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Ball Aims To Reduce GHG 16 Percent by 2012

Ball Aims To Reduce GHG 16 Percent by 2012
According to Ball's 2007 Sustainability Report, the company's aluminum cans are 40 percent lighter than in 1969; its ...

EPA Web Site Provides Importing, Exporting Environmental Rules

EPA Web Site Provides Importing, Exporting Environmental Rules
Importers and exporters can now visit a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency website for information on laws governing the ...

Novomer Makes Sacrificial Binder From Recycled CO2

Novomer Makes Sacrificial Binder From Recycled CO2
Novomer, a company that makes biodegradable plastics, polymers and other chemicals from renewable substances, has announced its first product, ...

GHG Emissions Up At Owens Corning, Energy Use Down

GHG Emissions Up At Owens Corning, Energy Use Down
Owens Corning's GHG emissions rose in 2007 by 300,000 tons from the year, primarily due to an increase in ...

Maintaining Product Quality Alongside Environmental Performance

Maintaining Product Quality Alongside Environmental Performance
In response to consumer demand for low priced innovative products that meet environmental compliance standards, manufacturers are finding ways to balance restrictions ...

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Efficiency = Economics For HK’s Textile Industry

Efficiency = Economics For HK’s Textile Industry
WWF and a small number of factory owners in Hong Kong and southern China are developing a carbon labeling ...

High Energy Prices May Give Green Products Edge

High Energy Prices May Give Green Products Edge
More companies are cashing in on the difference in price between products made with recycled materials and those made ...

Cascades Buys RECs

Cascades Buys RECs
Cascades will offset all the electricity used to manufacture Cascades' North River brand of commercial towels and tissues for ...

EPEAT Reports Large Environmental And Financial Benefits

EPEAT Reports Large Environmental And Financial Benefits
Worldwide sales of EPEAT products have increased 150 percent since 2006, when the EPEAT system was first introduced, ...

Software Answers Sustainable Design Questions

Software Answers Sustainable Design Questions
Sustainable Minds has released software which it says is the first web-based, early-stage design tool available that defines sustainable design and ...

Coke’s Australia Bottler Most Water-Efficient

Coke’s Australia Bottler Most Water-Efficient
Coke's bottling facility in Australia has become the most water-efficient bottler in Coke's global system, according to Coca-Cola Amatil (CCA). One of ...

FTC Tackles Green Building, Textiles In Latest Green Claims Workshop

FTC Tackles Green Building, Textiles In Latest Green Claims Workshop
The Federal Trade Commission has announced the third in a series of public workshops being held as part ...

Epson Goal: Cut CO2 Emissions 90% By 2050

Epson Goal: Cut CO2 Emissions 90% By 2050
Epson said it is aiming to reduce its CO2 emissions by 90 percent by 2050, and asks other printing ...

IEA: $45 Trillion Needed To Cut CO2 Emissions 50% By 2050

IEA: $45 Trillion Needed To Cut CO2 Emissions 50% By 2050
The International Energy Agency says that it will take $45 trillion in additional clean technology investments between now and 2050 in order ...

Method’s Brand Architect Discusses Sustainability Initiatives

Method’s Brand Architect Discusses Sustainability Initiatives
Eric Ryan, Brand Architect of Method, an eco-friendly home products company, talks to Geoff Beattie of Cohn & Wolfe at the recent ...

HP Unveils Ambitious Data Center Project, More Efficient Solar Energy System

HP Unveils Ambitious Data Center Project, More Efficient Solar Energy System
HP's research arm HP Labs has announced new sustainability research initiatives the company says will include an industry-first ...

MWH Offers Sustainable Energy Management Services

MWH Offers Sustainable Energy Management Services
The environmental engineering firm of MWH is offering sustainable energy management services to industrial clients in the U.S. SEM ...

Publishing Industry Writes Sustainability Story

Publishing Industry Writes Sustainability Story
Climate change, sustainable packaging and reducing paper use were among the workshop topics the book industry's recent annual trade ...

Outdoor Industry Climbing Toward Sustainability

Outdoor Industry Climbing Toward Sustainability
Members of the Outdoor Industry Association Eco Working Group, representing over 50 brands, met recently to begin developing a framework for ...

Dow Ordered To Clean Up Neighborhood Downstream From Headquarters

Dow Ordered To Clean Up Neighborhood Downstream From Headquarters
The EPA has ordered Dow Chemical to clean up high levels of dioxin in homes and yards downstream from its world headquarters ...

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COP 15 Offers Communications Opportunities

COP 15 Offers Communications Opportunities

What is the No.1 event-related global communications opportunity for your carbon messaging of the next 4 years? Here are a couple of clues… •    ... continue »

Greening the Apparel Supply Chain: Tapping the Power of Collective Leverage
Sustainability and its Impact on Brand Value
The Advertising Industry, Sustainability and the Bottom Line
Thoroughly Modernized Milton And Corporate Social Responsibility
Green Efforts Insignificant in Winning, Keeping 3PL Business

Green Efforts Insignificant in Winning, Keeping 3PL Business

The 3PL industry has made significant strides in establishing environmental responsibility as part of broader corporate visions, with companies reporting numerous internal ...

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Google Says Its Data Centers Most Efficient
Fast-Moving Eco-Friendly Consumer Goods Appeal to Many
Environmental Friendliness Not Driving PC Sales
Miller Recycles 99.9% of Packaging Waste

Miller Recycles 99.9% of Packaging Waste

The U.S. beer maker Miller has a goal of zero waste in their breweries and is currently recycling 99.9% of all packaging ...

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Credit Crunch Could Hurt Mitsubishi’s Eco-Car Push
What’s The Price Tag For A Carbon Neutral U.S. Economy?
Interface VP Discusses Biomimicry And Design
The Bottom Line

Marketing

Survey: Apple Most Eco-Friendly, Greenpeace Says Different

Green Inc.: Conservation Organizations Compromised By Corporate Dollars

Office Depot Targets Eco-Conscious Consumers in Europe

Emissions

Ericsson Unveils Wind-Powered Tower Tube

Sun, Pfizer Surpass Carbon Reduction Goals

Constellation Wines Installing 1.2 Megawatt Solar System

Hi-Tech

Google Says Its Data Centers Most Efficient

European Data Centers Face Energy Crisis

Environmental Friendliness Not Driving PC Sales

Efficiency

EPA Announces First WaterSense Partners of the Year

World Steel Association Publishes Sustainability Report

Wal-Mart’s Packaging Scorecard Drives Sustainability, Cuts GHG Emissions

Manufacturing

Greening the Apparel Supply Chain: Tapping the Power of Collective Leverage

ARC Offers Sustainability Strategies for Manufacturers

Sanyo’s Solar Ark: Company Shift or PR Stunt?

Carbon Offsets/RECs

Gap Flips Switch On 1 Megawatt Solar Power System

USDA, DOE Unveil Plans to Accelerate Sustainable Biofuels Development

EU Votes For Tougher Carbon Laws

CSR Reports

AT&T Releases Sustainability Report

Autodesk HQ Cuts Emissions with Lighting Upgrades

Staples Saved Over 540,000 Gallons of Diesel in 2007

Major Players

Green Efforts Insignificant in Winning, Keeping 3PL Business

Critics Say Energy Star Standards Too Lax

Google Unveils $4.4 Trillion Clean Energy Plan

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