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Barclays ‘Highly Unlikely’ To Meet Energy Reduction Targets

Barclays ‘Highly Unlikely’ To Meet Energy Reduction Targets
Barclays has released its 2006 corporate responsibility report (PDF).  The bank now says that it is "highly unlikely" that it will be able to ...

Exelon Reduces Electricity Use 43%

Exelon Reduces Electricity Use 43%
Chicago utility Exelon Corp. consolidated its downtown Chicago locations into one suburban location and modernized existing space to conform to U.S. Green Building ...

ColdWatt’s High-Efficiency Power Supplies Turn IT Heads

ColdWatt’s High-Efficiency Power Supplies Turn IT Heads
Replacing your existing power supplies with more efficient alternatives from ColdWatt could save $50,000 a year for a 400-server datacenter, ...

Matsushita Seeks Credits By Cutting Energy Use at 60 Factories in China

Matsushita Seeks Credits By Cutting Energy Use at 60 Factories in China
Japanese companies have so far gained emissions credits in China and other Asian countries, about 161 such projects approved so far, by helping ...

Recent RFPs

Recent RFPs
April 2007 (via CEEP)  Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate U.S. & China Clean Water and Clean Energy  ...

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AIG, Ben & Jerry’s, Citigroup, Alcoa, Intel, Timberland, Toyota and HP to Debate Climate Change Strategies

AIG, Ben & Jerry’s, Citigroup, Alcoa, Intel, Timberland, Toyota and HP to Debate Climate Change Strategies
Environmental Leader is pleased to be a supporting partner of Ethical Corporation's Climate Change Strategies and Environmental Communication conference: With CEO after CEO ...

Climate Change Biggest Sustainability Challenge

Climate Change Biggest Sustainability Challenge
Investors, environmentalists and business leaders are cautiously optimistic that sustainability conditions in North America and developing countries will improve in the next ...

DocuSign Launches Earth Day 2008 Campaign

DocuSign Launches Earth Day 2008 Campaign
Electronic signature service company DocuSign has started marketing for next year's Earth Day by challenging businesses to join in an effort to ...

Kimberly-Clark Releases Sustainability Report

Kimberly-Clark Releases Sustainability Report
Kimberly-Clark Corporation has released its 2006 sustainability report. According to K-C, in 2006 the company has: Reduced its energy use by two percent and increased ...

Energy Efficiency Strategies for Building Owners and Managers

Energy Efficiency Strategies for Building Owners and Managers
The Building Owners and Managers Association International has released its top 10 ways for building owners and managers to reduce energy ...

Green Movement Turns ‘Mainstream’ For Corporate America

Green Movement Turns ‘Mainstream’ For Corporate America
Corporate America's embrace of the green movement is no longer just for free-spirited maverick companies. Mainstream giants in markets spanning consumer products, ...

Pillar Data Develops ‘Storage Efficiency Quotient’ to Market Systems

Pillar Data Develops ‘Storage Efficiency Quotient’ to Market Systems
Pillar Data Systems says its Pillar Axiom is the most efficient storage system on the market and that companies such as ...

L.A. Considers Plastic Bag Ban

L.A. Considers Plastic Bag Ban
Los Angeles County officials are considering a ban on plastic grocery bags, the LA Times reports. The Board of Supervisors has ...

Nokia Releases 2006 Corporate Responsibility Report

Nokia Releases 2006 Corporate Responsibility Report
Nokia has released its 2006 corporate responsibility report. Highlights include Nokia's first sustainability summary, updated Nokia supplier requirements containing more ethical and ...

Carbon Tax Promoted as Cap-And-Trade Alternative

Carbon Tax Promoted as Cap-And-Trade Alternative
A coalition of academics and polluters is saying that a simple tax on each ton of emissions would prove more efficient and less bureaucratic than ...

Fed Partnership Cuts Manufacturers Energy Consumption

Fed Partnership Cuts Manufacturers Energy Consumption
The U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute for Science and Technology have created a partnership to ...

Airbus To Cut Fuel Consumption 50% by 2020

Airbus To Cut Fuel Consumption 50% by 2020
Airbus is targeting a 50 percent reduction in aircraft fuel consumption by 2020, The Australian reports. The manufacturer was looking at ...

HP PCs Meet Energy Star 4.0 Requirements

HP PCs Meet Energy Star 4.0 Requirements
Hewlett-Packard has released the first business PCs configurable to meet the hardware standards of Energy Star 4.0 - the new energy-efficiency specification ...

Companies Measure the Carbon Footprint of Consumer Products

Companies Measure the Carbon Footprint of Consumer Products
Consumer products are beginning to display details about their environmental impact, like the amount of greenhouse gases produced in ...

Smithfield Joins CCX, Will Cut Emissions 6% by 2010

Smithfield Joins CCX, Will Cut Emissions 6% by 2010
Smithfield Foods is joining the Chicago Climate Exchange and has committed to cut its greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. by a ...

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Sustainability is Not a Color - Sustainability is Transparent.

Sustainability is Not a Color - Sustainability is Transparent.

Green was an obvious color to hang the environmental renaissance on. It was a reclaiming of the old pejorative “greenies” and “treehuggers.” ... continue »

An Eco-Stimulus Package for Our Economy
Sustainability – Businesses’ Best Defense Against Recession
California’s Leadership in 21st Century Energy Technology
Moving Beyond ‘Carbon Neutral’ to ‘Carbon Healthy’
92% Of Organizations Working To Make Facilities More Sustainable

92% Of Organizations Working To Make Facilities More Sustainable

Ninety-two percent of respondents to The Global Facility Management Association's recently released Green Practices Study (PDF) say that they are ...

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Green Building Could Hit $140 Billion By 2013
ICT Could Cut U.S. Emissions By 13-22 Percent
Consumers Loyal To Brands That Support Good Cause During Recession
‘Green Car Of the Year’ Unveiled

‘Green Car Of the Year’ Unveiled

Sit in on the Green Car of the Year Award presented at the 2008 LA Auto Show (via AutoNetwork)....

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Patagonia’s Rick Ridgeway Discusses Corporate Sustainability
California Clean Tech Open Awards
How ICT Can Reduce Carbon Footprints And Enable Sustainable Growth

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Marketing

Sustainability is Not a Color - Sustainability is Transparent.

Greenbuild Conference News Roundup

Green Consumers Have Different Purchasing Motives

Emissions

‘Green Car Of the Year’ Unveiled

Owens Ups Recycled Content in Fiberglass Insulation, Cuts Energy Use, CO2

Wal-Mart To Buy 226 M kWh Wind Energy To Help Power 350+ Stores

Hi-Tech

ICT Could Cut U.S. Emissions By 13-22 Percent

California Clean Tech Open Awards

Dell: OptiPlex Desktop Customers Cut 29 M Tons of CO2 Since 2005

Efficiency

92% Of Organizations Working To Make Facilities More Sustainable

Xerox Says New Toner Cuts Digital Printing Devices’ Power 15-30%

Big Brands Form Climate Change Business Coalition

Manufacturing

Patagonia’s Rick Ridgeway Discusses Corporate Sustainability

Mitsubishi Targets Sales Of $13.3 B From Cleantech Products

Jeffrey Immelt Discusses GE’s CSR Efforts

Carbon Offsets/RECs

Hyundai Unveils Carbon Offset Program For Genesis Sedans

Best Buy Pushes Renewable Energy Credits

New Carbon Standard Set for Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use

CSR Reports

Want To Win Awards? Write Longer Corporate Responsibility Reports

U.S. Army Releases First Sustainability Report - Big Move To LEED Standards

HK Companies Top CSR Disclosure Among Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand

Major Players

Aluminum Assoc. Sets Ambitious 75% Aluminum Can Recycling Target

How ICT Can Reduce Carbon Footprints And Enable Sustainable Growth

UPS Moves To Paperless Sorting Labels

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