Archive for June, 2007
HSBC To Spend $90 Million To Reduce Environmental Impact
HSBC will spend $90 million over five years on a "Global Environmental Efficiency Program" to reduce the bank’s environmental impact through a series of initiatives, including the introduction of renewable energy technology, water and ...
PG&E Customers Can Pay Extra To Offset Emissions
Pacific Gas & Electric says its residential and business customers can voluntarily join a ClimateSmart program that will calculate a customer's energy use and set a monthly charge for PG&E projects to fight ...
Ford Issues Sustainability Report
Ford Motor Company has released its latest sustainability report. The company reports a reduction in global energy use by 27 percent and water use by more than 25 percent since 2000. The report also includes an estimate ...
Dell To Sell Advanced Cooling Systems To Data Centers
Dell and Emerson Network Power have struck a deal to sell advanced cooling systems and services to data center owners, CNET reports. The liquid cooling system cuts the cooling power load by about ...
JPMorgan Taps William Daley To Head New CSR Office
JPMorgan Chase has named William Daley to head its new Office of Corporate Social Responsibility. Daley also joins the firm's Operating Committee, the company's senior leadership team. As head of Corporate Social Responsibility, Daley ...
Systematic Sustainability Requires Coordination Across Biz Units
Shifting to a systematic, sustainable approach to doing business is challenging to put into practice because change within any organization is hard and the opportunities for making gains in sustainable practices require coordination across business ...
Switzerland To Tax CO2 Emissions
Switzerland will introduce a tax - which it likes to refer to as an incentive - on carbon dioxide emissions from January 1, 2008, China Daily reports. The tax will be applied to all imported ...
TNT Express Discusses Strategy To Combat Climate Change
Speaking at the CSR Summit in Dubai, Mike Patrick, Director of CSR, TNT Express said that there is a need for regional corporations to implement and integrate a sustainable and environmental stewardship program into ...
Coke, Yahoo Steal Thunder From Live Earth’s Sponsors
Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Yahoo, and MSN have the highest awareness of any brands in connection with the upcoming Live Earth concerts, according to new research from Lightspeed Research and the Ethical Reputation Index. That's great for ...
Sony ‘Biggest Loser’ In Greenpeace’s Latest Electronics Guide
Apple has moved up Greenpeace's latest Guide to Greener Electronics as a result of Steve Job's Greener Apple pledge to phase out PVC and other chemicals from their product line. But Nokia is on ...
WM To Spend $400 Million On Landfill Gas-To-Energy Facilities
Waste Management Inc. is rolling out an initiative over the next five years that will create an additional 60 renewable energy facilities in North America, Houston Business Journal reports. WM, according to ...
Barclays’ Suppliers Fill Out CSR Questionnaire
Barclays has given a new corporate social responsibility questionnaire to 57 of the group's "medium to high-risk" suppliers, Supply Management reports. When Barclays considers appointing a new supplier, 10 percent of the calculation will be ...
Ford, Chrysler Join United States Climate Action Partnership
Ford Motor Co. and the Chrysler Group have joined the United States Climate Action Partnership, AP reports. General Motors joined the organization in May. At the same time, Cerberus Capital Management, which is in ...
Vodafone Releases CSR Report
Vodafone has released its corporate responsibility report. The network carbon dioxide emissions per unit of data transmitted has reduced by 29 percent. Total energy use increased by six percent. Vodafone says it has challenged suppliers to improve ...
Fujifilm To Power Manufacturing Facility With Methane
Fujifilm will begin using methane gas from a South Carolina landfill to power its nearby manufacturing center, CNET reports. By 2008 it plans to power between 32 and 44 percent of its Greenwood, ...
Keen Launches Consumer Campaign To Fund Sustainability Ideas
Keen has launched Hybrid.Stand, a consumer campaign that will fund sustainability ideas and initiatives. Keen says that the contest will be announced in 14 national consumer publications throughout the ...
U.S. Firms Slow To Join U.N.’s Global Compact
U.S. firms have been slow to join a U.N. initiative on social and environmental responsibility in business because of perceptions it has no teeth, Reuter's reports (via CSR Wire). Big corporations in the U.S. were ...
PSE&G Investing In More Energy Efficient Transformers, Electrical Wires
PSE&G says it will use more energy efficient primary and secondary wires for new overhead installations, install more energy efficient transformers atop utility poles when new or replacement units are needed, and expedite the ...
Big 4 Labels Make Green Moves
The biggest brands across the music business are changing their environmental habits, MediaPost reports. Every major label is on board in one way or another in corporate-wide greening efforts, ranging from copying on both sides ...
Qantas To Offer Travellers Way To Offset Emissions
Qantas will offer a way for travellers to pay extra to offset the carbon emissions caused by their flights, The Sydney Morning Herald reports. Kella did not provide details but said options on the table included ...
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miggs on European Paper Industry Cuts CO2 Emissions by 42% since 1990
"Yet another example of the potential of combined heat & power to transform..."
Stevenson on News Corp. Taps Hara for Energy Efficiency, Environmental Management
"All of us should think of ways to save energy now. It is not a myth,..."
Trade Association on Trade Group on EPA Chemical Regs: ‘If Everything is a Priority, Then Nothing is a Priority’
"Seriously… that..."
Gary Markowitz on Supermarkets Tackle Emissions Reductions, Fuel Efficiency
"Supermarkets waste over 10 percent of their energy through improper..."
peter in ireland on Ontario May Follow California’s Lead on TV Energy Efficiency
"Governor Schwarzenegger is shooting himself in the foot! 1...."
Environmental Leader on S. America Takes Most Urgent View of Copenhagen Talks
"The survey respondents (the PDF report mentions 4,000 respondents in 38..."
Jake on UPS Trying New Hydraulic Hybrid Trucks
"A point of clarification: the Reuters press release referenced herein reports that 20 UPS will purchase..."