Strategy

The nation's top retailers managed to hold on to their coveted spots even in the troublesome economy. But a new group of companies is sneaking onto the playing field, according to an annual ranking of retailers by sales.

Starting this week, Sara Lee's board has initiated a process to select a new chief executive officer, looking at both internal and external candidates.

Being green isn't new to Kraft Foods, but senior leadership raised the bar significantly in the last three years, making sustainability a company-wide effort and setting aggressive goals. Here, Kraft Foods' VP of Sustainability Steve Yucknut shares big sustainability wins in four key areas, all of which have been made possible in part by a "greener" corporate culture.

A closer look at the Top 12 consumer goods companies on the Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index.

The Naturals by Safety 1st collection features natural baby care products that are made with pure ingredients that are renewable, plentiful resources found in nature.

The toy and game maker deploys Hara EEM to manage and optimize energy efficiency and natural resource consumption.

The acquisition creates the largest SAP consulting company for Small and Medium Sized Businesses in the UK.

Bear Naked, Kashi, Odwalla and Clif Bar helped TerraCycle to collect more than 1.5 million wrappers and pay charities nearly $32,000: TerraCycle also works with Elmer's, Scotch Tape, Sharpie, Paper Mate and EXPO brands to clean up the office products industry.