The Executive’s Daily Green Briefing

Archive for July, 2007

Pepsi Tops List Of Green Power Purchasers

Pepsi Tops List Of Green Power Purchasers
The EPA has updated its Top Green Power Purchasers list. The National Top 25 list of Green Power Partners accounts for ...

Xerox Introduces ‘Green’ Paper

Xerox Introduces ‘Green’ Paper
Xerox's new environmentally friendly, cut-sheet "High-Yield Business Paper" isn't as white or as smooth as the kind most businesses run through their ...

Coke Energy Use Up 10%, Improves Water Efficiency 3%

Coke Energy Use Up 10%, Improves Water Efficiency 3%
The Coca-Cola Company has released its 2006 Environmental Performance report (PDF). The report includes data gathered from 775 facilities around ...

Hotels Need To Market Green Programs Better

Hotels Need To Market Green Programs Better
Although nearly three-fourths of hotel guests in North America willingly participate in environmentally friendly programs offered during their hotel stays, many guests ...

Energy Star PCs Help Environment, Not Bottom Line

Energy Star PCs Help Environment, Not Bottom Line
Buying Energy Star PCs helps the environment, but the EPA's new energy-efficiency requirements won't save companies money, Information Week reports. According ...

Havas Cuts Carbon Footprint

Havas Cuts Carbon Footprint
Havas says it is the first global communications group to become carbon neutral in six of its key markets, marking the ...

U.S. Steel Makes Switch To Biodiesel

U.S. Steel Makes Switch To Biodiesel
Nearly 150 pieces of equipment at U.S. Steel's Gary Works, including loaders, dump trucks, flatbeds and Bobcats, will soon fueled by B5 ...

Anheuser-Busch Publishes EHS report

Anheuser-Busch Publishes EHS report
Anheuser-Busch has released its 2006 Environmental, Health and Safety report.  In 2006, the nation’s largest brewer says that it generated enough renewable ...

PG&E To Purchase 553 Megawatts Of Power From Mojave Solar Park

PG&E To Purchase 553 Megawatts Of Power From Mojave Solar Park
Pacific Gas and Electric Company has entered into a renewable energy agreement with Solel-MSP-1 to purchase renewable energy from the ...

California Air Resources Board Regulates Off-Road Diesel Emissions

California Air Resources Board Regulates Off-Road Diesel Emissions
The California Air Resources Board has adopted a regulation to reduce diesel emissions from the state's estimated 180,000 vehicles used in ...

GE Launches Green Credit Card

GE Launches Green Credit Card
GE has launched the GE Money Earth Rewards Platinum MasterCard -? the first consumer finance product in GE’s ecomagination portfolio -? ...

Attribute-Based CAFE Could Mean Big Bucks For Big Three

Attribute-Based CAFE Could Mean Big Bucks For Big Three
Detroit automakers would gain market share and increase profits under proposed new fuel economy standards, according to a new study (PDF) ...

Sylvania Joins EPA Climate Leaders

Sylvania Joins EPA Climate Leaders
Osram Sylvania has joined the EPA's Climate Leaders program. To participate in the program, Sylvania has pledged to reduce its corporate-wide greenhouse ...

Intel’s Stangis Pens CSR Blog

Intel’s Stangis Pens CSR Blog
Intel has launched a corporate social responsibility blog called CSR(at)Intel, Triple Pundit reports. Dave Stangis, who worked to create the CSR ...

United Natural Foods Installing 1.19 Megawatt Solar Power System

United Natural Foods Installing 1.19 Megawatt Solar Power System
United Natural Foods is installing a 1.19 megawatt solar power system that will cover 175,000 square feet of rooftop at the Company's 487,000 ...

Brown-Forman Releases Corporate Responsibility Report

Brown-Forman Releases Corporate Responsibility Report
Brown-Forman Corporation has released its first Corporate Responsibility Report (PDF). The company's brands include Jack Daniel's, Southern Comfort, Finlandia Vodka, Tequila ...

PGE Begins Demolition of Marmot Dam

PGE Begins Demolition of Marmot Dam
Portland General Electric has begun demolition of the Marmot Dam on the Sandy River, the largest dam removal in the ...

Method Launches Green Cleaning Campaign, Industry Gains Momentum

Method Launches Green Cleaning Campaign, Industry Gains Momentum
Method Products has launched an advertising campaign called Detox Your Home that showcases the company’s biodegradable cleaning products, The New York ...

Unilever, Alcoa, HP Top Ethical Reputation Ranking

Unilever, Alcoa, HP Top Ethical Reputation Ranking
Covalence has published its quarterly ethical reputation ranking (PDF), highlighting the best ranked companies as well as those companies which have made the ...

AMD Releases Global Climate Protection Plan

AMD Releases Global Climate Protection Plan
AMD has released its Global Climate Protection Plan, highlighting the company’s environmental strategy and goals. Since publishing its first annual Global Climate Protection ...

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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