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Palm oil plantationLobby group claims UK firms may be sourcing palm oil from illegal plantations
12 May 2008
CottonSource claims supply chain issues hampered retailer's plans to buy organic cotton  02 May 2008
palm oil plantationFood giant to use palm oil certified as sustainable from this year in response to concerns over cash crop's role in rainforest deforestation  02 May 2008
Proctor & Gamble and Domtar have joined the WWF’s sustainable forests network  14 Apr 2008
New "guide of guides" aims to demystify sustainable forest product claims  07 Apr 2008
Green technology spending by American consumers is set to balloon in 2008  26 Mar 2008
Toys "R" Us and Wal-Mart pledge to cut lead levels in their toys  20 Feb 2008
Ecolabelling.org database to provide procurement professionals with information on competing green labelling schemes  28 Jan 2008
Energy giant confirms it has put up business electricity tariffs by an average of 21.5 per cent  10 Jan 2008
Investigation accuses retail giant of "no questions asked" approach to sourcing some timber products  17 Dec 2007
US retail giant commits to phase out use of PVC in packaging and products and embrace plastics labelling scheme  14 Dec 2007
But environmentalists claim proposals will be difficult to enforce and will not stop deforestation of tropical rainforests  23 Nov 2007
New voluntary scheme plans to verify and rate the quality of energy providers' "low carbon" tariffs  22 Nov 2007
US publishing giant turns over new leaf with targets for the use of recycled and FSC-certified paper  12 Nov 2007
Purchasing consortium for green products bolsters buying power as Wal-Mart and US mayors join world's 40 largest cities  05 Nov 2007
Watchdog warns customers to carry out thorough due diligence before installing renewable technologies  30 Oct 2007
A loophole in the hazardous substances directive could bite equipment buyers in the future  07 Nov 2006
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Mike Arenth of spend management software specialist Ariba argues that basic procurement management principles should be applied to drive green sourcing strategies.  16 May 2007
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