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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 ...

The Greening of Retail: Lowering Costs and Raising Customer Loyalty

The Greening of Retail: Lowering Costs and Raising Customer Loyalty
Forthcoming Aberdeen research on green initiatives in the retail sector reveals that retailers worldwide are leveraging sustainability initiatives to drive down costs ...

FTC Examines Green Building, New Green Guides ‘Definitely’ In 2009

FTC Examines Green Building, New Green Guides ‘Definitely’ In 2009
The Federal Trade Commission peppered green building executives with hard questions about marketing claims at the third, and ...

Exelon GHG Reduction Plan Could Cost $10 Billion+

Exelon GHG Reduction Plan Could Cost $10 Billion+
Exelon Corp. unveiled an environmental plan, Exelon 2020: A Low-Carbon Roadmap, that maps out the corporate-wide approach and ...

Bombardier Slashes CO2 Emissions

Bombardier Slashes CO2 Emissions
Bombardier Aerospace has slashed CO2 emissions in Northern Ireland by 69 percent since 2001, the Belfast Telegraph reports. In ...

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Biz Leaders List Top Energy Efficiency Strategies

Biz Leaders List Top Energy Efficiency Strategies
Business and government executives from across the U.S. recently swapped ideas on energy efficiency, Forbes reports. Some of the ...

‘Greenfluencers’ Are Small But Powerful Group Of Consumers

‘Greenfluencers’ Are Small But Powerful Group Of Consumers
A peer set of small (4%) but powerful group of consumers,­ or "Greenfluencers," are driving trends and shaping purchasing decisions in ...

YRC’s Bill Zollars Talks Up Green Fleets

YRC’s Bill Zollars Talks Up Green Fleets
Bill Zollars, head of transportation company YRC Worldwide, says calls to return to a 55 mph national truck speed ...

Microsoft Pays Employees For Energy Efficiency Improvements

Microsoft Pays Employees For Energy Efficiency Improvements
Microsoft has introduced employee incentives to improve energy efficiency and it's paying off. From 2004 to 2007, Microsoft saw ...

Deloitte Turns To Video Conferencing To Cut Costs, Carbon Footprint

Deloitte Turns To Video Conferencing To Cut Costs, Carbon Footprint
Deloitte's global organization and as many as 130 Deloitte member firm locations around the world are installing video conferencing ...

Firm Adds ‘Renewable Energy Surchage’ To Customer Bills

Firm Adds ‘Renewable Energy Surchage’ To Customer Bills
Many businesses are forcing customers to pay fuel surcharges these days, but how about a renewable energy surcharge? San Francisco's ...

G8 Pledges 50% GHG Emissions Cut, No Word On How

G8 Pledges 50% GHG Emissions Cut, No Word On How
Yesterday, leaders of the Group of 8 pledged to cut emissions in half by 2050, The New York Times ...

GM Installing World’s Largest Rooftop Solar Power System

GM Installing World’s Largest Rooftop Solar Power System
General Motors is adding what it claims is the world's largest rooftop solar power installation to its car ...

CEOs Think Green Is Long-Term Trend

CEOs Think Green Is Long-Term Trend
Slightly more than half (52%) of Northeastern Wisconsin CEOs surveyed for the latest Nicolet Bank Business Pulse, designed and implemented by ...

Caterpillar Runs Plant On 100% Wind Power

Caterpillar Runs Plant On 100% Wind Power
Caterpillar has transitioned the power for its Northern Ireland facilities to green electricity, saying the move is part of ...

Industry Needs Energy Star For Servers - Now!

Industry Needs Energy Star For Servers - Now!
The other day while out shopping for Energy Star rated household appliances with my wife, I got to wondering why we ...

MIT Report: World Can Learn From European Cap-And-Trade System

MIT Report: World Can Learn From European Cap-And-Trade System
The EU cap-and-trade system has operated well and has had little or no negative impact on the overall EU economy, according to ...

Anaerobic Digestion Facility At Maker’s Mark Powers Distillery

Anaerobic Digestion Facility At Maker’s Mark Powers Distillery
An anaerobic digestion facility installed by Ecovation will process stillage from the Maker's Mark bourbon whiskey brewing ...

Enterprise Rent-A-Car Says Thin Clients Will Save $500,000

Enterprise Rent-A-Car Says Thin Clients Will Save $500,000
Enterprise Rent-A-Car expects a move from PCs to HP thin clients will cut energy consumption by 5 million kilowatt-hours, ...

Branson Plans Zero Carbon Resort, Launches Eco-Consulting Group

Branson Plans Zero Carbon Resort, Launches Eco-Consulting Group
Richard Branson plans to turn his Mosquito Island in the British Virgin Islands into the most environmentally-friendly resort in ...

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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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