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Nissan Goes After U.S. Federal Loan

Nissan Goes After U.S. Federal Loan

Nissan Motor Co. is the only Japanese automaker seeking a federal loan under a U.S. program for fuel-efficient vehicles. The company is vying for funds with General ...

February 10, 2009

Religare Builds Green Data Centers

Religare Builds Green Data Centers

Religare Enterprises Limited (REL), one of the leading financial services companies in India, is building three energy-efficient data centers. The new scalable modular data centers, built in partnership with IBM, combine high density computing and precision ...

February 5, 2009

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

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 ...

January 21, 2009

Panasonic’s ‘E Floor’ Wins Award at Eco-Products 2008

Panasonic’s ‘E Floor’ Wins Award at Eco-Products 2008

The E Floor, a product developed by Panasonic Electric Works, was recently given the Chairperson's Award at the Eco-Products 2008 expo held in Tokyo, reports Green Building Elements. The E Floor is ...

January 20, 2009

South Korea To Spend $37 Billion On ‘Green’ Projects To Stimulate Employment

South Korea To Spend $37 Billion On ‘Green’ Projects To Stimulate Employment

South Korea recently unveiled a "Green New Deal Job Creation Plan," which will put 50 trillion won ($38 billion) toward environmentally-friendly projects in an effort to boost employment, MarketWatch reports. The plan ...

January 9, 2009

Analyst: China May Soon Have World’s Biggest Solar Farm

Analyst: China May Soon Have World’s Biggest Solar Farm

China may soon have the world's biggest photovoltaic project, Raymond James analyst Wayne Andrews told AP (via Forbes). China Technology Development Group Corp. and Qinghai New Energy Group are planning to build ...

January 6, 2009

Weather-Related Catastrophes Push Insurance Losses to New Heights

Weather-Related Catastrophes Push Insurance Losses to New Heights

2008 was the third most expensive year for the insurance industry due to catastrophe damage, which insurers say is attributed to climate change. Munich Re, one of the world's biggest insurers, cited ...

January 6, 2009

Japan Airlines Jumps on Carbon Offset Bandwagon

Japan Airlines Jumps on Carbon Offset Bandwagon

On February 3rd, Japanese airline JAL Group will start offering a carbon offset program (pdf) for passengers to voluntarily offset the CO2 gases generated by their flights. The program will ...

January 5, 2009

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 ...

January 5, 2009

Asia-Pacific Leads Demand for Data Center Management Apps

Asia-Pacific Leads Demand for Data Center Management Apps

Three-quarters of respondents to an IDC global poll of IT decision-makers said that benefits from cost savings, followed by corporate social responsibility (CSR) and compliance, are driving them to invest in ...

December 31, 2008

China’s Recycling Rate Plummets

China’s Recycling Rate Plummets

China's Resource Recycling Agency says the the national recycling rate has fallen by 70 percent.

December 26, 2008

Yamaha Installs Wind, Solar Systems at Nakaze Plant

Yamaha Installs Wind, Solar Systems at Nakaze Plant

Yamaha Motor has installed both solar and wind powered generating systems at its Nakaze Plant as part of its initiatives to employ alternative energy sources to replace petroleum fuels. The company says ...

December 23, 2008

Global Hospitality Industry Taking Green Steps

Global Hospitality Industry Taking Green Steps

Government agencies, developers, and operators in the hospitality industry have numerous opportunities to jump on the green bandwagon, found Ernst & Young in Global Hospitality Insights (pdf). Highlights from the report: In Asia, resort brands and ...

December 23, 2008

Japan Airline To Test Biofuel Flight

Japan Airline To Test Biofuel Flight

Japan Airlines says it will be the first Asian carrier to conduct a demonstration flight using a sustainable biofuel refined from the energy crop, camelina. The one-hour demonstration flight is planned ...

December 17, 2008

Ports of Seattle, Dalian Partner On Green Initiative

Ports of Seattle, Dalian Partner On Green Initiative

The Port of Seattle and the Port of Dalian, China have agreed to partner with other public and private sector companies on an EcoPartnership to make port terminals and infrastructures more ...

December 17, 2008

Corus Denies Plans To Move European Operations To China

Corus Denies Plans To Move European Operations To China

Corus Group Ltd., the U.K. unit of India's Tata Steel Ltd., said newspaper reports that it may move operations to China unless European carbon emissions rules are overhauled are false. The company's spokesman ...

December 16, 2008

U.S. GHG Emissions Up 1.4% In 2007

U.S. GHG Emissions Up 1.4% In 2007

U.S. GHG emissions increased by 1.4 percent last year, from 7.1 billion metric tons in 2006 to 7.2 billion metric tons in 2007, according a report by the Department of Energy, ...

December 4, 2008

Dell, Apple, Microsoft, HP Perceived as U.S. Green Tech Leaders

Dell, Apple, Microsoft, HP Perceived as U.S. Green Tech Leaders

Only a few brands have achieved global green recognition, according to GreenFactor, an ongoing (see July's report here) global technology and environmental research initiative conducted by Strategic Oxygen and Cohn & Wolfe. Consumer perception ...

November 30, 2008

Kokuyo Opens Rooftop Office To Cut CO2, Workers Get Blankets

Kokuyo Opens Rooftop Office To Cut CO2, Workers Get Blankets

In an effort to cut back on electricity usage and CO2 emissions, office supplies manufacturer Kokuyo Co. opened a “garden office” on the rooftop of its headquarters in Tokyo last week, Mainichi Daily News ...

November 25, 2008

HK Companies Top CSR Disclosure Among Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand

HK Companies Top CSR Disclosure Among Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand

The CSR Asia Business Barometer 2008 (PDF) - which compares the corporate social responsibility  disclosure of the 20 largest listed companies in Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand – found ...

November 14, 2008

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