Business-to-Consumer

5m Smart Meters Installed; Enbala, Fellon-McCord Partner Up

5m Smart Meters Installed; Enbala, Fellon-McCord Partner UpFive million smart meters have been installed nationwide as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, according to an update from the U.S. Department ...

June 17, 2011

Home Depot Sued by Calif. Counties over Paint VOC Levels

Home Depot Sued by Calif. Counties over Paint VOC LevelsThe South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD), the air pollution control agency for Orange County and much of Los Angeles, San Bernardino and ...

June 8, 2011

Kodak Hands Out Cash for Cameras

Kodak Hands Out Cash for CamerasEastman Kodak has launched a recycling program that lets consumers trade used cameras, printers and digital picture frames for cash. The Kodak Trade-In and Recycling ...

June 2, 2011

SC Johnson to Use Only Sustainable Palm Oil by 2015

SC Johnson to Use Only Sustainable Palm Oil by 2015SC Johnson, the maker of Glade, Windex and Ziploc, announced today that it will buy only sustainable palm oil by 2015. The company said ...

May 24, 2011

Green Build Briefing: J.C. Penney, Kellogg, U.S. Marine Corps and More

Green Build Briefing: J.C. Penney, Kellogg, U.S. Marine Corps and MoreHere’s a roundup of the latest news in green building: Retailer J.C. Penney Company has announced that it is to bolster its participation in ...

May 23, 2011

Environmental Enforcement: Texas Egg Company to Pay Largest Ever EPA Factory Farm Penalty

Environmental Enforcement: Texas Egg Company to Pay Largest Ever EPA Factory Farm PenaltyTexas agricultural corporation Mahard Egg Farm Inc. is to pay a $1.9 million civil penalty to settle alleged violations of the Clean Water Act ...

May 20, 2011

Consumers Never Heard of ‘Biobased’ – But Know It’s Green

Consumers Never Heard of ‘Biobased’ – But Know It’s GreenMost consumers say that biobased products are green - even though only a minority recognize the term "biobased", according to research by a biotechnology company....

May 10, 2011

EL Pro Motorola Misses GHG Goal, Despite 10% Cut

Motorola Misses GHG Goal, Despite 10% CutMotorola’s consumer product arm cuts its absolute greenhouse gas emissions by ten percent last year, but missed its goal for carbon relative to ...

May 10, 2011

Environmental Enforcement: $2.5m Fine for Colo. Gas Distributors

Environmental Enforcement: $2.5m Fine for Colo. Gas DistributorsThree Colorado petroleum distributors are to pay $2.5 million to resolve claims they illegally mixed and distributed more that 1 million gallons of gasoline that ...

May 6, 2011

EPA Demands Full Ingredients on Designed for the Environment Products

EPA Demands Full Ingredients on Designed for the Environment ProductsThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will require all products using its Designed for the Environment labeling program to disclose their full ingredients ...

April 26, 2011

Gillette Shaves Plastic From Packaging

Gillette Shaves Plastic From PackagingGillette’s new packaging for its Fusion ProGlide Power Razor reduces plastic use by 79 percent, according to packaging design company Burgopak USA. Burgopak and ...

April 26, 2011

Dell Closing in on Recycling Goal

Dell Closing in on Recycling GoalElectronics manufacturer Dell is two-thirds of the way toward its goal of recycling 1 billion pounds of e-waste by 2014, the company has ...

April 19, 2011

BornFree to Turn Bottles into Toys

BornFree to Turn Bottles into ToysBornFree has launched recyclable 5 oz and 9 oz baby bottles along with a national recycling program to turn the bottles into toys, furniture ...

April 18, 2011

P&G, Recyclebank Take Rewards Nationwide

P&G, Recyclebank Take Rewards NationwideProcter & Gamble has announced a national partnership with Recyclebank to reward consumers for taking environmental actions such as recycling, saving energy and reducing ...

April 14, 2011

4 Ways to Boost Sustainability with Strategic Merchandising Supply Chain Efforts

4 Ways to Boost Sustainability with Strategic Merchandising Supply Chain EffortsIf you look on the shelves in just about any store today, you are hard pressed to find a product that is ...

April 13, 2011

Electronics Giants Pledge to Recycle a Billion Pounds

Electronics Giants Pledge to Recycle a Billion PoundsExecutives from Best Buy, Panasonic, Sony and Toshiba have helped to launch an industry-wide initiative to recycle one billion pounds of electronics a ...

April 13, 2011

Valvoline Mobilizes Commitment to ‘Green’

Valvoline Mobilizes Commitment to ‘Green’When looking for ways to ‘green their business’, leaders search for approaches that work. Unfortunately, cookie cutter solutions aren’t out there. ...

April 11, 2011

Environmental Enforcement Roundup: College Works Painting, MM&A Railway, Grimmel

Environmental Enforcement Roundup: College Works Painting, MM&A Railway, GrimmelHere's a roundup of the latest environmental enforcement stories: College Works Painting, a company operating in Oregon, has agreed to pay a $32,508 penalty ...

April 11, 2011

Smart Customer Service for a Smart Grid World

Smart Customer Service for a Smart Grid WorldDespite the many benefits of smart grid technology, the past year has seen its fair share of consumer backlash with some customers ...

April 11, 2011

Utility Insiders Say Prepay Could Save Energy, But Not Interested Themselves

Utility Insiders Say Prepay Could Save Energy, But Not Interested ThemselvesIf utility providers were able to offer a prepay option to customers, then such “real-time” consumer awareness of consumption and cost could lead to lower ...

December 21, 2010