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Alcoa Wants To Increase Aluminum Recycling

Alcoa Wants To Increase Aluminum Recycling
Alcoa announced a goal to raise the industry's used beverage can rate in North America from 52 percent ...

Mitsubishi CEO Takes On Role Of Chief Sustainability Officer

Mitsubishi CEO Takes On Role Of Chief Sustainability Officer
Mitsubishi has announced that President and CEO, Ryoichi Ueda, has also been appointed as Chief Sustainability Officer for the company's North ...

Alcoa, Shell, 52 Others Named Founding Reporters Of Climate Registry

Alcoa, Shell, 52 Others Named Founding Reporters Of Climate Registry
Fifty-four organizations, some governmental, have been named Founding Reporters of the The Climate Registry.  As Founding Reporters, they have voluntarily ...

Ceres Reveals Short List For Sustainability Reporting Awards

Ceres Reveals Short List For Sustainability Reporting Awards
The short list of finalists for this year's Ceres-ACCA North American Sustainability Reporting Awards has been announced. 87 reports were ...

Daimler Takes Orders From NYC, Ottawa For Over 1000 Hybrid Buses

Daimler Takes Orders From NYC, Ottawa For Over 1000 Hybrid Buses
Daimler Buses North America has received orders totaling 1,052 Orion VII Next Generation diesel-electric hybrid transit buses from some of ...

Toyota Releases Environmental Report, Plans 2.2 MW Solar Power System

Toyota Releases Environmental Report, Plans 2.2 MW Solar Power System
Toyota Motor Sales, USA has issued the first update on progress toward the goals and targets in the its 2011 Environmental Action ...

Cirque du Soleil Greens Its Act

Cirque du Soleil Greens Its Act
Montreal-based Cirque du Soleil's executive committee recently adopted an environmental policy, Sustainable Industries reports. With energy consumption accounting for nearly 70 percent ...

Study Finds Misleading Green Claims In 99% Of Products Surveyed

Study Finds Misleading Green Claims In 99% Of Products Surveyed
The Six Sins of Greenwashing, a report (PDF) by by TerraChoice Environmental Marketing, found that of 1,018 common consumer ...

Governors Sign GHG Accord, Ready TV Campaign

Governors Sign GHG Accord, Ready TV Campaign
Nine Midwestern governors and the premier of Manitoba have signed the Midwestern Regional Greenhouse Gas Reduction Accord. The agreement, signed at ...

Govt Science Panel: Emissions Cuts Likely Needed To Address Carbon Imbalance

Govt Science Panel: Emissions Cuts Likely Needed To Address Carbon Imbalance
The U.S. Climate Change Science Program, a U.S. government science panel, published a report today, "The North American Carbon Budget and ...

Stora Enso Releases Sustainability Report

Stora Enso Releases Sustainability Report
Stora Enso has released its North American Operations Sustainability Report 2006/07 (PDF). In 2006, the report states that: Stora Enso operations in North ...

Canon U.S.A. Receives ISO 14001 Certification

Canon U.S.A. Receives ISO 14001 Certification
Canon U.S.A. says that all of its facilities in the U.S. and Canada have received ISO 14001 Certification. Canon has established an ...

Alcan Releases Corporate Sustainability Report

Alcan Releases Corporate Sustainability Report
Alcan has released its 2007 Corporate Sustainability Report, CSRWire reports. The report builds on the 2006 report with updated 2007 content, ...

Universal Studios Tests Green DVD Packaging

Universal Studios Tests Green DVD Packaging
In Canada only, Universal Studios is releasing the Hollywood comedy Evan Almighty in a rail-thin, cardboard sleeve, the Winnipeg Sun ...

Honda Releases Environmental Report

Honda Releases Environmental Report
Honda has released an environmental report(PDF) covering the performance in North America of the company's automobile, power sports and power equipment ...

UPS Adds 300 Alternative Fuel Vehicles

UPS Adds 300 Alternative Fuel Vehicles
UPS is adding 306 alternative fuel vehicles to its "green fleet" by placing an order for 167 Compressed Natural Gas delivery ...

Catalyst Paper, Doubletree Win Awards For Green Efforts

Catalyst Paper, Doubletree Win Awards For Green Efforts
Nonprofit Metafore announced the winners of the Metafore Innovation Awards at the Green Power Corporate Climate Response Conference. The award theme ...

Shortlist For $1 Million Alcan Sustainability Prize Released

Shortlist For $1 Million Alcan Sustainability Prize Released
Alcan and International Business Leaders Forum have announced the shortlist of candidates for the $1 million Alcan Prize for Sustainability for ...

Media Gives NGOs Easy Ride

Media Gives NGOs Easy Ride
NGOs often get an easy ride from the media compared with industry and government, a panel of journalists told an international forum ...

Fedex Kinko’s, Staples Receive Top Grades On Forest-Related Paper Practices

Fedex Kinko’s, Staples Receive Top Grades On Forest-Related Paper Practices
The forest-related paper practices of the five largest office supply companies are the subject of a new report, Green Grades: A Report ...

Today's News

Ecolabeling – Bridging The Gap

Ecolabeling – Bridging The Gap

There’s no question that ecolabeling is in demand as companies in all sectors launch marketing focused on "green" company and product attributes.  ... continue »

The Green Chemistry Tipping Point
Data Centers and Carbon Pricing
From Purchaser to Participant – Keeping Consumers’ Interest During Recession
The Greening of Retail: Lowering Costs and Raising Customer Loyalty
Over Half Of Consumers Factor Green Record Into Buying Decisions

Over Half Of Consumers Factor Green Record Into Buying Decisions

Close to all American consumers (90%) believe that acting in an environmentally responsible way is important, but feel corporations hold most of ...

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Cost-Savings Key Driver to Green IT in Small Businesses
The Media’s Key Role in ‘Greenwashing Washout’
Economy Won’t Slow Down Green Consumers
Sustainable Designers Speak Up

Sustainable Designers Speak Up

Nest recently held their 2nd designer discussion "Design with a conscious". with a packed house, three product designers spoke about their ...

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Carbon Trust On Impact of Policy on Sustainable Technology
Ineos Gets Biofuel From Waste
Commercial Composting Takes Root In Portland
The Bottom Line

Marketing

Patagonia Campagn Asks Customers to ‘Vote the Environment’

Over Half Of Consumers Factor Green Record Into Buying Decisions

Not So Easy Bringing Green Products To Market

Emissions

Crystal Rock’s Solar System Up and Running

Dell Reaches Carbon Neutral Goal 5 Months Ahead Of Plans

Method Provides Incentives for Supply Chain to Reduce Emissions

Hi-Tech

Cost-Savings Key Driver to Green IT in Small Businesses

IBM Plans to Build Energy Efficient, Adaptive Data Center

Pepsi Picks Redemtech to Handle E-waste

Efficiency

Ikea To Sell Solar Panels

DOE Assessments Help 3 Plants Save Over $1.5 Million Combined

NewPage Cuts Energy Use with Lighting Retrofit

Manufacturing

Herman Miller Sees 32% ROI in Energy Efficiency Investments

Climate Exchange Strikes China Emissions Trading Deal

Lotus To Raise Wind Turbines At Factory

Carbon Offsets/RECs

Ski Industry Releases Environmental Report

Burt’s Bees Sets Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goal

Results From Carbon Footprint Calculators Vary Widely

CSR Reports

Most Companies Skip Getting CSR Reports Assured

Campbell’s Cuts 1.5 Million Gallons of Water Per Day

KB Home To Build Only Energy Star Standard Homes

Major Players

Nissan Unveils Eco-Pedal

Japanese Steel Makers to Cut GHG Emissions by 30%

AT&T Joins Green Grid, Promotes Data Center Energy Efficiency

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