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SAB Miller Targets 25% Reduction in Water Used in Brewing

SAB Miller Targets 25% Reduction in Water Used in Brewing
By 2015, SAB Miller, which markets more than 200 brands of beer and is the world's largest bottler of Coca-Cola products, ...

Carbon Management IS Information Management

Carbon Management IS Information Management
For most organizations today, sophisticated carbon management is simply not possible. At best, ...

Molson Coors Cuts CO2 Emissions by 12%

Molson Coors Cuts CO2 Emissions by 12%
Molson Coors Brewing Company has released its 2008 online corporate responsibility report, ...

BP Shutters Alternative Energy HQ

BP Shutters Alternative Energy HQ
British Petroleum has shutdown its alternative energy headquarters in London, accepted the resignation ...

Successful Design in CSR Reporting, Part 2

Successful Design in CSR Reporting, Part 2
Note: This is Part 2 of a series. Part 1 is The ...

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Ford, Nissan, Tesla Receive DOE Loans for EVs

Ford, Nissan, Tesla Receive DOE Loans for EVs
Ford, Nissan and Tesla have received $8 billion in conditional loans from ...

Verizon Expands Energy-Efficiency Efforts, Reduces GHG Emissions

Verizon Expands Energy-Efficiency Efforts, Reduces GHG Emissions
Verizon's latest corporate responsibility report includes environmental initiatives that have increased the ...

The Seven Phases of Producing a Sustainability Report, Part 1 of 2

The Seven Phases of Producing a Sustainability Report, Part 1 of 2
Note: This is the first in a series of two articles. Look tomorrow ...

Siemens Expects $8B In Green Tech Contracts from Stimulus

Siemens Expects $8B In Green Tech Contracts from Stimulus
Siemens AG expects to win new orders of around $21 billion in ...

Baxter Cuts GHG Emissions by 21%

Baxter Cuts GHG Emissions by 21%
Baxter International Inc. outlines its sustainability priorities and progress in greenhouse gas emission (GHG) ...

Timberland 1Q 09 Emissions Up 18%

Timberland 1Q 09 Emissions Up 18%
In its first quarter CSR update, Timberland reveals that emissions have risen ...

Inspectors Blast DOE for Poor IT Energy Efficiency

Inspectors Blast DOE for Poor IT Energy Efficiency
The Department of Energy could learn a lot by paying attention to ...

Investors Call On SEC to Enforce Climate Change Disclosures

Investors Call On SEC to Enforce Climate Change Disclosures
The investor community is making another attempt to push the U.S. Securities and Exchange ...

Ford Improves Energy Efficiency in NA by 4.5%

Ford Improves Energy Efficiency in NA by 4.5%
Ford Motor Company is on track to reach its 30 percent reduction in CO2 ...

First Carbon Footprint, Now Forest Footprint?

First Carbon Footprint, Now Forest Footprint?
The Forest Footprint Disclosure Project in the UK will run in parallel ...

Clean Energy Investments Starting to Rise in 2Q 2009

Clean Energy Investments Starting to Rise in 2Q 2009
New investment in the global clean energy sector in the second quarter of ...

Mountains of E-waste to Follow Digital TV Conversion June 12

Mountains of E-waste to Follow Digital TV Conversion June 12
With the long-awaited conversion to digital TV sets set for June 12, groups ...

Accellent, Biomet, Dollar General Join Green Portfolio Project

Accellent, Biomet, Dollar General Join Green Portfolio Project
Five more companies have joined the Green Portfolio Project, in partnership with the ...

Marks & Spencer Switches to Recycled Salad Boxes

Marks & Spencer Switches to Recycled Salad Boxes
Through a partnership with Closed Loop, a British recycling firm, retailer Marks & ...

Wal-Mart Reduces Carbon Emissions/$1M Sold to 53 Tons

Wal-Mart Reduces Carbon Emissions/$1M Sold to 53 Tons
[Editors note: A previous headline mischaracterized Wal-Mart's global emissions based on erroneous information ...
Consumers Prefer ‘100% Natural’ Label Over ‘Organic’

Consumers Prefer ‘100% Natural’ Label Over ‘Organic’

In a study of consumer opinions of marketing claims, survey respondents identified most ...

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WWF Ranks US 7th Among G8 on Climate Scorecard
Growth of Global Carbon Emissions Cut in Half
Electricity, Heat, Transportation Cause 60% of Emissions

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Carbon Management IS Information Management

Carbon Management IS Information Management

For most organizations today, sophisticated carbon management is simply not possible. At best, ... continue »

The Hope Behind The Holes In The Climate Bill
Energy Costs Rising, Regulations Imminent - Are You Ready?
Energy - It Just Doesn’t Add Up
FTC on Greenwashing: Is That All There Is?
Shaklee Discusses its Green Strategies

Shaklee Discusses its Green Strategies

Shaklee Corp. was recognized recently ...

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Sprint Tackles Data Center Improvements
Building a Bridge from Recycled Plastics
The Netherlands Ponders Floating City Architecture
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Marketing

Consumers Prefer ‘100% Natural’ Label Over ‘Organic’

Green Seal Adds First U.S. Standard for Personal Care Products

Show Sustainability Sales Success to Climb Corporate Ranks

Emissions

Cisco Wants to Transform Energy Demand and Use with Smart Buildings

Sony Europe Goes to 100% Renewable Energy

EPA Approves California Emissions Waiver

Hi-Tech

Sony Ericsson Joins Nokia, Samsung as ‘Greener’ Electronics Makers

Online Calculator Gauges IT Data Center Costs and Carbon Footprint

Microsoft Reduces Windows 7 Packaging

Efficiency

Black & Veatch HQ to Showcase Sustainability

Raytheon Meets Green Goals with IT Help

Yahoo! Dropping Carbon Offsets for Greener Data Centers

Manufacturing

Electronics Firms Face Off Against Mandated Recycling Programs

Leading Mobile Phone Makers Agree to Develop Universal Charger

Panasonic Cuts Manufacturing Emissions With Simulation Tech

Carbon Offsets/RECs

Sustainable Agriculture Requires Farm Modernization, Free Markets, Tech Adoption

Audi Promotes Clean Diesel via Facebook, Carbon Offsets

CBO: Cap-And-Trade to Cost $175 Per Household

CSR Reports

SAB Miller Targets 25% Reduction in Water Used in Brewing

Molson Coors Cuts CO2 Emissions by 12%

Successful Design in CSR Reporting, Part 2

Major Players

Fuel Cell Systems to Power 30% of Coca-Cola NY Facility

Australia Joins Carbon Reduction Label Scheme

CSX to Cut CO2 Emissions by 8%

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