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Archive for January 31st, 2008

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Republicans And Dems Equally Likely To Perform ‘Green Actions’

Republicans And Dems Equally Likely To Perform ‘Green Actions’
Political party affiliation has little bearing on the number of "green" actions people take, a new study by Porter Novelli and George ...

Corporations Step Up Recycling Efforts

Corporations Step Up Recycling Efforts
According to the EPA, consumer electronics accounted for almost 1.5 percent of 250 million tons of trash in 2006, ...

Publicis Buys Sustainability Consultancy Act Now

Publicis Buys Sustainability Consultancy Act Now
Advertising giant Publicis Groupe has bought sustainability consultancy Act Now and renamed it Saatchi & Saatchi S. ...

Nokia Promises More Energy-Efficient Chargers

Nokia Promises More Energy-Efficient Chargers
Nokia has joined the WWF Climate Savers program and pledged to cut the power consumption of its battery chargers ...

Green Interior Design Getting Profitable

Green Interior Design Getting Profitable
Last week, during the annual three-day Winter Market at the San Francisco Design Center, the emphasis was not only ...

Austin Joins LED Cities and Saves Money With Green Lighting

Austin Joins LED Cities and Saves Money With Green Lighting
Cree Inc. announced that the City of Austin joined the LED City program to deploy and promote ...

British Gas Reprimanded for Greenwashing

British Gas Reprimanded for Greenwashing
The Advertising Standards Authority said that British Gas broke advertising rules by describing its "greenest" dual fuel ...

Pro Sports Go Green

Pro Sports Go Green
When the Philadelphia Eagles launched its Go Green campaign in 2003, it was the first pro athletic team ...

RecycleBank Gets Airtime At Davos

RecycleBank Gets Airtime At Davos
Here's a short promotional video on RecycleBank that Coca-Cola shared at the 2007 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. While we don't ...

DOE Abandons FutureGen CO2 Project

DOE Abandons FutureGen CO2 Project
The U.S. Department of Energy plans to pull its support of a $1.8 billion FutureGen project to build a ...

Demand Drives GMA Sustainability Initiative

Demand Drives GMA Sustainability Initiative
Sustainability initiatives are taking on greater urgency for consumer products companies as consumers, retailers, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and their own employees push ...

Today's News

Green Communications: 3 Strategies For Getting Past The Crunch

Green Communications: 3 Strategies For Getting Past The Crunch

It's a perfect storm for green communications. There are two industries traditionally considered first for the chop during an economic downturn: environment ... continue »

Beyond Tele-Conferencing: How the IT Sector Can Become a Legitimate Climate Solutions Provider
Navigating the Environmental Media Pt 4: Carbon Messaging
Ecolabeling – Bridging The Gap
The Green Chemistry Tipping Point
Consumers Pay Attention To Energy Star Labels

Consumers Pay Attention To Energy Star Labels

The "Energy Star" label is extremely or very important to 68 percent of consumers, according to the fourth EcoPinion Survey from ...

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Green Retailers Six Key Focus Areas
Half of U.S. Companies Going Green
64% Of Decision Makers Say Green Image Is Good For Business
SMEs and the Environment

SMEs and the Environment

A Telegraph Business Club Video MasterClass by Guy Beaudin the Head of Solutions for PC World Business on SMEs and the environment....

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Oracle CIO Mark Sunday On Project Sequoia
GM Shows Off Volt Production Model…Kind Of
Verdiem Takes Aim At Consumer Market With Edison
The Bottom Line

Marketing

Consumers Pay Attention To Energy Star Labels

Big Brands Tout Social Consciences On YouTube

Marriott To List Green Actions Of Individual Hotels

Emissions

CCX Trades RGGI Contracts

Merck Plans 7-Acre Solar Power System

Lite-On Tech to Reduce CO2 Emissions 10% by 2011

Hi-Tech

Fairchild Semiconductor Expands ‘Green’ Effort with Global Team

Oracle CIO Mark Sunday On Project Sequoia

IBM Launches Eco Data Center in Second Life

Efficiency

Commercial Kitchens Get Green Certification Program

IBM Launches ‘Green Sigma’ Consulting Service

Performance Management Systems Improve Energy Efficiency at Kodak

Manufacturing

Green Efforts Hampered by Broken Supply Chains

Recycling and Reuse Programs Top List Of Manufacturers Green Investments

North Face Announces more Green Initiatives

Carbon Offsets/RECs

American Assets Plans To Beat 2030 Challenge

Wal-Mart Facing Tough Green Questions

NY To Regulate GHG Emissions

CSR Reports

Most Companies Skip Getting CSR Reports Assured

Campbell’s Cuts 1.5 Million Gallons of Water Per Day

KB Home To Build Only Energy Star Standard Homes

Major Players

Sam’s Club Markets Solar Panels, Energy Efficient Products

Toyota Executive Calls for More Cooperation

Tesco Saves 2 Billion Plastic Bags

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