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JohnsonDiversey Investing $19M To Reach 8% GHG Reduction

JohnsonDiversey announced it has joined the World Wildlife Fund Climate Savers program. By 2013, the company says it ...

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Sonoco Receives Chain-of-Custody Certifications

Sonoco announced it has received chain-of-custody certifications from the Forest Stewardship Council, as well as the Sustainable Forestry ...

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Report: Green Investment Could Create 2 Million Jobs in 2 Years

The U.S. can create 2 million jobs over two years by investing in a rapid green economic recovery program, according to "...

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Burt’s Bees Cuts Water Use By 20%, Electricity 14%

Burt's Bees released its first CSR report this week. In the first half of 2008, the company reported ...

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Symantec Releases First CSR Report

Symantec Corp. released its first Corporate Responsibility Report and announced it has saved more than 300,000 kilowatt ...

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Green Buildings Gaining Steam, Albeit Slowly

Environmentally-friendly real estate may not be top priority for CFOs yet, but it is gaining steam. According to McGraw-Hill ...

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Valuing Green: Budgeting for Economic Sustainability

Even in a challenging economy, retailers are committed to their sustainability agendas, according to “Getting From Green to Gold: Retail Success ...

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Shell Criticized for Manipulating Environmental Audit Report

Shell is accused of manipulating an independent environmental audit by AEA Technology to determine whether an oil and gas ...

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FASB Proposes Controversial Accounting Standard

Foundations have been shaken throughout corporate America with the Federal Accounting Standards Board's (FASB) June 5, 2008 release ...

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UPS Energy Consumption Per Package Increases

In UPS' latest corporate sustainability report (PDF), the company says it has reduced CO2 emissions by 32,000 metric ...

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ACCA Announces Shortlist for Sustainability Awards

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants announced the shortlist for its annual UK Sustainability Reporting Awards, AccountancyAge reports. The ...

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USDA Awards $35M for Renewables and Energy Efficiency

Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer announced that 639 individuals and businesses have been selected to receive $35 million in ...

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Organic to Go CEO Discusses Green Economy

Organic to Go CEO Jason Brown talks about the rise of green-collar jobs in the U.S. and how's he's been able to ...

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World Bank: CDM Slow and Expensive

The World Bank recently said that the UN's Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is “expensive and time consuming” because ...

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Resort Expects to Make $161,000 From Its Wind Turbines

Jiminy Peak resort announced its one-year anniversary of the connection of its new 1.5 megawatt GE wind turbine to ...

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GHG Reporting Practices Of Most Industries Overlook 75% Of Emissions

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University are urging companies to broaden their carbon footprint calculations with a new ...

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Marriott To List Green Actions Of Individual Hotels

Marriott recently told Economically Sound it will be publishing the hotel chain's environmental policies on their Web site ...

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CCX Trades RGGI Contracts

The Chicago Climate Futures Exchange offered its first exchange-traded Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative contracts last week, Reuters reports. ...

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Harrington Dumps Sunoco Stocks for Lack of Sustainability

Harrington Investments says it is divesting of Sunoco Corporation stocks after several years of unproductive engagement with the ...

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C.W. Brown Sells Excess Solar Energy To Con Ed

C.W. Brown Inc. became the first business in New York state to take advantage of a recent bill signed ...

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