The Executive’s Daily Green Briefing

Archive for October, 2007

NBCU Details Green Programming

NBCU Details Green Programming
NBC Universal announced details for more than 150 hours of environmentally themed content that will inolve all of NBCU's divisions across ...

Corning Joins Performance Track, Coke & Baxter Add Facilities

Corning Joins Performance Track, Coke & Baxter Add Facilities
Coca-Cola, 3M and Corning facilities are among 55 new members of EPA's National Environmental Performance Track Program. The latest members ...

Almost 1 Million Take Energy Star’s ‘Change A Light’ Pledge

Almost 1 Million Take Energy Star’s ‘Change A Light’ Pledge
The 20-day national Energy Star Change a Light Bus Tour concluded yesterday with nearly 1 million Americans pledging to change more ...

Ogden Launches Green Shopping Site

Ogden Launches Green Shopping Site
Ogden Publications, home of magazines such as Utne Reader, Mother Earth News and Natural Home, has launched EarthMoment.com, a shopping ...

72% Of Consumers Have Made Purchase Based On Cause Marketing

72% Of Consumers Have Made Purchase Based On Cause Marketing
Seventy-two percent of consumers say that they have purchased a brand because it supports a cause they believe in, according to ...

Rachel Ray Switches To Recycled Paper

Rachel Ray Switches To Recycled Paper
Everyday with Rachael Ray has announced that the magazine will be printed on 85 percent recycled paper, Folio reports. “Starting this ...

Does Anyone Read Your CSR Report? Year 2

Does Anyone Read Your CSR Report? Year 2
In the four days following the release of its fiscal 2007 Corporate Social Responsibility report, Sun received 869 unique visitors to ...

GE To Spend $1 Billion On Ecomagination R&D

GE To Spend $1 Billion On Ecomagination R&D
GE will invest more than $1 billion on cleaner technology research and development for 2007, drawing closer to its pledge to invest ...

Wausau Brochure Gets Art Directors, Sustainability Directors On Same Page

Wausau Brochure Gets Art Directors, Sustainability Directors On Same Page
Wausau Paper has released a 15-page brochure, “Imprinting Your Vision for Sustainability on Paper,” which explores how environmental partnerships can ...

Canon U.S.A. Receives ISO 14001 Certification

Canon U.S.A. Receives ISO 14001 Certification
Canon U.S.A. says that all of its facilities in the U.S. and Canada have received ISO 14001 Certification. Canon has established an ...

Lenovo Delivers First EPEAT Gold Monitor

Lenovo Delivers First EPEAT Gold Monitor
Lenovo has introduced the first EPEAT Gold rated monitor -? the ThinkVision L193p -? as part of a new portfolio ...

Bioplastics Carve Out Niche

Bioplastics Carve Out Niche
Plastics made from corn and other plants are carving a tiny niche from the market for conventional petroleum-based plastics and being touted ...

HP Data Center Reduces Energy Use 40%

HP Data Center Reduces Energy Use 40%
Hewlett-Packard announced that a new data center in Bangalore, India, has achieved energy savings of up to 40 percent due to ...

Alcan Releases Corporate Sustainability Report

Alcan Releases Corporate Sustainability Report
Alcan has released its 2007 Corporate Sustainability Report, CSRWire reports. The report builds on the 2006 report with updated 2007 content, ...

Macy’s, Johnson & Johnson, Kohl’s Among Green Power Award Winners

Macy’s, Johnson & Johnson, Kohl’s Among Green Power Award Winners
EPA has recognized 17 organizations that make up this year’s green power purchaser award winners, a mix of Fortune 500 companies, ...

Green Grid Completes Three Technology Deliverables

Green Grid Completes Three Technology Deliverables
The Green Grid has announced the completion of three deliverables from its Technical Committee. The deliverables made available to members today ...

Mitsubishi Electric Announces Plan To Cut CO2 Emissions 30%

Mitsubishi Electric Announces Plan To Cut CO2 Emissions 30%
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has released (PDF) a long-term environmental management vision dubbed “Environmental Vision 2021.” The target year, 2021, commemorates ...

Global Energy Roadmap Published

Global Energy Roadmap Published
The InterAcademy Council released a report today commissioned by the governments of Brazil and China identifying and detailing the scientific consensus ...

Timberland Launches TV Ads, Offsets Campaign Emissions

Timberland Launches TV Ads, Offsets Campaign Emissions
Timberland is running TV ads for its new Earthkeepers boots. The company has estimated the carbon-dioxide emissions associated with the energy used ...

California To Sue Over Inaction On GHG Rules

California To Sue Over Inaction On GHG Rules
California plans to sue the Bush administration this week to demand action on the state's request to restrict greenhouse emissions from cars ...

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

Anaerobic Digestion Facility At Maker’s Mark Powers Distillery

EPA Web Site Provides Importing, Exporting Environmental Rules

GHG Emissions Up At Owens Corning, Energy Use Down

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

IBM Launches Green Consulting Service

Baxter Aims To Reduce GHG Emissions By 45% By 2015

JohnsonDiversey Saves Customers Over 1B Gallons Of Water In 2007

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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