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CSR Programs for Law Firms

CSR Programs for Law Firms
Many law firms are embracing corporate social responsibility programs as a way to gain a competitive edge over other firms, but the ...

Ikea To Sell Solar Panels

Ikea To Sell Solar Panels
Ikea plans to invest about $77 million into clean-technology startups over the next five years, with the goal of ...

Dell Reaches Carbon Neutral Goal 5 Months Ahead Of Plans

Dell Reaches Carbon Neutral Goal 5 Months Ahead Of Plans
Dell Computer announced this week that it reached its goal of becoming "carbon neutral" five months ahead ...

Most Companies Skip Getting CSR Reports Assured

Most Companies Skip Getting CSR Reports Assured
Three thousand companies are expected to publish a CSR report in 2008, but only about 750 will include a ...

Herman Miller Sees 32% ROI in Energy Efficiency Investments

Herman Miller Sees 32% ROI in Energy Efficiency Investments
Herman Miller's investments in areas such as energy efficiency have resulted in a 32 percent rate of return according ...

ADVERTISERS

Will U.S. Hotels Make The Switch To Really Green Lodgings?

Will U.S. Hotels Make The Switch To Really Green Lodgings?
In Europe, many hotel room keys double as the master switch, turning power to the room on and off. ...

Kohl’s Earns Energy Star Label at 50 Stores

Kohl’s Earns Energy Star Label at 50 Stores
Kohl's announced it has earned the Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star label at seven stores in Colorado, 14 in Illinois, eight ...

Florida Green Energy Program Ends Over Spending Controversy

Florida Green Energy Program Ends Over Spending Controversy
Florida's Public Service Commission recently voted to end an $11.4 million green energy promotion program which overwhelmingly funded marketing ...

Lotus To Raise Wind Turbines At Factory

Lotus To Raise Wind Turbines At Factory
Ecotricity recently received approval to build three wind turbines at Lotus's car factory in Hethel, England. The turbines will ...

80% Of IT Decision Makers Value Green IT, But Hurdles Remain

80% Of IT Decision Makers Value Green IT, But Hurdles Remain
Four out of five IT decision makers across government and corporate sectors said implementing green IT solutions in their ...

BofA To Cut Energy Costs 50% With Energy Management System

BofA To Cut Energy Costs 50% With Energy Management System
Bank of America announced it's investing in Field Diagnostics Services and will deploy the firm's energy management system in 3,300 of ...

68% Of Businesses Unfamiliar With The Term ‘Carbon Footprint’

68% Of Businesses Unfamiliar With The Term ‘Carbon Footprint’
Harris Interactive recently conducted an international study on alternative energy trends for Dow Corning and found that nearly 40 ...

Will L.E.D.’s Light the Future?

Will L.E.D.’s Light the Future?
Lighting Science Group Corp. announced it has acquired Lamina Lighting Inc., which develops light emitting diodes (L.E.D.) engines and ...

Anheuser-Busch To Pour 5 Billion Green Beers In 2009

Anheuser-Busch To Pour 5 Billion Green Beers In 2009
Anheuser-Busch announced it will brew about one in seven beers, or over 5 billion 12.oz servings, with alternative energy ...

NGOs Dominate Western Climate Initiative Talks

NGOs Dominate Western Climate Initiative Talks
A 5.4 magnitude earthquake and dozens of Environmental Justice protesters didn't slow the efforts of seven western states and ...

Results From Carbon Footprint Calculators Vary Widely

Results From Carbon Footprint Calculators Vary Widely
A recent University of Washington study found that when the same values were used with 10 different online carbon ...

Companies Pass The Buck On ‘Green’ Logistics Costs

Companies Pass The Buck On ‘Green’ Logistics Costs
Despite many companies' avowed commitment to greening their logistics operations, it seems that most expect their sub-contractors to pick up the bill, ...

Data Centers and Carbon Pricing

Data Centers and Carbon Pricing
Here in the U.S. the likelihood of an official "price of carbon" continues to grow. Both Sen. McCain and Sen. ...

Sainsbury Saves At Checkout With Two-Sided Receipt Printers

Sainsbury Saves At Checkout With Two-Sided Receipt Printers
UK food retailer Sainsbury's has won the European Retail Solutions Best Green IT Initiative Award 2008 for using simultaneous ...

Postal Service Wants To Green 90% Of Fleet

Postal Service Wants To Green 90% Of Fleet
The U.S. Postal Service is participating in Project Driveway to identify new technologies in hopes of replacing ...

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

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

True or false? “Until corporate environmental best practices are considered as confidential as other company IP, they are clearly not driving competitive ... continue »

Sustainability and its Impact on Brand Value
The Advertising Industry, Sustainability and the Bottom Line
Thoroughly Modernized Milton And Corporate Social Responsibility
Bet On Oregon’s Clean Future
Fast-Moving Eco-Friendly Consumer Goods Appeal to Many

Fast-Moving Eco-Friendly Consumer Goods Appeal to Many

Certain fast-moving, environmentally-friendly consumable products are being used by a significant portion of the U.S. general population, according to the Natural ...

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Environmental Friendliness Not Driving PC Sales
CEOs Leading Champions Of Corporate Green Initiatives
Gamers Checking Out Green Cars
What’s The Price Tag For A Carbon Neutral U.S. Economy?

What’s The Price Tag For A Carbon Neutral U.S. Economy?

Greentech investment experts at GoingGreen discuss how much it will cost the U.S. economy to go carbon neutral....

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Interface VP Discusses Biomimicry And Design
Vinod Khosla On The Need For Clean Tech To Deliver Real Results
CIOs Discuss Green IT and Cost Efficiency
The Bottom Line

Marketing

Fast-Moving Eco-Friendly Consumer Goods Appeal to Many

Environmental Friendliness Not Driving PC Sales

Sharp And TBS Issue ‘Lights Out Challenge’

Emissions

Sprint Sets Goal Of Cutting GHG Emissions 15%

Goodrich’s Tullahoma Facility Cuts Environmental Impact

CNE Launches Service To Help Companies Manage GHG Emissions

Hi-Tech

Green IT Brings Small Businesses Cost Savings

Autodesk HQ Cuts Emissions with Lighting Upgrades

CIOs Discuss Green IT and Cost Efficiency

Efficiency

Google Unveils $4.4 Trillion Clean Energy Plan

Chipotle Restaurant Features Wind Turbine

Ben & Jerry’s Tests ‘Greener’ Freezer

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

What’s The Price Tag For A Carbon Neutral U.S. Economy?

Financial Turmoil May Boost Energy Efficiency Initiatives

GAO: CO2-Offset Market Lacks Credibility

CSR Reports

Staples Saved Over 540,000 Gallons of Diesel in 2007

Honda Reduces 700 kg of CO2 Emissions Per Vehicle Produced

Sustainability Reporting Still Used As PR Tool

Major Players

FedEx Hybrid Truck Plan Hits Speed Bump

USPS Launches Year-long Energy Conservation Campaign

AT&T Installing 1 Megawatt Solar System

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