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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 ...

U.S. Concrete Promotes Green Technology

U.S. Concrete Promotes Green Technology
U.S. Concrete says it's implementing environmental technologies that will reduce potential carbon dioxide emissions by hundreds of thousands of tons annually. The ...

Top 10 Greenest Companies In The World

Top 10 Greenest Companies In The World
The Independent, along with Ethical Investment Research Services, has put together a guide to the greenest companies in ...

JohnsonDiversey Releases Responsibility Report, Reduces Virgin Plastic

JohnsonDiversey Releases Responsibility Report, Reduces Virgin Plastic
Professional cleaning and hygiene products and systems provider JohnsonDiversey has released its 2006 Global Responsibility Report (...

Bush Proposes Plan To Reach Global Emissions Goal

Bush Proposes Plan To Reach Global Emissions Goal
President Bush is urging 15 major nations to agree by the end of next year ...

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Rohm and Haas Spends Half Of R&D Budget On Sustainability Efforts

Rohm and Haas Spends Half Of R&D Budget On Sustainability Efforts
Rohm and Haas Company will spend $150 million - roughly half of its nearly $300 million 2007 R&D ...

ADM, Metabolix Introduce Biobased, Biodegradable Plastic

ADM, Metabolix Introduce Biobased, Biodegradable Plastic
Bioscience company Metabolix and agricultural processor ADM are jointly producing Mirel Natural Plastics, a family of natural plastics that ...

McDonald’s, Kiplinger, HSBC Among Most Ethical

McDonald’s, Kiplinger, HSBC Among Most Ethical
Ethisphere magazine has released a list of most ethical companies. In assembling the 2007 rankings of the World’s Most Ethical Companies, the ...

Caterpillar Releases Sustainability Report, Gets Real About Going Green

Caterpillar Releases Sustainability Report, Gets Real About Going Green
Caterpillar is getting real about sustainability, according to Fortune Magazine's Marc Gunther. When one considers that the company sells more mining ...

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 ...

Top 10 Lessons For Corporate/NGO Settlements

Top 10 Lessons For Corporate/NGO Settlements
Ten years ago, top executives of three distinct Mitsubishi companies, the targets of a boycott by Rainforest Action Network, sat down with RAN's leaders ...

Green Movement Turns ‘Mainstream’ For Corporate America

Green Movement Turns ‘Mainstream’ For Corporate America
Corporate America's embrace of the green movement is no longer just for free-spirited maverick companies. Mainstream giants in markets spanning consumer products, ...

20,000 Mittal Employees Take ‘Change a Light’ Pledge

20,000 Mittal Employees Take ‘Change a Light’ Pledge
Mittal Steel USA's 20,000 employees are taking the ENERGY STAR "Change a Light" pledge to use energy-efficient lighting, The Economic Times ...

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 ...

New Investor Guide Looks at Toxic Chemical Risk

New Investor Guide Looks at Toxic Chemical Risk
The number of shareholder resolutions dealing with toxic product risks jumped from three in 2004-2005 to 17 in 2006-2007, including 13 resolutions ...

Vancouver’s Harbor Dues Based on Emission Levels

Vancouver’s Harbor Dues Based on Emission Levels
The Port of Vancouver's new harbor dues program rewards ships that take steps to cut pollution by charging them ...

Eaton Issues First Sustainability Report

Eaton Issues First Sustainability Report
Industrial manufacturer Eaton Corporation has issued its first sustainability report as part of the company's 2006 annual report. The short, eight-page sustainability ...

BASF Publishes 2006 Corporate Report

BASF Publishes 2006 Corporate Report
BASF has published its 2006 Corporate Report, pointing to its three dimensions of sustainability - the economy, the environment and social responsibility. The ...

Corporate America’s Love Affair with Green Power More Than PR Fluff

Corporate America’s Love Affair with Green Power More Than PR Fluff
A recent CNNMoney.com article asks, how much of recent corporate renewable energy annoucements are PR fluff? "It's 98 percent real and 2 ...

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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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