May, 2007
Companies Step Up Efforts To Trim Packaging
With Wal-Mart Stores helping to push a repackaging trend along by encouraging its 66,000 suppliers to reduce their packaging starting next year as part of its goal of cutting overall packaging five percent by ...
GM Sees Volt As iPod-Like Product To Take Down Prius
By 2005, GM's top executives were convinced it could get sales moving again by turning around its reputation on fuel economy and the environment, the Wall Street Journal reports.
To differentiate its ...
U.S. Could Clash With G8 Over Climate Deal
Germany and some of its partners in the Group of 8 leading industrial economies are bracing for a major conflict with the U.S. at a summit meeting next week, with the Bush administration ...
Williams-Sonoma, American Girl, Others Add DMA’s Recycling Logo
Beginning this summer, member companies of the Direct Marketing Association can add "Recycle Please" logos to their catalogs and direct mail pieces.
The logo will direct consumers to the Association's Recycle Please Web ...
NBC Universal Gets Large Dose Of Ecomagination
Nau’s Success Depends On Getting People Out The Door
Apparel startup Nau launched a new clothing line this spring made entirely of recycled polyester, certified organic fabrics, and biodegradable corn fiber. Because the fabrics are 25 percent to 30 percent more expensive than those used by ...
100 Swiss Re Employees Use ‘CO You2 Reduce and Gain’ Subsidy
About 100 Swiss Re employees have received payouts under its CO You2 Reduce and Gain program, that was launched at the beginning of the year, BusinessGreen Blog reports. That's about one percent of ...
Exxon Investors Want Boskin Removed Over Climate Issues
Paramount Installs Largest Privately-Owned, Operating Solar Plant In U.S.
Paramount Farms, a supplier of pistachios and almonds, has opened a 1.1 mega-watt, $7.5 million solar plant in California's San Joaquin Valley. Spanning eight acres, it is the largest privately-owned, operating solar plant in ...
FT, Citi Launch Carbon Efficiency Award
Neenah Paper Joins the Chicago Climate Exchange
Sony Buys Geothermal For Tokyo’s Sony Building
Lexus Hybrid Ad Banned For Misleading Environmental Claims
A Lexus magazine ad campaign for the Lexus RX 400h has been banned by the UK's advertising watchdog, MediaGuardian reports. The ad headline read: "High performance. Low emissions. Zero guilt."
Complainants made to the Advertising ...
Wal-Mart Is Company Most Linked To Blog Sustainability Discussions
Wal-Mart is the corporation most linked with blog posts that mention "sustainability," according to Nielsen BuzzMetrics Sustainability Monitor. Wal-Mart was mentioned in 1.77 percent of the 356,403 messages about sustainability measured between 3/15/06 ...
Wine Industry’s Green Movement Heads To Retail & Distribution
JJ Buckley says it has become the first wine retail and distribution company to offset all of the carbon emissions from their day-to-day operations. Activities like product shipping receiving, travel, office electricity, and all ...
GE Green Sales Double
P&G’s Small Bottles Could Have Big Impact On Sustainability
Starting in the fall, Procter & Gamble will replace all its $4 billion liquid detergents portfolio in North America, which includes such brands as Tide, Gain, Cheer, Era and Dreft, with double-strength laundry detergents ...
Survey: LEGO, IKEA Have Best Corporate Reputations
Denmark’s LEGO is the world’s most respected company according to the Reputation Institute's annual report which surveyed more than 60,000 consumers in 29 countries to measure the corporate reputations of 600 of the world’s ...
Decker Releases Interim Results On Two Million Mile B20 Test
Decker Truck Line is the first major trucking company to compare a soy biodiesel B20 blend to regular diesel in a comprehensive over-the-road test covering two million miles. Announced last fall, the Two Million ...
Marsh Forms Renewable Energy Team
Tesco Tackles Food Waste with Ethylene-Absorbing Strips
