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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 ...

CEOs Sign Numerous Environmental Pledges At Global Compact Summit

CEOs Sign Numerous Environmental Pledges At Global Compact Summit
A flurry of press releases have come out of the Global Compact leaders Summit that's finishing up in Geneva. Top executives of corporations such ...

Cadbury To Cut Emissions 50%

Cadbury To Cut Emissions 50%
Cadbury Schweppes pledged a 50 percent reduction of net absolute carbon emissions from its manufacturing sites by 2020, Food Production Daily ...

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RBC, Alcan, Vancity Named Canada’s Top Corporate Citizens

RBC, Alcan, Vancity Named Canada’s Top Corporate Citizens
Corporate Knights has released its list of the Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada. This year's top ranked companies: The top ranked company ...

Suncor Energy Releases Sustainability Report

Suncor Energy Releases Sustainability Report
Suncor Energy released its 2007 Report on Sustainability. It provides a five-year performance trend in a number of key areas. Highlights ...

UK Grocer Sells Milk In Bags To Cut Down On Plastic Waste

UK Grocer Sells Milk In Bags To Cut Down On Plastic Waste
UK grocer Waitrose is selling Calon Wen organic milk in Eco Pak milk bags. The bags use 75 percent less plastic packaging than ...

Teknion, Earthcycle Packaging, Mercer Among Globe Winners

Teknion, Earthcycle Packaging, Mercer Among Globe Winners
Winners of the 6th annual Globe Awards for Environmental Excellence have been presented in four categories: Corporate Competitiveness, Technology Innovation and Application, ...

Rolling Stone Opts For Carbon Neutral Paper, Not Recycled

Rolling Stone Opts For Carbon Neutral Paper, Not Recycled
Rolling Stone is devoting its June 28 issue to global warming, but it's facing criticism over not using recycled paper, The ...

Zerofootprint Gets Nod From TechCrunch

Zerofootprint Gets Nod From TechCrunch
TechCrunch has an interesting story on Zerofootprint, a Canadian not-for-profit that helps businesses and consumers cut their carbon footprint. It's the company ...

Wal-Mart Tops Canada’s List Of Commercial Green Power Purchasers

Wal-Mart Tops Canada’s List Of Commercial Green Power Purchasers
Wal-Mart Canada has announced a three-year agreement to purchase 31,000 megawatt hours of renewable power from Bullfrog Power to green ...

Top 10 Greenest Companies In The World

Top 10 Greenest Companies In The World
The Independent, along with Ethical Investment Research Services, has put together a guide to the greenest companies in ...

To Reap Green Rewards, Make Changes Now

To Reap Green Rewards, Make Changes Now
Climate change has gone from being dull and marginal to cool and core, according to an article from ...

Air Canada Launches Voluntary Carbon Offset Program

Air Canada Launches Voluntary Carbon Offset Program
Air Canada is introducing a program that lets consumers make voluntary carbon credit purchases to offset their air travel, CBC reports.   The Montreal-based ...

Stora Enso Adds Third-party Chain-Of-Custody Certifications

Stora Enso Adds Third-party Chain-Of-Custody Certifications
Six of Stora Enso's North American mills have achieved third-party chain-of-custody certifications for the Sustainable Forestry Initiative and the Program for ...

Catalyst Releases Sustainability Report

Catalyst Releases Sustainability Report
Catalyst Paper has released its 2006 sustainability report (full report PDF, environmental section PDF). Catalyst was the top ...

31 States To Track GHG Emissions By Industry Sector

31 States To Track GHG Emissions By Industry Sector
Thirty-one states, representing over 70 percent of the U.S. population, are charter members of The Climate Registry, signing on to measure, track, ...

IHG To Replace Incandescents With CFLs

IHG To Replace Incandescents With CFLs
The Americas Operations division of IHG, the world's largest hotel group by number of rooms, will replace over 250,000 incandescent light ...

Fairmont Publishes Green Guide

Fairmont Publishes Green Guide
Fairmont Hotels & Resorts has released the third edition of its Green Partnership Guide, a how-to text for companies looking to “green” ...

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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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