Sustainable Business Practices

Sustainable Business Practices

Discover the sustainable business practices that are becoming the tipping point of corporate responsibility.

  • Costco store

    Costco speaks out on veal supplier's tactics

    Wed, Sep 01, 2010 5:22 PM by Sarah Skidmore, AP

    Mercy for Animals released video last week of calves' mistreatment at Buckeye Veal Farm in Apple Creek, Ohio.

  • Opportunity Green 2010 in Los Angeles

    Wed, Sep 01, 2010 1:07 PM by Melissa Hincha-Ownby

    MNN readers are eligible for a 30% discount on their ticket to the Opportunity Green business conference in Los Angeles.

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  • General Electric and the environment

    GE and the environment

    Wed, Sep 01, 2010 12:10 PM

    Company has invested roughly $5 billion in its Ecomagination project.

  • Trader Joe's storefront

    Trader Joe's offers food, produce -- and mystery

    Sat, Aug 28, 2010 4:14 PM by Katherine Butler

    Executives keep a tight lid on the secret to successfully selling grocery staples to the masses.

  • Microsoft cafeteria building at the Redmond campus.

    Microsoft and the environment

    Fri, Aug 27, 2010 5:18 PM

    Company is working to create greener data centers and office workstations.

  • Green online meetings are more and more popular.

    Green online meetings

    Fri, Aug 27, 2010 11:50 AM by Heidi Hill

    How virtual meeting technology helps save the day—and the planet

  • Bamboo packaging for Dell products

    Dell and bamboo packaging

    Wed, Aug 25, 2010 4:44 PM

    Company continues to increase its use of sustainable packaging material.

  • Pollution from smokestacks

    Measuring carbon footprint is not a high priority

    Mon, Aug 23, 2010 11:45 AM by Melissa Hincha-Ownby

    Study of 200 financial managers at major companies in the U.K. reveals that measuring the company's carbon footprint is not a high priority.

  • lone, rural mailbox in a green field

    The U.S. Postal Service goes green

    Fri, Aug 20, 2010 9:19 AM by Katy Rank Lev

    Postal service expands recycling, energy efficiency, and other sustainability programs.

  • Coca-Cola bottle ready for recycling.

    Coca-Cola and recycling

    Wed, Aug 18, 2010 3:16 PM

    The company has started several new programs to spur recycling among consumers.

  • America's greenest college campuses 2010

    Mon, Aug 16, 2010 12:16 PM by Melissa Hincha-Ownby

    The Sierra Club releases its Cool Schools 2010 list, and Vermont's Green Mountain College earns the top spot.

  • Johnson & Johnson’s BAND-AID brand switched from using a non-certified paperboard for its packaging to a sustainable material that is certified by the Forest Stewardship Council.

    Johnson & Johnson and the environment

    Fri, Aug 13, 2010 3:41 PM

    Company expects to have 20 solar installations by year's end.

  • Coca-Cola and water conservation

    Wed, Aug 11, 2010 5:12 PM

    Company remains committed to improving water use efficiency.

  • Publix supermarkets to offer online ordering

    Wed, Aug 11, 2010 1:02 PM by Starre Vartan

    Can Southeast-based grocery succeed in profiting where so many others have failed?

  • Doomed trees turned into cherished furniture

    Tue, Aug 10, 2010 9:40 PM by Katherine Butler

    Seth Meyer and John Wells make custom pieces from trees felled from disease or storms.

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