supply chain management

Wind

Guilt-free chocolate? Nestle cuts ribbon on new wind farm

Food giant says new onshore wind farm will power half of its factories, offices, and warehouses in the UK and Ireland

clock 03 July 2018 • 1 min read

Supply chain

Tesco, CVS Health and Target join green supply chain scheme

Retailers sign up to CDP programme, promising to work with their suppliers to cut carbon emissions

clock 26 June 2018 • 2 min read

Carbon Accounting

Interface goes all in on 'carbon neutral' flooring

Carpet giant's entire range has now secured carbon neutral status across its complete product lifecycle

clock 11 June 2018 • 1 min read

Skills

In the Green Room with.... Smurfit Kappa's Steven Stoffer

Packaging giant's group vice president of development Steven Stoffer on milking cows, working in 'for-profit sustainability', and why his superpower would be to have 'frosty breath'

clock 10 June 2018 • 4 min read

Energy

Meet the green energy giant you've never heard of

BusinessGreen sits down with GFG Alliance's Jay Hambro to talk 'radical' biomass, tidal troubles, and the growth of green steel

clock 07 June 2018 • 12 min read

Management

In the Green Room with... Walmart's Laura Phillips

Walmart's senior vice president of global sustainability Laura Philips on teamwork, targets, and unwinding on two wheels

clock 14 May 2018 • 5 min read

Management

Are sustainable certifications worth the paper they are written on?

Campaigners argue labelling schemes certifying provenance of textiles, fish and palm oil are 'failing the environment and consumers'

clock 02 May 2018 • 6 min read

Carbon Accounting

Sweet dreams? Hotel group behind Novotel, Mercure and Ibis rolls out greener linens

Hospitality giant to stock cohort of mid-range and budget hotels with natural coloured towels, robes and bedlinens in bid to cut carbon footprint

clock 25 April 2018 • 2 min read

Carbon Accounting

AB Sugar promises green packaging and carbon cuts

In its first sustainability report the world's largest sugar producer promises all its plastic packaging will be reusable, recyclable, bio-degradable or compostable by 2030

clock 22 April 2018 • 1 min read

R&D

Reports: AB Inbev invents low-carbon beer bubbles

World's largest brewer claims it can make fizzy beer without needing to boil water and hops

clock 12 April 2018 • 1 min read