Want to Shop Greener? Seven Ways to Snag a Deal and Save the Planet

Congress may still be debating how to deal with climate change, but retailers and manufacturers aren’t waiting. Taking cues from customers, these businesses are embracing, big-time, eco-friendly standards and products.

While sustainable products make up less than one-fifth of all items on the market these days, they’re driving one-third of all growth seen among consumer goods, ranging from skincare to milk, according to New York University’s Stern Center for Sustainable Business. In fact, one in every two new consumer products brands might be considered green, or partly green.