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Archive for May, 2007

Nike Plans To Be Carbon Neutral By 2011

Nike released its fiscal 2005 and 2006 Corporate Responsibility Report today. The company says it has exceeded its reduction targets for CO2 emissions over the last two years through the World ...

Wachovia Plans 300 ‘Green’ Branches

Wachovia plans to build only "green" financial centers by the end of next year and plans to build at least 300 "green" branches nationally by 2010, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Eight new offices in Los Angeles, ...

HSBC To Donate $100 Million For Climate Research

HSBC has created a five-year, $100 million partnership to fund climate research through The Climate Group, Earthwatch Institute, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and WWF. "By working with four of the world's most respected environmental organizations ...

Bush Proposes Plan To Reach Global Emissions Goal

President Bush is urging 15 major nations to agree by the end of next year on a global target for reducing greenhouse gases, The Boston Globe reports. ...

Outdoor Power Equiptment Faces Green Hurdles

Makers of powered outdoor equipment (all-terrain vehicles, snowblowers, etc.) are looking at alternative energy, but the equiptment is not economical to produce and it's not clear that consumers are willing to pay more for ...

EIA Framework Could Pave Way For Recycling Legislation

The Electronic Industries Alliance has released (via TreeHugger) a framework (PDF) that the aliance says paves the way for federal legislation establishing a national program for recycling household TVs ...

Burt’s Bees Proposes Industry Definition Of ‘Natural’

Burt's Bees has established its own standard to define natural personal-care products, vowing to follow its own rules as it works to get other players in the industry to endorse its ...

PSE&G To Replace 1,300 Vehicles With Hybrids

New Jersey's Public Service Electric and Gas plans to reduce its carbon emissions by more than 81,000 tons by replacing 1,300 vehicles with hybrids and making changes in other areas ...

Private Industry’s Green Purchasing Impacts Suppliers, Consumers

Companies like Wal-Mart, FedEx, Home Depot and Office Depot are flexing their corporate environmental power, extending their green policies beyond their own operations to impact suppliers and consumers, according to Medill ...

Epson Institutes New Paper Procurement Policy

Epson has launched a new procurement management policy and procurement standards focusing on paper products, including plain and photo papers developed for Epson printers. Epson says that the policy takes into consideration the ...

ITA Plans Green Manufacturing Day

The International Trade Administration has announced its intentions to organize a "Green Manufacturing Day" to "enhance public-private interaction in the field of sustainable manufacturing," IndustryWeek reports. The ITA notes that "at ...

Rohm and Haas Spends Half Of R&D Budget On Sustainability Efforts

Rohm and Haas Company will spend $150 million - roughly half of its nearly $300 million 2007 R&D budget - for  sustainability efforts, including new product development, energy efficiency and process improvements. Many ...

Report: Potential Of Energy Savings Certificates In Boosting Energy Efficiency

The Center for Resource Solutions has released a white paper entitled "The Potential for Energy Savings Certificates (ESC) as a Major Tool in Greenhouse Gas Reduction Programs." (PDF) The paper was ...

300 Schools On Green Building Council’s Certification Waiting List

Nearly 300 schools are on a waiting list for certification from the U.S. Green Building Council's school certification program, Associated Press reports. So many schools are going green that the council, ...

Home Depot To Plant 3 Million Trees As Part of $100 Million Pledge

The Home Depot Foundation announced a 10-year, $100 million commitment to support efforts to make communities healthier and more stable. In total, the pledge will support the development of 100,000 affordable, ...

Research: LOHAS To Double To $420 Billion By 2010

The $200 billion+ LOHAS industry (Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability) is on track to jump to $420 billion in just three years and then jump to $845 billion by 2015, according to the ...

Corporations Prepare for Cap-And-Trade

Congress hasn't come up with a plan for limiting greenhouse-gas emissions, but U.S. companies are wagering billions of dollars that it will, the Washington Post reports. Companies are making changes now as ...

HSBC Releases Corporate Responsibility Report

HSBC has released its 2006 corporate responsibility report (PDF). During 2006, HSBC's CO2 emissions per person increased due to "a change in the type of energy we were able to purchase ...

Air Canada Launches Voluntary Carbon Offset Program

Air Canada is introducing a program that lets consumers make voluntary carbon credit purchases to offset their air travel, CBC reports.   The Montreal-based airline is working with Zerofootprint to offer the carbon offsets. Delta recently ...

Microsoft Developing Ambassador Program To Promote i’m On Campuses

Microsoft is developing a brand ambassador network on college campuses nationwide to provide grassroots support for Microsoft’s i’m initiative. Every time a person starts a conversation using i’m (for instant messaging), Microsoft shares a ...

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