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Archive for August, 2007

55% Of Companies Have ‘Green Data Center Action Plans’

About 55 percentÃ‚Â of companies have established detailed strategies for making their data centers more energy efficient, according toÃ‚Â a survey of senior and C-level executives that will be released next ...

Schwarzenegger Meets With German Minister To Discuss Carbon Trading

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Germany's foreign minister, plan to begin talks today about how California could work with the European Union to create a system that would allow companies to buy and sell ...

Qantas Plans September Takeoff For Carbon Offset Program

Qantas says that beginning in September, consumers and businesses will be able to purchase carbon credits to offset their carbon dioxide emissions, Australia's The Age reports. The company hasn't said how much the offsets will ...

GM Plant Eliminates Waste, Goes Landfill-Free

General Motors' Baltimore transmission plant has reached zero landfill status. The plant is the eighth GM facility to be tagged as landfill-free. The GM Powertrain Baltimore plant will be the exclusive manufacturer of GM’s all-new two-mode ...

Volkswagen To Offset Projected Emissions Of Cars

Volkswagen of America plans to offset the carbon emissions of projected consumer use. From September 1, 2007, until January 2, 2008, vehicles sold by Volkswagen will have carbon emissions offset for the first year of ...

Stora Enso Installs New Sustainability Management Software

Paper, packaging and forest products company Stora Enso is installing sustainability management and reporting software from Proventia Solutions. The system combines Proventia's sustainability management and reporting solution with Hyperion's financial management and reporting ...

Ford Turns Paint Fumes Into Energy

Ford Motor Co. is purchasing a fuel cell from FuelCell Energy for its Oakville, Ontario, facility to reduce paint solvent from automotive painting operations by turning its fumes into 300 kilowatts of electricity. The ...

Enterprise, GM, VeraSun, Kroger Step Up FlexFuel Marketing Efforts

Enterprise Rent-A-Car has dubbed one of its Cincinnati rental locations as an official "VE85/FlexFuel branch." On June 28, a similar VE85/FlexFuel branch was announced in Washington, D.C. VeraSun Energy Corporation and The Kroger Co. ...

New York’s Dormitory Authority To Require LEED Standards

The Dormitory Authority, a New York state agency that provides financing and construction services to public and private universities and nonprofit health care facilities, will require new projects to meet LEED standards, AP ...

Starbucks Finds CSR Silver Lining In Box Office Failure Of Arctic Tale

Arctic Tale, a Paramount Classics documentary co-financed by National Geographic Films, has only grossed roughly $600,000 domestically since its release July 25, The LA Times reports. Starbucks signed on to promote the film with special in-store ...

Snyder’s Increases Efficiency, Makes Changes To Packaging, Transportation

Pretzel maker Snyder's of Hanover has increased sustainability and cost-savings by making changes to packaging specifications and the way it transports products and raw materials. Georgia-Pacific worked on the project. The company redefined box compression ...

Office Depot Cuts CO2 Emissions 10% Through Efficiency Upgrades

Office Depot has reached a 10.1% absolute reduction in carbon dioxide emissions from natural gas and electricity consumed in its North American retail stores, warehouses, and offices by installing more energy efficient technology. Between 2005 and 2006 ...