September, 2008
Uptime CEO’s Tips on Cutting IT Energy Bills
Kenneth Brill, executive director of the Uptime Institute, offers five tips in Forbes on how to cut energy bill while increasing cooling reliability and stability.
1. Set the temperature and relative humidity ...
Steelcase Receives Chain-of-Custody Certifications
Steelcase announced it has received chain-of-custody certification from the Forest Stewardship Council. The certification provides validation that the company meets FSC tracking requirements and ensures that materials used to develop Steelcase ...
Air New Zealand Cuts Fuel Consumption With Dryers
Air New Zealand announced that it will retrofit zonal dryers supplied by CTT Systems Inc. across four of its jet fleets - Boeing 777, 767, 737 and Airbus A320 fleets - ...
Ocean Spray Expansion Includes Sustainability Features
Ocean Spray has completed the expansion of its Wisconsin Rapids facility. It includes a wastewater treatment facility and energy-efficient lighting.
The company invested $75 million in the facility and doubled its size ...
The Advertising Industry, Sustainability and the Bottom Line
Once upon a time, "sustainability" was looked on as merely a buzzword. No longer. Now, businesses are earning tangible benefits for adopting more environmentally friendly practices.
Green measures are improving efficiency, enhancing the bottom line, fueling ...
Wine Industry Embraces Sustainability
Eighty percent of the vineyard representatives participating in the survey said they have used sustainable farming practices on at least part of their acreage during 2008, according to surveys of wine industry professionals and ...
Australian Companies Brace For Carbon Emissions Trading
Australia is currently grappling with implementing a carbon emissions trading scheme. Here, Jennifer Westacott, National Leader Water and Environment, KPMG, comments on the difficulty in continuously monitoring C02 emissions, the mandatories of monitoring and ...
Staples Saved Over 540,000 Gallons of Diesel in 2007
Staples Inc. recently released its 2007 Staples Soul Report (PDF), which reveals that the company has saved more than 540,000 gallons of diesel, or roughly $1.5 million, due to modifications ...
Portland Tops U.S. ‘Green’ City Rankings
The 2008 SustainLane U.S. City Rankings have been released, with Portland, San Francisco and Seattle named as top three green cities and Mesa down at the bottom, CSRwire reports.
Based on 16 ...
CO2 Regulations Could Affect 1 Million U.S. Companies
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is urging Congress to prevent the EPA from regulating greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act. In testimony before the Senate, William Kovacss, U.S. Chamber of ...
PwC Plans to Cut GHG Emissions 20%
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP plans to reduce GHG emissions by 20 percent by 2012, based on its 2007 emissions levels.
The announcement comes after a year's effort to measure the firm's carbon footprint and identify firm-wide solutions ...
Xerox Offers More ‘Green’ Paper Choices
Xerox Corp. has unveiled a program of papers, resources and Web tools to help customers identify environmentally friendly paper, supplies and way to print.
As part of the program, Xerox is introducing additional ...
Coke Rain Garden Captures Storm-Water Run-Off
The Coca-Cola Bottling Company is unveiling its first rain garden at the company's Lexington facility this week.
The Rain Garden is a joint effort by Lexmark, EcoGro, Bluegrass Rain Garden Alliance, University of ...
Emissions Reductions Could Increase Company Value By 80%
Emissions reductions will create business opportunities and risks, and companies' futures will depend on how well prepared they are for the move, according to a new report by the Carbon Trust, ...
CDP: PPG, Exelon, Cisco Among U.S. Leaders On Carbon Disclosure
Seventy-four percent of Global 500 companies reporting to the Carbon Disclosure Project are now reporting emissions reduction targets, showing companies are increasingly taking climate change mitigation seriously, according to the latest ...
15% Of U.S. Consumers Very or Extremely Likely To Buy Plug-In Hybrids
Do Americans Want the Same as Consumers in Europe When it Comes to Plug-In Hybrids?
Fifteen percent of U.S. consumers are very or extremely likely to purchase a vehicle that has plug-in hybrid technology, not taking ...
Designers Meet To Discuss Sustainable Design
Alcoa and Pew Launch ‘Make an Impact’ Program
Alcoa and the Pew Center on Global Climate Change recently launched a consumer campaign to help find answers on how people can take actions in their daily lives to reduce environmental ...
GSMA Wants to Power 118,000 Base Stations on Renewables
The GSMA has launched the Green Power for Mobile program, which aims to power 118,000 new and existing off-grid base stations in developing countries by 2012 with renewable energy sources. The ...
Ways To Fuel Green IT
Sustainable data centers are something companies must look into because “energy costs are punching holes in profits, making this a fight the IT team can't sit out,” writes J. Nicholas Hoover ...
