Starbucks’ latest self-assessment of the impact of its operations on the globe — measured in terms of energy, the environment, communities and agriculture — reflects healthy progress, moderated by a dash of frustration on some challenging fronts. Call it: A…
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Meet the Change Makers: Tiffany’s Diamonds and Gold Get Greenish Sparkle With Stance Against Pebble Mine | OnEarth
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Q&A with the jewelry seller’s CEO, Michael J. Kowalski Most businesses hungrily pursue new sources of vital raw materials. Tiffany & Co., by contrast, has begun to forge a different path. In the last several years, the company has taken…
Meet the Change Makers: PUMA’s Sustainable Track Record | OnEarth
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The sportswear giant is first out of the starting block with an aggressive effort to track environmental performance PUMA has a long history of winning in dramatic style. At Beijing’s 2008 Olympic Games, Jamaica’s Usain Bolt savored his world record-setting…
Meet the Change Makers: How Verizon is dialing in efficiency | OnEarth
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Greening fleets, mining copper cables and tweaking data centers at Verizon Verizon can trace its technological roots back to the 1880s, when Alexander Graham Bell’s invention first relayed voices between Manhattan and Boston. Now, as then, the New York-based company…
Meet the Change Makers: Maersk Gets Shipshape | OnEarth
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How the world’s largest shipping line orders up efficiency. Maersk Line executive Jacob Sterling tells us how. If global commerce has a circulatory system, it’s the network of thousands of container vessels that ply the world’s oceans, moving goods from port…
Meet the Change Makers: Steering Ford Toward Sustainability | OnEarth
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A focus on efficiency helps Ford pull away from the Detroit pack. Executive Sue Cischke explains how. In the long history of U.S. automakers, green strategy and profitability have rarely gone hand in hand –until, that is, Henry Ford’s great-grandson…
Meet the Change Makers: The New Pepsi Challenge | OnEarth
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Bringing sustainability to the soda and snack food aisles Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of OnEarth Q&As with business leaders who are transforming their industries. Since the days when Pepsi challenged Coke to a long-running public taste-off, the cola wars have…
Patagonia Takes Fashion Week as a Time to Say: ‘Buy Less, Buy Used | GreenBiz
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In a novel bid to lower the environmental impact of its products, outdoor-gear maker Patagonia is telling its customers to “Buy less, buy used.” To make it easier for them to do so, the Ventura, Calif.–based outfitter set up an online marketplace…
PepsiCo’s Water-Saving Mission Flows Beyond Its Factories | GreenBiz
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When it comes to water issues, PepsiCo‘s fizzy drinks tend to get all the attention. But the company is also a huge manufacturer of snack foods. Its food operations, PepsiCo is finding, offer huge potential to save water — including going…
With its First-Ever CSO, UPS Kicks Sustainability Up to the C-Suite | GreenBiz
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Scott Wicker started at United Parcel Service, Inc. on his first day of college in 1977. The job was part of a deal with his dad: If Wicker could help support his own expenses, his dad would cover housing costs…