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AIA Names Top 10 Green Buildings

AIA Names Top 10 Green Buildings
The American Institute of Architects has selected its top ten examples of sustainable architecture and green design solutions. The 2007 Top Ten Green Projects ...

Low Carbon Accelerator, Acciona, Impax Lead Top 50 Low-Carbon Pioneers

Low Carbon Accelerator, Acciona, Impax Lead Top 50 Low-Carbon Pioneers
CNBC European Business has rolled out its list of the top 50 low-carbon pioneers (via TreeHugger). London's Low Carbon Accelerator ...

Recent RFPs

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

Wal-Mart Backs Mayors’ Climate Protection Award

Wal-Mart Backs Mayors’ Climate Protection Award
Wal-Mart Stores has partnered with Mayors Climate Protection Center of the U.S. Conference of Mayors to launch an annual ...

Marriott Launches Green Video Contest on YouTube

Marriott Launches Green Video Contest on YouTube
Marriott International has launched a green promotion on YouTube where people can upload a video-three minutes or less - through ...

ADVERTISERS

Greenest Automakers Post U.S. Sales Records

Greenest Automakers Post U.S. Sales Records
Honda and Toyota left Detroit's Big Three in the dust according to the Union of Concerned Scientists' biennial ranking of the greenest automakers. ...

Greenpeace’s Campaign Against Apple Continues

Greenpeace’s Campaign Against Apple Continues
Apple ranks dead last in Greenpeace's latest green list. The report (PDF) of top electronic manufacturers is based on the recycling and toxic content ...

EPA Performance Track Members Not Meeting Commitments

EPA Performance Track Members Not Meeting Commitments
An evaluation from the Office of Inspector General, Performance Track Could Improve Program Design and Management to Ensure Value (PDF), has found ...

Telus, CVS, UNICCO Among CSR Award Winners

Telus, CVS, UNICCO Among CSR Award Winners
CVS, Telus, Nike, Newlink Communications and Timberland were among the twelve corporations that took home PR News awards for outstanding Corporate Social ...

AEP, St. Lawrence Cement, UTC Lauded for Cutting Emissions

The EPA has commended American Electric Power, St. Lawrence Cement and United Technologies Corp. ...

Honda, Tesco, Goldman Sachs Among Top 10 ‘Green Giants’

Honda, Tesco, Goldman Sachs Among Top 10 ‘Green Giants’
Fortune magazine has published a special report “Going Green” which includes a list of ten companies that the editors feel go beyond ...

WEC Calls for Nominations for Corporate Sustainable Development Award

WEC Calls for Nominations for Corporate Sustainable Development Award
The World Environment Center wants nominations for the 24th WEC Gold Medal for International Corporate Achievement in Sustainable Development. Only global manufacturing, ...

SunPower Tops List of Best Solar Panel Manufacturers

SunPower Tops List of Best Solar Panel Manufacturers
SunPower makes the best solar panels in the world and Kaco makes the best inverters in the world and Direct Power ...

Green Marketing Competition Launched

Green Marketing Competition Launched
The UK's Low Vehicle Carbon Partnership is launching Cars NOT Carbon, a marketing competition to promote greener driving and greener transport choices. ...

EPA’s Performance Track Adds 55 New Facilities

EPA’s Performance Track Adds 55 New Facilities
From leading food and beverage companies to a major automobile manufacturer, 55 new facilities have joined the National Environmental Performance ...

Philly Airport to Spend $1 Million on Wind Power

Philly Airport to Spend $1 Million on Wind Power
Philadelphia International Airport will spend more than $1 million over the next five years to buy some of its energy through ...

Yahoo Asks Ad Agencies for Green Campaign Proposals

Yahoo Asks Ad Agencies for Green Campaign Proposals
Yahoo is asking ad agencies to create and submit proposals for a new campaign from the search/ad giant that encourage environmental ...

Sony, Electrolux Win Corporate Commitment Prize from European Commission

Sony, Electrolux Win Corporate Commitment Prize from European Commission
The European Commission handed out its Sustainable Energy Europe Awards last month. There were four prize categories, these being public-private partnership, ...

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Leads 100 Best Corporate Citizens List

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Leads 100 Best Corporate Citizens List
CRO magazine's 100 Best Corporate Citizens list is led, for the second year in a row, by Green Mountain Coffee Roasters. Green Mountain ...

Branson, Gore Announce $25 Million ‘Virgin Earth Challenge’

Branson, Gore Announce $25 Million ‘Virgin Earth Challenge’
Sir Richard Branson and Al Gore have set up a new global science and technology prize -? The Virgin Earth Challenge - ...

Today's News

COP 15 Offers Communications Opportunities

COP 15 Offers Communications Opportunities

What is the No.1 event-related global communications opportunity for your carbon messaging of the next 4 years? Here are a couple of clues… •    ... continue »

Greening the Apparel Supply Chain: Tapping the Power of Collective Leverage
Sustainability and its Impact on Brand Value
The Advertising Industry, Sustainability and the Bottom Line
Thoroughly Modernized Milton And Corporate Social Responsibility
Green Efforts Insignificant in Winning, Keeping 3PL Business

Green Efforts Insignificant in Winning, Keeping 3PL Business

The 3PL industry has made significant strides in establishing environmental responsibility as part of broader corporate visions, with companies reporting numerous internal ...

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Google Says Its Data Centers Most Efficient
Fast-Moving Eco-Friendly Consumer Goods Appeal to Many
Environmental Friendliness Not Driving PC Sales
Miller Recycles 99.9% of Packaging Waste

Miller Recycles 99.9% of Packaging Waste

The U.S. beer maker Miller has a goal of zero waste in their breweries and is currently recycling 99.9% of all packaging ...

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Credit Crunch Could Hurt Mitsubishi’s Eco-Car Push
What’s The Price Tag For A Carbon Neutral U.S. Economy?
Interface VP Discusses Biomimicry And Design
The Bottom Line

Marketing

Survey: Apple Most Eco-Friendly, Greenpeace Says Different

Green Inc.: Conservation Organizations Compromised By Corporate Dollars

Office Depot Targets Eco-Conscious Consumers in Europe

Emissions

Ericsson Unveils Wind-Powered Tower Tube

Sun, Pfizer Surpass Carbon Reduction Goals

Constellation Wines Installing 1.2 Megawatt Solar System

Hi-Tech

Google Says Its Data Centers Most Efficient

European Data Centers Face Energy Crisis

Environmental Friendliness Not Driving PC Sales

Efficiency

EPA Announces First WaterSense Partners of the Year

World Steel Association Publishes Sustainability Report

Wal-Mart’s Packaging Scorecard Drives Sustainability, Cuts GHG Emissions

Manufacturing

Greening the Apparel Supply Chain: Tapping the Power of Collective Leverage

ARC Offers Sustainability Strategies for Manufacturers

Sanyo’s Solar Ark: Company Shift or PR Stunt?

Carbon Offsets/RECs

Gap Flips Switch On 1 Megawatt Solar Power System

USDA, DOE Unveil Plans to Accelerate Sustainable Biofuels Development

EU Votes For Tougher Carbon Laws

CSR Reports

AT&T Releases Sustainability Report

Autodesk HQ Cuts Emissions with Lighting Upgrades

Staples Saved Over 540,000 Gallons of Diesel in 2007

Major Players

Green Efforts Insignificant in Winning, Keeping 3PL Business

Critics Say Energy Star Standards Too Lax

Google Unveils $4.4 Trillion Clean Energy Plan

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