Archive for October, 2008
How The Green Movement Is Changing Business, Culture
At Sustainable Brands 08, Judah Schiller, executive vice-president of Saatchi and Saatchi S, Ted Nordhaus, chairman of The Breakthrough Institute, and Fast Company's Anya Kamenetz discuss how sustainability is weaving into the American culture through ...
DHL To Eliminate 6 Million Paper Invoices Per Year
DHL announced that customers using its e-Billing service will no longer receive their invoices on paper. The move is expected to eliminate 6 million paper invoices annually by 2010, equivalent of ...
Harrah’s Retrofit Cuts 2 M kWh Per Year
Harrah's Rincon Resort and Casino announced that it has completed an energy efficiency retrofit project. The project, headed up by Lime Energy, includes new light emitting diode technology in elevators, recessed downlights ...
Busch Entertainment Launches New Sustainability Initiatives
Busch Entertainment Corp. owner of SeaWorld and Busch Garderns, announced new sustainability initiatives. The company says that all seafood served to guests, and even the salmon fed to Shamu at SeaWorld Orlando, ...
Staples Center, Contessa Applauded For Going Green
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger recently applauded the Staples Center in Los Angeles and Contessa Manufacturing Plant for going green. He recently installed the last of the 1,727 solar panels on the ...
National Instruments Launches Free Take-Back Program
National Instruments announced a free global take-back program that gives customers the option to return NI hardware products to be recycled. The company says it will cover all costs of returning the ...
Utilities Partner For Plug-In Vehicle Trial
Advanced Energy, in partnership with Duke Energy and Progress Energy, announced it is initiating a smart charging trial of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. Twelve converted Toyota Priuses will be equipped with ...
Clean Currents Offers USGBC Members 25% Discount On RECs
Clean Currents LLC announced that it has entered an agreement with the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) to provide discount pricing as a unique member benefit for USGBC members. Under the agreement, ...
Want A Green Brand? Increase Your Green Ad Budget
For the second year, the U.S. Climate Brand Index is dominated by manufacturing and auto brands with big ad budgets, with GE retaining its top spot and Toyota retaining second place. Honda ...
AMD Targets 33% Cut In Normalized GHG Emissions
AMD released its eighth annual Global Climate Protection Plan (PDF). The company reports it surpassed its commitment to reduce GHG emissions in its operations by 40 percent and energy consumption ...
UK Launches Carbon Footprint Standard
BSI British Standards, the Carbon Trust and Defra have launched a new standard to help businesses assess the carbon footprint of their goods and services. The standard, called PAS 2050, ...
AT&T Expects To Save 135 M kWh Electricity With 1E Software
AT&T is launching 1E's NightWatchman PC power management solution on 310,000 desktop computers across its domestic operations to help improve energy efficiency. The company says powering down corporate PCs during non-work hours ...
LEED CI ‘Highly Achievable’ For Most Tenants
Video from ZDNet covering the idea of green leases and LEED for Commercial Interiors which cover tenant premises rather than buildings.
Coke Extends WWF Partnership, Announces New Targets
The Coca-Cola Company partnered with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) last year and gave the fund $20 million to conserve and protect freshwater resources. Now the company is extending the partnership ...
Chrysler Kills First Hybrids
Chrysler debuted its first hybrids, the hybrid versions of the Dodge Durango and Chrysler Aspen SUVs, earlier this month. But now, amid the decline in fuel prices and poor sales of its ...
Fully Biodegradable Envelope Paper Launched By Chase Corp.
Chase Corp. announced that its PaperTyger division is now offering what the company touts as the world's first fully biodegradable, tear-resistant envelope paper. PaperTyger Green contains a new oxo-biodegradable film laminated between ...
Will Oil Price Decline Affect Green Movement?
As the price of oil drops below $70 a barrel from its peak around $140 in July, American energy consumers may be going back to their old ways. In October, New Energy Finance ...
UK Ad Watchdog Says 94% Of Green Ads Comply With Regulations
The UK's Advertising Standards Authority has released its Environmental Claims Survey 2008, revealing that 94 percent of ads with environmental claims were compliant with the advertising codes. In May, the ASA said complaints about ...
Sun Cuts GHG Emissions 20%, 4 Years Ahead of Schedule
Sun Microsystems has released its 2008 Corporate Social Responsibility Report. The company reported that it had met its target of reducing GHG emissions from U.S. operations by 20 percent from its ...
Marketers: Lack of Awareness, Cost Impede Green Marketing
According to a survey of marketing managers at Eloqua's user conference, a lack of awareness and costs are the top factors preventing organizations from venturing into green marketing, Netimperative reports. Thirty-eight percent ...
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Iain on McD’s in Germany Trades Red for Green In Logo
"Now if only their food was healthy and nutritious."
Phil on Climate Scientists Alleged to Have Manipulated Data
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Clyde on Climate Scientists Alleged to Have Manipulated Data
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Meme Mine on WWF, WRI Make Last-Minute Pitches on Climate Change
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