Major Players

U.S. Cap-and-Trade Creates Winners and Losers among Largest Emitters

Under the Kerry-Boxer cap-and-trade bill, ExxonMobil would face an annual charge of $5.9 billion to purchase carbon allowances, while electricity giants like Exelon and Pacific Gas ...

Xerox Cuts GHG Emissions by 20% from 2002

Xerox Corp. reports greenhouse gas emissions fell 20 percent from 2002 to 2008, and says it will deliver a 25 percent reduction in total GHG ...

Intel, Pepsi, Kohl’s Stay Atop Green Power Partnership list

No company has been able to dethrone Intel, PepsiCo. or Kohl's as the top three (in descending order) users of renewable energy, as listed ...

IT Bolstered by U.S. Energy-Efficiency Agenda

Information technology departments are focused on greater energy efficiency and using more renewable energy sources now more than ever as the Obama Administration pushes its energy-efficiency ...

SC Johnson GHG Emissions Down 27% in Last 8 Years

SC Johnson continues to make progress toward its 2011 GHG reduction goals, according to its 2009 responsibility report (PDF). SC Johnson cut greenhouse ...

Kraft Foods to Purchase 30,000 tons of Sustainable Cocoa by 2012

Bolstering its commitment to sustainable cocoa farming, Kraft Foods has launched the first mainstream chocolate products in Europe to carry the Rainforest Alliance Certified seal. ...

Ford, Azure Dynamics to Deliver All-Electric Van for U.S., Canada

Aimed at offering fleet owners the opportunity to eliminate the use of gasoline and lower their operating costs with a zero-emissions option, Ford Motor Company ...

Keeping Climate Momentum Up, Obama Woos Business Execs

To rally support for cap-and-trade legislation and other climate bill aspects, President Obama met with more than 100 business executives at the White House ...

U.S. Chamber to Sue Pants Off Pranksters Yes Men

After getting embarrassed by false communications that suggested a policy shift on climate change, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is fighting back by suing ...

Energy-Savings Claims Don’t Add Up for Microsoft’s Windows 7

Microsoft is touting its energy-saving features with the new Windows 7 operating system, but is not making any specific claims about how much power Windows 7 ...

Owens Corning Insulation Plant Uses 100% Renewable Energy

A new manufacturing plant for Owens Corning uses 100 percent renewable energy. The Gresham, Ore., plant has a solar photovoltaic system installed by ...

EPA Orders Review of Air Pollution at BP Refinery

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has ordered Indiana to re-examine several sources of air pollution at BP's Whiting refinery in northwest Indiana, one of the ...

GE, Whirlpool, Others Launch Smart Green Grid Initiative

GE, Whirlpool Corp. and other technology and utility businesses have established a new collaborative effort aimed at demonstrating the ...

IBM Delves Into Supply Chain Evaluation

IBM is launching a new consulting service to capitalize on the growth market in companies attempting to evaluate various environmental metrics about ...

Tesco’s UK Import Warehouse to be 100% Biomass Powered

UK retailer Tesco plans to tap into a 295 megawatt biomass power plant in Teesport, England, to supply 100 percent of the energy needs ...

Hazardous Chemical Evaluation Evolves at HP, S.C. Johnson, Nike

Leading manufacturers are moving beyond simply ensuring that specific hazardous chemicals are absent from their products. Instead, they are going into risk prevention mode, identify all ...

Tetra Pak, HP Join Global Forest and Trade Network

Tetra Pak Inc., a manufacturer of food processing and packaging systems, and Hewlett-Packard have joined World Wildlife Fund's (WWF) Global Forest & Trade Network in ...

Timberland Cuts Emissions 19%

Timberland reduced its emissions by 4,426 metric tons from 2007 to 2008, or about 19 percent, according to the company's 2007-08 CSR ...

Luxury Automakers Ponder Carbon Cuts, Hyundai Aims to Be ‘Green Leader’

Luxury automakers like Lamborghini, Ferrari, Bentley, and Aston Martin still lag behind the industry average for carbon-dioxide emissions just as standards tighten in Europe and the ...

Adidas, British Airways, Sainsbury’s Working With Forest Footprint Disclosure Project

Adidas, British Airways, Kingfisher and Sainsbury's are among the big name companies that pledge to answer a questionnaire about "forest risk commodities" for the Forest ...