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Nissan Cuts SUV, Truck Output, Increases Altima Production

Nissan Cuts SUV, Truck Output, Increases Altima Production
Nissan announced that it will increase production of its Altimas by 2,000, to about 17,000 monthly, and cut production of its sport-utility ...

Small Business Sustainability Measures Can Compete With Larger Companies

Small Business Sustainability Measures Can Compete With Larger Companies
While small businesses can't dedicate entire departments and budgets to sustainability measures like companies like Wal-Mart can, they can ...

Verizon Suppliers Must Meet New Energy Efficiency Standards

Verizon Suppliers Must Meet New Energy Efficiency Standards
Verizon has established its own energy-consumption standards and an associated measurement for new telecommunications-related equipment that its suppliers will ...

FTC Tackles Green Building, Textiles In Latest Green Claims Workshop

FTC Tackles Green Building, Textiles In Latest Green Claims Workshop
The Federal Trade Commission has announced the third in a series of public workshops being held as part ...

Senate Kills Climate Bill

Senate Kills Climate Bill
The Carbon bill died in the Senate on Friday after a vote that resulted in 48 senators favoring the ...

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HP Unveils Ambitious Data Center Project, More Efficient Solar Energy System

HP Unveils Ambitious Data Center Project, More Efficient Solar Energy System
HP's research arm HP Labs has announced new sustainability research initiatives the company says will include an industry-first ...

Google, PepsiCo, Kellogg, AmEx Make ‘Most Ethical’ List

Google, PepsiCo, Kellogg, AmEx Make ‘Most Ethical’ List
Google, PepsiCo, Kellogg, and American Express, rose to the top of the Ethisphere Institute's 2008 list of 2008 ...

BT Pledges 80% Emissions Cut, Links Financial And Environmental Performance

BT Pledges 80% Emissions Cut, Links Financial And Environmental Performance
BT has announced plans to cut its carbon emissions by 80 percent by 2020 and published a "Climate Stabilization ...

Package Printers, Manufacturers Discuss Sustainability Efforts

Package Printers, Manufacturers Discuss Sustainability Efforts
Kevin Rabinovitch, director of sustainability for Mars North America, warns CPGs and converters to look beyond the direct impacts ...

Climate Bill Would Get Veto From Bush

Climate Bill Would Get Veto From Bush
If the Lieberman-Warner global warming bill, being debated this week in the Senate, passes Congress in its current ...

Senate Kicks Off Global Warming Bill Debate

Senate Kicks Off Global Warming Bill Debate
With this week's Senate debate on the Lieberman-Warner global warming bill kicking off today, some doubt whether U.S. ...

Cement Industry In Demand V. Emissions Battle

Cement Industry In Demand V. Emissions Battle
Cement plants have become more automated, integrated and efficient since Henry Kaiser founded the Kaiser Cement Corporation -- now ...

GE Reports On Progress Of Ecomagination, Sets New Goals

GE Reports On Progress Of Ecomagination, Sets New Goals
GE has announced the expansion of its "ecomagination" strategy, committing to reduce its global water use by 20 ...

Heinz Plans 20% Emissions Cut, Potato Peels Play A Part

Heinz Plans 20% Emissions Cut, Potato Peels Play A Part
Heinz' plans to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent by 2015 includes converting potato peels into biofuel ...

Cox Communications Wants To Install Solar On Customer Roofs

Cox Communications Wants To Install Solar On Customer Roofs
Cox Communications has announced initiatives to cut energy costs that include adding solar electricity to its headquarters and communications ...

Long-Term Sustainability Depends On The Green

Long-Term Sustainability Depends On The Green
Companies realize that environmental initiatives can create great PR, but they're also realizing that those initiatives must be profitable ...

HP Sticks Eco Labels On Printers

HP Sticks Eco Labels On Printers
HP has launched a new program, Eco Solutions, designed to provide costumers with environmental information about HP products. The ...

Office Depot First Retailer To Pre-Certify Store Prototypes With USGBC

Office Depot First Retailer To Pre-Certify Store Prototypes With USGBC
Office Depot is the first company to achieve volume pre-certification under the pilot LEED Portfolio Program for its store ...

EDF Reports On Sustainable Innovations

EDF Reports On Sustainable Innovations
Environmental Defense Fund has released "Innovations Review 2008: Making Green the New Business as Usual," a report highlighting the latest trends ...

Nortel Green Ad Campaign Takes Shot At Cisco

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 ...

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Business and the Environment: The Challenge of Change

Business and the Environment: The Challenge of Change

Imagine it's 100 years ago. 1908. You're starting an ice cream business. You plan to illuminate your new factory with gas lamps; ... continue »

The View from World Water Week 2008
Portugal Points The Way For Renewable Energy Adoption
Raw Sourcing: Glass, Plastic or Aluminum?
Environmental Supply Chain Planning – Expanding Accountability
Older Demographics Biggest Users of Green Products

Older Demographics Biggest Users of Green Products

Consumers over 55 years old are the most prolific users of green products in the U.S., according to a survey by ...

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Energy Efficiency, Green Issues Not Driving Companies To New Offices
Valuing Green: Budgeting for Economic Sustainability
News and Websites Most Successful for CSR Communications
Ray Anderson On Sustainability At Interface

Ray Anderson On Sustainability At Interface

An interview with Ray Anderson, Founder of Interface, Inc. This interview was conducted at the 2008 Sustainable Operations Summit on May 19th ...

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Greenpeace Targets Logging Ships
Kyocera Mita UK Discusses Sustainability Efforts
Wal-Mart Exec Discusses Sustainability Initiatives
The Bottom Line

Marketing

Older Demographics Biggest Users of Green Products

Google, IBM, Nike Make List Of Businesses Bettering The Planet

The Planet Saves Big With Lights-Out Program

Emissions

UCSD Installs Solar Trees

RGGI’s Greenhouse Auction Could See Low Demand

Airlines Tout CO2 Emissions Reductions

Hi-Tech

Software Industry Making Headway On Sustainability

Putting More Green Into IT

Forrester: Establish ‘Green Baseline’ Now

Efficiency

Business and the Environment: The Challenge of Change

Ray Anderson On Sustainability At Interface

Green Buildings Gaining Steam, Albeit Slowly

Manufacturing

Time For U.S. Manufacturing To Consider Energy Efficiency

HP Thinks Outside The Box, Sells Notebooks In Messenger Bags

ExxonMobil Says New Tire Material Increases Fuel Efficiency

Carbon Offsets/RECs

Kansas Aircraft-Makers Make Plans To Reduce Carbon Footprints

Naperville Shopping Development 100% Covered by Wind RECs

Tacoma Power Buys $15M in RECs

CSR Reports

Campbell’s New VP of CSR: David Stangis

UPS Energy Consumption Per Package Increases

Coke Rolled Out ‘Green’ Coolers At Olympics

Major Players

Synthetic Genomics Tops List Of Greentech Winners

Caterpillar Expands Remanufacturing Offerings with New Facility

Corporations Face New Definition of ‘Compliance’

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