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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 ...

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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 ...

Suncor Releases Climate Change Progress Report

Suncor Releases Climate Change Progress Report
Suncor Energy has released its 2007 progress report on climate change (PDF). In addition to documenting Suncor's emissions record in 2006, ...

Ontario Proposes Green licence Plates For Low-Emission Vehicles

Ontario Proposes Green licence Plates For Low-Emission Vehicles
By this time next year, Ontarians who buy environmentally friendly, low-emission cars and trucks would get a green-hued licence plate that entitles ...

Hotels Need To Market Green Programs Better

Hotels Need To Market Green Programs Better
Although nearly three-fourths of hotel guests in North America willingly participate in environmentally friendly programs offered during their hotel stays, many guests ...

Aliant Releases Sustainability Report

Aliant Releases Sustainability Report
Canadian communications provider Aliant has released its 2006 sustainability report for Atlantic Canada. According to the report, in 2006 : Nearly 46,000 customers and ...

Harry Potter Sets Green Example For Publishing Industry

Harry Potter Sets Green Example For Publishing Industry
The last book in the Harry Potter series is considered within the industry to be the most environmentally friendly in publishing history ...

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

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

True or false? “Until corporate environmental best practices are considered as confidential as other company IP, they are clearly not driving competitive ... continue »

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The Advertising Industry, Sustainability and the Bottom Line
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Bet On Oregon’s Clean Future
Fast-Moving Eco-Friendly Consumer Goods Appeal to Many

Fast-Moving Eco-Friendly Consumer Goods Appeal to Many

Certain fast-moving, environmentally-friendly consumable products are being used by a significant portion of the U.S. general population, according to the Natural ...

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Environmental Friendliness Not Driving PC Sales
CEOs Leading Champions Of Corporate Green Initiatives
Gamers Checking Out Green Cars
What’s The Price Tag For A Carbon Neutral U.S. Economy?

What’s The Price Tag For A Carbon Neutral U.S. Economy?

Greentech investment experts at GoingGreen discuss how much it will cost the U.S. economy to go carbon neutral....

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Interface VP Discusses Biomimicry And Design
Vinod Khosla On The Need For Clean Tech To Deliver Real Results
CIOs Discuss Green IT and Cost Efficiency
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Marketing

Fast-Moving Eco-Friendly Consumer Goods Appeal to Many

Environmental Friendliness Not Driving PC Sales

Sharp And TBS Issue ‘Lights Out Challenge’

Emissions

Sprint Sets Goal Of Cutting GHG Emissions 15%

Goodrich’s Tullahoma Facility Cuts Environmental Impact

CNE Launches Service To Help Companies Manage GHG Emissions

Hi-Tech

Green IT Brings Small Businesses Cost Savings

Autodesk HQ Cuts Emissions with Lighting Upgrades

CIOs Discuss Green IT and Cost Efficiency

Efficiency

Google Unveils $4.4 Trillion Clean Energy Plan

Chipotle Restaurant Features Wind Turbine

Ben & Jerry’s Tests ‘Greener’ Freezer

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

What’s The Price Tag For A Carbon Neutral U.S. Economy?

Financial Turmoil May Boost Energy Efficiency Initiatives

GAO: CO2-Offset Market Lacks Credibility

CSR Reports

Staples Saved Over 540,000 Gallons of Diesel in 2007

Honda Reduces 700 kg of CO2 Emissions Per Vehicle Produced

Sustainability Reporting Still Used As PR Tool

Major Players

FedEx Hybrid Truck Plan Hits Speed Bump

USPS Launches Year-long Energy Conservation Campaign

AT&T Installing 1 Megawatt Solar System

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