Environmental & Sustainability Events
Environmental and sustainability includes events such as conferences, summits and conventions including UN Climate Change Conferences. These events are gathering places for industries, financial types, government leaders and other concerned organizations to discuss advances and solutions to environmental and sustainability issues. In addition, we also share information that come out of the events.
IBM’s Green Sigma Coalition Lines Up Industry Leaders
IBM has announced the formation of the Green Sigma Coalition at its Green and Beyond Summit for Industry leaders in San Francisco, to provide smart ...
LOHAS Forum Attracts Fortune 500 Companies
The annual Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability (LOHAS) Forum, which at one time targeted small green-businesses, has attracted Fortune 500 companies like Facebook, eBay and Wal-Mart to ...
Broadcast Industry Goes Green for Earth Day
Several broadcasting networks, including Fox Broadcasting, NBC and Nickelodeon, have announced green-themed TV program scheduling in honor of Earth Day, April 22.
Fox Broadcasting plans to launch specially ...
Google CEO: Alternative Energy Benefits Bottom Line
Google chief executive Eric Schmidt says the clean-energy revolution does not cost, it pays.
A complete roundup of the ...
Coca-Cola’s “Give It Back” Program at Fashion Week
Coca-Cola's new "Give It Back" recycling program is making multiple appearances around New York.
This week it's the Mercedes-Benz Fall Fashion shows, where 25 "Give It Back" ...
RGGI Raises $107M at Carbon Auction
Some 69 participants from the financial, energy, and environmental sectors bid on permits for the right to emit carbon dioxide from power plants in the US Northeast in an auction by the ...
Autodesk’s Director Of Sustainability Discusses Sustainable Design
Lynelle Cameron, Director of Sustainability at Autodesk, discusses sustainable design from the floor of Autodesk University.
Green On Display At International Housewares Show
Reduced product packaging, energy conservation, and recycling were on center stage at the 2008 International Housewares Show.
Tetra Pak Discusses Sustainability Initiatives
Tetra Pak discusses greening initiatives at Natural Products Expo West 2008.
Synthetic Genomics Tops List Of Greentech Winners
AlwaysOn has announced results of this year's GoingGreen 100 Top Private Companies list in greentech. Sythetic Genomics took the top prize.
This year, an increased number of companies are moving out of ...
The View from World Water Week 2008
This year's World Water Week in Stockholm was a sterling example of multi-stakeholder collaboration in action.
Since its inception in 1991, the event has advanced the global water agenda by identifying timely, cross-cutting themes and becoming ...
International Carbon Reduction and Offset Alliance Formed
Eight of the world's leading carbon reduction and offset providers have formed the International Carbon Reduction and Offset Alliance (ICROA), The Climate Group announced.
According to the organization's website, ICROA will:
Support ...
GM Signals Shift To Smaller Cars, Mulls Putting Hummer On The Block
General Motors' Chairman and Chief Executive G. Richard Wagoner Jr. announced the company's plans to undergo some structural changes, BusinessWeek reports.
Wagoner said the changes include shutting four truck plants, eliminating 10,000 ...
Publishing Industry Writes Sustainability Story
Climate change, sustainable packaging and reducing paper use were among the workshop topics the book industry's recent annual trade show, BookExpo America, BusinessWeek reports.
Publishers are increasing their use of recycled paper, ...
Outdoor Industry Climbing Toward Sustainability
Supply Chain In Spotlight at Ceres Conference
At the recent Ceres conference, investors, environmentalists, and business executives came together to address a wide range of sustainability challenges from stakeholder engagement and corporate governance to resource scarcity and climate change. This year, though, ...
Sustainability Takes Center Stage At Packaging Summit
I was at the Packaging Summit, presented by the IOPP, in Chicago last week. "Sustainability" was present in nearly each and every booth. Here are some highlights from the show.
An honorable mention goes ...
Nortel Green Ad Campaign Takes Shot At Cisco
Nortel has launched an ad campaign that claims its data networking products offer energy savings over Cisco products, BtoB reports. The company has put together a Website to go along ...
Green Meetings Don’t Have To Cost More Green
Corporate social responsibility mandates are one factor that is leading to more green, and, for planners, more complicated meetings, CNN reports.
Some planners are asking for locally grown or organic food, or ...
Slower Trucks Could Save 31.5M Tons Of CO2 Emissions
The American Trucking Associations has launched the first-ever industry-wide environmental sustainability program under the banner Trucks Deliver a Cleaner Tomorrow.
ATA has produced a report (exec summary) and is making ...
Texas Instruments Sustainability Report: Normalized Emissions Jump 23%
