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Green Business 2008 – Environmental Leader’s Most Popular Stories

Green Business 2008 – Environmental Leader’s Most Popular Stories
With 2008 just out the door, it's a good time to look back at the green business issues and news items popular with top sustainability executives. Here are Environmental Leader's top green business stories for ...

Mining Industry: BofA’s Coal Policy A PR Stunt

Mining Industry: BofA’s Coal Policy A PR Stunt
Bank of America recently announced that it would phase out loans to coal companies that predominantly use destructive mountaintop removal mining practices, but some say the announcement is a public relations ...

Banks Launch The Climate Principles

Banks Launch The Climate Principles
Credit Agricole, HSBC, Munich Re, Standard Chartered and Swiss Re have joined with The Climate Group to launch a new code, dubbed "The Climate Principles," to guide best practices for financial ...

Wells Fargo Surpasses $2 Billion In LEED Building Financing

Wells Fargo Surpasses $2 Billion In LEED Building Financing
Wells Fargo has surpassed $2 billion in lending for LEED-certified buildings. Of the buildings the company finances, 28 percent are LEED-rated, 37 percent have LEED-silver certification, 21 percent have LEED-gold certification, ...

Wells Gets LEED Pre-Certification For Banks

Wells Gets LEED Pre-Certification For Banks
Wells Fargo says its new banking stores have been pre-certified LEEDSilver by the U.S. Green Building Council. The stores will use about 20 percent less energy and 40 percent less water than conventional ...

Credit Suisse Adopts The Carbon Principles

Credit Suisse Adopts The Carbon Principles
Credit Suisse announced that it has adopted The Carbon Principles -- climate change guidelines for lenders to power companies in the U.S. Under the Carbon Principles, Credit Suisse says it will ...

BofA Adopts Carbon Principles, CEO Voted Fossil Fool Of The Year

BofA Adopts Carbon Principles, CEO Voted Fossil Fool Of The Year
Bank of America says it will adopt The Carbon Principles, a set of guidelines issued by J.P. Morgan Chase, Citigroup and Morgan Stanley that make it tougher for investor-owned utilities to ...

Banks Want ‘Carbon Principles’ Extended To Municipal Utilities

Banks Want ‘Carbon Principles’ Extended To Municipal Utilities
Bankers are discussing the development of lending guidelines - similar to the carbon principles issued by J.P. Morgan Chase, Citigroup and Morgan Stanley that make it tougher for investor-owned utilities to ...

Citigroup, JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley Unveil ‘Carbon Principles’

Citigroup, JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley Unveil ‘Carbon Principles’
Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley have announced new standards that will make it harder for companies to get financing for the construction of coal-fired power plants in the U.S., the ...

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