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Recession Or Not, Consumers Pay More For Green Products
While consumer spending has fallen in many categories due to a weakened U.S. economy and budget tightening, Americans are still willing to pay more for green products and services, according to a survey commissioned ...
Air New Zealand Launches Carbon Offset Program
First RGGI Trades Point To Billion-Plus Regional Carbon Market
The first two trades of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative allowances were announced in the past month, establishing the first ever U.S. regional carbon compliance trades. Both trades were in the ...
Some Wal-Mart Suppliers Slow To Comply With Packaging Scorecard
Reuters reports that many of Wal-Mart's smaller vendors - which represent about 20 percent of the goods the company buys - have yet to comply with the retailer's packaging scorecard initiative, ...
Shoppers Pass On Diesel, Hybrid Acceptance Continues to Grow
The vast majority of in-market new-vehicle shoppers do not see diesel as a likely mainstream fuel source in the future, according to the latest Kelley Blue Book Marketing Research study.The January 2008 results reveal that ...
Lower Tolls for Green Cars
Around the world, toll agencies are giving discounts to owners of green cars, reports the New York Times, and last November the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced ...
EU Sets Emissions Targets
The European Commission set new emissions targets and called on EU members to increase their use of renewable energy while also unveiling plans to make industry pay for the right ...
Wal-Mart’s Green Electronics Goal Faces Challenges
Wal-Mart set the goal of one day using only renewable energy and creating zero waste, and it challenged its suppliers to similar goals. To help meet that goal, Wal-Mart had an enormously successful campaign ...
New EU CO2 Plans Will Affect Heavy Industry
European Commission Considers Import Carbon Tariffs
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 prices in the upcoming year.
MarketWatch quotes a Citigroup report in which their ...
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 20 percent more, according to a recent MamboTrack study by Mambo Sprouts ...
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 - would be more willing to pay for eco-friendly energy, according to ...
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 the housing market ...
Corporations Will Pay Premium For Sustainable Real Estate
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 the level of greenhouse gas emissions, according to a study on climate change ...
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 reads: "Paper or Plastic? Neither." They cost $1 each.
Other retailers have been offering ...
Chicago Field Museum Launches Voluntary Carbon Offset Program For Visitors
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 of Wal-Mart's effort to concentrate certain products, $200 million by one estimate.
Wal-Mart's ...
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 50 percent of respondents saying a retailer’s policy did influence their shopping behavior, ...
Texas Instruments Sustainability Report: Normalized Emissions Jump 23%
