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Citigroup Says Energy Bill Will Raise Ethanol Prices

Citigroup Says Energy Bill Will Raise Ethanol Prices
Citigroup has released a report that claims the energy bill passed early in December by Congress will raise ethanol ...

Shocker: ‘Natural’ Consumers Willing To Pay More For Green Products

Shocker: ‘Natural’ Consumers Willing To Pay More For Green Products
Most natural-product consumers indicated they would pay more for environmentally friendly products, with seven in 10 consumers willing to pay up to ...

67% Of Consumers Willing To Pay More For Green Power

67% Of Consumers Willing To Pay More For Green Power
Sixty-seven percent of consumers polled across six countries - Australia, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States - ...

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 ...

Corporations Will Pay Premium For Sustainable Real Estate

Corporations Will Pay Premium For Sustainable Real Estate
Seventy-nine percent of respondents to a recent CoreNet Global and Jones Lang LaSalle survey say that sustainability is a near-term business issue ...

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Two-Thirds Of People Will Pay Premium For Green Products

Two-Thirds Of People Will Pay Premium For Green Products
Nearly nine out of 10 consumers worldwide said they would switch to energy providers that offer products and services that help reduce ...

Wal-Mart To Sell Reusable Shopping Bags

Wal-Mart To Sell Reusable Shopping Bags
Wal-Mart plans to unveil its first recyclable cloth shopping bag this weekend, The Chicago Tribune reports. The black bags slogan ...

Chicago Field Museum Launches Voluntary Carbon Offset Program For Visitors

Chicago Field Museum Launches Voluntary Carbon Offset Program For Visitors
Visitors to Chicago's Field Museum can pay an extra dollar for admission to offset the carbon emissions they generated in getting there, ...

Wal-Mart’s Sustainable Packaging Initiatives Costing Marketers Money

Wal-Mart’s Sustainable Packaging Initiatives Costing Marketers Money
Wal-Mart's sustainability initiative to downsize packaging is costing manufacturers money, AdAge reports. It could cost Procter & Gamble, part ...

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 ...

Tesco Pledges $50 Million To Fund Green Institute

Tesco Pledges $50 Million To Fund Green Institute
Tesco's CEO Sir Terry Leahy has announced that the supermarket chain will give about $50 million for a sustainable consumption institute at ...

Volkswagen To Offset Projected Emissions Of Cars

Volkswagen To Offset Projected Emissions Of Cars
Volkswagen of America plans to offset the carbon emissions of projected consumer use. From September 1, 2007, until January 2, 2008, vehicles ...

Retailers Push Green Products On Back-To-School Crowd

Retailers Push Green Products On Back-To-School Crowd
Retailers are pushing eco-friendly products for back-to-school season, The Boston Globe reports. In recent weeks, Wal-Mart began selling a $350 eco-friendly computer, the ...

Biofuel Could Raise Food Prices 80%

Biofuel Could Raise Food Prices 80%
Joachim von Braun, director general of the International Food Policy Research Institute, has warned that food prices could climb by between ...

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 ...

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 ...

Dairy Critics Detail Ways To Cut Emissions

Dairy Critics Detail Ways To Cut Emissions
The Fresno Healthy Dairy Commission says that San Joaquin Valley dairies should keep cows in enclosed barns and use special waste ...

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 ...

PriceGrabber Jumps Into Green Shopping Fray

PriceGrabber Jumps Into Green Shopping Fray
With the launch of ShopGreen, comparison shopping site PriceGrabber.com has added its name to the list of sites with green shopping sections. ...

GreenPrint Gives Away Software In Exchange For Share Of Savings

GreenPrint Gives Away Software In Exchange For Share Of Savings
GreenPrint Technologies has announced an initiative to give away its paper and ink saving software to large organizations in exchange for ...

Today's News

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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