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Around the Web – Starbucks, EcoFactor, UPS, Brownfields, Eco-Labels
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Protecting the Environment Leading Cause for Consumers
About 91 percent of consumers surveyed recently said that protecting the environment is the cause they personally care the most about. That leads improving the quality of ...
BMW, Toyota, Ford Tout Eco-cars
More and more automakers are playing up their hybrid cars, and other environmental ...
‘Green’ Mobile Phone App Downloads May Exceed 400M by 2014
As more and more companies and organizations develop mobile phone applications that are centered on energy efficiency and the environment, the market ...
94% Think of Energy Efficiency When it Comes to ‘Sustainable Production’
Energy efficiency (94 percent), followed by waste reduction and environmental impact (both 78 percent), are the first things that corporations consider when they decide to pursue ...
When Explaining Smart Grid Benefits, Keep it Simple
When explaining the benefits of the smart grid, consumers relate most to terms such as "budget billing," "flat billing" and "peak pricing." ...
Asda Adopting Own Version Wal-Mart’s Packaging Scorecard
Asda, the UK subsidiary of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., next year will introduce a packaging scorecard similar to what Wal-Mart has been using. The ...
P&G Cuts CO2 Emissions and Water In Half Since 2002
The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) has reduced (per unit of production) water consumption by 52 percent, energy usage by 48 percent, CO2 emissions by ...
Maker of Lysol, Woolite Ahead on Carbon Reduction Target
Reckitt Benckiser (RB) plc, a global leader in household, health and personal care products including Calgon, Lysol, and Woolite, has reduced its total carbon ...
Sobeys, Wegmans Continue Reducing Plastic Bags
Sobeys' stores in Ontario have exceeded the province's targeted guidelines for reducing plastic bags. Sobeys, which operates in Ontario under the Sobeys, Foodland and IGA ...
Whirlpool to Produce 1M Smart Energy Dryers by 2011
Whirlpool Corp. will produce one million smart-energy clothes dryers by the end of 2011 as part of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Smart ...
Seventh Generation Commits to Sustainable Palm Oil by 2012
Seventh Generation aims to exclusively use certified sustainable palm oil for its household products by 2012. Palm oil is used in foods, drugs, personal care ...
Moving From Standards to Sustainability
In many industries, the lack of standards has gotten us into trouble. For years, the financial services sector went unregulated, resulting in a financial meltdown. The ...
TerraCycle, 3M Reusing Scotch Tape Dispensers
TerraCycle is working with 3M to convince consumers to save empty Scotch tape dispensers and cores and collect them, to save the dispensers from being sent to landfills. TerraCycle has ...
Service Industries Find More Buyers for ‘Green’ Services
The green marketplace obviously encompasses services as well as products, though these services are not used with the frequency of most products measured in Natural ...
A Consumer First Approach to Sustainability
Walk into Florence's Piazza della Signoria on a summer day and hundreds of birds instantly fly up and surround you. Take a cyber-walk today and ...
Food Lion, Clorox Green Works Promote Online Flyer
To encourage consumers to use an online weekly sales flyer, Food Lion is running a "Go Green & Win Green" sweepstakes. The supermarket chain is running weekly ...
Consumers Identify with Environmental Impact Issues
Consumer awareness of the environmental impact generated by various products has risen significantly since 2004. In particular, more consumers have begun to realize that the impact ...
Only 12% of Major Firms have Executive Team for Sustainability
Many large corporations are merely paying lip service to their environmental policies, according to a new report from the Sustainable Enterprise Institute. Among companies in the ...
Carbon Disclosure Demands on the Rise: Is Your Organization Ready?
Home Depot battled negative headlines in May when shareholders voted down a resolution to enforce more rigid and transparent energy efficiency measures. The resolution ...
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Trade Association on Trade Group on EPA Chemical Regs: ‘If Everything is a Priority, Then Nothing is a Priority’
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Gary Markowitz on Supermarkets Tackle Emissions Reductions, Fuel Efficiency
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Environmental Leader on S. America Takes Most Urgent View of Copenhagen Talks
"The survey respondents (the PDF report mentions 4,000 respondents in 38..."
Jake on UPS Trying New Hydraulic Hybrid Trucks
"A point of clarification: the Reuters press release referenced herein reports that 20 UPS will purchase..."
Custom Organic Shirts on S. America Takes Most Urgent View of Copenhagen Talks
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