Virtual Hotel Aims To Improve Industry Sustainability

InterContinental Hotels Group has announced an online Innovation Hotel, to gather feedback from travelers about "green" features that ...

eCommerce Goes Green

B2B and B2C online sellers are increasingly adopting environmentally friendly business practices, according to research (download here) from Online Market World. The ...

IBM, GSK, Herman Miller See Healthy ROI From Green Purchasing

IBM, GlaxoSmithKline and Herman Miller have found a positive return-on-investment for environmentally friendly purchasing, purchasing.com reports. IBM takes ...

Millipore To Slice Emissions 20 Percent

The Billerica, Mass.-based life-sciences equipment maker Millipore said it will cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent over ...

Customer CSR Expectations Top Of Mind For CEOs

CEOs believe that customer expectations around corporate social responsibility are increasing, and CSR will play an important role in differentiating an enterprise ...

82% Of Execs Say Climate Change Will Alter Their Business Models

Eighty-two percent of senior finance and risk managers believe global climate change will require changes to their business models in the years ...

DuPont On Sustainable Packaging

Jonathan Cohen from DuPont explains the aims of his company in developing sustainable solutions for the packaging industry. DuPont recently announced ...

Enel Buys $232 Million Of Carbon Credits From China’s Wuhan Steel

Enel SpA, Italy's largest power company and the biggest single buyer of carbon credits in China, signed a deal ...

RGGI Cap And Trade To Go Online Sept. 10

The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) expects to go online September 10, News.com reports. The blind online ...

Mobile Carriers Seek Lower Emissions

Mobile carriers are looking for ways to improve energy efficiency, PCWorld reports. Reducing the cost of running mobile networks ...

Large Emitters In Alberta Cut Emissions Instead Of Paying Fines

The Canadian province of Alberta received $25 million less from carbon-emissions fines in the past eight months than it ...

HP Partners With Calif. On Print Cartridge Recycling

HP and the State of California have teamed up to create a recycling tracking program for HP printing cartridges....

Exxon Bets $100M On Test To Clean CO2 From Natural Gas

Exxon Mobil Corp. said it is building a commercial demonstration plant near LaBarge, Wyo., to test an improved ...

US Airlines Could Face $9 Billion Carbon Bill In 2020

Proposed U.S. emission-trading legislation could leave airlines with a $9 billion annual bill in carbon costs, FlightGlobal.com reports. Should ...

Novozymes Pushes Enzymes As Earth-Friendly Ingredient

Companies can reduce their carbon footprint by replacing fossil fuel ingredients with bio-based materials, Steen Riisgaard, CEO of Novozymes, ...

Advertising Watchdog Sees Big Jump In Green Ad Complaints

The UK's Advertising Standards Authority has released its Annual Report 2007 (PDF). The ASA says it dealt with record ...

Blue Sun First Energy Co. Headquartered In LEED Platinum Building

Blue Sun Biodiesel is the first energy company headquartered in a LEED Platinum certified office building, of which there are 26 in ...

Stern Outlines Global Deal On Climate Change

British economist and academic Lord Nicholas Stern has published a set of proposals (PDF) for a global deal ...

New Guide Helps Advertisers Avoid Greenwash Complaints

Futerra Sustainability Communications has released a guide on how to prevent and avoid greenwash. Futerra’s new Greenwash Guide (PDF) analyzes ...

KKR Partners With EDF On ‘Green Portfolio’ Project

Private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Company and Environmental Defense Fund announced a new partnership to help ...