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Abbott Cuts Oil and Coal Use by 35%

Abbott has reduced its use of both fossil fuels and electricity by 35 percent as part of a company-wide effort to protect the environment and ...

October 2, 2009

Hawaii, Ontario Enact Feed-in Tariffs for Renewables

Businesses in Hawaii and Ontario can adopt renewable energy technologies with greater assurance that the investments will pay off now that the state and ...

September 30, 2009

United Airlines Saves 1B Pounds of Fuel over Four Years

By using the latest flight techniques to conserve fuel, reduce noise and keep the air cleaner by reducing emissions, United Airlines has saved 1 billion ...

September 30, 2009

Global Investors Favor Forest Carbon Market

A survey of investors, who manage approximately $7 trillion of assets, shows support for an expanded carbon market mechanism, which would address the estimated 20 percent ...

September 30, 2009

Royal Caribbean Cruises Reduces Fuel Consumption by 4%

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. has made environmental improvements over the past year. The company has reduced fuel consumption by 4 percent, NOx emissions by three ...

September 29, 2009

California Initiates Carbon Fee on Polluting Industries – Nation’s First

California has approved the nation's first carbon fee on polluting industries, as well as the country's most aggressive energy plan. In a whirlwind of new environmental ...

September 28, 2009

At 10.2M Metric Tons, Apple Reports Emissions For First Time

Product use accounts for 53 percent of the 10.2 million metric tons of emissions associated with the lifecycle analysis of Apple products, ...

September 28, 2009

PricewaterhouseCoopers Cuts Carbon Emissions by 10%

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) has reduced its carbon footprint 10 percent in fiscal year 2008, decreasing its carbon emissions by more than 30,000 metric tons. The ...

September 25, 2009

Caterpillar, FedEx Join Debate Over Carbon Tax Vs. Cap and Trade

Industry-leading businesses and associations are locking horns over the merits of a carbon tax versus a cap-and-trade program as passed in the House's climate legislation ...

September 24, 2009

Deloitte Reports Tax Implications for U.S. GHG Regulations

Whether the U.S. chooses a cap-and-trade scheme as passed in the House's climate bill in June or adopts a carbon tax, there will be tax ...

September 23, 2009

Office Depot Helps Large Customers Understand ‘Greenness’ of Purchases

Office Depot is stepping up its transparency in products it sells that have environmental attributes, including a special program for larger customers that helps explain the "greenness" of the customers' overall purchases. The program relies ...

September 23, 2009

Building Information Modeling Gains Ground

Nearly half of the construction industry is using building information modeling (BIM) tools or BIM-related tools, according to a new report from McGraw-Hill Construction. Measurable ...

September 23, 2009

EPA to Large Emitters: Start Collecting GHG Data Jan. 1

Large emitters of greenhouse gases will have to begin collecting their emissions data Jan. 1 under the new reporting system from the ...

September 22, 2009

Cisco, Pepco, Boeing Named Top S&P 500 Climate Leaders

Cisco Systems, Boeing and Pepco Holdings - along with Consolidated Edison, EMC, E.I. du Pont de Nemours, Hewlett Packard, PPG Industries and Transocean - were among ...

September 21, 2009

IEA Wind Countries Add 17,000 MW of Capacity in 2008

International Energy Agency (IEA) Wind member countries added more than 17,000 megawatts (MW) of wind generating capacity in 2008 for a total of nearly 92,000 ...

September 21, 2009

Only 30% of Firms Have a Business Case for Sustainability

A vast majority of corporate executives believe that sustainability-related issues are having or will soon have an impact on their businesses, but more than 70 percent of ...

September 18, 2009

Just 38% of AMB Employees Drive to Work

AMB Property Corp., a leading global owner, operator and developer of industrial real estate, reports that approximately 62 percent of its employees commute to work on ...

September 17, 2009

To Thwart Lack of Natural Resources, Go Full-circle in Supply Chain

By 2020, demand for natural resources will outstrip supply, resulting in higher and more volatile pricing in the consumer industry, according to a new research report. ...

September 17, 2009

Dell’s Director of Sustainability on CSR Reporting

Tod Arbogast, Director of Sustainability at Dell, talks about the company's most recent ...

September 17, 2009

Shaw Targets a 60% Reduction in Waste to Landfill by 2011

Shaw Industries Group Inc., a leading carpet manufacturer and floor covering provider, has reclaimed more than 244 million pounds of post-consumer carpet since 2007 through its ...

September 17, 2009

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