April, 2008
Utility-Based Efficiency Programs Could Cut Energy Use 7-11 Percent
Energy efficiency improvements in the U.S. electric power sector could reduce electric consumption by 7 to 11 percent more than currently projected over the next two decades.
The Electric Power Research Institute ...
Pepsi Cans Feature Recycling Info
Recycling facts and messages provided by the National Recycling Coalition will be featured on 500 million Pepsi cans and 250 million Diet Pepsi cans nationwide. That's 7.5 billion cans by the ...
Does More E-mail = Less Carbon?
Research currently underway at Sun Microsystems is trying to measure the carbon footprint of individual e-mails, BusinessGreen reports.
The aim of the exercise is to try and prove, quantifiably, that e-mail has an environmental advantage ...
CO2, Methane Up Sharply In 2007
The 2007 rise in global carbon dioxide concentrations is tied with 2005 as the third highest since atmospheric measurements began in 1958.
Global levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide, the primary driver of global ...
Mortgage Company Offers Incentive To Buy Green
Countrywide Home Loans, a division of Countrywide Bank, has launched a Green Incentive Program, Danielle Johnson of GreenWorksRealty.com wrote in a post to seattlepi.com.
Initially available to qualified home buyers in ...
Lean And Clean With Green Purchasing
For years, sourcing and procurement organizations have focused on perfecting lean business processes, guided by the fundamentals of strategy, size, management, and financial performance. But now the collective resources, regulations, and reputations of companies are ...
12 sustainable design ideas from nature
Janine Benyus provides examples of biomimicry -- the way humans mimic nature in the products we build and the systems we implement. And because the champion adapters in the natural world are, by definition, those ...
Green Ad Recall Good, Trust Another Story
Consumer recall of advertising with “green” messaging is high - more than one-third of consumers (37.1%) say they frequently recall green messaging and another third say they recall it occasionally (33.1%), according ...
Siemens’ Sacramento Light Rail Manufacturing Facility Going Solar
Siemens Transportation Systems Inc. has approved the installation of a 1 megawatt solar energy system at its Sacramento light rail manufacturing facility to be completed by mid- to late-October 2008. Siemens is ...
Environmental News Snippets: Toyota, Hummer, Royal Caribbean – 4.25.08
MillionTreesNYC Announces Toyota as a New Driving Force Behind Campaign to Plant One Million Trees by 2017
MillionTreesNYC, a public-private partnership between the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation and New ...
Green Business Experts Author Climate Change Strategy Book
In "Climate Change: What's Your business Strategy?" (Harvard Business Press, $18), due out May 1, 2008, Andrew Hoffman and John Woody - two MBA professors with experience with environmental issues - ...
Softchoice Launches First Searchable Online ‘Green’ IT Product Listing
Softchoice has announced a new initiative to simplify the selection and acquisition of today's greenest information technology products.
IT purchasers can find products in Softchoice's database now available on its website, www.softchoice.com, ...
Kodak Reports Progress on Sustainability Goals
Eastman Kodak announced that it has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 28 percent, reduced its total energy use by 30 percent since 2002, and has recycled, reused or refurbished 42 million ...
U.S. Patent Office Swamped With ‘Eco’ Applications
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) saw a 10 percent increase in trademark filings last year for green-themed marks, making it the busiest year ever for according to a report (...
Unilever, Toyota, HSBC Have Best Ethical Reputation
Geneva-based Covalence has published its third annual ethical reputation ranking, giving the best ranked companies as well as those companies which have made the most progress in the 1st Quarter of 2008.
The main results across ...
Architect Norman Foster On Green Design
Architect Norman Foster discusses his own work to show how computers can help architects design buildings that are green, beautiful and "basically pollution-free." He shares projects from throughout his career, from the pioneering roof-gardened Willis ...
Concrete Recycler Grinds Toward Sustainability With Largest Solar Installation in San Jose
The Star Quality Concrete solar installation in downtown San Jose, Calif., will be the largest commercial solar power system in the area, Akeena Solar announced. The 410 KW system will house 1,890 solar panels on the ...
Safeway Unveils Two New Solar-Powered Stores, Releases CSR Report
As part of its Earth Day celebration, Safeway Inc., one of the largest retail users of renewable energy, unveiled its two newest solar-powered grocery stores in Northern California.
Solar equipment at the stores ...
Merrill Lynch Launches Client-Based ‘Climate Change Solution’
Merrill Lynch has launched "Green & Gold," what it describes as "a full-service climate change solution with a strong focus on sustainability."
Intended for companies in the Americas, Asia and Europe that do not currently ...
EPA Insiders Report Widespread, Potentially Harmful Political Interference
Tesco Tackles Food Waste with Ethylene-Absorbing Strips
