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65% Of U.S. Consumers Will Pay More For Renewably Sourced Products

65% Of U.S. Consumers Will Pay More For Renewably Sourced Products
Nearly seven out of 10 U.S. consumers are willing to pay more for products made with renewable resources, according to a ...

Let ‘Lean’ Guide You To ‘Green’

Let ‘Lean’ Guide You To ‘Green’
I meet with too many organizations that are still addressing sustainability as if it's something new, something different, when in fact many ...

Nike Readies Blueprint For Energy Efficient Factories

Nike Readies Blueprint For Energy Efficient Factories
As part of an energy-efficiency project (PDF) aimed at reducing energy consumption within its footwear contract manufacturing base, Nike says that ...

P&G, Domtar Commit To Sustainable Forest Products

P&G, Domtar Commit To Sustainable Forest Products
Procter & Gamble and Domtar Corporation have joined the North America Forest & Trade Network. NAFTN is the ...

More Than 70% Of Public Aware Of Energy Star Label

More Than 70% Of Public Aware Of Energy Star Label
Public awareness of the Energy Star label has grown to more than 70 percent in 2008, an increase of about 20 percentage ...

Manufacturers Spent $26 Billion On Pollution Prevention In 2005

Manufacturers Spent $26 Billion On Pollution Prevention In 2005
The U.S. manufacturing sector spent $5.9 billion dollars on capital expenditures and $20.7 billion dollars on operating costs for ...

April Third Studios Offsets DVD’s Carbon Footprint

April Third Studios Offsets DVD’s Carbon Footprint
April Third Studios has offset the entire carbon footprint of its new DVD, Elusion. Carbonfund.org's CarbonFree label appears on ...

Organic Mania Spreads To Clothing

Organic Mania Spreads To Clothing
Gen Y and Millennials, who represent about $520 billion in buying power, are including clothing in their organic purchases, ...

Konica Minolta Reaches Zero-Emissions Goal

Konica Minolta Reaches Zero-Emissions Goal
Konica Minolta Group has achieved "Level 2 zero emissions" at all of its 15 production bases in Japan, Tech-On ...

Tools Advise On Purchasing Sustainable Forest-Based Products

Tools Advise On Purchasing Sustainable Forest-Based Products
A number of new resources from the World Resources Institute and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development ...

Dell Powers Headquarters With Green Energy

Dell Powers Headquarters With Green Energy
Dell is now powering 100 percent of its 2.1 million square-foot global headquarters campus with 100 percent green power, ...

Osram-Sylvania’s Jerabek On CFLs, Mercury And Recycling

Osram-Sylvania’s Jerabek On CFLs, Mercury And Recycling
Charles Jerabek, CEO of Osram-Sylvania, discusses energy-efficient light bulbs and the company's recycling program....

Carbon Tariffs Could Bring Manufacturers Back From Asia

Carbon Tariffs Could Bring Manufacturers Back From Asia
Imposing carbon tariffs on China could drive some manufacturers back to North America, according to a new CIBC Coming ...

Despite Resistance, CF Martin Guitars Promotes Sustainable Forestry

Despite Resistance, CF Martin Guitars Promotes Sustainable Forestry
Chris Martin, CEO of CF Guitars, talks about deforestation and his company's commitment to sustainable manufacturing practices on Sundance Channel's EcoBiz. We're ...

Lego Releases Sustainability Report, Misses Efficiency Target

Lego Releases Sustainability Report, Misses Efficiency Target
The Lego Group has released its 2007 sustainability report (PDF).  Overall, Lego's five percent efficiency target ...

‘You Already Have An Eco Job!’

‘You Already Have An Eco Job!’
It seems like every week I get a request from someone at Sun who wants to join our Eco Responsibility team. ...

California Cuts Quotas For Zero-Emission Vehicles

California Cuts Quotas For Zero-Emission Vehicles
The California Air Resources Board has voted to lower the number of battery-powered and hydrogen fuel cell ...

Nissan Readies Green Procurement Guidelines

Nissan Readies Green Procurement Guidelines
Nissan will issue new green procurement guidelines, a set of environmental protocol to augment The Nissan-Renault Purchasing Way, in ...

P&G In Talks To Run Plant On Wind Power

P&G In Talks To Run Plant On Wind Power
Procter & Gamble has reached an agreement in principle to connect P&G's paper products manufacturing plant in Mehoopany, Pennsylvania ...

Norway’s Carbon Neutral Pledge Lacks Meaningful Emissions Cuts

Norway’s Carbon Neutral Pledge Lacks Meaningful Emissions Cuts
Not too long ago, Norway announced that it would be carbon neutral by 2030. Now, it's becoming apparent that ...

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Using Green IT To Get Out Of The Red And Into The Black

Using Green IT To Get Out Of The Red And Into The Black

Today's combination of dwindling natural resources, economic uncertainty, and the growing threat of global warming underscores the urgent need to embrace "being ... continue »

Measuring, Managing, Saving: Making Energy Efficiency Visible
Lean And Clean With Green Purchasing
‘Recyclable’ Is So Last-Century
Successfully Enticing LOHAS Consumers to Grocery Stores
Belief In Global Warming Slips

Belief In Global Warming Slips

The proportion of Americans who say that the earth is getting warmer has decreased since January 2007, mostly because of a decline ...

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U.S. Lags Behind On Green Consumption And Behavior
Green Marketing Campaigns Not Sticking
eCommerce Goes Green
Sony, Mohawk Bring Greener Products To Market

Sony, Mohawk Bring Greener Products To Market

Big companies are pushing research to bring greener products to market, according to this CNN video....

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Tour Of Citigroup’s Green Skyscraper
China’s Plastic Bag Crackdown Is Windfall For Cloth Bag-Makers
Customer CSR Expectations Top Of Mind For CEOs
The Bottom Line

Marketing

Green Meetings Don’t Have To Cost More Green

Green Marketing Campaigns Not Sticking

Adam Werbach’s Answer To Consumerism’s Global Warming Blues

Emissions

McCain Calls For Mandatory Limit On Emissions

Kohl’s Installing Solar Power On 50 More Stores

Companies Respond To Climate Change Shareholder Resolutions

Hi-Tech

Using Green IT To Get Out Of The Red And Into The Black

Cutting The Internet’s Carbon Footprint

Report: Data Center Energy Efficiency Needs To Double By 2012

Efficiency

Virtual Hotel Aims To Improve Industry Sustainability

Popularity Of Energy Efficiency Utilities Grows

Starwood Going Green With Element Hotels

Manufacturing

Ford Racks Up Another Environmental First

China’s Plastic Bag Crackdown Is Windfall For Cloth Bag-Makers

IBM, GSK, Herman Miller See Healthy ROI From Green Purchasing

Carbon Offsets/RECs

Enel Buys $232 Million Of Carbon Credits From China’s Wuhan Steel

RGGI Cap And Trade To Go Online Sept. 10

NAM, ACCF: Lieberman-Warner Bill Will Cost U.S. Big

CSR Reports

Brazilian, Indian Companies Dominate GRI Reporting Awards

CSR: Chevron To Invest $2.5B in Alternative, Renewable Energy Tech

Colgate-Palmolive Improves Production Efficiency

Major Players

Sony, Mohawk Bring Greener Products To Market

Tour Of Citigroup’s Green Skyscraper

Food Services Industry Hammered On Climate Performance

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