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The goal of Greening Retail is to help retailers reduce their environmental impact and, at the same time, save money and improve their bottom line. On the Greening Retail website, you will find out what some of the leading retailers around the world are doing. For example, you may download the latest Greening Retail research or search the database of over 500 environment best practices.
Retail Council of Canada is committed to driving the message of environmental sustainability through the whole of the retail industry. To that end, the association pays particular focus to the topics related to sustainability, engaging retailers across the country with effective and relevant information through its many communications. Click on the links below to visit RCC’s website, and to read the Canadian Retailer ‘Environmental Sustainability: Back to Basics’ issue in its entirety.
Click to read the Canadian Retailer Environmental Sustainability issue
Carbon49 is a blog on sustainability and climate change for Canadian businesses. Its goal is to help businesses in Canada mitigate the risks and create business values related to sustainability. Widely read and syndicated in Canada and around the world, many Carbon49 blog posts reach top rankings on Google News.
The Network for Business Sustainability is a Canadian non-profit that connects researchers and professionals interested in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). The organization produces authoritative resources on sustainability issues and management practice.
Walmart Canada's 6th annual Sustainable Packaging Conference was held on June 19, 2012 in conjunction with PACKEX, a packaging trade exhibition, in Toronto. Attendees discussed bioplastics, packaging recovery, the future of sustainable packaging and much more.
Founded in 1995, Canadian Business for Social Responsibility (CBSR) is a non-profit, member-led organization that works with Canadian companies to improve their social and environmental performance.
The mission of Green Retail Decisions is to help improve the profitability of retailers and their suppliers by providing actionable information and insights on best practices in sustainable retail and supply chain program development, marketing and implementation. As the first web based provider of targeted information for Green Retail executives, Green Retail Decisions is committed to delivering information and analysis related to sustainable retail news, trends and strategy.
In February 2010, twenty-four leading Canadian companies committed to launching one, major sustainable business project within the year while they were at the Walmart Green Business Summit. The projects could focus on waste, energy, water, or sustainable products and services. Click below to view the project results and case studies.
On February 10, 2010 Walmart Canada hosted a summit on sustainability, highlighting the very real business case for going green. Over 350 delegates gathered at the Pan Pacific Hotel in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia,to collaborate across industry sectors, and accelerate the implementation of profitable, environmentally sustainable business practices.