5.5%

The percent of average corporate earnings in 2001 that US chemical companies will face - absent changes - in CO2 emissions costs under the American Clean Energy and Security Act that was passed by the House this summer, according to research firm TruCost Plc.

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The increase in the number of cartons per pallet (from 120 to 300) that one telecommunications company was able to achieve by redesigning its product packaging for a specific SKU, according to Tom Blanck of Adalis, on a Videocast this week from SCDigest on packaging optimization (to view On-Demand version, please go to: Thinking Inside the Box: Packaging and Supply Chain Optimization)

The percent of large companies that said they either had open requisitions or had plans to expand head counts in the Green Supply Chain/Sustainability area, according to a recent survey by GreenBiz. That's up from 8% in late 2008.

The year at which the CO2 "cap" legislated in the American Clean Energy and Security Act really takes a nose-dive, while being relatively benign for businesses until then. Some are comparing that approach with a "balloon" mortgage.