The Executive’s Daily Green Briefing

Archive for February, 2008

Luminant Details Emissions Reduction Plan

Luminant Details Emissions Reduction Plan
Luminant, a subsidiary of Energy Future Holdings - formerly TXU - has released details of a voluntary emissions ...

Strand Bookstore Joins Eco-Libris’ Tree Planting Program

Strand Bookstore Joins Eco-Libris’ Tree Planting Program
New York's Strand bookstore has teamed up with Eco-Libris allowing customers to pay to plant a tree to ...

Consumers Think Sustainability is Here to Stay

Consumers Think Sustainability is Here to Stay
The number of U.S. consumers who think sustainability is here to stay outnumbers those who don't by two-to-one, according to Natural ...

IBM Launches PowerUp - Online Climate Change Game

IBM Launches PowerUp - Online Climate Change Game
A new IBM promotion comes in the form of a free multiplayer online game, PowerUp, that challenges players to help save ...

Herman Miller’s Walker On Greening Supply Chains

Herman Miller’s Walker On Greening Supply Chains
A business, and the products it sells, can only be environmentally sustainable through a holistic approach to design, raw ...

ADVERTISERS

Bloomberg Vows To Veto Electronics Recycling Bill

Bloomberg Vows To Veto Electronics Recycling Bill
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says he will veto the City Council's bill requiring electronics manufacturers to be in charge of recycling ...

Windows Server Launch Will Detail Energy Efficiency

Windows Server Launch Will Detail Energy Efficiency
When Microsoft launches the latest versions of Windows Server, SQL Server, and Visual Studio later this month, ...

L.A. Poised To Adopt Tough Green Building Ordinance

L.A. Poised To Adopt Tough Green Building Ordinance
Two Los Angeles City Council committees voted Friday to require that all major commercial and residential developments cut projected ...

Philips Says Green Products Represent 20% Of Sales

Philips Says Green Products Represent 20% Of Sales
Royal Philips Electronics has seen a 33 percent increase in sales of green products in 2007, as published in the company’s ...

HP, Sony, Nike, Nokia Among Tokyo Declaration Signatories

HP, Sony, Nike, Nokia Among Tokyo Declaration Signatories
A business group including companies such as HP, Sony, Nokia and Nike have released the Tokyo Declaration, a ...

Coke Touts Recycling Efforts At Daytona 500

Coke Touts Recycling Efforts At Daytona 500
Coca-Cola promoted its recycling efforts at the Daytona 500. The company debuted a new 24-foot interactive trailer that ...

Investors Pledge $10 Billion To Fight Global Warming

Investors Pledge $10 Billion To Fight Global Warming
U.S. institutional investors pledged to invest $10 billion over two years in technologies that aim to reduce greenhouse gas ...

Industry Leaders Call For ITC/PTC Extension

Industry Leaders Call For ITC/PTC Extension
More than 350 leaders in the renewable energy industry ranging from small business owners, venture capitalists, investors, associations and ...

Prediction: $1 Trillion U.S. Carbon Market By 2020

Prediction: $1 Trillion U.S. Carbon Market By 2020
The U.S. will be home to a $1 trillion carbon emission market by 2020 if federal and state policymakers continue on their ...

Top 5 Cities Working To Fight Global Warming

Top 5 Cities Working To Fight Global Warming
Ralph Cavanagh of the Natural Resources Defense Council discusses which cities are on the cutting edge in using alternative energy and how ...

Who Really Pays For CSR Initiatives?

Who Really Pays For CSR Initiatives?
Corporate CSR activities raise the cost of doing business and lower corporate productivity without a net benefit to free ...

Highmark Named Top Green IT User

Highmark Named Top Green IT User
Computerworld has released a list of what it considers to be the top 12 green user companies, as ...

Is Soda Getting A Free Ride On Sustainability Issues?

Is Soda Getting A Free Ride On Sustainability Issues?
An article in The Street asks if bottled water, which has been hammered in the press lately, ...

Sub-Zero, Wolf Launch Green Microsite

Sub-Zero, Wolf Launch Green Microsite
Wolf and Sub-Zero, two high-end kitchen appliance companies, have launched a microsite that teaches people how to incorporate green solutions ...

Better Performing Companies Do Better On CSR

Better Performing Companies Do Better On CSR
Companies that saw their share price rise by at least 50 percent in the last three years (share price climbers) place a ...

Today's News

COP 15 Offers Communications Opportunities

COP 15 Offers Communications Opportunities

What is the No.1 event-related global communications opportunity for your carbon messaging of the next 4 years? Here are a couple of clues… •    ... continue »

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
Thoroughly Modernized Milton And Corporate Social Responsibility
Green Efforts Insignificant in Winning, Keeping 3PL Business

Green Efforts Insignificant in Winning, Keeping 3PL Business

The 3PL industry has made significant strides in establishing environmental responsibility as part of broader corporate visions, with companies reporting numerous internal ...

click to view full size chart »

Google Says Its Data Centers Most Efficient
Fast-Moving Eco-Friendly Consumer Goods Appeal to Many
Environmental Friendliness Not Driving PC Sales
Miller Recycles 99.9% of Packaging Waste

Miller Recycles 99.9% of Packaging Waste

The U.S. beer maker Miller has a goal of zero waste in their breweries and is currently recycling 99.9% of all packaging ...

click to view video »

Credit Crunch Could Hurt Mitsubishi’s Eco-Car Push
What’s The Price Tag For A Carbon Neutral U.S. Economy?
Interface VP Discusses Biomimicry And Design
The Bottom Line

Marketing

Survey: Apple Most Eco-Friendly, Greenpeace Says Different

Green Inc.: Conservation Organizations Compromised By Corporate Dollars

Office Depot Targets Eco-Conscious Consumers in Europe

Emissions

Ericsson Unveils Wind-Powered Tower Tube

Sun, Pfizer Surpass Carbon Reduction Goals

Constellation Wines Installing 1.2 Megawatt Solar System

Hi-Tech

Google Says Its Data Centers Most Efficient

European Data Centers Face Energy Crisis

Environmental Friendliness Not Driving PC Sales

Efficiency

EPA Announces First WaterSense Partners of the Year

World Steel Association Publishes Sustainability Report

Wal-Mart’s Packaging Scorecard Drives Sustainability, Cuts GHG Emissions

Manufacturing

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

ARC Offers Sustainability Strategies for Manufacturers

Sanyo’s Solar Ark: Company Shift or PR Stunt?

Carbon Offsets/RECs

Gap Flips Switch On 1 Megawatt Solar Power System

USDA, DOE Unveil Plans to Accelerate Sustainable Biofuels Development

EU Votes For Tougher Carbon Laws

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

See All Topics »