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Carbon Market Could Jump 56% To $92 Billion In 2008

Carbon Market Could Jump 56% To $92 Billion In 2008
The global carbon market will see 4.2 billion tons carbon emissions transacted during 2008, up 56 percent from last year, according ...

US Ready To Accept Binding Emissions Obligations

US Ready To Accept Binding Emissions Obligations
The U.S. is ready to accept "binding international obligations" on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, according to James Connaughton and ...

Global Warming Changing Corporate Mindset

Global Warming Changing Corporate Mindset
Climate change is beginning to change the mind-sets, policies and actions of corporate heads, financiers and entrepreneurs as well as leaders of ...

Johnson Controls Wins First Contract Under Clinton Climate Initiative

Johnson Controls Wins First Contract Under Clinton Climate Initiative
Johnson Controls has signed a contract to cut energy use and emissions from the largest shopping mall in ...

Branson Calls For Climate ‘War Room’

Branson Calls For Climate ‘War Room’
At a UN climate meeting, Richard Branson, head of Virgin Group, offered to set up an "environmental war room" ...

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SustainAbility’s John Elkington On Freshwater Crisis

SustainAbility’s John Elkington On Freshwater Crisis
John Elkington, founder and chief entrepreneur of SustainAbility, speaks with journalist J. Carl Ganter at the World Economic Forum about the rising ...

Biofuels May Contribute To Climate Change

Biofuels May Contribute To Climate Change
A new study says that the widespread use of ethanol could cause twice as many GHG emissions as ...

Who Will Fund The Push For Clean Energy?

Who Will Fund The Push For Clean Energy?
Due to volatile markets and plunging stocks, Wall Street is not so keen on funding renewable energy projects involving ...

Most Supply Chain Policies Ignore Environmental Impact

Most Supply Chain Policies Ignore Environmental Impact
A new survey by Bearing Point found that almost two thirds of firms surveyed had taken no action ...

Shipping Major Emissions Problem

Shipping Major Emissions Problem
A new study by Energy Futures finds that U.S. ports are a major source of pollution and ...

Carbon Disclosure Project Asks 3000 Companies for Eco-Info

Carbon Disclosure Project Asks 3000 Companies for Eco-Info
For 2008, The Carbon Disclosure Project has issued a request to over 3,000 of the world's largest corporations ...

IBM Launches New Center For Water Management in the Netherlands

IBM Launches New Center For Water Management in the Netherlands
IBM will establish a Global Center of Excellence for Water Management in Amsterdam. IBM says that the ...

Major Corporations Cooperate For Sustainability

Major Corporations Cooperate For Sustainability
Corporations working together? Sounds counterintuitive, but that's exactly what this vnunet.com article says is happening, especially when ...

Hyatt Creates New Environmental Position

Hyatt Creates New Environmental Position
Hyatt has announced the creation of a new position within its company - vice president, environmental affairs. ...

Climate Change Not a Big Business Priority

Climate Change Not a Big Business Priority
A recent survey of more than 500 big businesses in Britain, the US, Germany, Japan, India and China found ...

UK’s Brown Calls For Green World Bank

UK’s Brown Calls For Green World Bank
At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Prime Minister Gordon Brown called for the World Bank to assume ...

EU Sets Emissions Targets

EU Sets Emissions Targets
The European Commission set new emissions targets and called on EU members to increase their use of ...

Corporate Knights Lists 100 Most Sustainable Companies

Corporate Knights Lists 100 Most Sustainable Companies
Corporate Knights Inc. and Innovest Strategic Value Advisors announced its fourth annual list of the 100 ...

Global Carbon Trading Way Up

Global Carbon Trading Way Up
According to Point Carbon, an Oslo-based group of GHG analysts, the global carbon trade rose 80 percent last year to $60 ...

Virgin Launches New Green Fund

Virgin Launches New Green Fund
Virgin Money is launching a green fund which will invest only in companies committed to high environmental standards. To launch ...

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Business and the Environment: The Challenge of Change

Business and the Environment: The Challenge of Change

Imagine it's 100 years ago. 1908. You're starting an ice cream business. You plan to illuminate your new factory with gas lamps; ... continue »

The View from World Water Week 2008
Portugal Points The Way For Renewable Energy Adoption
Raw Sourcing: Glass, Plastic or Aluminum?
Environmental Supply Chain Planning – Expanding Accountability
Older Demographics Biggest Users of Green Products

Older Demographics Biggest Users of Green Products

Consumers over 55 years old are the most prolific users of green products in the U.S., according to a survey by ...

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Energy Efficiency, Green Issues Not Driving Companies To New Offices
Valuing Green: Budgeting for Economic Sustainability
News and Websites Most Successful for CSR Communications
Ray Anderson On Sustainability At Interface

Ray Anderson On Sustainability At Interface

An interview with Ray Anderson, Founder of Interface, Inc. This interview was conducted at the 2008 Sustainable Operations Summit on May 19th ...

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Greenpeace Targets Logging Ships
Kyocera Mita UK Discusses Sustainability Efforts
Wal-Mart Exec Discusses Sustainability Initiatives
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Marketing

Older Demographics Biggest Users of Green Products

Google, IBM, Nike Make List Of Businesses Bettering The Planet

The Planet Saves Big With Lights-Out Program

Emissions

UCSD Installs Solar Trees

RGGI’s Greenhouse Auction Could See Low Demand

Airlines Tout CO2 Emissions Reductions

Hi-Tech

Software Industry Making Headway On Sustainability

Putting More Green Into IT

Forrester: Establish ‘Green Baseline’ Now

Efficiency

Business and the Environment: The Challenge of Change

Ray Anderson On Sustainability At Interface

Green Buildings Gaining Steam, Albeit Slowly

Manufacturing

Time For U.S. Manufacturing To Consider Energy Efficiency

HP Thinks Outside The Box, Sells Notebooks In Messenger Bags

ExxonMobil Says New Tire Material Increases Fuel Efficiency

Carbon Offsets/RECs

Kansas Aircraft-Makers Make Plans To Reduce Carbon Footprints

Naperville Shopping Development 100% Covered by Wind RECs

Tacoma Power Buys $15M in RECs

CSR Reports

Campbell’s New VP of CSR: David Stangis

UPS Energy Consumption Per Package Increases

Coke Rolled Out ‘Green’ Coolers At Olympics

Major Players

Synthetic Genomics Tops List Of Greentech Winners

Caterpillar Expands Remanufacturing Offerings with New Facility

Corporations Face New Definition of ‘Compliance’

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