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UK ‘Green’ Grocers Look For CSR Directors

UK ‘Green’ Grocers Look For CSR Directors
Asada, Sainsbury's, and Tesco, three UK grocers with green agendas, are all searching for new directors of corporate social responsibility, The Guardian reports. The ...

Cilion Taps BP VP As CEO

Cilion Taps BP VP As CEO
Cilion has named Mark Noetzel as its CEO and member of the Board of Directors. He was previously a Group Vice President ...

HSBC Names Head Of New ‘Climate Change Center of Excellence’

HSBC Names Head Of New ‘Climate Change Center of Excellence’
HSBC has named Nick Robins as head of its newly created Climate Change Center of Excellence. Robins joined HSBC in October from Henderson ...

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 ...

GM To Sell Diesel Cadillacs, Saturns

GM To Sell Diesel Cadillacs, Saturns
General Motors plans to offer diesel-engine cars under the Cadillac and Saturn brands in the U.S. by 2010, industry journal Automotive News ...

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International Paper Creates ‘Office Of Sustainability’

International Paper Creates ‘Office Of Sustainability’
International Paper has created an office of sustainability to focus its efforts around wood fiber, conservation, air, water, life-cycle analysis and ...

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 ...

Former Expedia CEO Takes Top Spot At TerraPass

Former Expedia CEO Takes Top Spot At TerraPass
Erik Blachford, the former CEO of Expedia, has joined TerraPass as its new CEO. Blachford says he will spend his first few ...

PBS To Air Weekly ‘Building Green’ Series

PBS To Air Weekly ‘Building Green’ Series
PBS is set to air Building Green, a 13-episode series about eco-friendly building techniques and alternatives. PBS affiliate stations across the country will begin ...

Corporations Should Focus On Being ‘Good,’ Not ‘Less Bad’

Corporations Should Focus On Being ‘Good,’ Not ‘Less Bad’
In an essay written by George Carpenter and Peter White, both executives for P&G at the time of the article's February 2004 ...

Boeing’s Armstrong Heads New Enterprise Environmental Organization

Boeing’s Armstrong Heads New Enterprise Environmental Organization
Boeing has named Mary Armstrong as vice president of Environment, Health and Safety, a new organization designed to integrate and expand ...

Recent RFPs

Recent RFPs
April 2007 (via CEEP)  Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate U.S. & China Clean Water and Clean Energy  ...

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 ...

Nissan Ties Corporate Citizenship to Brand Positioning

Nissan Ties Corporate Citizenship to Brand Positioning
Nissan has launched a plan to create its own global corporate citizenship programs, publicize them through marketing channels and move away ...

Honda, Tesco, Goldman Sachs Among Top 10 ‘Green Giants’

Honda, Tesco, Goldman Sachs Among Top 10 ‘Green Giants’
Fortune magazine has published a special report “Going Green” which includes a list of ten companies that the editors feel go beyond ...

EU Leaders Agree: 20% Green Power by 2020

EU Leaders Agree: 20% Green Power by 2020
EU leaders agreed Friday that a fifth of the bloc's energy will come from green power sources by 2020, AP reports. ...

Product Design That’s Profitable and Sustainable

Product Design That’s Profitable and Sustainable
Making customer experience a pillar of sustainable profitability is a better alternative than sustainability by enforced abstinence, writes Gianfranco Zaccai, president ...

GEMI Rolls Out Interactive Sustainable Development Tool

GEMI Rolls Out Interactive Sustainable Development Tool
The Global Environmental Management Initiative has released an interactive version of its sustainable development tool, the GEMI SD Planner, as well ...

Branson, Gore Announce $25 Million ‘Virgin Earth Challenge’

Branson, Gore Announce $25 Million ‘Virgin Earth Challenge’
Sir Richard Branson and Al Gore have set up a new global science and technology prize -? The Virgin Earth Challenge - ...

Austin Aims for Zero CO2 Emissions by 2020

Austin Aims for Zero CO2 Emissions by 2020
Austin has announced an aggressive climate protection plan that will cut its carbon dioxide emissions to almost nothing by 2020, the ...

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Portugal Points The Way For Renewable Energy Adoption

Portugal Points The Way For Renewable Energy Adoption

As the world reels at the high price of fossil fuels, business and governments are increasingly casting about for renewable energy models.  ... continue »

Raw Sourcing: Glass, Plastic or Aluminum?
Environmental Supply Chain Planning – Expanding Accountability
Green Communications: 3 Strategies For Getting Past The Crunch
Beyond Tele-Conferencing: How the IT Sector Can Become a Legitimate Climate Solutions Provider
Automakers Fall Behind On EU CO2 Targets

Automakers Fall Behind On EU CO2 Targets

According to a new study by European Federation for Transport and Environment, car makers are not doing enough to meet the ...

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Shippers Make Changes To Counter Higher Fuel Prices
California Businesses Campaign Against AB32
IBM Study: All Vehicles Hybrid By 2020
Organic to Go CEO Discusses Green Economy

Organic to Go CEO Discusses Green Economy

Organic to Go CEO Jason Brown talks about the rise of green-collar jobs in the U.S. and how's he's been able to ...

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Pitney Bowes On Design Of Eco-Friendly Products
“Virtual Water” Content Of Products Measured
Tour Of Cline Cellars’ Solar Power System
The Bottom Line

Marketing

Wal-Mart Canada Stores to Cut Energy Use 30%

Body Shop Shares Green Product Stories

Pitney Bowes On Design Of Eco-Friendly Products

Emissions

World Bank: CDM Slow and Expensive

12 States Sue EPA Over Refinery Emissions

iLinc Receives Green Excellence Award

Hi-Tech

Uptime CEO: Low PUE Numbers ‘Scientifically Meaningless’

Environmental Supply Chain Planning – Expanding Accountability

Fairchild Semiconductor Expands ‘Green’ Effort with Global Team

Efficiency

Microsoft Recycling Program Halves Redmond HQ’s Waste

DiGi Aims to Cut CO2 Emissions By Almost 50%

Ameren Taps Lockheed Martin To Spearhead Efficiency Programs

Manufacturing

Borealis and Uponor Study Water Footprint Of Plastics Industry

“Virtual Water” Content Of Products Measured

GM Powertrain Plant Adds Solar

Carbon Offsets/RECs

Constellation NewEnergy Supplies US Open With RECs

ConAgra Buys RECs, Joins Climate Leaders

CCX Trades RGGI Contracts

CSR Reports

Coke Rolled Out ‘Green’ Coolers At Olympics

IBM Launches Eco Data Center in Second Life

Most Companies Skip Getting CSR Reports Assured

Major Players

Vestas Launches $100 Million Consumer Ad Campaign

Samsung Criticized for Lack of Recycling Programs

Ford Researchers Create 40% Soy-Based Foam

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