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Asda, Tesco, Sainsbury’s to Cut Packaging Carbon Footprint 10% by 2012

Posted by Environmental Leader on 05/03/2010

Asda, Boots, Tesco and Sainsbury’s are some of the biggest UK retailers that have voluntarily agreed to reduce the carbon footprint of their grocery packaging by 10 percent by 2012, according to Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP). Cuts will be achieved through weight reduction, i ...

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M&S Product Portfolio to be 100% ‘Eco,’ ‘Ethical’ by 2020

Posted by Environmental Leader on 01/03/2010

UK retailer Marks & Spencer is stepping its plans to sell only items that have at least one “eco” or “ethical” attribute. By 2015, the retailer aims to have half its products meet that standard. By 2020, the goal is 100 percent.To meet the standard, products should car ...

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Air Liquide, BASF Top Chemical Industry Sustainable Value Ranking

Posted by Environmental Leader on 23/02/2010

Global chemical companies could gain about one billion Euro ($1.4 billion) in cash flow if they increase their sustainability performance, according to a new study that evaluates the performance of nine global chemical companies through 2004 to 2007.The study, “Sustainable Value Creation by ...

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World’s Biggest Companies Cause $2.2 Trillion in Environmental Damage

Posted by Environmental Leader on 22/02/2010

The estimated cost of environmental damage by 3,000 of the world’s biggest companies is about $2.2 trillion in 2008, according to a report to be released this summer, reports The Guardian. The biggest single impact was greenhouse gas emissions, which accounts for more than half of the total ...

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Tyson Foods, Cargill on Trial for Polluting Illinois Watershed

Posted by Environmental Leader on 19/02/2010

Eleven Arkansas poultry companies including Tyson Foods and Cargill are on trial for disposing of millions of tons of chicken litter by giving it to local crop farmers as fertilizer, which allegedly has harmed the Illinois watershed shared by Oklahoma and Arkansas as well as Lake Tenkiller, repor ...

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