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Archive for May, 2007

Supply Chains Clean Up Act With Carbon Emission Tracker

Supply Chains Clean Up Act With Carbon Emission Tracker
Australia's Supply Chain Consulting has released CarbonView, a system that the company says lets organizations to view and optimize their complete ...

ADM, Metabolix Introduce Biobased, Biodegradable Plastic

ADM, Metabolix Introduce Biobased, Biodegradable Plastic
Bioscience company Metabolix and agricultural processor ADM are jointly producing Mirel Natural Plastics, a family of natural plastics that ...

Staples Offers Computer Recycling Nationwide

Staples Offers Computer Recycling Nationwide
Staples says it is the first national retailer to offer everyday-in-store recycling for computers and other office technology. The company says that ...

Hotel Chains Partner With Green Suites

Hotel Chains Partner With Green Suites
Two hotel chains -? America’s Best Inns & Suites and Country Hearth Inns -? will feature EcoRooms with products that ...

New Belgium Strikes ‘100% Wind Powered’ Following Complaint

New Belgium Strikes ‘100% Wind Powered’ Following Complaint
Facing criticism from a former employee, New Belgium Brewing Co., often pointed to as an environmental leader, has cut phrasing from its ...

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Apple Recycles School Computers For Free, Any Brand

Apple Recycles School Computers For Free, Any Brand
Apple has launched a free recycling promo that lets K-12 institutions, colleges, and universities with 25 or more computers could register before ...

Chevy Sponsors New MSN Live Earth Site

Chevy Sponsors New MSN Live Earth Site
Hot on the heels of the Yahoo Green launch, MSN has unveiled its own online community dedicated to combating the climate crisis, ...

Cost Savings, Not Environment, Main Reason For Energy Efficiency Upgrades

Cost Savings, Not Environment, Main Reason For Energy Efficiency Upgrades
North American business leaders plan to invest in energy efficiency measures to help fight rising costs, according to research commissioned by ...

Seattle To Purchase Up To 500 GM Hybrid-Powered Buses

Seattle To Purchase Up To 500 GM Hybrid-Powered Buses
King County, Washington was awarded a contract for the purchase of up to 500 articulated buses, most of which will be ...

BP & Rio Tinto Partner On Hydrogen-Fuel Projects

BP & Rio Tinto Partner On Hydrogen-Fuel Projects
BP and Rio Tinto formed a joint venture, Hydrogen Energy, to develop technology for producing power from coal, oil ...

Many Real Estate Pros Not Sold On Green Design

Many Real Estate Pros Not Sold On Green Design
More than one-third of real estate professionals said that "green construction" would not be in their real estate development plans in the ...

Barclays ‘Highly Unlikely’ To Meet Energy Reduction Targets

Barclays ‘Highly Unlikely’ To Meet Energy Reduction Targets
Barclays has released its 2006 corporate responsibility report (PDF).  The bank now says that it is "highly unlikely" that it will be able to ...

Microsoft Readies Greenhouse Gas Monitoring Software

Microsoft Readies Greenhouse Gas Monitoring Software
Microsoft is working with the Clinton Foundation to develop technology tools that will let cities monitor, compare and reduce their greenhouse ...

Green Corporate Insurance Program Launched

Green Corporate Insurance Program Launched
Domani Sustainability Consulting, an executive management consultancy, and Garnet Captive Insurance Services are creating what they say is the first ...

Tourism Groups Look For Sustainable Travel Solutions

Tourism Groups Look For Sustainable Travel Solutions
Ecotourism may be just as environmentally damaging as traditional tourism because of airplane emissions in reaching remote and pristine areas, say industry experts at ...

Mohawk Offsets Production Of Strathmore

Mohawk Offsets Production Of Strathmore
Select premium lines from Mohawk Fine Papers, including Strathmore, are now made carbon neutral.  Earlier this year, Mohawk joined the U.S. ...

Mitsubishi Installs Solar Power Systems

Mitsubishi Installs Solar Power Systems
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries says it is spending close to $6 million to install solar power generators at all of its nine major bases ...

Former Expedia CEO Takes Top Spot At TerraPass

Former Expedia CEO Takes Top Spot At TerraPass
Erik Blachford, the former CEO of Expedia, has joined TerraPass as its new CEO. Blachford says he will spend his first few ...

Banks, Energy Efficiency Companies Join Clinton’s $5 Billion Green Cities Program

Banks, Energy Efficiency Companies Join Clinton’s $5 Billion Green Cities Program
Fifteen cities around the world will renovate city-owned buildings with green technology under a program spearheaded by former President Clinton's foundation, ...

Does The ‘Why’ Behind Green Initiatives Matter?

Does The ‘Why’ Behind Green Initiatives Matter?
Environmental advocates disagree over the prevalence of companies that do good because they feel it's the right thing to do, rather than ...

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Greening the Apparel Supply Chain: Tapping the Power of Collective Leverage

Greening the Apparel Supply Chain: Tapping the Power of Collective Leverage

True or false? “Until corporate environmental best practices are considered as confidential as other company IP, they are clearly not driving competitive ... continue »

Sustainability and its Impact on Brand Value
The Advertising Industry, Sustainability and the Bottom Line
Thoroughly Modernized Milton And Corporate Social Responsibility
Bet On Oregon’s Clean Future
Fast-Moving Eco-Friendly Consumer Goods Appeal to Many

Fast-Moving Eco-Friendly Consumer Goods Appeal to Many

Certain fast-moving, environmentally-friendly consumable products are being used by a significant portion of the U.S. general population, according to the Natural ...

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Environmental Friendliness Not Driving PC Sales
CEOs Leading Champions Of Corporate Green Initiatives
Gamers Checking Out Green Cars
What’s The Price Tag For A Carbon Neutral U.S. Economy?

What’s The Price Tag For A Carbon Neutral U.S. Economy?

Greentech investment experts at GoingGreen discuss how much it will cost the U.S. economy to go carbon neutral....

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Interface VP Discusses Biomimicry And Design
Vinod Khosla On The Need For Clean Tech To Deliver Real Results
CIOs Discuss Green IT and Cost Efficiency
The Bottom Line

Marketing

Fast-Moving Eco-Friendly Consumer Goods Appeal to Many

Environmental Friendliness Not Driving PC Sales

Sharp And TBS Issue ‘Lights Out Challenge’

Emissions

Sprint Sets Goal Of Cutting GHG Emissions 15%

Goodrich’s Tullahoma Facility Cuts Environmental Impact

CNE Launches Service To Help Companies Manage GHG Emissions

Hi-Tech

Green IT Brings Small Businesses Cost Savings

Autodesk HQ Cuts Emissions with Lighting Upgrades

CIOs Discuss Green IT and Cost Efficiency

Efficiency

Google Unveils $4.4 Trillion Clean Energy Plan

Chipotle Restaurant Features Wind Turbine

Ben & Jerry’s Tests ‘Greener’ Freezer

Manufacturing

Greening the Apparel Supply Chain: Tapping the Power of Collective Leverage

ARC Offers Sustainability Strategies for Manufacturers

Sanyo’s Solar Ark: Company Shift or PR Stunt?

Carbon Offsets/RECs

What’s The Price Tag For A Carbon Neutral U.S. Economy?

Financial Turmoil May Boost Energy Efficiency Initiatives

GAO: CO2-Offset Market Lacks Credibility

CSR Reports

Staples Saved Over 540,000 Gallons of Diesel in 2007

Honda Reduces 700 kg of CO2 Emissions Per Vehicle Produced

Sustainability Reporting Still Used As PR Tool

Major Players

FedEx Hybrid Truck Plan Hits Speed Bump

USPS Launches Year-long Energy Conservation Campaign

AT&T Installing 1 Megawatt Solar System

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