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Archive for May, 2008

Rackspace Uses Biomass To Run Data Center

Rackspace Uses Biomass To Run Data Center
IT hosting company Rackspace has announced it has completed the conversion of a former warehouse into its new ...

Future Work

Future Work
It's a common complaint: "Technology is enabling my work to follow me 24/7, wherever I am." But a growing number of ...

EPA Releases ‘2008 Report On The Environment’

EPA Releases ‘2008 Report On The Environment’
The EPA has released its 2008 Report on the Environment, which the agency says uses scientific indicators to measure and report ...

BP Reports Continued Reductions In GHG Emissions

BP Reports Continued Reductions In GHG Emissions
BP has announced in its "BP Sustainability Report 2007" that its GHG emissions, discharges and wastes have decreased ...

Green Business Programs Help Promote Businesses Locally

Green Business Programs Help Promote Businesses Locally
Green business programs are gaining traction within communities - chances are there's one near you. Here's a promo video from one such ...

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Green Restaurant Association Working With PepsiCo Clients

Green Restaurant Association Working With PepsiCo Clients
PepsiCo Foodservice has partnered with the not-for-profit Green Restaurant Association to help PepsiCo customers become more environmentally sustainable. GRA will ...

Greenpeace: Nintendo, Microsoft, Sony Peddling Toxic Game Consoles

Greenpeace: Nintendo, Microsoft, Sony Peddling Toxic Game Consoles
Greenpeace is continuing its attack against game consoles with a new report,"Playing Dirty" (PDF). Greenpeace says its ...

Office Depot First Retailer To Pre-Certify Store Prototypes With USGBC

Office Depot First Retailer To Pre-Certify Store Prototypes With USGBC
Office Depot is the first company to achieve volume pre-certification under the pilot LEED Portfolio Program for its store ...

AIA Evaluates Green Building Rating Systems

AIA Evaluates Green Building Rating Systems
The American Institute of Architects has released a study of three of the most widely used green building ...

National Grid Enlists Polar Bear For Marketing Campaign

National Grid Enlists Polar Bear For Marketing Campaign
National Grid has enlisted Floe, a virtual polar bear, for its new marketing campaign. Floe, on National Grid's ...

Sustainability Takes Center Stage At Packaging Summit

Sustainability Takes Center Stage At Packaging Summit
I was at the Packaging Summit, presented by the IOPP, in Chicago last week. "Sustainability" was present in nearly each ...

FGCU Plans World’s Largest University Solar Farm

FGCU Plans World’s Largest University Solar Farm
Florida Gulf Coast University is planning the largest solar farm at any university, anywhere, ZDnet reports. Earlier this year, ...

Fenway Installs Solar Panels

Fenway Installs Solar Panels
Fenway Park -- the home of the Boston Red Sox -- has installed 28 solar panels which are expected ...

Green Labels Positively Impact Purchase Behavior

Green Labels Positively Impact Purchase Behavior
Certain labels and certifications that garner higher awareness and understanding, in part driven by their longevity in the marketplace, are the most ...

Shell Environmental Team Fields Questions Live

Shell Environmental Team Fields Questions Live
Royal Dutch Shell's Global Business Environment executive Jeremy Bentham, and others on the environmental team, fielded questions from the ...

Umbra Co-Founder Discusses Sustainable Design

Umbra Co-Founder Discusses Sustainable Design
Les Mandelbaum, co-founder and president of Umbra, discusses sustainability from the floor of the International Contemporary Furniture Show....

EDF Reports On Sustainable Innovations

EDF Reports On Sustainable Innovations
Environmental Defense Fund has released "Innovations Review 2008: Making Green the New Business as Usual," a report highlighting the latest trends ...

AIG Releases CSR Report

AIG Releases CSR Report
Insurance and financial services giant American International Group's second report on corporate responsibility, titled "Putting our Strength Behind ...

Nortel Green Ad Campaign Takes Shot At Cisco

Nortel Green Ad Campaign Takes Shot At Cisco
Nortel has launched an ad campaign that claims its data networking products offer energy savings over Cisco products, BtoB ...

BMW Greens Data Centers

BMW Greens Data Centers
BMW is almost done with a three-year effort to green its data centers and desktop systems, ComputerWeekly reports. The company is considering ...

Today's News

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

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

True or false? “Until corporate environmental best practices are considered as confidential as other company IP, they are clearly not driving competitive ... continue »

Sustainability and its Impact on Brand Value
The Advertising Industry, Sustainability and the Bottom Line
Thoroughly Modernized Milton And Corporate Social Responsibility
Bet On Oregon’s Clean Future
Fast-Moving Eco-Friendly Consumer Goods Appeal to Many

Fast-Moving Eco-Friendly Consumer Goods Appeal to Many

Certain fast-moving, environmentally-friendly consumable products are being used by a significant portion of the U.S. general population, according to the Natural ...

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Environmental Friendliness Not Driving PC Sales
CEOs Leading Champions Of Corporate Green Initiatives
Gamers Checking Out Green Cars
What’s The Price Tag For A Carbon Neutral U.S. Economy?

What’s The Price Tag For A Carbon Neutral U.S. Economy?

Greentech investment experts at GoingGreen discuss how much it will cost the U.S. economy to go carbon neutral....

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Interface VP Discusses Biomimicry And Design
Vinod Khosla On The Need For Clean Tech To Deliver Real Results
CIOs Discuss Green IT and Cost Efficiency
The Bottom Line

Marketing

Fast-Moving Eco-Friendly Consumer Goods Appeal to Many

Environmental Friendliness Not Driving PC Sales

Sharp And TBS Issue ‘Lights Out Challenge’

Emissions

Sprint Sets Goal Of Cutting GHG Emissions 15%

Goodrich’s Tullahoma Facility Cuts Environmental Impact

CNE Launches Service To Help Companies Manage GHG Emissions

Hi-Tech

Green IT Brings Small Businesses Cost Savings

Autodesk HQ Cuts Emissions with Lighting Upgrades

CIOs Discuss Green IT and Cost Efficiency

Efficiency

Google Unveils $4.4 Trillion Clean Energy Plan

Chipotle Restaurant Features Wind Turbine

Ben & Jerry’s Tests ‘Greener’ Freezer

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

What’s The Price Tag For A Carbon Neutral U.S. Economy?

Financial Turmoil May Boost Energy Efficiency Initiatives

GAO: CO2-Offset Market Lacks Credibility

CSR Reports

Staples Saved Over 540,000 Gallons of Diesel in 2007

Honda Reduces 700 kg of CO2 Emissions Per Vehicle Produced

Sustainability Reporting Still Used As PR Tool

Major Players

FedEx Hybrid Truck Plan Hits Speed Bump

USPS Launches Year-long Energy Conservation Campaign

AT&T Installing 1 Megawatt Solar System

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