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Ice Cream Maker Installs Third Wind Turbine

Ice Cream Maker Installs Third Wind Turbine
Mackie’s of Scotland, which wants to become the greenest company in Britain by 2009, has bought three wind turbines for £2.5 million to ...

CEOs Sign Numerous Environmental Pledges At Global Compact Summit

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 ...

Stonyfield No Longer Alone On Environmental Front

Stonyfield No Longer Alone On Environmental Front
For 25 years, Stonyfield Farm has been saying that organic farming and environmentally friendly business practices are essential to our health ...

Tokyo Electric Buys Reductions From Arauco Biomass Project In Chile

Tokyo Electric Buys Reductions From Arauco Biomass Project In Chile
Tokyo Electric Power Company is buying emissions reductions from a Biomass Clean Development Mechanism Project in Chile being sold by ...

AEP Gets Carbon Credits From Cows

AEP Gets Carbon Credits From Cows
American Electric Power, a utility based in Columbus, Ohio, and the biggest coal burner in the U.S., is paying Environmental ...

ADVERTISERS

Robert Keenan Winery Installs Solar Power, Promotes News On Labels

Robert Keenan Winery Installs Solar Power, Promotes News On Labels
Robert Keenan Winery has stamped the words "Solar Powered and Sustainably Farmed," on the label of its 2006 Napa Valley Summer ...

Study: ‘Food Miles’ Benefit Of Organic Food Overrated

Study: ‘Food Miles’ Benefit Of Organic Food Overrated
A new study from the University of Alberta finds that organic food may not be any better for the planet, Supermarket News reports ...

U.S. Limits Clean Water Law Enforcement

U.S. Limits Clean Water Law Enforcement
The U.S. law that fights water pollution will now apply only to bodies of water large enough for boats to use, and their ...

Coca-Cola To ‘Replace’ Water It Uses

Coca-Cola To ‘Replace’ Water It Uses
The Coca-Cola Company is giving the World Wildlife Fund $20 million to conserve and protect freshwater resources. In doing so, the company ...

John Deere Helps Farmers Harvest Wind Crop

John Deere Helps Farmers Harvest Wind Crop
As part of a strategic alliance with John Deere, which provides financing and turbines, Momentum Renewable Energy is ...

Paramount Installs Largest Privately-Owned, Operating Solar Plant In U.S.

Paramount Installs Largest Privately-Owned, Operating Solar Plant In U.S.
Paramount Farms, a supplier of pistachios and almonds, has opened a 1.1 mega-watt, $7.5 million solar plant in California's San Joaquin ...

ADM, Metabolix Introduce Biobased, Biodegradable Plastic

ADM, Metabolix Introduce Biobased, Biodegradable Plastic
Bioscience company Metabolix and agricultural processor ADM are jointly producing Mirel Natural Plastics, a family of natural plastics that ...

Catalyst Releases Sustainability Report

Catalyst Releases Sustainability Report
Catalyst Paper has released its 2006 sustainability report (full report PDF, environmental section PDF). Catalyst was the top ...

Wal-Mart Gets Green Wrist Slap Over Organics

Wal-Mart Gets Green Wrist Slap Over Organics
The Cornucopia Institute, a Wisconsin-based organic group, declared checkmate in its battle against Wal-Mart over the mislabeling of organic ...

GM To Petition NASCAR To Make Ethanol Switch

GM To Petition NASCAR To Make Ethanol Switch
General Motors, one of NASCAR's top sponsors, plans to file a formal petition asking that it switch to ethanol to power ...

Caterpillar Releases Sustainability Report, Gets Real About Going Green

Caterpillar Releases Sustainability Report, Gets Real About Going Green
Caterpillar is getting real about sustainability, according to Fortune Magazine's Marc Gunther. When one considers that the company sells more mining ...

Recent RFPs

Recent RFPs
April 2007 (via CEEP)  Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate U.S. & China Clean Water and Clean Energy  ...

Green Movement Turns ‘Mainstream’ For Corporate America

Green Movement Turns ‘Mainstream’ For Corporate America
Corporate America's embrace of the green movement is no longer just for free-spirited maverick companies. Mainstream giants in markets spanning consumer products, ...

Marketers Hope Mainstream America is Ready for Organic Clothing

Marketers Hope Mainstream America is Ready for Organic Clothing
Mainstream marketers are betting even average consumers are ready to make an earth-friendly fashion statement by buying organic clothing which, ...

Bon Appetit Management Tracks Carbon Cost of Food

Bon Appetit Management Tracks Carbon Cost of Food
Bon Appetit Management Company, the food service used by many universities and corporations including Washington University, Nordstrom and Target, is introducing ...

Today's News

An Eco-Stimulus Package for Our Economy

An Eco-Stimulus Package for Our Economy

In his recent op-ed for the New York Times, Al Gore laid out a clear plan for America to lift itself ... continue »

Sustainability – Businesses’ Best Defense Against Recession
California’s Leadership in 21st Century Energy Technology
Moving Beyond ‘Carbon Neutral’ to ‘Carbon Healthy’
Green Chemistry Means Business
Green Building Could Hit $140 Billion By 2013

Green Building Could Hit $140 Billion By 2013

The value of green building construction starts was up from $10 billion in 2005 to $36-$49 billion in 2008, and could triple ...

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ICT Could Cut U.S. Emissions By 13-22 Percent
Consumers Loyal To Brands That Support Good Cause During Recession
U.S. Consumers: Companies Should Pay To Manage Climate Change
Patagonia’s Rick Ridgeway Discusses Corporate Sustainability

Patagonia’s Rick Ridgeway Discusses Corporate Sustainability

Rick Ridgeway, VP of environmental programs and communication at Patagonia, talks about the company’s sustainability initiatives – including its Footprint Chronicles ...

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California Clean Tech Open Awards
How ICT Can Reduce Carbon Footprints And Enable Sustainable Growth
OpenEco.org 2.0 Launched By Sun

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Marketing

Greenbuild Conference News Roundup

Green Consumers Have Different Purchasing Motives

Want To Win Awards? Write Longer Corporate Responsibility Reports

Emissions

Hyundai Unveils Carbon Offset Program For Genesis Sedans

Big Brands Form Climate Change Business Coalition

ICT Could Cut U.S. Emissions By 13-22 Percent

Hi-Tech

California Clean Tech Open Awards

Dell: OptiPlex Desktop Customers Cut 29 M Tons of CO2 Since 2005

How ICT Can Reduce Carbon Footprints And Enable Sustainable Growth

Efficiency

Green Grid Supports EU’s Code of Conduct on Data Center Energy Efficiency

‘Heat Wheel’ Cools Data Centers, Cuts Energy Bills

Tips On Greening Your Business

Manufacturing

Patagonia’s Rick Ridgeway Discusses Corporate Sustainability

Mitsubishi Targets Sales Of $13.3 B From Cleantech Products

Jeffrey Immelt Discusses GE’s CSR Efforts

Carbon Offsets/RECs

Best Buy Pushes Renewable Energy Credits With Phone Purchases

New Carbon Standard Set for Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use

Atlanta Establishes First ‘Carbon Neutral Zone’ in the U.S.

CSR Reports

U.S. Army Releases First Sustainability Report - Big Move To LEED Standards

HK Companies Top CSR Disclosure Among Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand

FedEx Cuts Aircraft Emissions, Increases Vehicle Fuel Efficiency

Major Players

Aluminum Assoc. Sets Ambitious 75% Aluminum Can Recycling Target

UPS Moves To Paperless Sorting Labels

Dell Partners With Staples On In-Store Recycling Program

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