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Green is Lean: An Inside Look at Sustainable Purchasing at DHL Americas

Posted in Procurement, sustainability, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on July 26, 2010 | 1 Comment »

In our effort to explore green business issues and the impact sustainability has on organizations’ purchasing patterns, we are proud to interview  Wayne Evans, Senior Vice President for Procurement, the Americas, DHL.  During the interview, Wayne reflected on his team’s commitment to sustainability, and how he and his colleagues have found that green business practices [...]

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Proctor & Gamble’s Green Scorecard to Include Media and Marketing Firms

Posted in Data/Report, Green Marketing, sustainability, tagged , , , on May 24, 2010 | 2 Comments »

In a wake-up call for marketing services firms, Proctor & Gamble Co. unveiled its Supplier Environmental Sustainability Scorecard earlier this month, and, as Ad Age wrote, “neither advertising agencies nor media companies appear to be off the hook.” The environmental measures include: Energy usage Waste disposal, reduction and recycling Environmental regulatory compliance factors Also of [...]

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Excellent list of books on Greentech, Energy, and Sustainability – from the Harvard Business School Greentech and Sustainability Club

Posted in External Resources, sustainability, tagged , , , , , , , on October 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »

A friend of mine from Harvard Business School passed along the following list of books to aid one’s understanding of greentech, energy, and sustainability.  This list was shared with members of the Harvard Business School Greentech and Sustainability Club earlier this week, and I’m pleased to share it with readers of Sustainable Ink: General Cradle [...]

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Renewable energy and the economic slowdown

Posted in External Resources, Renewable Energy, sustainability, tagged , , , , , on November 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Ever since the economy really began to weaken and gas prices approached $3/gallon and then $2/gallon, there has been much commentary on businesses making cutbacks and slowing their implementation of sustainability efforts.  I have written that this time of economic crisis will separate the companies that are truly committed to good environmental stewardship from those [...]

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