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CNE Launches Service To Help Companies Manage GHG Emissions

CNE Launches Service To Help Companies Manage GHG Emissions
Constellation NewEnergy, a subsidiary of Constellation Energy, announced that it will offer a Carbon Footprint Solution to help ...

Chipotle Restaurant Features Wind Turbine

Chipotle Restaurant Features Wind Turbine
Chipotle Mexican Grill announced it will open a "green" restaurant in Gurnee, IL, this fall. The new restaurant ...

Ben & Jerry’s Tests ‘Greener’ Freezer

Ben & Jerry’s Tests ‘Greener’ Freezer
Ben & Jerry's announced the launch of a pilot project to test hydrocarbon-based freezers in the U.S. with ...

Toshiba Expands Free E-waste Recycling Program

Toshiba Expands Free E-waste Recycling Program
Toshiba’s Digital Products Division announced it has extended its free recycling program beyond Toshiba laptops to include e-waste ...

FedEx Hybrid Truck Plan Hits Speed Bump

FedEx Hybrid Truck Plan Hits Speed Bump
In 2003, FedEx bet on hybrids, predicting that hybrid vehicles had the potential to replace the company's 30,000 medium-duty ...

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Haworth Reduces Truck Shiping Emissions 20%

Haworth Reduces Truck Shiping Emissions 20%
Haworth Inc. participated in a study conducted by Perkins Logistics and found that about 20 percent of CO2 ...

Sam’s Club Completes 546 kW Solar System in Glendora, Calif.

Sam’s Club Completes 546 kW Solar System in Glendora, Calif.
Sam's Club announced the completion of a 546 kilowatt solar power system at its Glendora, Calif. store. The ...

AT&T Installing 1 Megawatt Solar System

AT&T Installing 1 Megawatt Solar System
AT&T has announced that it is working with SunPower , Pacific Gas and Electric , Morgan Stanley and ...

Vattenfall, Bucking Trend, Announces Carbon Neutral Goal

Vattenfall, Bucking Trend, Announces Carbon Neutral Goal
Vattenfall presented its vision to reach carbon neutrality by 2050 at its Climate Signature initiative in Brussels. At ...

Xcel Energy Plans Biomass Plant in Midwest

Xcel Energy Plans Biomass Plant in Midwest
Xcel Energy announced it will submit an application to the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin to install technology ...

Sanyo’s Solar Ark: Company Shift or PR Stunt?

Sanyo’s Solar Ark: Company Shift or PR Stunt?
A new sight can be seen along the Shinkansen Bullet Train route between Tokyo and Osaka – Sanyo's Solar ...

Rutgers University Installing 1.4 Megawatt Solar System

Rutgers University Installing 1.4 Megawatt Solar System
Rutgers University broke ground on a seven-acre solar power system at its Livingston campus this week. The university is ...

ICF Unveils Green Business Planning Service

ICF Unveils Green Business Planning Service
ICF International launched Green Business, a Web-based sustainable business planning service. The new Web site offers an integrated ...

Autodesk HQ Cuts Emissions with Lighting Upgrades

Autodesk HQ Cuts Emissions with Lighting Upgrades
Autodesk announced in its latest sustainability report that GHG emissions from its business operations in 2007 equaled about ...

California Academy of Sciences Completes Solar Panel Installation

California Academy of Sciences Completes Solar Panel Installation
California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco has completed its solar electric installation, a solution ...

Arm & Hammer ‘Essentials’ Dumps Bottle, Cuts Supply Chain Emissions

Arm & Hammer ‘Essentials’ Dumps Bottle, Cuts Supply Chain Emissions
Arm & Hammer introduced Arm & Hammer Essentials cleaners. The company says the new products benefit the environment ...

RGGI Sells All Carbon Permits At First Mandatory CO2 Auction

RGGI Sells All Carbon Permits At First Mandatory CO2 Auction
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) announced that all 12.5 million carbon permits were sold at its ...

Automakers Lose Fight, EU Sticks To Tough Emissions Law

Automakers Lose Fight, EU Sticks To Tough Emissions Law
Just recently, it seemed that EU automakers may succeed in weakening emissions law, but on Thursday the European ...

CO2 Climbing Regardless Of Economic Downturn

CO2 Climbing Regardless Of Economic Downturn
Although scientists thought an economic downturn would slow energy use, carbon dioxide emissions climbed 3 percent from 2006 to ...

Steel Industry Can Save $105 Million in Energy Costs

Steel Industry Can Save $105 Million in Energy Costs
Save Energy Now Assessments, conducted by the Department of Energy Industrial Technologies Program, identified more than $105 million ...

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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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