Going Green!
Large companies are increasingly adopting environmental
stability as one of their mandates and are making conscious efforts to improve
their processes. These companies are taking a big-picture approach. They are
applying green supply chain management practices at every step of their product
life-cycle. A few of these companies and their goals and methods are discussed in this
write-up.
- eBay Eco-Initiatives
eBay is an online retail and auction site people all over
the world use to exchange and reuse goods rather than throwing them away. This
practice helps in lengthening the lifespan of these products.
They also have local community classified sections which can
be used by local people to sell and re-sell larger household appliances and
furniture. This ingenious process eliminates the need for shipping and
packaging, and keeps functional items out of landfills.
Further, to reduce the environmental of shipping goods from
one use to the other, the company partnered with the United States Postal
Service (USPS). Together, eBay and the USPS created a co-branded line of
environmentally friendly Priority Mail packaging that has earned Cradle-to-Cradle™
certification.
- Starbucks Stores Go Green
Starbucks is focusing on creating green stores and has been able to reduce both operating costs and
the environmental impact of its business practices. The company’s green
building strategy includes adjusting the temperature in air-conditioned stores
from the standard 72°F to 75°F, purchasing cabinetry made with 90%
post-industrial material and incorporating low-flow water valves.
- Walmart’s Environment Sustainability Goals
- To be supplied 100% by renewable energy
- To create zero waste
- To sell products that sustain people and the environment
- HP
Hewlett-Packard says it will
decrease its first-tier manufacturing and product transportation-related greenhouse
gas emissions intensity 20 percent by 2020, compared to 2010.
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