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October 15, 2009   » The Latest News: Staples and Dogwood Alliance Partner for Offset Project, Executive Order Pushes Sustainability, and More ...   » Featured News: A Green Supply Chain Starts in China   » Expert Insight from Our Blogs   » GreenBiz Radio: A Sneak Peek at the BSR Conference Sign Up Now for our FREE Newsletters »Subscribe Here THIS ISSUE'S SPONSOR A Note from the Editor By Eric Olson -- BSR Supply Chain Action Takes Center Stage   While the subject of addressing climate change impacts in company supply chains has received increasing attention over the past 12 to18 months, this issue of the ClimateBiz newsletter marks a new high point. This week it is all about the supply chain, from the U.S. to China, and across the public and private sectors.   Walmart is again at the center of the action, with major investments and initiatives aimed at reducing supplier emissions in China. In addition to providing substantial support to WRI for new accounting tools aimed at measuring and managing supply chain emissions, the retailer continues to implement a major initiative in southern China meant to reduce the emissions of 200 major suppliers by 20 percent over the next few years (see our feature story). Meanwhile, Staples and others are reaching all the way back to private timber landowners to provide incentives for conserving their forests and improving their management practices. Direct players in supply chain transport and logistics -- such as UPS and the Ports of Long Beach and L.A. -- also continue to innovate.   Nor is this restricted to the private sector. A new Executive Order from the White House orders all U.S. Federal Agencies -- representing more than 500,000 buildings and 600,000 vehicles (!) -- to establish new greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets for 2020, and apply new green procurement policies to their enormous annual spend with vendors and contractors. Eric Olson is senior vice president of advisory services at BSR.    From the ClimateBiz Newswire Staples and Dogwood Alliance Form Unlikely Forestry Offset Partnership By ClimateBiz Staff Former foes Staples Inc. and the nonprofit Dogwood Alliance are joining forces for a pilot project meant to give landowners in the southern U.S. the chance to earn money by conserving their forests and changing their management practices. ... Read More Executive Order Firmly Commits Federal Agencies to Sustainability UPS to Offer Per-Package Carbon Offsets Leading US Companies Descend on DC to Urge Senate Action on Climate Bill Apple Becomes Latest Company to Abandon U.S. Chamber Over Climate Raytheon Ups the Ante With New Climate Change Goal EPA to Require Large Emitters to Use Best GHG-Reduction Technologies L.A. Ports Program Adds 5,500 Clean Trucks in a Year Schneider Helps Macy's Trim 'Empty' Shipping Miles Walmart to Help Fund Green Supply Chain Research    Featured News A Green Supply Chain Starts in China By Laura Ediger and Ryan Schuchard For companies looking to increase their supply chain’s energy efficiency, China is a good place to start because it is a key location for energy-intensive manufacturing and its rank as the world's top emitter, which makes it more likely it will face regulatory pressure to improve its performance. This guide from BSR is imed at helping firms create energy efficiency programs in their operations and supply chains in China.... Read More Sponsored Content Experts needed CSA Standards is launching a new GHG Quantifier Personnel Certification program. We are looking for your expertise to help beta test this program. If you are up for the challenge, please contact us.    GreenBiz Radio A Sneak Peek at the BSR Conference By Matthew Wheeland Aron Cramer, President and CEO of Business for Social Responsibility, offers a look at some of the issues that the forthcoming conference will address, from the ecological forces shaping the business world to telling the tale of sustainability in China.... Listen Sponsored Content Four free white papers to help you solve your data center management and power consumption issues: 1. PDUs: Power monitoring and environmental monitoring to improve uptime and capacity planning 2. Measuring Power in Your Data Center 3. 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