The Executive’s Daily Green Briefing

Archive for September, 2007

Sony Pictures Entertainment Breaks Ground On Green Campus

The 125,000-square-foot 4th Avenue building will be the new home for Sony Pictures Television, according ...

Neenah Brands Go Carbon Neutral

Neenah Brands Go Carbon Neutral
Neenah Paper says that six of its brands, Classic Crest, Classic Linen, Classic Laid, Classic Columns, Classic Cotton, and Starwhite brands, ...

Honda Breaks Major Environmental Technology Campaign

Honda Breaks Major Environmental Technology Campaign
Honda has launched a major print, TV, and Internet campaign that touts Honda as the avant-garde of environmental engineering and technical wizardry, ...

Silicon Valley Execs Get Behind Plug-In Hybrids

Silicon Valley Execs Get Behind Plug-In Hybrids
By early next year, 100 Silicon Valley executives will be driving plug-in hybrids, The mercury news reports. That will more than ...

Green PR Pays Dividends

Green PR Pays Dividends
For companies large and small, going green is now a surefire way to cut through advertising clutter, Slate reports. Westport Wash & ...

How To Develop A Two-Phase Corporate Water Strategy

How To Develop A Two-Phase Corporate Water Strategy
Business for Social Responsibility and the Pacific Institute have published a new trends report that focuses on corporate water strategy. At the ...

BT Launches Sustainability Practice in US & UK

BT Launches Sustainability Practice in US & UK
British Telecom has formed a sustainability practice in the UK and US aimed at large corporates and public sector organizations. BT’s "carbon ...

Make Sure Your Environmental Policy Hits The Mark

Make Sure Your Environmental Policy Hits The Mark
Environmental policies reflect the aims of an organization and a plan of how the organization is going to achieve the aims. Unfortunately, ...

NY’s MTA Launches Sustainability Initiative

NY’s MTA Launches Sustainability Initiative
New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority is convening an 18-member sustainability commission that will seek to create a plan for reducing the ...

Motorsport Facility Installs Grey-Water Geothermal System

Motorsport Facility Installs Grey-Water Geothermal System
Prairie Hills Motorsport Club, located in Lake Village, Indiana and scheduled to open in the spring of 2009, is using a ...

Coca-Cola, Kimberly-Clark Among 9 Companies Testing Carbon Labels In UK

Coca-Cola, Kimberly-Clark Among 9 Companies Testing Carbon Labels In UK
In a move illustrating that big brands in the UK are eager to please environmentally-conscious consumers, nine companies have signed on to ...

Wal-Mart Selling Private Label CFLs

Wal-Mart Selling Private Label CFLs
Wal-Mart is selling private label compact fluorescent light bulbs under its Great Value brand label. “The introduction of our Great Value bulbs ...

Fleishman-Hillard Launches Sustainability Practice, Will Go Carbon Neutral

Fleishman-Hillard Launches Sustainability Practice, Will Go Carbon Neutral
PR firm Fleishman-Hillard has launched a Sustainability Communications practice designed to counsel clients on policy and work with them to articulate ...

U.S. Manufacturers Adopt Lean & Green Practices

U.S. Manufacturers Adopt Lean & Green Practices
Nearly 70 percent of all U.S. manufacturing plants have adopted lean manufacturing as an improvement methodology, according to the 2007 IW/MPI ...

U.S. Telecommuters Save 840 Million Gallons Of Gas Per Year

U.S. Telecommuters Save 840 Million Gallons Of Gas Per Year
Using electronics to telecommute saves the equivalent of 9 to 14 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity per year - the same amount of ...

Tiremaker Launches Green Social Network

Tiremaker Launches Green Social Network
Yokohama Tire Corporation has launched an online green social network, Eco Treadsetters, that offers daily green news and forums, "how ...

Dell Launches New Asset Recovery & Recycling Program For Small Businesses

Dell Launches New Asset Recovery & Recycling Program For Small Businesses
Dell, which recently called out other computer manufacturers on recycling, has launched an online product recovery and recycling service aimed ...

Green Grid Works With DOE, Reaches Out To Europe

Green Grid Works With DOE, Reaches Out To Europe
The Green Grid and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy are collaborating to improve energy ...

Yahoo, PG&E Give Away CFLs for Lights Out Campaign

Yahoo, PG&E Give Away CFLs for Lights Out Campaign
San Francisco businesses and residents are being asked to turn out the lights from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. ...

Tully’s Wants To Be Greener Than Starbucks

Tully’s Wants To Be Greener Than Starbucks
Seattle-based coffee company Tully's is implementing a handful of environmentally friendly business practices in hopes of pulling customers away from Starbucks, ...

Today's News

Industry Needs Energy Star For Servers - Now!

Industry Needs Energy Star For Servers - Now!

The other day while out shopping for Energy Star rated household appliances with my wife, I got to wondering why we ... continue »

Parse The Greens, Pass The Spectacle
Timberland’s Journey to Quarterly CSR Reporting
Peak Carbon
Consumers Understand Greenwash, So Why Can’t The Communications Industry?
MIT Report: World Can Learn From European Cap-And-Trade System

MIT Report: World Can Learn From European Cap-And-Trade System

The EU cap-and-trade system has operated well and has had little or no negative impact on the overall EU economy, according to ...

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Fewer Willing To Pay Premium For Green
EIA Projects 50% Growth In World Energy Use By 2030
Fuel Prices, Environment Drive Consideration Of Hybrids
UK Facing Higher Green Taxes

UK Facing Higher Green Taxes

Political and business leaders are warning that Britain faces a sharp rise in its tax bill to fund the country's move to ...

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Climate Change And Public Health
Commute Program Helps Juniper Employees Reduce Trips
Clean Diesel Talked Up At Mid America Trucking Show
The Bottom Line

Marketing

New Video Shows Innovations In Textile Industry

Enterprise Rent-A-Car Says Thin Clients Will Save $500,000

Parse The Greens, Pass The Spectacle

Emissions

Ericsson Solar Cell Solution Deployed In South America

MIT Report: World Can Learn From European Cap-And-Trade System

Leaving Computers On Over Holiday Weekend Costs Big Bucks

Hi-Tech

Industry Needs Energy Star For Servers - Now!

Novomer Makes Sacrificial Binder From Recycled CO2

‘Old’ IT Doesn’t Have To Mean ‘Inefficient’

Efficiency

Logan Airport Wind Energy Excursion A Success

Ball Aims To Reduce GHG 16 Percent by 2012

Branson Plans Zero Carbon Resort, Launches Eco-Consulting Group

Manufacturing

Lee Company Installs Solar Power System

Anaerobic Digestion Facility At Maker’s Mark Powers Distillery

EPA Web Site Provides Importing, Exporting Environmental Rules

Carbon Offsets/RECs

Harrah’s Pitching Carbon Offsets

Denver International Carbon Offset Program Fails To Take Off

Passengers Will Pay For New EU Airlines Emissions Rules

CSR Reports

GHG Emissions Up At Owens Corning, Energy Use Down

IBM Launches Green Consulting Service

Baxter Aims To Reduce GHG Emissions By 45% By 2015

Major Players

P&W Geared Turbofan Engine Could Help Industry Cut Emissions

Dell Power Supply First To Receive ‘80 Plus Gold’ Certification

Dow Raising Prices, Again

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