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Coordinated Sustainability Intelligence Generates Potential Tax Benefits
An evolution in green IT is under way as it rounds the bend from a siloed cost-reduction strategy to an enabler of corporate responsibility ...
Greenpeace Calls Noel Kempff Climate Action Project a Carbon Scam
Greenpeace released a new report that calls into question the Noel Kempff Climate Action Project (NKCAP) aimed at saving Bolivia's rainforests, stating the project ...
Disney, Microsoft, Google Viewed as Most Reputable Firms
Walt Disney Co. took the top spot in the Boston College-Reputation Institute 2009 CSR Index, which generally showed financial companies ...
USPS to Cut GHG Emissions 20%, Energy Use 30%
The U.S. Postal Service voluntarily conducted an inventory of its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to establish a baseline for future annual evaluations to help meet ...
Timberland Cuts Emissions 19%
Timberland reduced its emissions by 4,426 metric tons from 2007 to 2008, or about 19 percent, according to the company's 2007-08 CSR ...
From Carbon Credits to Water Quality Trading
Similar to a carbon cap-and-trade scheme, a forthcoming water quality trading program will allow emitters to purchase pollution reduction credits from another source. The Electric Power ...
Thales Cuts Energy Use 10%, CO2 Emissions 4%
By using cleaner energy and employee's efforts to reduce energy consumption, Thales has achieved a ten percent reduction in fossil fuel consumption and a 3.8 ...
Investors Pressure GM, Boeing, Deere, Xerox to Quit U.S. Chamber
Trying to ramp up pressure on the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and its position on climate change, an investors group ...
Auction Recommended for California’s Allocation of Emission Allowances
Regulation of greenhouse gas emissions in the electricity sector under a cap-and-trade system in California poses significant policy questions about how to allocate tradable emission allowances, ...
Soros Throws $1B into Cleantech
Influential investor George Soros is a big believer in the future of clean tech and energy efficiency - so much so that he has ...
Colleges Get Sustainability Report Card
The Sustainable Endowments Institute has released its 2010 College Sustainability Report Card comparing 322 schools across the U.S. on how "green" they are, reports ...
IBM, Intel, HSBC, Unilever, Xerox Top Covalence Ethical Rankings
IBM garnered the top spot in Covalence's ethical ranking of multinational companies. The ranking looks at 541 companies across 18 sectors. This year, Covalence added two ...
L’Oreal Cuts Water Use, GHG Emissions More Than 6%
L'Oreal bolstered its commitment to an eco-responsible business model by reducing energy and water consumption, waste and CO2 emissions in 2008, according to the company's fifth ...
PacifiCorp Tries to Reduce Incentive for Small Wind Developers
Companies that produce less than 10 megawatts of wind power may be denied the full rate that PacifiCorp pays other ...
Costco’s 2008 Emissions Totaled 1.34M Tons
Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions at warehouse club Costco totaled 1.34 million tons of CO2 equivalents in 2008, according to the company's ...
EIA Projects 2009 Emissions Reduction of 29M Metric Tons
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects CO2 emissions from the commercial and residential sectors to be 29 million metric tons lower in 2009, or just over ...
Pfizer Exceeds Emissions Reduction Goals, Misses Clean Energy Target
Pfizer has achieved three of its four public environmental goals to reduce emissions, according to the company's 2009 corporate responsibility report (PDF). The pharmaceutical company ...
Merck Slashes Energy Demand by 25%, Water Use by 15%
Merck has achieved and exceeded its corporate goal to reduce energy demand by 25 percent from a 2004 baseline and its water use by 15 ...
Tariff on Solar Imports May be Challenged
A recent decision to impose tariffs on a type of Chinese solar panels could eventually extend to other such imports, raising the cost of ...
Steelcase, Whirlpool Top Furniture, Appliance Climate Ratings
Steelcase, Herman Miller and Masco lead the latest Climate Counts rating of furniture suppliers (above), while Whirlpool, LG, Bosch/Siemens and AB ...
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