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Hi-Tech Goes Green

Hi-Tech Goes Green
A panel of industry experts discuss the latest and greatest technologies that are going green. Including moderator Doug Merritt, Executive Vice President, ...

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 ...

Miller Cuts GHG Emissions 10% Per Barrel

Miller Cuts GHG Emissions 10% Per Barrel
Miller Brewing Company released its first sustainable development report (PDF) providing information on the company's "10 global sustainable development priorities" and ...

Bottled Water Manufacturers Face Uncertain Future

Bottled Water Manufacturers Face Uncertain Future
The bottled water backlash is costing beverage makers money, AdAge reports. Beverage Digest reports that retail sales of bottled water (excluding ...

Wal-Mart’s Sustainable Packaging Initiatives Costing Marketers Money

Wal-Mart’s Sustainable Packaging Initiatives Costing Marketers Money
Wal-Mart's sustainability initiative to downsize packaging is costing manufacturers money, AdAge reports. It could cost Procter & Gamble, part ...

Costco Installing More Solar Power Systems

Costco Installing More Solar Power Systems
Costco is expanding its solar power initiative at a number of their Southern California facilities with a combined rated output of 2.4 ...

Wal-Mart To Measure Suppliers’ Energy Use

Wal-Mart To Measure Suppliers’ Energy Use
Wal-Mart will measure the amount of energy used to create products throughout its supply chain, including the procurement, manufacturing and distribution process. ...

U.S. Telecommuters Save 840 Million Gallons Of Gas Per Year

U.S. Telecommuters Save 840 Million Gallons Of Gas Per Year
Using electronics to telecommute saves the equivalent of 9 to 14 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity per year - the same amount of ...

Will Green Hype Lead To Consumer Complacency?

Will Green Hype Lead To Consumer Complacency?
When marketers, designers, gurus, and pundits hype the idea that Main Street must be going green because Eco Product X is selling ...

Coke Lightens Up PET Bottles

Coke Lightens Up PET Bottles
On the heels of releasing its corporate responsibility review, Coca-Cola has announced a newly designed 20-ounce polyethylene terephthalate contour bottle for ...

SC Johnson Cuts GHG Emissions With Cogeneration

SC Johnson Cuts GHG Emissions With Cogeneration
SC Johnson says that powering the company's largest global manufacturing plant with cogeneration turbines that run on natural gas and ...

Sun Launches Major Data Center Push

Sun Launches Major Data Center Push
Sun has launched its Eco Innovation Initiative , which the company says can help customers improve economic and energy efficiency in the ...

Comedy Central’s ‘Address The Mess’ Campaign Targets Waste Reduction

Comedy Central’s ‘Address The Mess’ Campaign Targets Waste Reduction
Comedy Central has launched a new program to encourage audiences to lead an environmentally friendly life, reports PRWeek (via MarketingVOX). The new ...

Energy Consultants In High Demand

Energy Consultants In High Demand
Energy consultants are reporting exponential growth in the number of clients seeking advice on saving energy and money, Reuters reports. Since Steven ...

EPA: Energy Efficiency Measures Could Save U.S. Data Centers $4 Billion

EPA: Energy Efficiency Measures Could Save U.S. Data Centers $4 Billion
A new EPA report shows that data centers in the U.S. have the potential to save up to $4 billion in annual electricity ...

Tips For Fleet Fuel Efficiency

Tips For Fleet Fuel Efficiency
PHH FirstFleet recently announced the results of  a fuel study of U.S. truck fleets in the grocery, manufacturing, fuel and retail ...

Stonyfield’s Hirshberg Predicts How Global Warming Will Affect Business, Society

Stonyfield’s Hirshberg Predicts How Global Warming Will Affect Business, Society
The economic consequences of climate change will be the dominant social and economic reality of the next 15 years, as well as the next ...

Harry Potter Sets Green Example For Publishing Industry

Harry Potter Sets Green Example For Publishing Industry
The last book in the Harry Potter series is considered within the industry to be the most environmentally friendly in publishing history ...

Ford, McDonald’s, IBM, Abbott, Time Inc. To Share Sustainability Strategies

Ford, McDonald’s, IBM, Abbott, Time Inc. To Share Sustainability Strategies
With new sustainability initiatives being launched daily, U.S. companies are under increasing pressure to demonstrate their climate change credentials. Corporate Climate ...

Owens Corning Introduces Commercial Energy Calculator

Owens Corning Introduces Commercial Energy Calculator
Owens Corning has introduced a commercial energy calculator that Owens says demonstrates how improving the performance of the envelope and/or lighting ...

Today's News

Water Sustainability - What Can The Past Teach Us For The Future?

Water Sustainability - What Can The Past Teach Us For The Future?

Sustaining water resources has been an important factor in the development and survival of civilizations. The ability to use water in sufficient ... continue »

Are Consumers Falling Off The Green Wagon, And Should We Care?
Industry Needs Energy Star For Servers - Now!
Parse The Greens, Pass The Spectacle
Timberland’s Journey to Quarterly CSR Reporting
Corporate CSR Skepticism Fueled by ‘Greenwashing Washout’

Corporate CSR Skepticism Fueled by ‘Greenwashing Washout’

With the eco-world on overdrive, overall skepticism in companies' corporate social responsibility initiatives is higher among LOHAS consumers, the portion of the ...

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‘Greenfluencers’ Are Small But Powerful Group Of Consumers
Carbon Market Worth $59 Billion In H1 2008
Mobile Phone Manufacturers Drop Ball On Recycling
Ceres On The Financial Sector’s Reaction To Climate Change

Ceres On The Financial Sector’s Reaction To Climate Change

Mindy Lubber, president of Ceres, talks about what the financial sector is doing to tackle climate change....

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Frog’s Leap Winery Embraces Green Strategies
Leading Tech Companies Discuss Green Data Center Trends
PG&E Leads On Environmental And Sustainability Ed
The Bottom Line

Marketing

Corporate CSR Skepticism Fueled by ‘Greenwashing Washout’

WM Unveils ‘Pay To Recycle’ CFL Program - Will Consumers Buy?

FTC Examines Green Building, New Green Guides ‘Definitely’ In 2009

Emissions

Gore Calls For 100% Clean Energy by 2018, Keeps Straight Face

EU Harnesses Govt Spending Power to Support Green Products

Nordstrom Doubles Square Footage, Cuts Energy Consumption

Hi-Tech

‘Green Computing’ Vague, Misleading

5 IT Vendors Get New Recycling, Asset Disposal Certification

Leading Tech Companies Discuss Green Data Center Trends

Efficiency

Green GM Dealership In Detroit Cuts Energy More Than 50%

Stoel Rives Launches ‘Go Green Initiative’

Small and Midsize Firms Moving Towards Green Supply Chains

Manufacturing

Energy Audit Saves Haynes $500K

Bombardier Slashes CO2 Emissions

Cotton Inc. Says New FTC Green Guides Needed

Carbon Offsets/RECs

CDW’s Wisconsin Hosting Centers Go Green

Firm Adds ‘Renewable Energy Surchage’ To Customer Bills

Branson Plans Zero Carbon Resort, Launches Eco-Consulting Group

CSR Reports

Ball Aims To Reduce GHG 16 Percent by 2012

GHG Emissions Up At Owens Corning, Energy Use Down

IBM Launches Green Consulting Service

Major Players

Alcoa Inks Hydropower Contract

Con-Way Leads SmartWay On Fuel Efficiency

Johnson Controls, IBM Develop Software For Data Center Management

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