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Oil Prices Shake Consumer Confidence

Oil Prices Shake Consumer Confidence
U.S. consumer confidence reached its lowest level in more than two years amid concerns over record-high oil prices, continued trouble in ...

Fujitsu Siemens Says Entire Product Line Will Be Energy-Efficient

Fujitsu Siemens Says Entire Product Line Will Be Energy-Efficient
Speaking at its VisitIT forum in Berlin, Bernd Bischoff, CEO of Fujitsu Siemens Computers, said that the company's entire product line would ...

Morgan Stanley: Clean Energy Sales Could Hit $1 Trillion By 2030

Morgan Stanley: Clean Energy Sales Could Hit $1 Trillion By 2030
Morgan Stanley estimates that global sales from clean energy sources like like wind, solar and geothermal could reach $1 trillion a year ...

Apparel Manufacturers Eye Carbon Labels

Apparel Manufacturers Eye Carbon Labels
Because clothing is responsible for approximately one ton of each individual's CO2 emissions (including washing and drying), we're likely to see more ...

47% Of Gen Y Would Pay More For Green Brands

47% Of Gen Y Would Pay More For Green Brands
Gen Y is split down the middle on the influence a retailer’s environmental policy and sustainability had on their shopping habits with ...

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GridPoint Tops List of 100 Innovative Greentech Companies

GridPoint Tops List of 100 Innovative Greentech Companies
AlwaysOn has released a list of private greentech companies that it feels are transforming the global energy, water, agriculture, transportation, construction, manufacturing, ...

Waste Reduction Leading Environmental Concern For Manufacturers

Waste Reduction Leading Environmental Concern For Manufacturers
Waste reduction is the most important environmental issue facing manufacturing businesses today, according to an international study on sustainability and environmental trends ...

Study: Sales Of Advanced Lighting Products To Reach $4.4 Billion

Study: Sales Of Advanced Lighting Products To Reach $4.4 Billion
U.S. demand for advanced lighting products is forecast to rise nearly 14 percent per year through 2011, reaching $4.4 billion, according ...

Only Small Number of Fortune 500 Embrace Sustainability

Only Small Number of Fortune 500 Embrace Sustainability
There is no green business bubble, according to a CNN/Money article by Joel Makower. "Once companies wring out the resource waste, ...

Energy Star PCs Help Environment, Not Bottom Line

Energy Star PCs Help Environment, Not Bottom Line
Buying Energy Star PCs helps the environment, but the EPA's new energy-efficiency requirements won't save companies money, Information Week reports. According ...

Attribute-Based CAFE Could Mean Big Bucks For Big Three

Attribute-Based CAFE Could Mean Big Bucks For Big Three
Detroit automakers would gain market share and increase profits under proposed new fuel economy standards, according to a new study (PDF) ...

Stonyfield’s Hirshberg Predicts How Global Warming Will Affect Business, Society

Stonyfield’s Hirshberg Predicts How Global Warming Will Affect Business, Society
The economic consequences of climate change will be the dominant social and economic reality of the next 15 years, as well as the next ...

CNET: Clean Tech’s 5 Dirty Truths

CNET: Clean Tech’s 5 Dirty Truths
Misperceptions have punctuated major industrial and IT changes and, according to a CNET article by Kirk Washington, they've taken hold today, as the ...

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 ...

AEP: Strict Emission Curbs Could Raise Power Prices 50%

AEP: Strict Emission Curbs Could Raise Power Prices 50%
AEP, the No. 1 industrial emitter of carbon dioxide in the U.S., is working on some innovative technologies to cut emissions, but has ...

Tech Vendors Could Face Scrutiny Over Green Credentials

Tech Vendors Could Face Scrutiny Over Green Credentials
Environmental concerns are rising up the corporate IT agenda with one-third of European organizations now taking 'green' factors into account when evaluating ...

AEP Gets Carbon Credits From Cows

AEP Gets Carbon Credits From Cows
American Electric Power, a utility based in Columbus, Ohio, and the biggest coal burner in the U.S., is paying Environmental ...

Financial Firms Tell G8 To Back Deep Emission Reduction Targets

Financial Firms Tell G8 To Back Deep Emission Reduction Targets
Heads of more than 20 leading financial service companies that are members of the United Nations Environment Programme's Finance Initiative have told (PR ...

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 ...

Carbon Credits, Reinventing Waste Top Of Mind For Corporate Execs

Carbon Credits, Reinventing Waste Top Of Mind For Corporate Execs
Four key themes emerged at the recent Corporate Climate Response conference in London, according to the Climate Response Blog ...

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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 »

Sustainability and its Impact on Brand Value
The Advertising Industry, Sustainability and the Bottom Line
Thoroughly Modernized Milton And Corporate Social Responsibility
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
The Bottom Line

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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