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Archive for December, 2007

Northwest Pledges $1 Million To Nature Conservancy, Launches ‘EarthCares’

Northwest Pledges $1 Million To Nature Conservancy, Launches ‘EarthCares’
Northwest Airlines is making a $1 million donation to The Nature Conservancy, in equal payments, over the next three years. The gift ...

BT Takes Award For Sustainability Reporting

BT Takes Award For Sustainability Reporting
BT has won the top accolade at the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants' annual UK Awards for Sustainability Reporting. Transparent disclosures on ...

Al Gore Speech From Bali

Al Gore Speech From Bali
Summary of the speech by Al Gore at the Climate Change Conference....

Marks & Spencer Chief Tops List Of Ethical Leaders

Marks & Spencer Chief Tops List Of Ethical Leaders
Ethical Corporation has selected 15 individuals from business, politics and civil society that the magazine feels has done the most for ...

FedEx Brings Up Rear In ‘Climate Counts’ Shipper Rankings

FedEx Brings Up Rear In ‘Climate Counts’ Shipper Rankings
Climate Counts has released green rankings for consumer shipping companies. DHL and the U.S. Postal Service received the highest ...

Bali Envoys Close In On Compromise Agreement

Bali Envoys Close In On Compromise Agreement
The US and EU are close to a compromise at the UN climate conference, AP reports. The conference had been deadlocked ...

Senate Passes Energy Bill

Senate Passes Energy Bill
An energy bill that included an increase in fuel-economy standards passed the Senate by a margin of 86-8 yesterday, The New ...

Greenpeace Enlists Gamers For Campaign Against Sony, Nintendo & Microsoft

Greenpeace Enlists Gamers For Campaign Against Sony, Nintendo & Microsoft
Greenpeace has turned up the heat on game console makers by launching a campaign that it hopes will get gamers to ...

Executive Mindset Drives Sustainability Success

Executive Mindset Drives Sustainability Success
A new study examines the progress of ten global corporations against a comparative five-stage sustainability framework and suggests a direct correlation ...

Sears, Kmart To Phase Out PVC

Sears, Kmart To Phase Out PVC
Sears and Kmart plan to begin phasing out products and packaging containing PVC, commonly known as vinyl. Wal-Mart and Target are other ...

67% Of Consumers Willing To Pay More For Green Power

67% Of Consumers Willing To Pay More For Green Power
Sixty-seven percent of consumers polled across six countries - Australia, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States - ...

IBM Touts Project Big Green To Media Executives

IBM Touts Project Big Green To Media Executives
IBM touted Project Big Green to the media and entertainment industry at the Hollywood Goes Green conference earlier this week. The ...

De Boer: Without Agreement ‘The Whole House Of Cards Falls To Pieces’

De Boer: Without Agreement ‘The Whole House Of Cards Falls To Pieces’
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer has voiced concern about the pace of the Bali climate negotiations. He explained that many of ...

Fed Judge Says California Can Regulate Auto Emissions

Fed Judge Says California Can Regulate Auto Emissions
California can set its own standards on greenhouse-gas emissions from vehicles, a federal judge in Fresno has ruled, The San Jose Mercury ...

Green Marketing Gets Its Own Effie

Green Marketing Gets Its Own Effie
The Effie Awards is launching a green category that will be sponsored by Discovery' Network's Planet Green. The Green Effie ...

NYC Approves Replacing Crown Victorias With Hybrids

NYC Approves Replacing Crown Victorias With Hybrids
New York City's Taxi & Limousine Commission yesterday approved a deal that would replace the city's iconic Crown Victoria taxicabs ...

Pizza Fusion To Subway: We’re Still Greener

Pizza Fusion To Subway: We’re Still Greener
Pizza Fusion has put out a press release saying that its approach to "environmentally-friendly" dining has received industry validation because of ...

Wal-Mart Looks At Investing In Power Plants To Get Cheap Green Energy

Wal-Mart Looks At Investing In Power Plants To Get Cheap Green Energy
Wal-Mart has faced criticism at the Bali conference for only installing solar panels on 22 of its supercenters, representing only one percent ...

Nymex Launches Green Exchange For Trading Carbon Credits

Nymex Launches Green Exchange For Trading Carbon Credits
The Chicago Climate Exchange has a new competitor. The New York Mercantile Exchange has launched The Green Exchange for trading carbon ...

ConocoPhillips Releases Sustainability Report, Opinion Research Numbers

ConocoPhillips Releases Sustainability Report, Opinion Research Numbers
ConocoPhillips has made its 2006 Sustainable Development Report available online (PDF). Overall, Total energy consumption by ConocoPhillips in ...

Today's News

Parse The Greens, Pass The Spectacle

Parse The Greens, Pass The Spectacle

Comments on the Language of Marketing Sustainability. In today's culture of over-parsed lexicon, where we argue the meaning of ... continue »

Timberland’s Journey to Quarterly CSR Reporting
Peak Carbon
Consumers Understand Greenwash, So Why Can’t The Communications Industry?
Environmental Compliance: Initiatives Broaden, Budgets Up - Complete Apps Still Few in Number
Fewer Willing To Pay Premium For Green

Fewer Willing To Pay Premium For Green

According to a green survey from Rackspace Hosting (PDF), 44 percent of respondents are willing to pay more for green products ...

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EIA Projects 50% Growth In World Energy Use By 2030
Fuel Prices, Environment Drive Consideration Of Hybrids
Most Americans Have Made Lifestyle Changes To Help The Environment
Climate Change And Public Health

Climate Change And Public Health

Dr. Eduardo Sanchez, M.D. is interviewed by EnviroTV about the connection between climate change and public health....

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Commute Program Helps Juniper Employees Reduce Trips
Clean Diesel Talked Up At Mid America Trucking Show
Stern Helps Launch New Carbon Ratings Agency
The Bottom Line

Marketing

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

Parse The Greens, Pass The Spectacle

Canada Ad Watchdog Releases Green Marketing Guidelines

Emissions

Ball Aims To Reduce GHG 16 Percent by 2012

Branson Plans Zero Carbon Resort, Launches Eco-Consulting Group

Wal-Mart’s New Milk Jug Cuts Costs, Customers Cry Over Spilt Milk

Hi-Tech

Novomer Makes Sacrificial Binder From Recycled CO2

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

Sony At Top, Nintendo, MS At Bottom Of Greenpeace Electronics Rankings

Efficiency

Commute Program Helps Juniper Employees Reduce Trips

AASHE Releases Annual Review of Sustainability in Higher Education

Harvard, Yale, Others Embrace Green Design

Manufacturing

EPA Web Site Provides Importing, Exporting Environmental Rules

GHG Emissions Up At Owens Corning, Energy Use Down

Maintaining Product Quality Alongside Environmental Performance

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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