Macy's Inc. has reported a series of initiatives from 2002 through 2013 have resulted in a 38-percent reduction in the company's electricity usage and a 95-percent adoption rate of recycled or certified paper used in the company's marketing materials.
Coca-Cola and SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment expect SeaWorld's switch to PlantBottle plastic in its refillable cups to remove 35 metric tons of CO2 emissions annually, the companies say. The recyclable cup, using Coke's sustainable packaging technology, is now available in all SeaWorld and Busch Gardens parks across the U.S.
Investing in ways to become more environmentally friendly is good for business. It makes financial sense and helps to differentiate transport providers in an increasingly crowded market.
The Coca-Cola Co.'s $100m plant in China's South Harbin Industrial City, reportedly to be LEED-certified, is designed to accommodate nine production lines for both sparkling and still beverages, including Coca-Cola, Sprite, Fanta, Minute Maid and Ice Dew.
The total natural capital cost of plastic in the consumer goods industry is more than $75bn per year, according to research released by the Plastic Disclosure Project, the UN Environment Programme and natural capital analysts Trucost.
The Obama administration has taken its latest step away from the "all-of-the-above" energy strategy the president has professed to support, according to Jay Timmons, president and CEO of the National Association of Manufacturers.
Anheuser-Busch InBev pledged to reduce the company's carbon emissions in logistics operations by 15 percent by the end of 2017 against a 2013 baseline.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. doesn't do things on a small scale. So when it moved to expand its global sustainability effort, the retailing giant acted true to form.