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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" ...

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 ...

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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 ...

National Geographic Puts E-Waste Under Microscope

National Geographic Puts E-Waste Under Microscope
According to the U.S. EPA, 30-40 million PCs will be ready for "end-of-the-life management" in each of the next few years.  The ...

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Sustainability is Not a Color - Sustainability is Transparent.

Sustainability is Not a Color - Sustainability is Transparent.

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
Sustainability – Businesses’ Best Defense Against Recession
California’s Leadership in 21st Century Energy Technology
Moving Beyond ‘Carbon Neutral’ to ‘Carbon Healthy’
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
‘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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