The Executive’s Daily Green Briefing

Archive for October, 2007

Europeans Greener Than Americans

Europeans Greener Than Americans
Europeans are 50 percent more likely than Americans to buy “green” products -? from solar panels to hybrid cars to natural/organic foods, ...

Brewer Adds Wind Turbine

Brewer Adds Wind Turbine
The Outer Banks Brewing Station in North Carolina's Outer Banks region is installing a wind turbine, The Virginian Pilot reports (via ...

NAHB Certification Program Will Compete With LEED

NAHB Certification Program Will Compete With LEED
The National Association of Home Builders is launching a National Green Building Program at the 2008 NAHB International Builders’ Show in ...

AccountAbility’s Carbon Footprint Up 25%

AccountAbility’s Carbon Footprint Up 25%
AccountAbility, a non-profit organization that works to promote accountability within sustainable development, has released its annual report (PDF). The organization reports ...

U.S. Air Force Serious About Alternative Fuels

U.S. Air Force Serious About Alternative Fuels
By early 2011, the U.S. Air Force wants its entire fleet of bombers, fighters, transports and other aircraft to have the ability ...

Environmentally Friendly Product Purchases On Rise

Environmentally Friendly Product Purchases On Rise
Customers are increasing purchases of environmentally friendly products with promising gains in adoption rates of extended-life paper products, compact fluorescent light bulbs ...

Airline’s Green Giveaway Backfires

Airline’s Green Giveaway Backfires
There's an interesting post from Libby Rosenthal on the International Herald Tribune's Business of Green blog about a green promotion that ...

Colleges Get Graded On Sustainability

Colleges Get Graded On Sustainability
Colleges across the U.S. and Canada are stepping up green practices and policies, with more than two out of three schools improving ...

Pittsburgh Targets Green Consumers With New Paint Hues

Pittsburgh Targets Green Consumers With New Paint Hues
Pittsburgh Paints is launching a new line of paint hues. The EcoEcho color palettes, part of Pittsburgh Paints' The Voice of ...

California Air Board Approves Measures To Reduce Emissions

California Air Board Approves Measures To Reduce Emissions
The California Air Resources Board has approved six measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to the Sacramento Bee. The ...

Paste Magazine Switches To 30% Post-Consumer Recycled Paper

Paste Magazine Switches To 30% Post-Consumer Recycled Paper
Beginning with its November issue, Paste Magazine will now be composed of 30 percent post-consumer recycled content paper - up from ...

Toyota Could Create Family Of Prius Hybrids

Toyota Could Create Family Of Prius Hybrids
Toyota is considering creating a family of Prius gas-electric hybrid sedans by adding new versions of the popular hybrid, The Wall Street ...

Kettle Foods Powers Potato Chip Facility With Wind Turbines

Kettle Foods Powers Potato Chip Facility With Wind Turbines
Potato chip and snack food-maker Kettle Foods has installed 18 wind turbines on the roof of its new Beloit, Wisconsin ...

Kimberly-Clark Pumps Landfill Methane To Manufacturing Facility

Kimberly-Clark Pumps Landfill Methane To Manufacturing Facility
Kimberly-Clark will use methane gas from a landfill to generate steam for a Jackson, South Carolina manufacturing facility, AP reports. The methane ...

Independent Grocer Harvest Market Installs Solar Power System

Independent Grocer Harvest Market Installs Solar Power System
Fort Bragg, California's Harvest Market has installed a 25.5 kilowatt solar electric system comprised of 152 Sharp 167-watt panels and one ...

BP Criminal Fines & Safety Upgrades For Air Violations Approach $500 Million

BP Criminal Fines & Safety Upgrades For Air Violations Approach $500 Million
BP Products North America has agreed to pay a total criminal fine of more than $60 million for violations of federal environmental ...

ViaPost Trims Long Distance Mail Delivery

ViaPost Trims Long Distance Mail Delivery
ViaPost, which plans to launch soon in the UK, claims to cut carbon emissions from postal deliveries by 20-25 percent, Greenbang ...

NY Plan Caps Power Plant Emissions, Auctions Pollution Credits

NY Plan Caps Power Plant Emissions, Auctions Pollution Credits
New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer has unveiled regulations designed to cut greenhouse-gas emissions from New York power plants by 10 percent ...

Tibs Matches Employee’s Green Power Purchases

Tibs Matches Employee’s Green Power Purchases
Engineering and systems integration firm Tibs, a division of M.C. Dean Inc., has launched a Green Energy Employee Matching Program to ...

Green Cars Get Specialized Dealerships

Green Cars Get Specialized Dealerships
At least 16 green car dealerships that offer multiple alternative vehicles have opened in 10 states, MSNBC reports. Customers will see more ...

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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