Environmental Defense Fund

Does Wal-Mart's 2009 Sustainability Report Stand Up?

Ariel Schwartz — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:01:14 -0400

When it comes to sustainability, it's hard to be the world's largest public corporation. It oftentimes means tripling or quadrupling the green efforts of other large corporations just to get the same results. And according to its 2009 Sustainability Report, Wal-Mart has some lofty aspirations, including a 100% renewable energy supply and a zero waste policy.

First Sustainable Fishing Loan Program in the U.S. Launches at Google HQ

Ariel Schwartz — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:24:26 -0400

It's hard to keep that New Year's resolution to eat sustainable seafood with so many tasty endangered species on restaurant menus. But the Environmental Defense Fund's (EDF) California Fisheries Fund (CFF) could be the push that fisheries need to embrace eco-friendly practices.

Green Guru Gone Wrong: William McDonough

Danielle Sacks — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:45:14 -0400

The paparazzi should have been hiding in the hedges that evening. Cindy Crawford, Goldie Hawn, John Mayer, and some 50 other Hollywood and media types were gathered in the Malibu home of one of L.A.'s biggest power brokers, Universal Studios president Ron Meyer, and his wife, Kelly. The guest of honor at this 2005 dinner party: William McDonough. "He is," Kelly Meyer tells me later, "the environmental architect of our time."