The Executive’s Daily Green Briefing

Archive for December, 2006

Green Ad Agencies Carve Out Niche

Green Ad Agencies Carve Out Niche
Advertising companies that specialize in green marketing are becoming more plentiful, but it doesn't mean they're landing big clients, The New York ...

Chicago Pilots Solar Bus Shelters, Rubber Sidewalks

Chicago Pilots Solar Bus Shelters, Rubber Sidewalks
Chicago officials unveiled a solar-powered bus shelter and a 550-foot sidewalk made of recycled rubber this week, the Chicago Tribune reports. The ...

Wyoming School Meets LEED Standards

Wyoming School Meets LEED Standards
A new elementary school in Greybull, Wyoming, will be the only one in the state built according to LEED standards, the Casper Star ...

MHA & GreenTech Anticipate $1.5 Million in Energy Savings

MHA & GreenTech Anticipate $1.5 Million in Energy Savings
Millville, New Jersey Housing Authority commissioners inked an energy services contract with GreenTech Energy Services which is expected to save them ...

Syngenta to Pay $1.5 Million for Bt 10 Distribution

Syngenta to Pay $1.5 Million for Bt 10 Distribution
Syngenta Seeds has agreed to pay a $1.5 million penalty to EPA for selling and distributing seed corn that contained ...

NY State Police Deploy Fuel Cell Backups

NY State Police Deploy Fuel Cell Backups
The New York Power Authority is working with the New York State Police in a $434,000 program to deploy fuel ...

Businesses Promote Eco-Friendly Stance with RecycleBank

Businesses Promote Eco-Friendly Stance with RecycleBank
Companies have a way to market eco-friendly attitudes by teaming up with RecycleBank, a company that tries to get households to recycle ...

Top 10 Eco Business Ideas of 2006

Top 10 Eco Business Ideas of 2006
Springwise has an article (via Sustainablog) on its top 10 eco & sustainability business ideas of 2006. Number one was ...

United Technologies Joins Chicago Climate Exchange

United Technologies Joins Chicago Climate Exchange
United Technologies has committed to join the Chicago Climate Exchange. By joining CCX, United Technologies has committed to cut its ...

Goldman Sachs Awards Environmental Research Grants

Goldman Sachs Awards Environmental Research Grants
As part of its environmental overhaul last year, Goldman Sachs founded the Goldman Sachs' Center for Environmental Markets to examine market-based solutions ...

Big-Time Green Sponsorship Opportunity with Global Green USA

Big-Time Green Sponsorship Opportunity with Global Green USA
Brad Pitt and Global Green USA are building a sustainable community in New Orleans and are looking for cornerstone partners who will ...

W&M Construction Converts Fleet to Hybrids

W&M Construction Converts Fleet to Hybrids
W&M Construction of Stamford, Conn., is converting its entire fleet of Dodge Ram pickups and Dodge Durangos to Ford Escape ...

Study: RWE’s Corporate Value at Risk from Carbon Price

Study: RWE’s Corporate Value at Risk from Carbon Price
German power producer RWE could lose up to 17 percent of its value if its business strategies fail to take into ...

EPA Aims for Additional Toxic Emissions Reductions

EPA Aims for Additional Toxic Emissions Reductions
To provide incentives for reduced air toxic emissions, EPA is proposing to amend what are known as the "General Provisions" to ...

C&A Floorcoverings Replaces Boiler Diesel with Biodiesel

C&A Floorcoverings Replaces Boiler Diesel with Biodiesel
C&A Floorcoverings, a Tandus company, is meeting the goals of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 by replacing diesel used ...

MidAmerican Completes Victory Wind Project

MidAmerican Completes Victory Wind Project
MidAmerican Energy’s 99-megawatt Victory Wind Project in west central Iowa is on-line. The company now owns and operates 459.5 megawatts of wind energy ...

Outdoor Retailer Promotes Sustainable Practices

Outdoor Retailer Promotes Sustainable Practices
Outdoor Retailer, an outdoor industry trade event, has taken steps to promote sustainable practices at its Winter Market 2007, First Tracks ...

SCE Signs Largest-Ever U.S. Utility Wind Energy Contract

SCE Signs Largest-Ever U.S. Utility Wind Energy Contract
Southern California Edison has signed a wind energy contract with Alta Windpower Development, a subsidiary of Allco Financial Group of ...

UK Offices Waste Enough Energy Over Xmas to Cook 4.4m Turkeys

UK Offices Waste Enough Energy Over Xmas to Cook 4.4m Turkeys
The amount of energy used by office equipment -? PCs, printers, photocopiers and fax machines -? left on standby over the holidays is enough ...

U.S., EU Ink New Energy Star Agreement for Office Equipment

U.S., EU Ink New Energy Star Agreement for Office Equipment
The European Union and the U.S. will continue the Energy Star program for office equipment for another five years. Based on the energy efficiency criteria ...

Today's News

Using Green IT To Get Out Of The Red And Into The Black

Using Green IT To Get Out Of The Red And Into The Black

Today's combination of dwindling natural resources, economic uncertainty, and the growing threat of global warming underscores the urgent need to embrace "being ... continue »

Measuring, Managing, Saving: Making Energy Efficiency Visible
Lean And Clean With Green Purchasing
‘Recyclable’ Is So Last-Century
Successfully Enticing LOHAS Consumers to Grocery Stores
U.S. Lags Behind On Green Consumption And Behavior

U.S. Lags Behind On Green Consumption And Behavior

The National Geographic Society and the international polling firm GlobeScan have unveiled a new mechanism for measuring and comparing individual consumer behavior ...

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Green Marketing Campaigns Not Sticking
eCommerce Goes Green
82% Of Execs Say Climate Change Will Alter Their Business Models
Tour Of Citigroup’s Green Skyscraper

Tour Of Citigroup’s Green Skyscraper

Joe Sprouls gives a tour of Citigroup's $310 million Green Skyscraper.

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China’s Plastic Bag Crackdown Is Windfall For Cloth Bag-Makers
Customer CSR Expectations Top Of Mind For CEOs
DuPont On Sustainable Packaging
The Bottom Line

Marketing

Adam Werbach’s Answer To Consumerism’s Global Warming Blues

Green Marketing Campaigns Not Sticking

Green-Themed Email Marketing Sees Big Bump

Emissions

Companies Respond To Climate Change Shareholder Resolutions

Starwood Going Green With Element Hotels

Environmental Throwdown At Duke Shareholders’ Meeting

Hi-Tech

Using Green IT To Get Out Of The Red And Into The Black

Cutting The Internet’s Carbon Footprint

Report: Data Center Energy Efficiency Needs To Double By 2012

Efficiency

Virtual Hotel Aims To Improve Industry Sustainability

Popularity Of Energy Efficiency Utilities Grows

EBay Tops List Of Largest Solar Installations In San Jose

Manufacturing

Ford Racks Up Another Environmental First

China’s Plastic Bag Crackdown Is Windfall For Cloth Bag-Makers

IBM, GSK, Herman Miller See Healthy ROI From Green Purchasing

Carbon Offsets/RECs

Enel Buys $232 Million Of Carbon Credits From China’s Wuhan Steel

RGGI Cap And Trade To Go Online Sept. 10

NAM, ACCF: Lieberman-Warner Bill Will Cost U.S. Big

CSR Reports

Brazilian, Indian Companies Dominate GRI Reporting Awards

CSR: Chevron To Invest $2.5B in Alternative, Renewable Energy Tech

Colgate-Palmolive Improves Production Efficiency

Major Players

Tour Of Citigroup’s Green Skyscraper

Food Services Industry Hammered On Climate Performance

HP Partners With Calif. On Print Cartridge Recycling

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