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HP Introduces Two Energy-Efficient Business PCs

HP Introduces Two Energy-Efficient Business PCs
HP announced two new energy-efficient business desktop PCs, the HP Compaq dc5800 Business PC and the HP Compaq dc7800 Ultra-slim Desktop ...

Govt Could Save $1 Billion With Green Tech

Govt Could Save $1 Billion With Green Tech
Two new reports, one focusing on data centers, the other on PCs and related gear, find that the federal ...

Panda Turns Manure Into Energy

Panda Turns Manure Into Energy
In Texas, Panda Ethanol is nearing completion of the first-ever manure fired ethanol plant in the world, Reuters reports. The world's first ...

Apple’s Green Approach Focuses On Software Updates

Apple’s Green Approach Focuses On Software Updates
By focusing on software upgrades to Apple's iPhone, Apple TV and iPod Touch, instead of hardware,upgrades, Apple and Steve Jobs are making ...

Wal-Mart Opening Greener Supercenter

Wal-Mart Opening Greener Supercenter
Wal-Mart will open the first of a new generation of Supercenters that will cut energy use by 25 percnet compared with ...

ADVERTISERS

Survey: Consumers Have Negative Perceptions Of Green Tech

Survey: Consumers Have Negative Perceptions Of Green Tech
Marketing agency EcoAlign says its second EcoPinion Survey provides evidence of a green gap between willingness to adopt or purchase ...

Ford to Unveil EcoBoost Engines, More Fuel-Efficient Explorer

Ford to Unveil EcoBoost Engines, More Fuel-Efficient Explorer
Ford Motor Company sees the EcoBoost four-cylinder and six-cylinder engines-which will be unveiled at this month's North American International Auto Show ...

Financial Practices Could Hinder Green Innovation

Financial Practices Could Hinder Green Innovation
A cap on carbon emissions is all but inevitable, however the details of those caps have yet to be determined. As ...

Greentech Takes Prominent Role At Honeywell

Greentech Takes Prominent Role At Honeywell
Over the last five years, profits and cash flow have doubled at Honeywell's automation and control solutions division, rising to almost $13 ...

4 Tips On Optimizing IT Energy Use

4 Tips On Optimizing IT Energy Use
A growing number of companies are coming to the realization that they are entering a data center energy crisis, according to Bruce ...

PG&E’s Green Campaign Gets Solar-Powered Billboard

PG&E’s Green Campaign Gets Solar-Powered Billboard
Pacific Gas and Electric Company will unveil the nation’s first solar-powered billboard, The San Francisco Sentinel reports. The billboard has 20 solar ...

365 Main Customers Pass On Natural-Gas-Powered Data Center

365 Main Customers Pass On Natural-Gas-Powered Data Center
365 Main, a data center developer and operator, wanted to build a new data center in Newark, Calif. fueled entirely by ...

Google Investing Hundreds Of Millions In Renewable Energy Projects

Google Investing Hundreds Of Millions In Renewable Energy Projects
In 2008, Google expects to spend tens of millions on research and development and related investments in renewable energy and to invest ...

Home Depot To Green Truck Operations At Ports

Home Depot To Green Truck Operations At Ports
Home Depot and logistics provider California Multimodal have joined the Coalition for Responsible Transportation, pledging to implement clean truck technologies in ...

Dell Discusses Green Initiatives At OpenWorld 2007

Dell Discusses Green Initiatives At OpenWorld 2007
Michael Dell's Oracle OpenWorld 2007 keynote. This is the section where he discusses green initiatives in the data center including plans ...

Interest In Green Data Centers High, Implementation Another Story

Interest In Green Data Centers High, Implementation Another Story
Nearly three-fourths of respondents to a Symantec green data center report (PDF) state they have interest in adopting a strategic green ...

Wal-Mart, Clinton Climate Initiative To Design, Source Green Products

Wal-Mart, Clinton Climate Initiative To Design, Source Green Products
Wal-Mart is partnering with the Clinton Climate Initiative to explore ways to use their purchasing power to lower prices on sustainable technologies ...

IBM Turns Scrap Semiconductor Wafers Into Silicon For Solar Industry

IBM Turns Scrap Semiconductor Wafers Into Silicon For Solar Industry
IBM is repurposing scrap semiconductor wafers - thin discs of silicon material used to imprint patterns that make finished semiconductor chips for ...

Wal-Mart, Microsoft Launch Cleantech Initiatives

Wal-Mart, Microsoft Launch Cleantech Initiatives
Wal-Mart and Microsoft announced new clean technology programs at the Cleantech Forum in Toronto, Cleantech reports. Wal-Mart and the Cleantech Group launched ...

GE To Spend $1 Billion On Ecomagination R&D

GE To Spend $1 Billion On Ecomagination R&D
GE will invest more than $1 billion on cleaner technology research and development for 2007, drawing closer to its pledge to invest ...

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The Evolving Green Challenge for Manufacturing

The Evolving Green Challenge for Manufacturing

Unless you have been incommunicado for the last few years, you realize that the focus on green manufacturing has swept across Europe, ... continue »

COP 15 Offers Communications Opportunities
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
Cause Marketing Can Result In Sales Lift

Cause Marketing Can Result In Sales Lift

Cause-related marketing can exponentially increase sales, in one case as much as 74 percent, resulting in millions of dollars in potential revenue ...

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$5.2 Billion Invested in Cleantech Since January 2007
Green Efforts Insignificant in Winning, Keeping 3PL Business
Google Says Its Data Centers Most Efficient
Geothermal Could Be Answer To Countering Climate Change

Geothermal Could Be Answer To Countering Climate Change

As the world looks for ways to counter climate change and reduce the carbon footprint, the most abundant energy source might be ...

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Miller Recycles 99.9% of Packaging Waste
Credit Crunch Could Hurt Mitsubishi’s Eco-Car Push
What’s The Price Tag For A Carbon Neutral U.S. Economy?
The Bottom Line

Marketing

Cause Marketing Can Result In Sales Lift

Green Mountain Coffee Helps Vermont Cut Energy Use

Payless ShoeSource Launching Eco-Friendly Footwear

Emissions

DHL: Carbon Neutral Supply Chains Possible, Takes Time

Dairy’s Carbon Footprint Drops to 12 Pounds Per Gallon

Toyota Announces Utah’s First LEED-certified Dealership

Hi-Tech

Top 10 Low Power Desktop PCs

Survey: Apple Most Eco-Friendly, Greenpeace Says Different

Google Says Its Data Centers Most Efficient

Efficiency

California Tops ACEEE’s State Energy Efficiency Scorecard

Coffee Bean Opens LEED-Certified Facility in Portland

Applied Materials Unveils 2 Megawatt Solar System

Manufacturing

The Evolving Green Challenge for Manufacturing

World Steel Association Publishes Sustainability Report

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

Carbon Offsets/RECs

Financial Crisis Threatens EU’s Carbon Plans

Pepsi Bottling Group Cuts 16,000 Tons of Plastic in 2007

Gap Flips Switch On 1 Megawatt Solar Power System

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

PR Agency Warned Starbucks About Wasteful Water Policy

Sun, Pfizer Surpass Carbon Reduction Goals

Green Efforts Insignificant in Winning, Keeping 3PL Business

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