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SunEdison, Xcel, Others Commit $5 million For Solar Testing

SunEdison, Xcel, Others Commit $5 million For Solar Testing
In order to accelerate the commercialization of solar power technology, six public- and private-sector entities announced that they have ...

Constellation Wines Installing 1.2 Megawatt Solar System

Constellation Wines Installing 1.2 Megawatt Solar System
Constellation Wines U.S. announced it has begun the installation of a 1.2 megawatt solar system, which will produce ...

World Steel Association Publishes Sustainability Report

World Steel Association Publishes Sustainability Report
The World Steel Association recently released its 2008 sustainability report (PDF). The report is based on a ...

Frito-Lay Sustainability Efforts Save $55 Million On Water, Energy

Frito-Lay Sustainability Efforts Save $55 Million On Water, Energy
In 1999, Frito-Lay, a wholly-owned subsidiary of PepsiCo, set a corporate-wide manufacturing reduction goal which includes a 50 percent ...

Seven More Furnishing Companies Pass Environmental Audits

Seven More Furnishing Companies Pass Environmental Audits
The American Home Furnishings Alliance announced that seven more of its members have implemented the organization's Enhancing Furniture’s Environmental ...

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Aveda Installs Solar System at L.A. Distribution Facility

Aveda Installs Solar System at L.A. Distribution Facility
Aveda announced the installation and activation of a photovoltaic solar power system at its west coast distribution center in ...

Dairy Farmers Get Lighting Retrofit Rebate

Dairy Farmers Get Lighting Retrofit Rebate
Focus on Energy is offering a $90-per-fixture rebate to agricultural, commercial or industrial facilities that upgrade their 400-watt lighting ...

Vodafone Powers Base Stations with Wind Turbines

Vodafone Powers Base Stations with Wind Turbines
Vodafone announced it has successfully begun generating electricity for its mobile communications network. The wind micro-generating system allows the ...

Supermarkets Shifting to Greener Buildings

Supermarkets Shifting to Greener Buildings
Both Shaw's Supermarkets and Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. are making their stores greener, revealing a green commercial architecture ...

Google Says Its Data Centers Most Efficient

Google Says Its Data Centers Most Efficient
Google-designed data centers are the most efficient in the world, according to a post on the company's blog by Urs Hölzle, ...

European Data Centers Face Energy Crisis

European Data Centers Face Energy Crisis
According to an IDC report, European data centers are facing an energy crisis, with energy consumption growing by more than 13 percent ...

Goodrich’s Tullahoma Facility Cuts Environmental Impact

Goodrich’s Tullahoma Facility Cuts Environmental Impact
Goodrich Corp. announced its Tullahoma facility has made improvements to reduce the facility's environmental impact. Some of the improvements ...

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 ...

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 ...

DOE Awards $15M For Net-Zero Energy Commercial Buildings

DOE Awards $15M For Net-Zero Energy Commercial Buildings
The U.S. Department of Energy awarded $15 million to 21 companies in an effort to encourage the adoption ...

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 ...

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 ...

ESPN Cafeteria Puts Green On Menu

ESPN Cafeteria Puts Green On Menu
At ESPN's headquarters in Bristol, the company has converted the cafeteria to using reusable and compostable dishes and utensils, ...

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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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