The Executive’s Daily Green Briefing

Archive for October, 2007

Putting CSR On The Balance Sheet

Putting CSR On The Balance Sheet
Firms need to attach a financial value to the environmentally responsible initiatives that undertake, according to a VNUNet article. But is ...

Survey: Most Americans Want To Phase Out Fossil Fuels, Phase In Alternative Sources

Survey: Most Americans Want To Phase Out Fossil Fuels, Phase In Alternative Sources
Americans may be addicted to coal, gasoline and other fossil fuels today, but a survey from the Opinion Research Corporation finds ...

Car Ads Could Carry Cigarette-Style ‘Health Warnings’

Car Ads Could Carry Cigarette-Style ‘Health Warnings’
All advertising for new cars will have to carry cigarette-style “health warnings” about their environmental impact, under a European plan to force ...

50 Ways To Green Up Your Company

50 Ways To Green Up Your Company
The latest issue of Fast Company has a list of 50 ways to green your business. Here's the top five: 1 In ...

WSP Fines Employees For Excessive Carbon Emissions

WSP Fines Employees For Excessive Carbon Emissions
Employees at an environmental firm in the UK are keeping tabs of their out-of-work carbon emissions and paying fines when they ...

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EPA Buys RECs From Sterling

EPA Buys RECs From Sterling
The EPA is buying renewable energy equivalent to 100 percent of its annual electricity needs at more than 190 EPA facilities nationwide. Sterling ...

Aspen’s Schendler On Corporate Greening: ‘Who Are We Kidding?’

Aspen’s Schendler On Corporate Greening: ‘Who Are We Kidding?’
Much corporate environmentalism boils down to misleading statistics and hype, according to a Business Week article. To make real progress, genuine ...

Pennsylvania Regulation Limits Truck Idling

Pennsylvania Regulation Limits Truck Idling
A new regulation, developed by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, would limit the amount of time a diesel truck can ...

Insurers Offer Hundreds Of New Products In Response To Climate Change

Insurers Offer Hundreds Of New Products In Response To Climate Change
Over 400 new insurance initiatives, including ‘?green’ building credits, drought-protection in developing countries and incentives for investing in renewable energy and carbon ...

Tesco Using Barges To Cut Emissions

Tesco Using Barges To Cut Emissions
Tesco is transporting freight by canal in an effort to reduce emissions, The Guardian Unlimited reports. Until two years ago, Tesco's ...

Kansas Rejects Proposed Coal Plant Because Of CO2 Emissions

Kansas Rejects Proposed Coal Plant Because Of CO2 Emissions
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has become the first government agency in the U.S. to cite carbon dioxide emissions ...

Sprint Outlines Use Of Alternative Energy Sources

Sprint Outlines Use Of Alternative Energy Sources
Sprint has released a little information on its moves into alternative energy sources, many of which are used for backup power ...

Is ‘Double Carbon Neutral’ On The Horizon?

Is ‘Double Carbon Neutral’ On The Horizon?
David Douglas, vice president for eco-responsibility at Sun Microsystems, raised an interesting question in his blog yesterday. Sun, which released ...

BT Plans Wind Farms That Could Generate 250MW Of Electricity

BT Plans Wind Farms That Could Generate 250MW Of Electricity
BT to plans to develop wind farms aimed at generating up to 25 percent of its existing UK electricity requirements by ...

Two-Thirds Of People Will Pay Premium For Green Products

Two-Thirds Of People Will Pay Premium For Green Products
Nearly nine out of 10 consumers worldwide said they would switch to energy providers that offer products and services that help reduce ...

Morgan Stanley: Clean Energy Sales Could Hit $1 Trillion By 2030

Morgan Stanley: Clean Energy Sales Could Hit $1 Trillion By 2030
Morgan Stanley estimates that global sales from clean energy sources like like wind, solar and geothermal could reach $1 trillion a year ...

Motel 6 Installs Efficiency Retrofits in 7,530 Rooms

Motel 6 Installs Efficiency Retrofits in 7,530 Rooms
Motel 6 will install energy-saving retrofits in a total of 7,530 rooms in the 66 Motel 6 properties located within Pacific Gas ...

Sundance Square Offsets 10% Of Energy Needs

Sundance Square Offsets 10% Of Energy Needs
Beginning in January, Sundance Square will offset 10 percent of its yearly energy needs for the next five years. Sundance Square ...

How Efficient Is Your Escalator?

How Efficient Is Your Escalator?
Airports are looking for ways to make escalators more energy efficient. Power Efficiency Corporation, which focuses on efficiency technologies for electric ...

NBC Poised To Announce Sweeping Environmental Initiative

NBC Poised To Announce Sweeping Environmental Initiative
NBC is poised to announce a wider sweeping environmental initiative next week that Bravo president Lauren Zalaznick, who chairs the NBCU Green ...

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The Evolving Green Challenge for Manufacturing

The Evolving Green Challenge for Manufacturing

Unless you have been incommunicado for the last few years, you realize that the focus on green manufacturing has swept across Europe, ... continue »

COP 15 Offers Communications Opportunities
Greening the Apparel Supply Chain: Tapping the Power of Collective Leverage
Sustainability and its Impact on Brand Value
The Advertising Industry, Sustainability and the Bottom Line
$5.2 Billion Invested in Cleantech Since January 2007

$5.2 Billion Invested in Cleantech Since January 2007

Ninety percent of global companies recently surveyed by Ernst & Young were undertaking climate change initiatives, with disclosed financial commitments totaling $276 ...

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Green Efforts Insignificant in Winning, Keeping 3PL Business
Google Says Its Data Centers Most Efficient
Fast-Moving Eco-Friendly Consumer Goods Appeal to Many
Geothermal Could Be Answer To Countering Climate Change

Geothermal Could Be Answer To Countering Climate Change

As the world looks for ways to counter climate change and reduce the carbon footprint, the most abundant energy source might be ...

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Miller Recycles 99.9% of Packaging Waste
Credit Crunch Could Hurt Mitsubishi’s Eco-Car Push
What’s The Price Tag For A Carbon Neutral U.S. Economy?
The Bottom Line

Marketing

Payless ShoeSource Launching Eco-Friendly Footwear

Survey: Apple Most Eco-Friendly, Greenpeace Says Different

Green Inc.: Conservation Organizations Compromised By Corporate Dollars

Emissions

Applied Materials Unveils 2 Megawatt Solar System

Ericsson Unveils Wind-Powered Tower Tube

Sun, Pfizer Surpass Carbon Reduction Goals

Hi-Tech

Google Says Its Data Centers Most Efficient

European Data Centers Face Energy Crisis

Environmental Friendliness Not Driving PC Sales

Efficiency

Coffee Bean Opens LEED-Certified Facility in Portland

Pepsi Bottling Group Cuts 16,000 Tons of Plastic in 2007

The Evolving Green Challenge for Manufacturing

Manufacturing

World Steel Association Publishes Sustainability Report

Greening the Apparel Supply Chain: Tapping the Power of Collective Leverage

ARC Offers Sustainability Strategies for Manufacturers

Carbon Offsets/RECs

Financial Crisis Threatens EU’s Carbon Plans

Gap Flips Switch On 1 Megawatt Solar Power System

USDA, DOE Unveil Plans to Accelerate Sustainable Biofuels Development

CSR Reports

AT&T Releases Sustainability Report

Autodesk HQ Cuts Emissions with Lighting Upgrades

Staples Saved Over 540,000 Gallons of Diesel in 2007

Major Players

Green Efforts Insignificant in Winning, Keeping 3PL Business

Critics Say Energy Star Standards Too Lax

Google Unveils $4.4 Trillion Clean Energy Plan

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