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CDP5: More Companies Address Climate Change Risk

CDP5: More Companies Address Climate Change Risk
Ninety-five percent of companies that consider climate change to present a commercial risk have implemented a GHG reduction program with a specific ...

ConocoPhillips To Offset Emissions In Exchange For Refinery Expansion

ConocoPhillips To Offset Emissions In Exchange For Refinery Expansion
ConocoPhillips has agreed to an “unprecedented global warming reduction plan” to off-set greenhouse gases caused by the expansion of its Northern ...

UK Energy Suppliers Rev Up Green Campaigns

UK Energy Suppliers Rev Up Green Campaigns
British Gas has launched a UK advertising campaign to trumpet its green credentials and position itself has having the lowest carbon ...

EPA Wants BP To Finance Lake Michigan Cleanup

EPA Wants BP To Finance Lake Michigan Cleanup
Insisting that they cannot stop BP from dumping more toxic waste into Lake Michigan, federal officials are trying to persuade the oil company to ...

Equistar Will Spend $125 Million To Address Environmental Violations

Equistar Will Spend $125 Million To Address Environmental Violations
Equistar Chemicals, headquartered in Houston, Texas, will spend more than $125 million on pollution controls and cleanup to address air, water ...

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Ford, McDonald’s, IBM, Abbott, Time Inc. To Share Sustainability Strategies

Ford, McDonald’s, IBM, Abbott, Time Inc. To Share Sustainability Strategies
With new sustainability initiatives being launched daily, U.S. companies are under increasing pressure to demonstrate their climate change credentials. Corporate Climate ...

Florida To Cut Emissions

Florida To Cut Emissions
Florida's Governor Crist has signed three executive orders directing cuts in Florida's greenhouse gas emissions and increases in energy efficiency, ENS reports. Under ...

ConocoPhilips Earmarks $25 Million For Water Sustainability Center

ConocoPhilips Earmarks $25 Million For Water Sustainability Center
ConocoPhillips will spend $25 million over the next five to seven years on a global Water Sustainability Center that will examine ...

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 ...

Switzerland To Tax CO2 Emissions

Switzerland To Tax CO2 Emissions
Switzerland will introduce a tax - which it likes to refer to as an incentive - on carbon dioxide emissions from January ...

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 ...

Industries Criticize EPA’s Proposed Clean-Air Rules

Industries Criticize EPA’s Proposed Clean-Air Rules
The EPA's move to toughen ozone clean-air rules isn't sitting very well with groups representing manufacturers, oil refiners, paper mills and other industries, The ...

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 ...

ConocoPhillips Pledges $1 Million To Climate Change Group

ConocoPhillips Pledges $1 Million To Climate Change Group
ConocoPhillips has pledged $1 million to support an industry-university collaboration working to develop policies that address global climate change, according to ...

Total Releases 2006 Corporate Social Responsibility Report

Total Releases 2006 Corporate Social Responsibility Report
Total has released the 2006 corporate social responsibility report. The report includes information on ISO 14001 certification for Total's main production sites, the company's ...

Chesapeake Greens Up Logo, Launches American Clean Skies Foundation

Chesapeake Greens Up Logo, Launches American Clean Skies Foundation
Natural gas producer Chesapeake Energy Corporation has introduced a new logo featuring a distinctive green element that the company hopes will get ...

AIG, Ben & Jerry’s, Citigroup, Alcoa, Intel, Timberland, Toyota and HP to Debate Climate Change Strategies

AIG, Ben & Jerry’s, Citigroup, Alcoa, Intel, Timberland, Toyota and HP to Debate Climate Change Strategies
Environmental Leader is pleased to be a supporting partner of Ethical Corporation's Climate Change Strategies and Environmental Communication conference: With CEO after CEO ...

British Gas Launches Green Business, Cuts Energy Use

British Gas Launches Green Business, Cuts Energy Use
British Gas has launched a new business that will offer green, low carbon products and services. The business, British Gas New ...

ConocoPhillips Joins USCAP & Establishes $22 Million Biofuel Research Program

ConocoPhillips Joins USCAP & Establishes $22 Million Biofuel Research Program
ConocoPhillips  is supporting a mandatory greenhouse gas emissions cap and has joined the U.S. Climate Action Partnership - a ...

EPA Seeks Comment on U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory

EPA Seeks Comment on U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory
The EPA is seeking public comment on a draft report that analyzes sources of greenhouse gas emissions. The report, Inventory of U.S. ...

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COP 15 Offers Communications Opportunities

COP 15 Offers Communications Opportunities

What is the No.1 event-related global communications opportunity for your carbon messaging of the next 4 years? Here are a couple of clues… •    ... continue »

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
Thoroughly Modernized Milton And Corporate Social Responsibility
Green Efforts Insignificant in Winning, Keeping 3PL Business

Green Efforts Insignificant in Winning, Keeping 3PL Business

The 3PL industry has made significant strides in establishing environmental responsibility as part of broader corporate visions, with companies reporting numerous internal ...

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Google Says Its Data Centers Most Efficient
Fast-Moving Eco-Friendly Consumer Goods Appeal to Many
Environmental Friendliness Not Driving PC Sales
Miller Recycles 99.9% of Packaging Waste

Miller Recycles 99.9% of Packaging Waste

The U.S. beer maker Miller has a goal of zero waste in their breweries and is currently recycling 99.9% of all packaging ...

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Credit Crunch Could Hurt Mitsubishi’s Eco-Car Push
What’s The Price Tag For A Carbon Neutral U.S. Economy?
Interface VP Discusses Biomimicry And Design
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Marketing

Survey: Apple Most Eco-Friendly, Greenpeace Says Different

Green Inc.: Conservation Organizations Compromised By Corporate Dollars

Office Depot Targets Eco-Conscious Consumers in Europe

Emissions

Ericsson Unveils Wind-Powered Tower Tube

Sun, Pfizer Surpass Carbon Reduction Goals

Constellation Wines Installing 1.2 Megawatt Solar System

Hi-Tech

Google Says Its Data Centers Most Efficient

European Data Centers Face Energy Crisis

Environmental Friendliness Not Driving PC Sales

Efficiency

EPA Announces First WaterSense Partners of the Year

World Steel Association Publishes Sustainability Report

Wal-Mart’s Packaging Scorecard Drives Sustainability, Cuts GHG Emissions

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

Gap Flips Switch On 1 Megawatt Solar Power System

USDA, DOE Unveil Plans to Accelerate Sustainable Biofuels Development

EU Votes For Tougher Carbon Laws

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

Green Efforts Insignificant in Winning, Keeping 3PL Business

Critics Say Energy Star Standards Too Lax

Google Unveils $4.4 Trillion Clean Energy Plan

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