment and difficult to dispose of or recycle.Packaging manufacturers Sealed Air claim to have solved the “p... View More
Walmart launched a sustainability blog this week, called The Green Room, with the stated purpose of developing a platform for an ongoing conversation with NGOs, suppliers and “others who want to share ideas and partner with us in helping people liv... View More
The Army is the first department in the Federal government to apply the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) framework for sustainability reporting in an effort to respond President Obama’s executive order to reduce the government’s energy consumpti... View More
Sustainability consulting firm Esty Environmental Partners, which counts Coca-Cola, FedEx and Xerox among its clients, re-launched this week as Viridis Strategy Group. ... View More