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Energy-Efficient Lighting Saves Canadian Tire $6M in 2009

Energy-Efficient Lighting Saves Canadian Tire $6M in 2009

Canadian Tire, a retailer of tire and automotive parts, gas stations and general merchandise and apparel, says it will be among the first Canadian companies ...

February 8, 2010

Burt’s Bees Decreases Waste to Landfill by 51.5% in 2009

Burt’s Bees Decreases Waste to Landfill by 51.5% in 2009

Burt's Bees surpassed environmental targets for 2009 versus the previous year including a 51.5 percent decrease in waste to landfill, a 15.3 percent decrease in energy ...

February 5, 2010

Weisenbach to Increase Energy Efficiency, Reduce Emissions

Weisenbach to Increase Energy Efficiency, Reduce Emissions

Weisenbach Recycled Products, a manufacturer of recycled and environmentally preferable products, set environmental goals that include salvaging items that it does not yet reuse, recycle or ...

February 2, 2010

Ten Best Practices for Writing a Great CSR Report

Ten Best Practices for Writing a Great CSR Report

Although a new report helps readers gauge the value of information in corporate responsibility reports (CSR), it also provides valuable insight into how CSR reports should ...

January 28, 2010

McDonald’s Seeks 3% Energy Reduction Per Location, Kind Of

McDonald’s Seeks 3% Energy Reduction Per Location, Kind Of

One of the "2008-2010" goals that McDonald's points to in itsĀ  2009 Corporate Responsibility Report is to design its restaurant energy survey and optimization ...

January 27, 2010

Nike Cuts CO2 Emissions by 4%

Nike Cuts CO2 Emissions by 4%

Nike has reduced its overall CO2 emissions across the company and its supply chain by 4 percent in fiscal year (FY) 2009, compared to FY08, representing ...

January 25, 2010

ATCO Cuts Emissions Intensity by 40% since 1990

ATCO Cuts Emissions Intensity by 40% since 1990

ATCO Group's emissions intensity has decreased by more than 40 percent since 1990, although ATCO Power's generating capacity has doubled since that time period, according to ...

January 22, 2010

Sainsbury Reports on CR as part of Quarterly Financial Updates

Sainsbury Reports on CR as part of Quarterly Financial Updates

UK supermarket chain Sainsbury's says it will start reporting progress on its corporate responsibility (CR) initiatives, together with its quarterly financial updates. The first quarterly ...

January 18, 2010

PGI to Reduce Carbon Footprint, Water Use, Solid Waste 10% by 2014

PGI to Reduce Carbon Footprint, Water Use, Solid Waste 10% by 2014

Polymer Group (PGI), a global manufacturer of nonwoven materials, has set several goals for 2014 including a 10 percent per square meter reduction in carbon footprint, ...

January 15, 2010

Apple Again Resists Shareholder Pleas for Emissions Reporting

Apple Again Resists Shareholder Pleas for Emissions Reporting

In a repeat scenario from last January, Apple Inc. is contesting two petitions from shareholder groups to increase the company's environmental efforts, according to Apple's ...

January 13, 2010

GoLite Set to Reach ‘Carbon Neutral’ Status

GoLite Set to Reach ‘Carbon Neutral’ Status

GoLite, a manufacturer of high-performance apparel and outdoor gear, has met three goals set in 2006 a year ahead of schedule, according to the company's ...

January 13, 2010

BrownFlynn Sets Baseline for Future Environmental Performance

BrownFlynn Sets Baseline for Future Environmental Performance

BrownFlynn, a corporate responsibility and sustainability consulting firm, says it is "walking the talk" with the release of its first sustainability report based on the ...

January 6, 2010

Manpower Saves 400K Pounds of CO2 Via Virtual Meeting

Manpower Saves 400K Pounds of CO2 Via Virtual Meeting

Adopting measures to reduce its global carbon footprint, Manpower Inc. has avoided 400,000 pounds of CO2 emissions by holding its annual Global Leadership Team meeting virtually, ...

December 28, 2009

Chinese CSR Reports Called into Question

Chinese CSR Reports Called into Question

State-owned enterprises perform better than private and multinational companies in corporate social responsibility (CSR), according to a report released by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences ...

December 22, 2009

Cabot Aims to Reduce GHG Emissions Intensity 20% by 2020

Cabot Aims to Reduce GHG Emissions Intensity 20% by 2020

Cabot Corp., a global performance materials company, reduced its total CO2-equivalents (CO2-e) emissions by 11 percent compared with 2007, which correlates with the company's 12 percent ...

December 22, 2009

Lenovo to Improve Carbon Efficiency 10% by 2012

Lenovo to Improve Carbon Efficiency 10% by 2012

Lenovo Group has pledged to increase its carbon efficiency 10 percent by 2012 using 2007 as a baseline, according to the company's second corporate social ...

December 9, 2009

Cisco Reduces Net GHG Emissions by 40%

Cisco Reduces Net GHG Emissions by 40%

Cisco has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) for scope 1, 2 and 3 by 40 percent compared to fiscal year 2007, by implementing energy-efficiency programs, ...

December 8, 2009

Sodexo Targets 14 Areas for Supply Chain Sustainability

Sodexo Targets 14 Areas for Supply Chain Sustainability

Building on environmental projects at customer locations over the past year that have yielded water and energy savings, Sodexo Inc. has unveiled the company's "...

December 4, 2009

Bombardier Exceeds Water, Energy Use Reduction Targets

Bombardier Exceeds Water, Energy Use Reduction Targets

Despite missing its target to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 15 percent between fiscal year 2004 and 2009, Bombardier Inc. has cut its GHG emissions ...

December 2, 2009

Costa Cruises Cuts Fuel and Water Use by 5%

Costa Cruises Cuts Fuel and Water Use by 5%

Costa Cruises, a cruise line and travel company based in Europe, has cut fuel and potable water consumption by five percent during the fiscal year ...

November 30, 2009

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