Archive for January 31st, 2008
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 Mason University shows (PDF). According to the survey, Democrats and Republicans differ ...
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, and according to a report from the International Association of Electronics Recyclers, ...
Publicis Buys Sustainability Consultancy Act Now
Advertising giant Publicis Groupe has bought sustainability consultancy Act Now and renamed it Saatchi & Saatchi S. Adam Werbach, a past president of the Sierra Club, launched Act Now ...
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 in no-load mode 50 percent by 2010. The company said it that figure ...
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 on how interior designers can specify green products for their clients but also ...
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 energy-efficient LED lighting. Austin joins Toronto, Raleigh, and Ann Arbor. ...
British Gas Reprimanded for Greenwashing
The Advertising Standards Authority said that British Gas broke advertising rules by describing its "greenest" dual fuel package as "zero carbon" in a TV commercial. Fourteen viewers complained it ...
Pro Sports Go Green
When the Philadelphia Eagles launched its Go Green campaign in 2003, it was the first pro athletic team to implement a major environmental initiative. Over the next five years, other teams ...
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 usually show promos, RecycleBank offers an interesting marketing platform for businesses. RecycleBank tries ...
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 power plant that captures pollution underground, according to this report. A ...
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 for an increased focus on environmental and social issues. We recently attended the ...
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John Bergdoll on Accidental to Purposeful Sustainability: Using What You Already Have to Grow Sustainability
"I was following the logic your article..."
Liz Amason on Clorox Comes Clean With Chemical Content on Web Site
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Rigidflexibility on Companies Going Green Should Ignore Green Consumer
"I was about to market a metal working fluid that is 98>% Soybean oil and..."
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"Canadians have been waiting for the feds to act on climate change for..."
Steve Wolford on Sports Teams Embrace Sustainability
"Hello Environmental Leader, We just returned from the National Sport Forum in Baltimore. Team and..."
Mauibrad on Bipartisan Senatorial Effort Seeks Cap and Trade for non-CO2 Emissions
"Finally some enlightened ideas out of Congress!"
Cameron Green on Data Centers Can Apply for Energy Star Rating in June
"I did a blog post about this. Essentially PUE doesn’t give you very much..."