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Sony GHG Emissions Jumped 17% In 2006

Sony GHG Emissions Jumped 17% In 2006
Sony has issued its CSR Report 2007. The report provides coverage of the CSR activities being carried out by the Sony Group ...

Equistar Will Spend $125 Million To Address Environmental Violations

Equistar Will Spend $125 Million To Address Environmental Violations
Equistar Chemicals, headquartered in Houston, Texas, will spend more than $125 million on pollution controls and cleanup to address air, water ...

Dell Calls Out PC Makers On Recycling, Releases Sustainability Report

Dell Calls Out PC Makers On Recycling, Releases Sustainability Report
Dell says it's ahead of schedule to achieve a multi-year goal of recovering 275 million pounds of computer equipment by 2009. Dell ...

PC Makers Catch Green Wave

PC Makers Catch Green Wave
PC and electronics makers have never given much thought to environmental issues, USAToday reports. That is, until now. For the first ...

CEOs Sign Numerous Environmental Pledges At Global Compact Summit

CEOs Sign Numerous Environmental Pledges At Global Compact Summit
A flurry of press releases have come out of the Global Compact leaders Summit that's finishing up in Geneva. Top executives of corporations such ...

U.S. Limits Clean Water Law Enforcement

U.S. Limits Clean Water Law Enforcement
The U.S. law that fights water pollution will now apply only to bodies of water large enough for boats to use, and their ...

Recent RFPs

Recent RFPs
April 2007 (via CEEP)  Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate U.S. & China Clean Water and Clean Energy  ...

AIG, Ben & Jerry’s, Citigroup, Alcoa, Intel, Timberland, Toyota and HP to Debate Climate Change Strategies

AIG, Ben & Jerry’s, Citigroup, Alcoa, Intel, Timberland, Toyota and HP to Debate Climate Change Strategies
Environmental Leader is pleased to be a supporting partner of Ethical Corporation's Climate Change Strategies and Environmental Communication conference: With CEO after CEO ...

Green Marketers To Get Discovery Channel Dedicated to Green Topics

Green Marketers To Get Discovery Channel Dedicated to Green Topics
Discovery Channel is launching the first-ever 24-hour TV network dedicated solely to green lifestyle programming. The initiative, launching next year, includes a ...

Akzo Nobel Releases 2006 CSR Report

Akzo Nobel Releases 2006 CSR Report
Akzo Nobel has published its Annual and Corporate Social Responsibility Reports for 2006. This is the first time that the ...

Toshiba Expands Recycling, Joins EPEAT

Toshiba Expands Recycling, Joins EPEAT
Toshiba has launched a free computer take-back program. The company also has joined the Green Electronics Council's Electronic Product Environmental ...

Green Party Warns of Vista ‘Landfill Effect’

Green Party Warns of Vista ‘Landfill Effect’
The UK's Green Party claims Microsoft's latest operating system, Vista, could lead to a mass upgrade of PCs that will result in ...

Scotts Publishes First Corporate Responsibility Report

Scotts Publishes First Corporate Responsibility Report
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company recently published its first Corporate Responsibility Report. “ScottsMiracle-Gro must set the tone for corporate responsibility and how businesses ...

Today's News

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 ... continue »

Parse The Greens, Pass The Spectacle
Timberland’s Journey to Quarterly CSR Reporting
Peak Carbon
Consumers Understand Greenwash, So Why Can’t The Communications Industry?
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 ...

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Fewer Willing To Pay Premium For Green
EIA Projects 50% Growth In World Energy Use By 2030
Fuel Prices, Environment Drive Consideration Of Hybrids
UK Facing Higher Green Taxes

UK Facing Higher Green Taxes

Political and business leaders are warning that Britain faces a sharp rise in its tax bill to fund the country's move to ...

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Climate Change And Public Health
Commute Program Helps Juniper Employees Reduce Trips
Clean Diesel Talked Up At Mid America Trucking Show
The Bottom Line

Marketing

New Video Shows Innovations In Textile Industry

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

Parse The Greens, Pass The Spectacle

Emissions

Ericsson Solar Cell Solution Deployed In South America

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

Leaving Computers On Over Holiday Weekend Costs Big Bucks

Hi-Tech

Industry Needs Energy Star For Servers - Now!

Novomer Makes Sacrificial Binder From Recycled CO2

‘Old’ IT Doesn’t Have To Mean ‘Inefficient’

Efficiency

Logan Airport Wind Energy Excursion A Success

Ball Aims To Reduce GHG 16 Percent by 2012

Branson Plans Zero Carbon Resort, Launches Eco-Consulting Group

Manufacturing

Lee Company Installs Solar Power System

Anaerobic Digestion Facility At Maker’s Mark Powers Distillery

EPA Web Site Provides Importing, Exporting Environmental Rules

Carbon Offsets/RECs

Harrah’s Pitching Carbon Offsets

Denver International Carbon Offset Program Fails To Take Off

Passengers Will Pay For New EU Airlines Emissions Rules

CSR Reports

GHG Emissions Up At Owens Corning, Energy Use Down

IBM Launches Green Consulting Service

Baxter Aims To Reduce GHG Emissions By 45% By 2015

Major Players

P&W Geared Turbofan Engine Could Help Industry Cut Emissions

Dell Power Supply First To Receive ‘80 Plus Gold’ Certification

Dow Raising Prices, Again

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