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Green Seal Adds First U.S. Standard for Personal Care Products

Green Seal Adds First U.S. Standard for Personal Care Products
To help consumers sort out sometimes false and misleading environmental claims, Green ...

REI, Founding Farmers, North Face Win A.R.E. Sustainability Awards

REI, Founding Farmers, North Face Win A.R.E. Sustainability Awards
REI, Founding Farmers and The North Face are the inaugural winners of the Association for Retail Environments' (A.R.E) Sustainability Awards launched at ...

ASHRAE Launches Prototype Building Energy Label

ASHRAE Launches Prototype Building Energy Label
The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) has released ...

Steel Producers Launch Green Campaign

Steel Producers Launch Green Campaign
Underscoring the steel industry's effort to reduce its CO2 emissions, the World Steel ...

Nortel, SunChips Win Effies for Eco Campaigns

Nortel, SunChips Win Effies for Eco Campaigns
Nortel Networks has earned a Gold Effie Award in the "David vs. Goliath" ...

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Global Environment Fund, E+Co Top Sustainable Investor List

Global Environment Fund, E+Co Top Sustainable Investor List
U.S.-based Global Environment Fund and E+Co were named the top two sustainable ...

Full Sail, New Belgium Breweries Push Sustainability

Full Sail, New Belgium Breweries Push Sustainability
Two of the top national microbreweries are making visible pushes into sustainability. Full Sail ...

ConAgra, P&G Among Honorees for Sustainable Packaging

ConAgra, P&G Among Honorees for Sustainable Packaging
The winners of the 21st DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation for consumer goods include ...

Dell, HP, Better Place, Tririga Earn Sustainability Awards

Dell, HP, Better Place, Tririga Earn Sustainability Awards
Proctor & Gamble, Dell, HP, Better Place, Tririga, Aftermarket Auto Parts Alliance and Harris ...

IBM, Sun Top Greenpeace Cool IT Challenge

IBM, Sun Top Greenpeace Cool IT Challenge
The first results of the Greenpeace Cool IT Challenge reveal that IBM and Sun ...

Forster Tops UK’s 60 Best Green Companies Ranking

Forster Tops UK’s 60 Best Green Companies Ranking
Times Online releases its second annual list of the best green companies in ...

EPA Launches Energy Star Ratings for Servers

EPA Launches Energy Star Ratings for Servers
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has introduced its Energy Star for Servers ...

Energy Star Building Designs Jump 60%

Energy Star Building Designs Jump 60%
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), together with American Institute of Architects (AIA), ...

Global Sustainable Product Standards Sought

Global Sustainable Product Standards Sought
The Alliance for Sustainable Built Environments and the Institute for Market Transformation to Sustainability ...

Five Green Business Leaders to Watch

Five Green Business Leaders to Watch
Reuters News and Venture Capital Journal have selected five decision makers who will ...

Hilton Hotels Go Green

Hilton Hotels Go Green
Hilton Hotels Corp. is making strides in meeting its sustainability goals set in ...

110 More Kohl’s Stores Earn Energy Star Rating

110 More Kohl’s Stores Earn Energy Star Rating
Kohl's Department Stores has earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's ENERGY STAR ...

Citi Achieves First LEED Platinum Data Center

Citi Achieves First LEED Platinum Data Center
Citi's newly completed 230,000-square foot data center in Frankfurt, Germany, is the first ...

Intel Leads Ranking of Top 50 Green Power Purchasers

Intel Leads Ranking of Top 50 Green Power Purchasers
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released its updated quarterly ranking of the ...

DOE Announces $3.3B in Grants for Smart-Grid Initiatives

DOE Announces $3.3B in Grants for Smart-Grid Initiatives
Amidst a backdrop of increasing renewable electricity demand from consumers and questions about the ...
Consumers Prefer ‘100% Natural’ Label Over ‘Organic’

Consumers Prefer ‘100% Natural’ Label Over ‘Organic’

In a study of consumer opinions of marketing claims, survey respondents identified most ...

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WWF Ranks US 7th Among G8 on Climate Scorecard
Growth of Global Carbon Emissions Cut in Half
Electricity, Heat, Transportation Cause 60% of Emissions

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Carbon Management IS Information Management

Carbon Management IS Information Management

For most organizations today, sophisticated carbon management is simply not possible. At best, ... continue »

The Hope Behind The Holes In The Climate Bill
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Shaklee Discusses its Green Strategies

Shaklee Discusses its Green Strategies

Shaklee Corp. was recognized recently ...

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Sprint Tackles Data Center Improvements
Building a Bridge from Recycled Plastics
The Netherlands Ponders Floating City Architecture
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Marketing

Consumers Prefer ‘100% Natural’ Label Over ‘Organic’

Green Seal Adds First U.S. Standard for Personal Care Products

Show Sustainability Sales Success to Climb Corporate Ranks

Emissions

Cisco Wants to Transform Energy Demand and Use with Smart Buildings

Sony Europe Goes to 100% Renewable Energy

EPA Approves California Emissions Waiver

Hi-Tech

Sony Ericsson Joins Nokia, Samsung as ‘Greener’ Electronics Makers

Online Calculator Gauges IT Data Center Costs and Carbon Footprint

Microsoft Reduces Windows 7 Packaging

Efficiency

Black & Veatch HQ to Showcase Sustainability

Raytheon Meets Green Goals with IT Help

Yahoo! Dropping Carbon Offsets for Greener Data Centers

Manufacturing

Electronics Firms Face Off Against Mandated Recycling Programs

Leading Mobile Phone Makers Agree to Develop Universal Charger

Panasonic Cuts Manufacturing Emissions With Simulation Tech

Carbon Offsets/RECs

Sustainable Agriculture Requires Farm Modernization, Free Markets, Tech Adoption

Audi Promotes Clean Diesel via Facebook, Carbon Offsets

CBO: Cap-And-Trade to Cost $175 Per Household

CSR Reports

SAB Miller Targets 25% Reduction in Water Used in Brewing

Molson Coors Cuts CO2 Emissions by 12%

Successful Design in CSR Reporting, Part 2

Major Players

Fuel Cell Systems to Power 30% of Coca-Cola NY Facility

Australia Joins Carbon Reduction Label Scheme

CSX to Cut CO2 Emissions by 8%

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