Catalog Cutdown

Top Sears Supplier Fails Government Audit on Logging Practices

Mon, 05 May 2008

As shareholders meet to assess Sears Holdings Corporation�s uncertain future, a new report outlines the unsustainable logging practices by Sears paper suppliers which have threatened Canada�s vulnerable caribou populations.

The Destructive Side of Sears [pdf]

Mon, 05 May 2008

Sears is one of America's most successful, iconic brands--but the value of that brand is eroding. As a key step in realigning public perception and restoring the company's reputation, we propose taking action on an issue that is high on the list of consumer concerns: environmental responsibility.

Crosslands Bulletin -- Gimme That Old-Time Activism

Sat, 22 Mar 2008

Sears lags behind its weak peers. Its environmental intentions (EI), reporting (ER), and performance (EP) and its social intentions (SI), reporting (SR), and performance (SR) are no match even against Target � measured by the Pacific Sustainability Index.

ForestEthics Launches �Do Not Mail� Campaign to Stop Junk Mail

Tue, 11 Mar 2008

Five years after the national Do Not Call Registry became the most popular consumer rights bill in history, conservation group ForestEthics launched its campaign for a Do Not Mail Registry today to give Americans the choice to stop wasteful, annoying and environmentally destructive junk mail that also fosters identity theft.

Plenty -- Gardening: So Much Botanical Porn

Wed, 16 Jan 2008

What started as a trickle of plant and seed catalogs is now a full-on deluge.

Austin Fox 7 -- The Future of Catalogs

Thu, 03 Jan 2008

Americans receive and throw away billions of pieces of junk mail each year, but catalog-based companies are facing increasing pressure to change the way they reach consumers.

TechSoup Blog -- The Other Side of Spam

Tue, 18 Dec 2007

Everyone knows that spam can waste your time, introduce viruses to your computer, and potentially lure you into a costly, life-ruining Nigerian 419 scam.

Salon.com -- Stop junk mail for good

Mon, 17 Dec 2007

You'd think that with all the spam floating around the Internet these days, good old-fashioned junk mail, the kind that clogs your home's mailbox and the nation's landfills, might be a thing of the past.

CNBC -- So, "Where America Shops," Trees Are Dying?

Mon, 17 Dec 2007

I haven't leafed through a catalog all year. In fact, catalogs go straight from my mailbox to the recycle trash bin.

Dallas Morning News -- Retailers back curbing mailing lists

Sun, 16 Dec 2007

It's beginning to sound a lot like Christmas. No, not sleigh bells. The thud of catalogs landing in mailboxes.

Ashbury Park Press -- Opting out can cut clutter of catalogs

Thu, 13 Dec 2007

A few weeks ago, my mailbox exploded. No, it wasn't a cherry bomb. It was something far more insidious � catalogs.

Grinnell Scarlet & Black -- Naughty or nice? Hildebrand takes Sears to task

Fri, 07 Dec 2007

It's only recently that I've realized I am an environmentalist.

TreeHugger.com -- Forest Ethics' "Naughty and Nice" List of Treekillers

Fri, 07 Dec 2007

It is only the 7th and we are tired of Christmas references. Now Forest Ethics has released its "naughty and nice" list with Sears coming in dead last.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Reader Blog -- Green Gal: The "Naughty and Nice" List Revealed!

Fri, 07 Dec 2007

Sorry, I could get ahold of Santa's actual list... But ForestEthics recently released its 2007 Catalog Industry Environmental Scorecard, a holiday-themed list that ranks catalog companies as "Nice," "Checking Twice" or "Naughty" based on their sustainable forest and paper policies.

Environmental Leader -- Forest Ethics Releases Naughty And Nice List, Gives Sears Lump Of Coal

Fri, 07 Dec 2007

Forest Ethics and its Catalog Cutdown campaign have released its annual Naughty and Nice list, which grades catalog senders on environmental paper practices.