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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 ...