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Coke Cuts Water Use Ratio 3% In 2007

Coke Cuts Water Use Ratio 3% In 2007
Coca-Cola Enterprises, the world's largest marketer, distributor, and producer of Coca-Cola products, has published its third Corporate Responsibility and ...

Is Carbon Trading the Solution to Global Warming?

Is Carbon Trading the Solution to Global Warming?
CNN had a story over the weekend on carbon trading. Supporters of carbon trading say it offers companies incentives to become ...

Half Of S&P 100 Released Sustainability Report In 2007

Half Of S&P 100 Released Sustainability Report In 2007
Over 50 percent of America's largest public traded companies now report on their sustainability effort, and over a third integrate elements of ...

Ceres On The Financial Sector’s Reaction To Climate Change

Ceres On The Financial Sector’s Reaction To Climate Change
Mindy Lubber, president of Ceres, talks about what the financial sector is doing to tackle climate change....

Australians Compensated For Emissions Trading System

Australians Compensated For Emissions Trading System
Australian Climate Change Minister Penny Wong said power producers and households will be compensated for an emissions trading system ...

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Exelon GHG Reduction Plan Could Cost $10 Billion+

Exelon GHG Reduction Plan Could Cost $10 Billion+
Exelon Corp. unveiled an environmental plan, Exelon 2020: A Low-Carbon Roadmap, that maps out the corporate-wide approach and ...

Carbon Market Worth $59 Billion In H1 2008

Carbon Market Worth $59 Billion In H1 2008
The global carbon market has generated almost as much money in the first half of this year as it did throughout the ...

Firm Adds ‘Renewable Energy Surchage’ To Customer Bills

Firm Adds ‘Renewable Energy Surchage’ To Customer Bills
Many businesses are forcing customers to pay fuel surcharges these days, but how about a renewable energy surcharge? San Francisco's ...

GE Passes $4 Billion Renewable Energy Mark

GE Passes $4 Billion Renewable Energy Mark
With a goal of investing $6 billion in renewable energy by 2010, GE Energy Financial Services has passed ...

Daimler Adds Sustainability Board, Releases Sustainability Report

Daimler Adds Sustainability Board, Releases Sustainability Report
Daimler says it has established a Sustainability Board at top management level, grouping together the company's existing management ...

Utility Outlines Environmental Benefits From Merger

Utility Outlines Environmental Benefits From Merger
In testimony filed with the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission, the investor group Puget Holdings supports Puget Sound Energy's ...

Ball Aims To Reduce GHG 16 Percent by 2012

Ball Aims To Reduce GHG 16 Percent by 2012
According to Ball's 2007 Sustainability Report, the company's aluminum cans are 40 percent lighter than in 1969; its ...

GHG Emissions Up At Owens Corning, Energy Use Down

GHG Emissions Up At Owens Corning, Energy Use Down
Owens Corning's GHG emissions rose in 2007 by 300,000 tons from the year, primarily due to an increase in ...

AASHE Releases Annual Review of Sustainability in Higher Education

AASHE Releases Annual Review of Sustainability in Higher Education
During 2007, 452 presidents and chancellors committed to climate neutrality by signing the American College & University Presidents' ...

UN Global Compact Delists 630 Members

UN Global Compact Delists 630 Members
The United Nations Global Compact has removed 630 companies (PDF) from its list of participants for failure ...

Stern Helps Launch New Carbon Ratings Agency

Stern Helps Launch New Carbon Ratings Agency
The UK Government’s climate change adviser, Sir Nicholas Stern, helped launch an initiative aimed at illustrating how clarity and transparency can boost ...

Dow Raising Prices, Again

Dow Raising Prices, Again
Dow Chemical says it is raising the prices of its products in July even more than the increases ...

Credit Suisse Adopts The Carbon Principles

Credit Suisse Adopts The Carbon Principles
Credit Suisse announced that it has adopted The Carbon Principles -- climate change guidelines for lenders to ...

DOE Plans $1.3 Billion CCS Investment Under Restructured FutureGen

DOE Plans $1.3 Billion CCS Investment Under Restructured FutureGen
The U.S. Department of Energy has issued a Funding Opportunity Announcement to invest in multiple commercial-scale Integrated Gasification ...

Cisco To Cut GHG Emissions 25% By 2012

Cisco To Cut GHG Emissions 25% By 2012
Cisco has set a goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions from its worldwide operations by 25 percent over the next four years, ...

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COP 15 Offers Communications Opportunities

COP 15 Offers Communications Opportunities

What is the No.1 event-related global communications opportunity for your carbon messaging of the next 4 years? Here are a couple of clues… •    ... continue »

Greening the Apparel Supply Chain: Tapping the Power of Collective Leverage
Sustainability and its Impact on Brand Value
The Advertising Industry, Sustainability and the Bottom Line
Thoroughly Modernized Milton And Corporate Social Responsibility
Green Efforts Insignificant in Winning, Keeping 3PL Business

Green Efforts Insignificant in Winning, Keeping 3PL Business

The 3PL industry has made significant strides in establishing environmental responsibility as part of broader corporate visions, with companies reporting numerous internal ...

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Google Says Its Data Centers Most Efficient
Fast-Moving Eco-Friendly Consumer Goods Appeal to Many
Environmental Friendliness Not Driving PC Sales
Miller Recycles 99.9% of Packaging Waste

Miller Recycles 99.9% of Packaging Waste

The U.S. beer maker Miller has a goal of zero waste in their breweries and is currently recycling 99.9% of all packaging ...

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Credit Crunch Could Hurt Mitsubishi’s Eco-Car Push
What’s The Price Tag For A Carbon Neutral U.S. Economy?
Interface VP Discusses Biomimicry And Design
The Bottom Line

Marketing

Office Depot Targets Eco-Conscious Consumers in Europe

COP 15 Offers Communications Opportunities

Aegis Acquires Clownfish

Emissions

Sun, Pfizer Surpass Carbon Reduction Goals

Constellation Wines Installing 1.2 Megawatt Solar System

Turbine Shortage Delays Projects

Hi-Tech

Google Says Its Data Centers Most Efficient

European Data Centers Face Energy Crisis

Environmental Friendliness Not Driving PC Sales

Efficiency

World Steel Association Publishes Sustainability Report

Wal-Mart’s Packaging Scorecard Drives Sustainability, Cuts GHG Emissions

Dairy Farmers Get Lighting Retrofit Rebate

Manufacturing

Greening the Apparel Supply Chain: Tapping the Power of Collective Leverage

ARC Offers Sustainability Strategies for Manufacturers

Sanyo’s Solar Ark: Company Shift or PR Stunt?

Carbon Offsets/RECs

USDA, DOE Unveil Plans to Accelerate Sustainable Biofuels Development

EU Votes For Tougher Carbon Laws

Aveda Installs Solar System at L.A. Distribution Facility

CSR Reports

AT&T Releases Sustainability Report

Autodesk HQ Cuts Emissions with Lighting Upgrades

Staples Saved Over 540,000 Gallons of Diesel in 2007

Major Players

Green Efforts Insignificant in Winning, Keeping 3PL Business

Critics Say Energy Star Standards Too Lax

Google Unveils $4.4 Trillion Clean Energy Plan

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