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A recent annual survey into the carbon reduction efforts by suppliers has revealed that business leaders dread the potential impact of emissions legislation on their activities. The survey, carried out by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), a transatlantic not for profit organization, covered responses of 144 supply companies to multinational corporations. Only 26% of the suppliers have actual plans in place to achieve greenhouse gas reductions. But more than double that number (58%) was tracking their emissions. Around 33% of all the surveyed suppliers has a dedicated board member in place dealing with climate change issues.
Nevertheless almost all company bosses (96%) cited emisssions legislation as a major risk. The CDP survey focused on finding out what progress companies are making toward reducing their carbon footprint. The report underscored that business leaders in the supply chain area are most serious about measuring greenhouse gas emissions, which is an important first step.
CDP sends a climate change questionnaire annually to the largest publicly listed companies globally on behalf of investors. Companies report their emissions data using the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol - which is the most widely used international accounting tool for government and business leaders to understand, quantify, and manage greenhouse gas emissions. The organization represents 385 institutional investors with assets under management of $57 trillion.
Leading multinational manufacturers, members of the Carbon Disclosure Project’s Supply Chain Leadership Council, announced the results of their initial survey and effort to promote greenhouse gas emissions reporting and reduction throughout their supply chain networks.[read more]
The sustainability of computer bag companies probably hasn't been one of the eco-movement's largest worries, but it is great...[read more]
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The Carbon Disclosure Project through its Supply Chain Leadership Collaboration is working to extend businesses’ carbon footprint reporting and disclosure by developing and rolling out standard reports that leading global businesses will distribute to and work with supply chain partners to complete. [read more]
UPS has secured a lease for 42 electric three-wheeled utility vehicles with green in mind, as in the bengamins....[read more]
HP’s been a big proponent of a range of more environmentally sustainable business practices for quite some time now. Welcome news is that it is finding ways of doing a lot more in the way of recycling, and in rapidly industrializing China. An initial 31 HP equipment drop-off centers have been established in Chinese cities and more are coming, making it easier for individual consumers and SMBs to do their part in closing the product lifecycle loop.[read more]
Through the pioneering work of Dr. Cristiano Facanha of ICF International and Dr. Arpad Horvath of the University of California...[read more]
Do you ever wonder, is my garbage can the problem or am I? Say you had to go without...[read more]
Being in the sustainable business realm, it makes for interesting conversation with the relatives during the holidays. From the father...[read more]
Scott Leonard founded Indigenous Designs over 14 years ago on the backbone of imported fair trade organic clothing. When...[read more]
Renewable energy is all the big push these days and yet the sudden demand cannot be met thanks to...[read more]
How do we start to shift from large-scale, carbon-intensive, agribusiness produce to locally-produced fruits and vegetables in our grocery stores?...[read more]
Soft drinks - animal testing; come again? Earlier this year, Coca-Cola (Coke, Minute Maid, Fruitopia) and Pepsico (Pepsi, Tropicana, Gatorage)...[read more]
How many General Mills product developers does it take to envision a more sustainably produced Hamburger Helper? The geniuses came...[read more]
A few weeks ago, Hardee's and Carl's Jr. parent company, CKE Restaurants announced it will begin purchasing eggs and...[read more]
Sustainability consulting firm Natural Logic has announced they will present a four-part webinar series titled, Coming to Grips with...[read more]
On the heels of unveiling "Great Value" brand CFLs last week, Wal-Mart announced today that the company is working with...[read more]
Professionals for Responsible Supply Chain Management (PRiSM) will present a free "webinar" tomorrow at 10AM pacific time. PRiSM is an...[read more]
“Smithfield is taking a first step in phasing out crates for pigs, but I’m concerned about 1) the lack of...[read more]
In Europe, pressure to have verifiable quality ratings recognized throughout the European Union has corporations working hard to obtain the...[read more]
Wal Mart Stores plan to double their organic grocery offerings next month, in addition to a strong commitment to responsibly...[read more]
LOHAS Weekly reports that Levi Strauss has published a list of all contract factories that produce their various branded products....[read more]
Your company might be as responsible and sustainable as you can make it, but that means very little if you've...[read more]
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