GREEN INSIDE AND OUT.

The article focuses on environmental responsibilities of distributors in the electronics industry. According to Barry Litwin, senior vice president for marketing at Newark, aside from improving their competitiveness, they see it as a sound business practice. Electronic distributors have embedded environmental policies into their corporate culture, practicing everything from paper and package recycling to reducing their carbon footprint, according to the author. The investment community is also rewarding companies with good environmental responsibility recordings, the author said.