August, 2007
Rising Energy Costs Force Changes At Hitachi Unit
With the price of products such as laptops always coming down, and energy prices going up, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Singapore Pte. Ltd. has been finding ways to cut its energy use, The Wall ...
Top Agencies Pitch Al Gore For Alliance Account
Crispin Porter & Bogusky, Bartle Bogle Hegarty, the Martin Agency and Y&R are squaring off for the Alliance for Climate Protection (the organization formed last year by Al Gore) account, AdAge reports. The agencies ...
Virgin Games Installs Green Storage System
As part of the Virgin Group's global drive to develop and promote environmentally-friendly businesses, Virgin Games -brands include Virgin Poker, Virgin Bingo, and Virgin Casino - is using a new storage system to consolidate multiple tiers of ...
Perry Ellis Launching Line Of ‘Eco-Friendly’ Outdoor Garments
Economics are making it difficult for mainstream garment manufacturers to go green, The New York Times reports. Most synthetic materials are still petroleum-based, and organically grown fibers are in short supply.
George Feldenkreis, Perry Ellis' chairman, says ...
Companies Focus On Cutting Energy Use
With oil, gas and electricity prices soaring, companies are beginning to pour more money into making old equipment energy-efficient or upgrading to cleaner models, The Wall Street Journal reports.
A recent study from the ...
Milliken & Company Launches Green Initiative
Georgia-based Milliken & Company has launched an energy conservation initiative to reduce energy consumption. The company says that the initiative will increase awareness among associates to change practices at home and work; expand exploration of ...
iLinc Positions Video Conferencing As Emissions-Cutting Tool
Could Cap-And-Trade Work For Water?
John Regan, founder of Environmental Credit Corp., a carbon-credit supplier on the Chicago Climate Exchange, thinks a model similar to CCX could work for companies that need to deal with water pollution and ...
BP Backs Down On Higher Lake Michigan Discharge Limits
BP says it will not invoke provisions of a new permit that allows it to release significantly more ammonia and suspended solids into Lake Michigan, The Chicago Tribune reports. The move is a response to criticism ...
Coalition Turns Up Heat On AES Hydro Projects
AES Corporation is facing increased pressure from The Center for Biological Diversity, along with more than 50 indigenous and environmental groups, that are demanding it to withdraw from three proposed hydroelectric projects on ...
IBM Helps Clients Calculate & Cut Carbon Footprints
Green Wombat has an article about IBM's move into carbon consulting. "We’re working with customers that want to take carbon out of their supply chain," Peter Williams, the CTO for IBM's Big Green ...
Alcoa Installs 588 kW Solar Power System
Alcoa has completed a 588 kW, roof-mounted photovoltaic solar power system at its Alcoa Building and Construction Systems’ Kawneer manufacturing facility in Visalia, California.
Alcoa partnered on the project with DEERS, a global solar ...
44% Of UK Shoppers Would Buy Brand With Smaller Carbon Footprint
More than half of UK consumers want information about the carbon footprint of the products they purchase and nearly half would switch to brands with smaller carbon footprints, according to the L.E.K. Carbon Footprint Report (PDF) ...
Multinationals Accused of Violating China’s Water Pollution Regs
Multinational companies are operating in a far more environmentally damaging fashion in China than they do at home, according to the Beijing-based Institute of Public & Environmental Affair, which says 90 multinationals that have been ...
Has U.S. Reached Green Turning Point? Depends Which Survey You Read
Eighty-seven percent of consumers are seriously concerned about the environment, according to the 2007 GfK Roper Green Gauge. The survey is interesting on a number of fronts, not least of which is how ...
Woolworths Slammed For Using Sustainable Forests Logo
Woolworths, Australia's biggest supermarket chain, has told shoppers that two of its home brand products are environmentally sustainable, but at least two reports, plus an independent audit of the Indonesian company that supplies the ...
EBSCO Installs Solar Power System
EBSCO Publishing has installed a photovoltaic array on the roof of their building on Union Street in Ipswich, Massachusetts.
The 192 solar panels, mounted on the roof of the Quartz Building on Union Street, feed ...
Western States Pledge To Cut GHG Emissions
Six Western states and two Canadian provinces pledged (PDF) Wednesday to work together to cut greenhouse gas emissions 15 percent below 2005 levels by 2020, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The coalition ...
Riverstone Installing Recyclable Carpet
Retailers Push Green Products On Back-To-School Crowd
Retailers are pushing eco-friendly products for back-to-school season, The Boston Globe reports.
In recent weeks, Wal-Mart began selling a $350 eco-friendly computer, the Everex Impact. Wal-Mart also recently created a back-to-college group on the social networking ...
Tesco Tackles Food Waste with Ethylene-Absorbing Strips
