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IBM, Intel, HSBC, Unilever, Xerox Top Covalence Ethical Rankings

IBM garnered the top spot in Covalence's ethical ranking of multinational companies. The ranking looks at 541 companies across 18 sectors. This year, Covalence added two ...

Nature, Electricity Generation Collide in Recent Decisions

Pollution concerns at two power plants in New Mexico may impact its long-term viability, while an endangered species has halted plans for a wind farm in ...

FedEx Installs 2.4MW Rooftop Solar Array, Largest in U.S.

FedEx Ground is building a 2.4 megawatt solar array atop its distribution facility in Woodbridge, N.J., providing up to ...

Oil Refiners and Farmers Lobby for Climate Change Concessions

It's a tough road ahead for the U.S. climate bill in the Senate. So far, oil refiners and farmers as well as a leading trade group are expressing their dissatisfaction with the climate legislation recently ...

By Far, Organic Seen as Top Food Trend for Next Decade

Organic is the food trend that 41 percent of respondents of a national survey expect to grow the most during the next decade, according to ...

Chiquita Nabs Logistics Sustainability Award

For its efforts toward sustainability in supply chain logistics, Chiquita Brands International was awarded the 2009 Circle of Excellence award by the Distribution Business Management ...

Uptime Institute Announces Global Green 100 List

The Uptime Institute announced its Global Green 100 list, which highlights significant energy efficiency achievements of global corporations operating major data centers. The list includes Fortune 500 ...

New Tool Measures Sustainability of Corporate Water Use

The Center for Sustainable Innovation (CSI) has released a new tool to measure the ecological sustainability of an organization's water use. Called the Corporate Water Gauge (pdf), the new tool uses GIS ...

China’s Eco-Challenges Changing Way Some Cos Do Business

Today there are pressing economic, environmental and social issues that are challenging the status quo and changing the way we do business. China may be better placed than other nations to ride out the current financial ...

Second Line Stages Aims To Be First LEED-Certified Studio In U.S.

Second Line Stages, a New Orleans studio currently under construction, is poised to become the first LEED certified studio in the U.S., CoStar Group reports. The 90,000-square-foot studio is being built on ...

Climate Change Legislative and Regulatory Trends to Watch in 2009

In 2008 we witnessed a broad systemic failure in the U.S. economy that wiped out $7 trillion in wealth from the stock market. At a minimum, this should be a lesson for every CEO that ...

U.N. Climate Talks Kick Off in Poznan

Representatives from around the world have gathered in Poznan, Poland for a two-week meeting on tackling climate change. The 192-member U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change is the halfway mark in ...

Greenbuild Conference News Roundup

The Greenbuild International Conference and Expo is currently underway. More than 26,000 people packed the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center yesterday for the first day. Here are some snippets from ...

Brill: Govt. Report on Data Center Efficiency ‘Misses The Root Cause’

The U.S. Department of Energy and the EPA recently released "Energy Efficiency in Data Centers: Recommendations for Government-Industry Coordination" (PDF), which details the discussions and recommendations covered during a national ...

GAO: EPA Lax In Curbing Export Of E-Waste

In a recent report (PDF), the Government Accountability Office concluded that the EPA has made little effort to curb the export of e-wastes, with much of it ending up in China, ...

Over Half Of Consumers Factor Green Record Into Buying Decisions

Close to all American consumers (90%) believe that acting in an environmentally responsible way is important, but feel corporations hold most of the responsibility to implement change over their own personal efforts and are increasingly ...

NGOs Dominate Western Climate Initiative Talks

A 5.4 magnitude earthquake and dozens of Environmental Justice protesters didn't slow the efforts of seven western states and four Canadian territories pushing a regional cap and trade program under the ...

OfficeMax Offers 100% PC Recycled Paper To Self-Serve Customers

OfficeMax is now offering 100 percent post-consumer paper at its self-serve copy machines, OfficeMax announced. Customers can upgrade from 30 percent to 100 percent post-consumer paper for a limited time at ...

Customers More Loyal To Green Banks

687,000 tons of paper could be saved each year if every U.S. household stopped receiving paper bills and statements, according to a Javelin Strategy & Research report. That's enough to circle the Earth 239 ...

Google, PepsiCo, Kellogg, AmEx Make ‘Most Ethical’ List

Google, PepsiCo, Kellogg, and American Express, rose to the top of the Ethisphere Institute's 2008 list of 2008 World's Most Ethical Companies. This years winners fall into categories that include everything from ...

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