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Staples Stops Sourcing Paper From APP

Staples Stops Sourcing Paper From APP
Staples has joined retailers like Office Depot in no longer doing business with Asia Pulp & Paper due to ...

The Battle for IT Standards

The Battle for IT Standards
At Green Grid's first Technical Forum, many are calling for a ratings standard that would apply to their ...

JPMorgan Greens HQ

JPMorgan Greens HQ
JPMorgan Chase is making its 50-story headquarters at 270 Park Avenue in Manhattan more environmentally-friendly, Reuters reports, ...

Dolby, Kodak, Sundance and Kerasotes Helping to Green the Film Biz

Dolby, Kodak, Sundance and Kerasotes Helping to Green the Film Biz
In ways great and small, the film industry is greening up the business, according to this Film Journal ...

IBM Launches New Center For Water Management in the Netherlands

IBM Launches New Center For Water Management in the Netherlands
IBM will establish a Global Center of Excellence for Water Management in Amsterdam. IBM says that the ...

GreenPrint Covered On CNN

GreenPrint Covered On CNN
Last month, CNN's Miles O'Brien did a report on GreenPrint, a computer program that is marketed as a way to save ...

Wal-Mart Rolls Out Packaging Scorecard

Wal-Mart Rolls Out Packaging Scorecard
Wal-Mart's packaging scorecard, that rates suppliers on their sustainability, has gone live. The idea was unveiled at ...

Honeywell Expands Energy-Efficiency Program for Motels

Honeywell Expands Energy-Efficiency Program for Motels
Honeywell has been awarded a $4.5 million contract extension for its energy-efficiency program Cool Control Plus, currently ...

Austin Joins LED Cities and Saves Money With Green Lighting

Austin Joins LED Cities and Saves Money With Green Lighting
Cree Inc. announced that the City of Austin joined the LED City program to deploy and promote ...

Nestle, Unilever, Cadbury Schweppes, Others To Cut Water Use

Nestle, Unilever, Cadbury Schweppes, Others To Cut Water Use
A group of 21 companies, including Birds Eye Iglo, Cadbury Schweppes, GlaxoSmithKline, Nestlé UK, Premier Foods, Tate & Lyle, ...

Aveda Greens Up NY Fashion Week

Aveda Greens Up NY Fashion Week
For the upcoming Fall/Winter 2008 Fashion Week in New York, Aveda is joining efforts with a cadre of designers ...

Dot Hill Joins Two Green Groups

Dot Hill Joins Two Green Groups
Dot Hill Systems announced it has joined the Green Grid and the Storage Networking Industry Associoation Green Storage ...

Alcoa Wants To Increase Aluminum Recycling

Alcoa Wants To Increase Aluminum Recycling
Alcoa announced a goal to raise the industry's used beverage can rate in North America from 52 percent ...

Corporate Dollars Flow To Alliance For Water Efficiency

Corporate Dollars Flow To Alliance For Water Efficiency
Home Depot and Rain Bird are among the private corporations that have committed to become charter sponsors of the newly formed ...

Greentech Takes Prominent Role At Honeywell

Greentech Takes Prominent Role At Honeywell
Over the last five years, profits and cash flow have doubled at Honeywell's automation and control solutions division, rising to almost $13 ...

Northwest Pledges $1 Million To Nature Conservancy, Launches ‘EarthCares’

Northwest Pledges $1 Million To Nature Conservancy, Launches ‘EarthCares’
Northwest Airlines is making a $1 million donation to The Nature Conservancy, in equal payments, over the next three years. The gift ...

Forest Ethics Releases Naughty And Nice List, Gives Sears Lump Of Coal

Forest Ethics Releases Naughty And Nice List, Gives Sears Lump Of Coal
Forest Ethics and its Catalog Cutdown campaign have released its annual Naughty and Nice list (PDF), which grades catalog ...

Fiji Water To Go ‘Carbon Negative’

Fiji Water To Go ‘Carbon Negative’
Fiji Water, which has received a slew of unfavorable green press after being featured in a Fast Company article, is ...

Juice Lists Top 10 Green Retailers

Juice Lists Top 10 Green Retailers
Electricity supplier Juice Energy has identified ten retailers that it believes are front runners in the shift to green business, Here's the ...

Live Earth Issues Final Assessment Report

Live Earth Issues Final Assessment Report
Following a ten-week audit, Live Earth has issued a final report (PDF) on the energy reduction and waste diversion efforts surrounding ...

Today's News

Recycle To Save Energy–The Sooner The Better

Recycle To Save Energy–The Sooner The Better

Recycling rates in the U.S. are low and getting lower. The U.S., by far the world's biggest consumer of aluminum ... continue »

Using Green IT To Get Out Of The Red And Into The Black
Measuring, Managing, Saving: Making Energy Efficiency Visible
Lean And Clean With Green Purchasing
‘Recyclable’ Is So Last-Century
Environmental Initiatives Top Of Mind For Financial Services Execs

Environmental Initiatives Top Of Mind For Financial Services Execs

Nearly three-quarters (73 percent) of financial institution executives say they plan to build new or undergo a major remodel of an existing ...

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Consumers Want Brands To Solve Climate Crisis
Belief In Global Warming Slips
U.S. Lags Behind On Green Consumption And Behavior
Restaurants Explore Sustainability With ‘Conserve’ Initiative

Restaurants Explore Sustainability With ‘Conserve’ Initiative

This promotional video features restaurateurs discussing sustainable solutions and Conserve, the environmental initiative of the National Restaurant Association....

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Polar Bears On Thin Ice, Listed As ‘Threatened’
HP Exec On Product Takeback
Sony, Mohawk Bring Greener Products To Market
The Bottom Line

Marketing

Consumers Reward Good Corporate Behavior - Unless There’s A Big Sale

Green Meetings Don’t Have To Cost More Green

Green Marketing Campaigns Not Sticking

Emissions

Mars Snackfood Unwraps Landfill Gas Project

Honeywell, Airbus, JetBlue, IAE Developing Aviation Biofuel

EnerNOC Buys Offsets To Remain Carbon Neutral

Hi-Tech

EPS Developing Energy Use Monitoring System

Dell To Increase PC Energy Efficiency 25% By 2010

HP Exec On Product Takeback

Efficiency

Restaurants Explore Sustainability With ‘Conserve’ Initiative

ASHRAE Best Design Practices Could Cut Warehouse Energy Use 30%

Environmental Initiatives Top Of Mind For Financial Services Execs

Manufacturing

Dupont, Genencor Invest $140M In Cellulosic Ethanol Joint Venture

Smart Papers Installing Honeywell Biomass Co-Gen Plant

Ford Racks Up Another Environmental First

Carbon Offsets/RECs

Voluntary Carbon Market Tripled In 2007, Hit $331M

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

RGGI Cap And Trade To Go Online Sept. 10

CSR Reports

Starbucks Plans Renewable Energy Buy, Green Building Standards

Brazilian, Indian Companies Dominate GRI Reporting Awards

CSR: Chevron To Invest $2.5B in Alternative, Renewable Energy Tech

Major Players

Recycle To Save Energy–The Sooner The Better

With $100M, Duke Energy Joins Rooftop Solar Movement

Sony, Mohawk Bring Greener Products To Market

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