December, 2007
Northwest Pledges $1 Million To Nature Conservancy, Launches ‘EarthCares’
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 its overall strategy along with the key CSR risks and opportunities for the ...
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
Ethical Corporation has selected 15 individuals from business, politics and civil society that the magazine feels has done the most for responsible business in 2007:
1. Stuart Rose, Chief executive, Marks & Spencer, UK retailer ...
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 marks.
DHL led the sector with a score of 45 (out of 100), followed ...
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 over the EU suggestion of a goal of reducing emissions by between 25 ...
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 York Times reports. Provisions of the legislation that passed the House ...
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 persuade Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft to make their products greener, MarketingVOX ...
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 between leader mindsets and sustainability success. Many companies are missing a critical step ...
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 top retailers who have made similar pledges - Target's policy was just ...
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 - would be more willing to pay for eco-friendly energy, according to ...
IBM Touts Project Big Green To Media Executives
De Boer: Without Agreement ‘The Whole House Of Cards Falls To Pieces’
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 News reports. The state still needs permission from the U.S. Environmental Protection ...
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 will recognize the most effective green marketing campaign (sustainability, healthy lifestyle, energy conservation, ...
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 with hybrid automobiles in the coming years, The New York Sun reports.
Taxis ...
Pizza Fusion To Subway: We’re Still Greener
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 of its total supercenters in the U.S., according to Climate Climate Change's ...
Nymex Launches Green Exchange For Trading Carbon Credits
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 2006 was approximately 827 trillion BTUs, an increase of 10 percent from 2005.
The ...
