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Proposal To Split Exxon Chairman, CEO Roles Defeated

Proposal To Split Exxon Chairman, CEO Roles Defeated
Exxon Mobil Corp. chief executive Rex Tillerson will retain the title of chairman after a shareholder proposal to split ...
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ING Touts ‘Orange Goes Green’

ING Touts ‘Orange Goes Green’
This ING promo video touts the company's "Orange goes Green" environmental initiative....
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G8 Pledges ‘Strong Will’ For 50% Emissions Cuts By 2050, Sets No Mid-Term Goals

G8 Pledges ‘Strong Will’ For 50% Emissions Cuts By 2050, Sets No Mid-Term Goals
Environment ministers from the Group of Eight nations, pledged "strong political will" toward cutting greenhouse gas emissions in half ...
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Global Warming Could Cost U.S. $3.8 Trillion Per Year By 2100

Global Warming Could Cost U.S. $3.8 Trillion Per Year By 2100
Doing nothing on global warming will cost the U.S. economy more than 3.6 percent of GDP -- or $3.8 trillion annually (in ...
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Long-Term Sustainability Depends On The Green

Long-Term Sustainability Depends On The Green
Companies realize that environmental initiatives can create great PR, but they're also realizing that those initiatives must be profitable ...
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WaMu Targets IT ‘Energy Hogs’

WaMu Targets IT ‘Energy Hogs’
Data centers are electricity hogs, and when you add to that the PCs, copiers, printers and phones, "...the smarter ...
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Big Investors Call On U.S. Congress To Tackle Climate Issues

Big Investors Call On U.S. Congress To Tackle Climate Issues
More than 50 leading investors, including the nation's largest public pension fund and the world's largest listed hedge fund, ...
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Fireman’s Fund Launches Green Coverage For Manufacturers

Fireman’s Fund Launches Green Coverage For Manufacturers
Five months after announcing it would offer green homeowners insurance, Fireman's Fund Insurance Co. has announced a ...
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Environmental Initiatives Top Of Mind For Financial Services Execs

Environmental Initiatives Top Of Mind For Financial Services Execs
Nearly three-quarters (73 percent) of financial institution executives say they plan to build new or undergo a major remodel of an existing ...
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Voluntary Carbon Market Tripled In 2007, Hit $331M

Voluntary Carbon Market Tripled In 2007, Hit $331M
Ecosystem Marketplace and New Carbon Finance have released a report, "State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets: Forging the ...
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Westpac Demands Sustainability From Suppliers

Westpac Demands Sustainability From Suppliers
Australian banking company Westpac will ask more than 10,000 of its suppliers to meet its new Sustainable Supply Chain ...
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Tour Of Citigroup’s Green Skyscraper

Tour Of Citigroup’s Green Skyscraper
Joe Sprouls gives a tour of Citigroup's $310 million Green Skyscraper.

Enel Buys $232 Million Of Carbon Credits From China’s Wuhan Steel

Enel Buys $232 Million Of Carbon Credits From China’s Wuhan Steel
Enel SpA, Italy's largest power company and the biggest single buyer of carbon credits in China, signed a deal ...
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RGGI Cap And Trade To Go Online Sept. 10

RGGI Cap And Trade To Go Online Sept. 10
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) expects to go online September 10, News.com reports. The blind online ...
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Mobile Carriers Seek Lower Emissions

Mobile Carriers Seek Lower Emissions
Mobile carriers are looking for ways to improve energy efficiency, PCWorld reports. Reducing the cost of running mobile networks ...
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State Farm, Others Revamping Fleets And Business Practices To Save Money

State Farm, Others Revamping Fleets And Business Practices To Save Money
As gas prices rise, companies are driving for bigger energy savings in every corner, USAToday reports. Companies and business ...
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WaMu Switches 1M Accounts From Paper To E-Statements

WaMu Switches 1M Accounts From Paper To E-Statements
Through its year-long "Make A Statement, Plant A Tree" campaign, Washington Mutual Inc. has raised $1 million for ...
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Mexico’s First LEED Gold Rating: HSBC Tower

Mexico’s First LEED Gold Rating: HSBC Tower
The HSBC Tower in downtown Mexico City is the first building in Latin America to receive LEED Gold certification from the Mexico ...
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Solar Tech Financiers In Race To Keep On Crest Of Solar Wave

Solar Tech Financiers In Race To Keep On Crest Of Solar Wave
A growing number of young companies are spending their brain power on software and financing, rather than photovoltaics, GreenTechBlog ...
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First Federal Savings Bank Touts Green Design

First Federal Savings Bank Touts Green Design
Interesting tour of the green features of First Federal Savings Bank in Mishawaka, Ind....
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‘Green Car Of the Year’ Unveiled
‘Green Car Of the Year’ Unveiled

Sustainability is Not a Color - Sustainability is Transparent.
Sustainability is Not a Color - Sustainability is Transparent.

92% Of Organizations Working To Make Facilities More Sustainable
92% Of Organizations Working To Make Facilities More Sustainable

London 2012 Publishes Sustainable Sourcing Code
London 2012 Publishes Sustainable Sourcing Code

Owens Ups Recycled Content in Fiberglass Insulation, Cuts Energy Use, CO2
Owens Ups Recycled Content in Fiberglass Insulation, Cuts Energy Use, CO2

Austin Retailers Report 40% Reduction in Plastic Bag Use
Austin Retailers Report 40% Reduction in Plastic Bag Use

Minnesota Paper Recycler To Power With Biogas
Minnesota Paper Recycler To Power With Biogas

Waxman Wins Control of Energy Panel
Waxman Wins Control of Energy Panel

Xerox Says New Toner Cuts Digital Printing Devices’ Power 15-30%
Xerox Says New Toner Cuts Digital Printing Devices’ Power 15-30%

Wal-Mart To Buy 226 M kWh Wind Energy To Help Power 350+ Stores
Wal-Mart To Buy 226 M kWh Wind Energy To Help Power 350+ Stores

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Sustainability is Not a Color - Sustainability is Transparent.

Sustainability is Not a Color - Sustainability is Transparent.

John Rooks
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The SOAP Group

Green was an obvious color to hang the environmental renaissance on. It was a reclaiming of the old pejorative “greenies” and “treehuggers.” ... continue »

An Eco-Stimulus Package for Our Economy
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California’s Leadership in 21st Century Energy Technology
Moving Beyond ‘Carbon Neutral’ to ‘Carbon Healthy’

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92% Of Organizations Working To Make Facilities More Sustainable

92% Of Organizations Working To Make Facilities More Sustainable

Ninety-two percent of respondents to The Global Facility Management Association's recently released Green Practices Study (PDF) say that they are ...

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Green Building Could Hit $140 Billion By 2013
ICT Could Cut U.S. Emissions By 13-22 Percent
Consumers Loyal To Brands That Support Good Cause During Recession

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‘Green Car Of the Year’ Unveiled

‘Green Car Of the Year’ Unveiled

Sit in on the Green Car of the Year Award presented at the 2008 LA Auto Show (via AutoNetwork)....

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Patagonia’s Rick Ridgeway Discusses Corporate Sustainability
California Clean Tech Open Awards
How ICT Can Reduce Carbon Footprints And Enable Sustainable Growth

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Marketing

Sustainability is Not a Color - Sustainability is Transparent.

Greenbuild Conference News Roundup

Green Consumers Have Different Purchasing Motives

Emissions

‘Green Car Of the Year’ Unveiled

Owens Ups Recycled Content in Fiberglass Insulation, Cuts Energy Use, CO2

Wal-Mart To Buy 226 M kWh Wind Energy To Help Power 350+ Stores

Hi-Tech

ICT Could Cut U.S. Emissions By 13-22 Percent

California Clean Tech Open Awards

Dell: OptiPlex Desktop Customers Cut 29 M Tons of CO2 Since 2005

Efficiency

92% Of Organizations Working To Make Facilities More Sustainable

Xerox Says New Toner Cuts Digital Printing Devices’ Power 15-30%

Big Brands Form Climate Change Business Coalition

Manufacturing

Patagonia’s Rick Ridgeway Discusses Corporate Sustainability

Mitsubishi Targets Sales Of $13.3 B From Cleantech Products

Jeffrey Immelt Discusses GE’s CSR Efforts

Carbon Offsets/RECs

Hyundai Unveils Carbon Offset Program For Genesis Sedans

Best Buy Pushes Renewable Energy Credits

New Carbon Standard Set for Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use

CSR Reports

Want To Win Awards? Write Longer Corporate Responsibility Reports

U.S. Army Releases First Sustainability Report - Big Move To LEED Standards

HK Companies Top CSR Disclosure Among Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand

Major Players

Aluminum Assoc. Sets Ambitious 75% Aluminum Can Recycling Target

How ICT Can Reduce Carbon Footprints And Enable Sustainable Growth

UPS Moves To Paperless Sorting Labels

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