The Executive’s Daily Green Briefing

Archive for March, 2008

EPA Temporarily Bars IBM From New Federal Contracts

EPA Temporarily Bars IBM From New Federal Contracts
IBM has been temporarily barred from receiving contracts with all federal agencies while the Environmental Protection Agency reviews concerns raised about potential ...

Toyota Second To None In Green Brands Survey

Toyota Second To None In Green Brands Survey
The top four brands seen as truly green are Toyota (9.4%) , BP (3.3%), Body Shop (3.1%), and Honda (2.7%), according ...

Despite Resistance, CF Martin Guitars Promotes Sustainable Forestry

Despite Resistance, CF Martin Guitars Promotes Sustainable Forestry
Chris Martin, CEO of CF Guitars, talks about deforestation and his company's commitment to sustainable manufacturing practices on Sundance Channel's EcoBiz. We're ...

Lego Releases Sustainability Report, Misses Efficiency Target

Lego Releases Sustainability Report, Misses Efficiency Target
The Lego Group has released its 2007 sustainability report (PDF).  Overall, Lego's five percent efficiency target ...

Activists Mobilize For ‘Fossil Fools Day’

Activists Mobilize For ‘Fossil Fools Day’
Activists are planning over 100 actions around the world tomorrow against what they call "dirty energy industries." The actions are being planned by ...

Toys R Us Launches Eco-Friendly Toys, Green Logo

Toys R Us Launches Eco-Friendly Toys, Green Logo
Toys R Us has launched a line of environmentally friendly toys. The first toys in the collection include ...

Scale Of Sodexo’s Recycled Napkin Program Saves Resources

Scale Of Sodexo’s Recycled Napkin Program Saves Resources
Sodexo says that after one year, its switch to recycled napkins in 1,300 foodservice operations nationwide has resulted ...

‘Kyoto II’ Delegates Warned That Clock Is Ticking

‘Kyoto II’ Delegates Warned That Clock Is Ticking
The UN Bangkok Climate Change talks got underway on Monday, the first major United Nations-sponsored meeting on climate change ...

‘You Already Have An Eco Job!’

‘You Already Have An Eco Job!’
It seems like every week I get a request from someone at Sun who wants to join our Eco Responsibility team. ...

Stress Environmental Benefits To Increase eBill Adoption

Stress Environmental Benefits To Increase eBill Adoption
If one in five households switched to electronic bills, statements and payments, the collective impact would save 151 million ...

California Cuts Quotas For Zero-Emission Vehicles

California Cuts Quotas For Zero-Emission Vehicles
The California Air Resources Board has voted to lower the number of battery-powered and hydrogen fuel cell ...

U.S. Split Between Environment And Economic Growth

U.S. Split Between Environment And Economic Growth
Even with high gas prices and the general perception that the U.S. is in a recession, Americans continue to say (by a ...

E85 Fuels 2008 American Le Mans Series

E85 Fuels 2008 American Le Mans Series
Reece Nanfito, senior director of marketing for the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council, talks to Green Fuels Forecast about E85 fueling most ...

Should CFOs Take A Seat At The Sustainability Table?

Should CFOs Take A Seat At The Sustainability Table?
More than half of finance executives believe their companies are "very likely" or "somewhat likely" to increase revenue, ...

UPS Adds 167 CNG Delivery Trucks

UPS Adds 167 CNG Delivery Trucks
UPS has added 167 Compressed Natural Gas delivery vehicles to its fleets in Texas, Georgia and California. It ...

Google’s Black Earth Hour Homepage May Burn More Energy

Google’s Black Earth Hour Homepage May Burn More Energy
Google has turned its simple white homepage black Saturday in support of Earth Hour - U.S. surfers only. Below ...

Sydney Bows Earth Hour

Sydney Bows Earth Hour
Sydney kicked off Earth Hour with lights going out on the city's landmarks on Saturday night, The Sydney ...

CDM Rulebook Launched By Baker & McKenzie

CDM Rulebook Launched By Baker & McKenzie
Baker & McKenzie's climate change practice has launched the CDM Rulebook website, an online database for the rules ...

SCE To Install Solar Panels On 2 Sq Miles Of California Roofs

SCE To Install Solar Panels On 2 Sq Miles Of California Roofs
Southern California Edison will install 250 megawatts of solar panels on 65 million square feet of roofs - that's ...

Union Sprouts Green Ad Agency

Union Sprouts Green Ad Agency
New York-based advertising agency Union has launched a green offshoot dubbed Union Green. The National Wildlife Federation has ...

Today's News

Using Green IT To Get Out Of The Red And Into The Black

Using Green IT To Get Out Of The Red And Into The Black

Today's combination of dwindling natural resources, economic uncertainty, and the growing threat of global warming underscores the urgent need to embrace "being ... continue »

Measuring, Managing, Saving: Making Energy Efficiency Visible
Lean And Clean With Green Purchasing
‘Recyclable’ Is So Last-Century
Successfully Enticing LOHAS Consumers to Grocery Stores
U.S. Lags Behind On Green Consumption And Behavior

U.S. Lags Behind On Green Consumption And Behavior

The National Geographic Society and the international polling firm GlobeScan have unveiled a new mechanism for measuring and comparing individual consumer behavior ...

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Green Marketing Campaigns Not Sticking
eCommerce Goes Green
82% Of Execs Say Climate Change Will Alter Their Business Models
Tour Of Citigroup’s Green Skyscraper

Tour Of Citigroup’s Green Skyscraper

Joe Sprouls gives a tour of Citigroup's $310 million Green Skyscraper.

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China’s Plastic Bag Crackdown Is Windfall For Cloth Bag-Makers
Customer CSR Expectations Top Of Mind For CEOs
DuPont On Sustainable Packaging
The Bottom Line

Marketing

Adam Werbach’s Answer To Consumerism’s Global Warming Blues

Green Marketing Campaigns Not Sticking

Green-Themed Email Marketing Sees Big Bump

Emissions

Companies Respond To Climate Change Shareholder Resolutions

Starwood Going Green With Element Hotels

Environmental Throwdown At Duke Shareholders’ Meeting

Hi-Tech

Using Green IT To Get Out Of The Red And Into The Black

Cutting The Internet’s Carbon Footprint

Report: Data Center Energy Efficiency Needs To Double By 2012

Efficiency

Virtual Hotel Aims To Improve Industry Sustainability

Popularity Of Energy Efficiency Utilities Grows

EBay Tops List Of Largest Solar Installations In San Jose

Manufacturing

Ford Racks Up Another Environmental First

China’s Plastic Bag Crackdown Is Windfall For Cloth Bag-Makers

IBM, GSK, Herman Miller See Healthy ROI From Green Purchasing

Carbon Offsets/RECs

Enel Buys $232 Million Of Carbon Credits From China’s Wuhan Steel

RGGI Cap And Trade To Go Online Sept. 10

NAM, ACCF: Lieberman-Warner Bill Will Cost U.S. Big

CSR Reports

Brazilian, Indian Companies Dominate GRI Reporting Awards

CSR: Chevron To Invest $2.5B in Alternative, Renewable Energy Tech

Colgate-Palmolive Improves Production Efficiency

Major Players

Tour Of Citigroup’s Green Skyscraper

Food Services Industry Hammered On Climate Performance

HP Partners With Calif. On Print Cartridge Recycling

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