May, 2007
ExxonMobil Releases CSR Report, Faces Transparency Questions, Again
Exxon Mobil Corporation has released its 2006 Corporate Citizenship Report.
According to the report:
The company says CO2 emissions were reduced by about 8 million metric tons last year as a result of energy efficiency improvements ...
Philips Nabs ‘Global Lighting Partner for Live Earth’ Tag
Live Earth and Royal Philips Electronic have formed a global partnership that enables Philips to join the Live Earth global concert.
It's not clear in the press release exactly what kind of exposure ...
Real Estate Agents Seek Certification As ‘EcoBrokers’
More than 1,000 real-estate agents have taken a $395 course, offered by John Beldock, director of environmental analysis for the Department of Energy for three years until 1992, on the basics of what makes a ...
Pfizer, Goldman Sachs Founding Members Of New Sustainable Business Forum
Goldman Sachs and Pfizer are founding members of the Sustainable Business Forum, what Rainforest Alliance, the organization that launched the forum, says is an effort to help companies plan and meet long-term sustainability goals.
The SBF says it will ...
UPS Adds 50 Hybrid Electrics To Fleet
UPS has expanded its fleet of alternative-fuel vehicles with the deployment of 50 next-generation hybrid electric delivery trucks.
The 50 hybrid electric vehicles will operate in Atlanta, Dallas, Houston and Phoenix.
The 50 new HEV package cars ...
Massey Global Warming Proposal Defeated
Massey Energy Co. shareholders rejected the proposal that asked the coal company to explain its response to mounting pressure for limits on carbon dioxide emissions, AP reports.
New York City Comptroller William Thompson Jr. argued ...
Stora Enso Adds Third-party Chain-Of-Custody Certifications
Six of Stora Enso's North American mills have achieved third-party chain-of-custody certifications for the Sustainable Forestry Initiative and the Program for the Endorsement of Forest Certification programs. Stora Enso says it's the first coated paper ...
Bosch Launches Green TV Spots
BSH Home Appliances, is launching the brand's first major push to highlight its environmentally friendly major appliances, MediaPost reports. The effort follows the beginnings of a rebranding earlier this year featuring a ...
Beluga’s SkySail Could Cut Fuel Consumption 30%
German shipping firm Beluga will launch its latest containership with a giant kite that flies 1,000 feet above the bow, Business 2.0 reports. It will cut fuel consumption by as much as 30 percent.
With carbon ...
NYC’s Yellow Cabs 100% Green By 2012
New York City's entire taxi fleet will be converted to gas-electric hybrids by 2012, CNN reports.
Mayor Bloomberg will begin a cycle of replacement that will see 20 percent replaced each year until all of ...
M&S Plans Eco-Factories, Will Charge For Plastic Bags
The UK's Marks & Spencer is planning its first eco factories, one in Sri Lanka and two in Wales, that will harness the latest renewable-energy and recycling technology to act as a blueprint for ...
Intel To Cut Lead From Microprocessors
Intel's future processors, beginning with its entire family of 45 nanometer high-k metal gate processors, are going 100 percent lead-free.
Lead is used in a variety of micro-electronic “packages” and the “bumps” that attach an Intel ...
Survey: Midwesterners Aware of Alt Fuel & Vehicles, Not Much Else
Eighty-seven percent of homeowners in the Midwest consider the development of alternative energy products and processes to be very important to critical. However, less than one percent are aware of any alternative energy technology outside of what has been ...
Massey Faces Emissions Reporting Resolution
A group of investors, including the California Public Employees Retirement System, came out in support Monday of a shareholder resolution asking coal company Massey Energy to explain its response to growing pressure for limits ...
Digital Reality Trust Joins Green Grid
Digital Realty Trust, a manager of corporate datacenters and Internet gateways, has joined The Green Grid. As a Contributor Member, Digital Realty Trust's participation in The Green Grid, and particularly on its technical ...
BT Cuts CO2 Footprint 15% With Videoconferencing
British Telecom claims to have reduced its carbon footprint by 97,000 tons of CO2 per year, that's 15 percent of its CO2 use, by using phone conferences and videoconferencing to cut back on staff travel ...
ConocoPhillips Pledges $1 Million To Climate Change Group
ConocoPhillips has pledged $1 million to support an industry-university collaboration working to develop policies that address global climate change, according to Duke University President Richard Brodhead.
The Climate Change Policy Partnership is a four-year ...
Verizon Saves $20 Million By Reducing Data Centers
By cutting the number of data centers from 10 to 3, Verizon Wireless has saved $20 million, according to a Business Week interview with John Hinshaw, chief information officer at Verizon Wireless.
Verizon is also using ...
Denver Considers Carbon Offset Kiosks At DIA
Greenprint Denver, a panel of environmental experts put together by the Mayor, is targeting Denver International Airport as a means of reaching the city's goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 10 percent per ...
FedEx Does ‘Surprisingly Poorly’ On Sustainability Reporting
Of the 12 companies in the Fortune Global 500 mail, freight, and shipping sectors whose environmental and sustainability reporting was analyzed (PDF) by the Roberts Environmental Center in 2006, Royal Mail Group (UK) was ...
