Sustainability

How one small business is finding ways to make environmentally-friendly products and money at the same time.

As of June 2010, 12 consumer goods companies landed in the top 20 percent of the Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index. Here, CGT connects you to the leaders, like Coca-Cola, Kraft and P&G, and highlights some of their larger green accomplishments to date.

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.

The maker of 100 percent recycled paper towels, bath tissue, facial tissue and napkins launches the Right to Know initiative.

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.

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

Hasbro CIO Denise Clark reveals plans for its eco-friendly supply chain.

Forhez reveals how best practices in logistics, product lifecycle management and IT can contribute to a more environmentally-friendly business model.