This four-CDs set offers best practice advice on how to improve suppliers energy management, reduce water use, cut packaging costs, improve transport logistics and implement green procurement policies. The toolkit also contains exercises and worksheets to help businesses run seminars with suppliers to apply and measure resource efficiency programs. Free registration required. (Envirowise) Order now... READ MORE

This guide for business leaders shows how companies are encouraging innovation from suppliers as well as employees to deliver on commitment to sustainable performance. (Arthur D. Little) Download now... READ MORE

Five, in fact. Office Depot provides this online guide to help you make the business case for greening up around the office. Includes (surprise!) a shopping list of greener products on offer from Office Depot. Read more... READ MORE

Companies must redesign their supply chains for maximum efficiency - and the best way to do that is to collaborate on infrastructure, according this forward-thinking study. The report presents a new supply chain model in which companies work together to improve environmental and social performance while cutting costs and ensuring an uninterrupted supply line. (Global Commerce Initiative and Capgemini) Download now... READ MORE

Burt's Bees installed a sensor-activated conveyor at its Morrisville, N.C., distribution center that saves as much as 60% in energy costs. Download now (PDF)... READ MORE

This guide and resource kit offers reliable, accessible information to help sustainability officers and business procurement managers - especially major purchasers of wood and paper-based products - in their purchasing decisions. Key topics include regulatory issues, sustainable forest practices, sensitive ecosystems, climate change, social impacts, and the use of recycled fibers. (World Resources Institute and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development) Download now (PDF)... READ MORE