SAN DIEGO, CA — Companies that say their packaging will biodegrade in landfills as if that feature is a benefit are actually touting that they’re contributing to a system that hurts the environment. As more companies are marketing the fact that their wrappers, boxes and other packaging materials will break down in landfills, the Sustainable…
LAGUNA NIGUEL, CA — Innovation to help sustainability goals is coming from a variety of directions in some of the world’s largest companies, a panel of executives said today. The event, sponsored by IBM and Esty Environmental Partners at the beginning of the Fortune Brainstorm: Green conference in Laguna Nigel, Calif., brought together an impressive…
What does it mean to be green? In today’s society it is a word that can dichotomize or unite. Individuals use it to identify themselves as caring f or the environment. Corporations use it as a way to improve their images, a practice that is degrading its eco-friendly connotation. For some, it means reducing your…
Sustainability has become firmly planted in the food sector, as noted in the State of Green Business report. TIME even conjectured that the food movement stands to drive wider environmentalism. Consumers are increasingly demanding edibles that are better for people and planet, traceable and transparent in their production, likely due to mounting recalls and exposes on the…
Earlier this year, IFS North America conducted a study among manufacturing executives to find out how many of them are currently a part of a green supply chain. It turns out that about 77 percent of them were. Most of the rest expect to be a part of a green supply chain in the next…