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IT giant issues directive demanding suppliers use less packaging after bloggers criticise wasteful shipping practices
12 May 2008
World Bank and IFPRI call for action on grain-based ethanol production to avert further food-price crisis
09 May 2008
Carbon Disclosure Project warns that suppliers will have to get used to requests for carbon data from their multinational customers
01 May 2008Prices, competition and customer service top water watchdog’s agenda
15 Apr 2008But experts praise IT giant's decision to disclose supply chain information, arguing it will lead to improved performance amongst suppliers
07 Apr 2008The water industry is to get guidance in estimating the CO2 cost of its operations
27 Mar 2008Huge growth in illegal logging is driven by Western demand for cheap garden furniture, according to a new report
26 Mar 2008Company to meet with Chinese suppliers later this year to demand they improve their environmental performance
18 Mar 2008As IHS splashes out $43.5m to bolster environmental reporting software portfolio
05 Mar 2008Partners of the multinationals involved in the WWF-backed Climate Savers Initiative can expect calls about what they are doing to cut emissions
18 Feb 2008Wal-Mart to tempt partners to go green with financial carrot, as Staples wields stick against Indonesian paper supplier
12 Feb 2008Report warns firms risking higher costs and regulatory crackdown by failing to address suppliers' emissions
05 Feb 2008Eleven multinationals to pilot scheme demanding carbon data from key suppliers
22 Jan 2008And not just on the trip back from the bar
17 Jan 2008IT giant urges other multinationals to embrace supply chain auditing best practices
17 Jan 2008Giant parachute-style technology promises to cut up to 15 per cent from shipping company's fuel bills
07 Jan 2008Move designed to tackle deforestation caused by expanding palm oil plantations
21 Nov 2007Greenpeace claims Nestle, Unilever and Procter & Gamble are all contributing to the destruction of precious Indonesian peat swamp forests through palm oil deployment
08 Nov 2007Plans to ban exports from companies that fail to meet environmental standards could lead to 10 per cent increase in production costs, official claims
25 Oct 2007Western companies are indirectly responsible for a large chunk of China's carbon footprint
19 Oct 2007Supermarket giant to transport wine shipments along Manchester Ship Canal as part of a scheme that will cut carbon emissions by 80 per cent
18 Oct 2007
Can Wal-Mart, the rampaging behemoth of Bentonville, ever really embrace sustainability? Joel Makower argues it can and it might just drag the rest of us along for the ride 24 Oct 2007
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