Africa
U.N. Calls for Tougher Emission Cuts
The world can still cap global warming at far lower levels -- 1.5 degrees Celsius versus 2 degrees Celsius -- and the Group of Eight industrialized ...
World Cocoa Foundation Pledges To Make Cocoa-Growing Sustainable
The World Cocoa Foundation announced sustainability principles and goals (PDF) to help guide industry efforts and prioritize the foundation's development projects in West Africa, Southeast Asia and the Americas.
The foundation and its members say ...
Hilton Efficiency Program Saves $9 Million
Hilton Hotels says it has delivered energy savings of over 10 percent last year across more than 80 hotels in Europe as well as cutting water consumption by five percent, BusinessGreen ...
Reckitt Benckiser Ads Detail Green Advantages Of Dishwashers
Ads for Reckitt Benckiser's automatic dishwasher detergent brands contend that consumers could save water and energy by using a dishwasher rather than washing dishes by hand, The New York Times reports.
A German TV ad says ...
CEOs Sign Numerous Environmental Pledges At Global Compact Summit
A flurry of press releases have come out of the Global Compact leaders Summit that's finishing up in Geneva.
Top executives of corporations such as Coca-Cola, Petrobras, Fuji Xerox, China Ocean Shipping Group, Tata Steel, L M ...
Global Warming Concert Series Planned
A series of concerts "bigger than Live Aid" is being planned in a bid to put the subject of climate change before a global audience, Financial Times reports.
The goal is to get people to take ...
Motorola Powers BSTs with Wind, Solar
According to tests by Motorola, a combination of solar cells and wind turbines can generate 1,200 watts in a continual cycle to drive a mid-sized remote GSM Base Station (BTS) and support a microwave backhaul ...
Green Star to Build 90 Biodiesel Reactors for De Beers
Green Star Products has signed an agreement with De Beers Fuel Limited of South Africa to build 90 biodiesel reactors. Each of the biodiesel reactors will be capable of producing 10 million gallons ...
Texas Instruments Sustainability Report: Normalized Emissions Jump 23%
