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The Future of Sustainable Fashion

The Future of Sustainable Fashion
In wondering about the future of sustainable fashion, author Kate Fletcher comments that over 20 major brands ...

Cutting Emissions To Create Measurable Business Value

Cutting Emissions To Create Measurable Business Value
How can carbon footprint reduction translate to create measurable business value? That's just one of the hot issues on the agenda at American ...

Green Grid Delivers New IT Efficiency Framework

Green Grid Delivers New IT Efficiency Framework
At its first ever technical forum, The Green Grid says it will deliver the framework for new strategies, ...

Green Interior Design Getting Profitable

Green Interior Design Getting Profitable
Last week, during the annual three-day Winter Market at the San Francisco Design Center, the emphasis was not only ...

Demand Drives GMA Sustainability Initiative

Demand Drives GMA Sustainability Initiative
Sustainability initiatives are taking on greater urgency for consumer products companies as consumers, retailers, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and their own employees push ...

Green Plug Debuts Universal Power Supply

Green Plug Debuts Universal Power Supply
Green Plug introduced a universal power supply technology for consumer electronics devices at Demo 08. The power ...

Register Now For Green Sustainable Efficiency World 2008!

Register Now For Green Sustainable Efficiency World 2008!
Reflecting back on 2007, one industry clearly stands out as having benefited big time from the growing interest in sustainability: the conference industry. It seems like every week has offered at least one, and often more, chances to attend a brand new sustainability, efficiency or environmental conference of some kind.

Aveda Greens Up NY Fashion Week

Aveda Greens Up NY Fashion Week
For the upcoming Fall/Winter 2008 Fashion Week in New York, Aveda is joining efforts with a cadre of designers ...

Fifty Sustainability Experts To Speak At Sustainable Manufacturing Summit

Fifty Sustainability Experts To Speak At Sustainable Manufacturing Summit
Sustainability experts are looking forward to sharing their carbon reduction strategies on April 8th and 9th at the upcoming Corporate Climate Response ...

Car Buyers Want Both Power And Efficiency

Car Buyers Want Both Power And Efficiency
With plug-ins, fuel cell vehicles and hybrids sharing the floor alongside hugely powerful muscle cars and ultra-sized SUVs at the North American ...

Daimler’s Zetsche Talks Diesels At The Detroit Auto Show

Daimler’s Zetsche Talks Diesels At The Detroit Auto Show
Speaking at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show, Daimler AG chairman Dieter Zetsche discusses the future of diesel engines in U.S. Mercedes models....

Dell’s Sustainable Booth At CES

Dell’s Sustainable Booth At CES
Here's a look at Dell's sustainable booth at CES 08. Notice the walls, the floors, and the ways people can write and ...

Mion Footwear Using People To Power Trade Show Booth

Mion Footwear Using People To Power Trade Show Booth
In an interesting trade show gimmick, Mion Footwear will use human power to generate the electricity it needs for part ...

De Boer’s Closing Press Briefing From Bali

De Boer’s Closing Press Briefing From Bali
In his closing press briefing, UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer describes the outcome of the two-week conference and the successful adoption ...

Al Gore Speech From Bali

Al Gore Speech From Bali
Summary of the speech by Al Gore at the Climate Change Conference....

Bali Envoys Close In On Compromise Agreement

Bali Envoys Close In On Compromise Agreement
The US and EU are close to a compromise at the UN climate conference, AP reports. The conference had been deadlocked ...

IBM Touts Project Big Green To Media Executives

IBM Touts Project Big Green To Media Executives
IBM touted Project Big Green to the media and entertainment industry at the Hollywood Goes Green conference earlier this week. The ...

Weyerhaeuser At Bali Business Day

Weyerhaeuser At Bali Business Day
Yesterday we reported on Weyerhaeuser and photosynthesis as a natural solution for carbon capture and storage. Here, Weyerhaeuser's senior vice president ...

Cradle-To-Consumer Environmental Impacts Explored

Cradle-To-Consumer Environmental Impacts Explored
The Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society has developed a model to assess the cradle-to-consumer environmental impacts from ...

IBM, Dell, Others Say IT Key To Tackling Climate Change

IBM, Dell, Others Say IT Key To Tackling Climate Change
Information and communication technologies  are largely contributing to climate change but also hold the key to tackling it,  industry leaders told a ...

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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