The Executive’s Daily Green Briefing

Archive for June, 2007

RBC, Alcan, Vancity Named Canada’s Top Corporate Citizens

RBC, Alcan, Vancity Named Canada’s Top Corporate Citizens
Corporate Knights has released its list of the Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada. This year's top ranked companies: The top ranked company ...

Freescale’s Mayer: Industry’s Opportunities Are All Green

Freescale’s Mayer: Industry’s Opportunities Are All Green
The semiconductor industry's global opportunities are shifting to "green everything," according to Freescale Semiconductor CEO Michel Mayer,  EETimes reports. "Energy is a ...

Michelin Releases Sustainability Report

Michelin Releases Sustainability Report
Michelin has published the third edition of its Michelin Performance and Responsibility report, which details Michelin's 2005 and 2006 performance ...

Live Earth Wants To Leave ‘Green Legacy’ At Concert Venues

Live Earth Wants To Leave ‘Green Legacy’ At Concert Venues
Live Earth is discussing more of the initiatives its implementing to keep the event green and says it will provide concert ...

Union Bank Launches Green Loan Program

Union Bank Launches Green Loan Program
Union Bank of California has launched a green loan program offering consumer loan applicants who purchase environmentally-friendly products a 0.25 percent interest ...

Fervor Grows For Plastic Bag Bans

Fervor Grows For Plastic Bag Bans
In a merger of environmental concern and fashion sensibility, big-name designers are introducing eco-chic grocery totes, while lawmakers in New York, Boston, ...

Campaign Asks People To Name & Shame Friends Who Waste Energy

Campaign Asks People To Name & Shame Friends Who Waste Energy
UK energy brand Powergen is rolling out a "Go Green" viral campaign that calls on people to name and shame colleagues and ...

CEOs: Getting Consumers To Buy Green Not Easy

CEOs: Getting Consumers To Buy Green Not Easy
Even though consumers are enamored with the idea of having cupboards and closets full of "green" products, they have not been willing ...

Green Technology Initiative Launches In UK

Green Technology Initiative Launches In UK
Ninety-five percent of UK businesses think carbon footprint reduction is vital to an overall green strategy, but seven out of ten have no ...

Hannaford Cuts Emissions With SmartWay

Hannaford Cuts Emissions With SmartWay
Since 2005, Hannaford Bros., a Maine-based grocer with more than 150 supermarkets in the Northeast, has cut fuel use under the EPA's ...

Suncor Energy Releases Sustainability Report

Suncor Energy Releases Sustainability Report
Suncor Energy released its 2007 Report on Sustainability. It provides a five-year performance trend in a number of key areas. Highlights ...

Xcel Plans 100-Megawatt Minnesota Wind Farm

Xcel Plans 100-Megawatt Minnesota Wind Farm
Xcel Energy has asked Minnesota regulators for permission to build and own a 100-megawatt wind farm near Austin, Minn. The proposed ...

‘Green Team’ Pays Off For Paylocity

‘Green Team’ Pays Off For Paylocity
Recently, the president of Chicago's Paylocity, a payroll-services firm, sent an email to the company's 157 employees asking for volunteers for a ...

Efficiency Could Cut Industrial Energy Use 26%

Efficiency Could Cut Industrial Energy Use 26%
A new study from the  International Energy Agency estimates there is potential for technical efficiency improvements of 18-26 percent for the manufacturing ...

Green Marketing Reinvents The Two-Fer

Green Marketing Reinvents The Two-Fer
The Natural Marketing Institute suggests that the most successful green product strategies offer consumers a two-fer, layering a slightly selfish payoff over ...

Corporate America Wants Greener Fleets, Misconceptions Remain

Corporate America Wants Greener Fleets, Misconceptions Remain
Corporate America is starting to look at the millions of cars it owns or leases for traveling salesmen, executives, and technicians as ...

Home Depot’s Eco Options Program Gets Big Response From Suppliers

Home Depot’s Eco Options Program Gets Big Response From Suppliers
When Home Depot asked suppliers to make a pitch to have their products included in its Eco Options label program, almost ...

San Francisco Bans Bottled Water At City Offices

San Francisco Bans Bottled Water At City Offices
San Francisco's Mayor Gavin Newsom has issued an executive order (PDF) prohibiting city departments from buying bottled water, The LA Times ...

High-End Sports Car Buyers Not Big Into Green

High-End Sports Car Buyers Not Big Into Green
Small, specialized sports car makers like Porsche, Ferrari, Maserati, Aston Martin and Bentley, have been concerned with the European Union's threat to ...

UK Grocer Sells Milk In Bags To Cut Down On Plastic Waste

UK Grocer Sells Milk In Bags To Cut Down On Plastic Waste
UK grocer Waitrose is selling Calon Wen organic milk in Eco Pak milk bags. The bags use 75 percent less plastic packaging than ...

Today's News

Recycle To Save Energy–The Sooner The Better

Recycle To Save Energy–The Sooner The Better

Recycling rates in the U.S. are low and getting lower. The U.S., by far the world's biggest consumer of aluminum ... continue »

Using Green IT To Get Out Of The Red And Into The Black
Measuring, Managing, Saving: Making Energy Efficiency Visible
Lean And Clean With Green Purchasing
‘Recyclable’ Is So Last-Century
Environmental Initiatives Top Of Mind For Financial Services Execs

Environmental Initiatives Top Of Mind For Financial Services Execs

Nearly three-quarters (73 percent) of financial institution executives say they plan to build new or undergo a major remodel of an existing ...

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Consumers Want Brands To Solve Climate Crisis
Belief In Global Warming Slips
U.S. Lags Behind On Green Consumption And Behavior
Restaurants Explore Sustainability With ‘Conserve’ Initiative

Restaurants Explore Sustainability With ‘Conserve’ Initiative

This promotional video features restaurateurs discussing sustainable solutions and Conserve, the environmental initiative of the National Restaurant Association....

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Polar Bears On Thin Ice, Listed As ‘Threatened’
HP Exec On Product Takeback
Sony, Mohawk Bring Greener Products To Market
The Bottom Line

Marketing

Consumers Reward Good Corporate Behavior - Unless There’s A Big Sale

Green Meetings Don’t Have To Cost More Green

Green Marketing Campaigns Not Sticking

Emissions

Mars Snackfood Unwraps Landfill Gas Project

Honeywell, Airbus, JetBlue, IAE Developing Aviation Biofuel

EnerNOC Buys Offsets To Remain Carbon Neutral

Hi-Tech

EPS Developing Energy Use Monitoring System

Dell To Increase PC Energy Efficiency 25% By 2010

HP Exec On Product Takeback

Efficiency

Restaurants Explore Sustainability With ‘Conserve’ Initiative

ASHRAE Best Design Practices Could Cut Warehouse Energy Use 30%

Environmental Initiatives Top Of Mind For Financial Services Execs

Manufacturing

Dupont, Genencor Invest $140M In Cellulosic Ethanol Joint Venture

Smart Papers Installing Honeywell Biomass Co-Gen Plant

Ford Racks Up Another Environmental First

Carbon Offsets/RECs

Voluntary Carbon Market Tripled In 2007, Hit $331M

Enel Buys $232 Million Of Carbon Credits From China’s Wuhan Steel

RGGI Cap And Trade To Go Online Sept. 10

CSR Reports

Starbucks Plans Renewable Energy Buy, Green Building Standards

Brazilian, Indian Companies Dominate GRI Reporting Awards

CSR: Chevron To Invest $2.5B in Alternative, Renewable Energy Tech

Major Players

Recycle To Save Energy–The Sooner The Better

With $100M, Duke Energy Joins Rooftop Solar Movement

Sony, Mohawk Bring Greener Products To Market

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