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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 ...

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, ...

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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 ...

Package Printers, Manufacturers Discuss Sustainability Efforts

Package Printers, Manufacturers Discuss Sustainability Efforts
Kevin Rabinovitch, director of sustainability for Mars North America, warns CPGs and converters to look beyond the direct impacts ...

Green Panties Hitting U.K. Streets

Green Panties Hitting U.K. Streets
The green underwear produced at a new lingerie factory in Thulhiriya, Sri Lanka -- perhaps the world's first carbon-neutral ...

Dow Ups Prices In Response To Rising Energy Costs

Dow Ups Prices In Response To Rising Energy Costs
Dow Chemical Co. says that, beginning June 1, it is raising its prices by up to 20 percent, based ...

Cement Industry In Demand V. Emissions Battle

Cement Industry In Demand V. Emissions Battle
Cement plants have become more automated, integrated and efficient since Henry Kaiser founded the Kaiser Cement Corporation -- now ...

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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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