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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 GlobalShop 2009 to encourage excellence in sustainable retail design. Judges awarded the highest ...

July 2, 2009

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 its prototype building energy labeling program at its 2009 Annual Conference in Louisville, ...

June 26, 2009

Steel Producers Launch Green Campaign

Steel Producers Launch Green Campaign

Underscoring the steel industry's effort to reduce its CO2 emissions, the World Steel Association (worldsteel) has launched its Climate Action recognition program that recognizes steel producers ...

June 24, 2009

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" category with its energy-efficiency marketing campaign, while Frito-Lay's SunChips brand won the bronze ...

June 17, 2009

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 investment groups by the Financial Times, which recently unveiled its list of top ...

June 12, 2009

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 Brewing has been named one of the top 100 green companies in Oregon ...

June 9, 2009

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 some of the biggest brands in the industry such as Estee Lauder, Whole ...

May 29, 2009

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 Corp. are the winners of the 2009 AMR Research Leadership Awards. The ...

May 29, 2009

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 Microsystems are the top ranking companies, with scores of 29 out of 100. ...

May 28, 2009

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 the UK. This year, the Green List has been expanded from 50 to ...

May 26, 2009

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 program to make it easier for buyers to identify energy-efficient systems, reports ...

May 18, 2009

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), has recognized 75 new commercial building design projects for their energy efficiency under ...

May 4, 2009

Global Sustainable Product Standards Sought

Global Sustainable Product Standards Sought

The Alliance for Sustainable Built Environments and the Institute for Market Transformation to Sustainability (MTS) have formed an educational partnership to advance global sustainable product standards. The ...

May 4, 2009

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 lead green business in technology, energy usage and climate change in the months ...

May 4, 2009

Hilton Hotels Go Green

Hilton Hotels Go Green

Hilton Hotels Corp. is making strides in meeting its sustainability goals set in 2008. Most recently, the hotel chain earned green lodging certification for one hotel ...

May 1, 2009

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 label for 110 additional stores, and became the first specialty department store to ...

April 30, 2009

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 to earn the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum rating from the ...

April 27, 2009

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 Top 50 Green Power Purchasers in the United States. Intel comes in ...

April 27, 2009

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 ability of electrical grids to handle the extra power sources, the U.S. Department ...

April 20, 2009

Sprint Receives $7.3 M DOE Grant for Hydrogen Fuel Cell Deployment

Sprint Receives $7.3 M DOE Grant for Hydrogen Fuel Cell Deployment

Sprint has been awarded a $7.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding earmarked ...

April 20, 2009

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