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High Energy Prices May Give Green Products Edge

High Energy Prices May Give Green Products Edge
More companies are cashing in on the difference in price between products made with recycled materials and those made ...

Carbon Trust Launches Carbon Reduction Certification Program

Carbon Trust Launches Carbon Reduction Certification Program
The Carbon Trust has launched a new green standard that requires an organization to measure, manage and reduce its ...

Mazda To Increase Fuel Efficiency 30% By 2015

Mazda To Increase Fuel Efficiency 30% By 2015
Through new engine technology and lighter materials Mazda says it plans to increase the fuel efficiency of its vehicles ...

BeGreen Announces Carbon Calculator For Green Builders

BeGreen Announces Carbon Calculator For Green Builders
A carbon calculator unveiled by BeGreen, is designed to help designers and builders meet green standards, The Dallas Morning News ...

Mercedes To Introduce Cleanest Diesel SUV In The U.S.

Mercedes To Introduce Cleanest Diesel SUV In The U.S.
Mercedes-Benz has announced it is ready to introduce the R, ML and GL 320 SUVs equipped with Mercedes' ...

Collaboration Cuts Transportation Emissions, Saves Dough

Collaboration Cuts Transportation Emissions, Saves Dough
Thirty-seven of the UK's largest food and drink companies, including Coca Cola, Coors, Northern Foods, Heinz and Asda, have ...

Tyson To Turn Animal Byproducts Into Biofuel

Tyson To Turn Animal Byproducts Into Biofuel
Tyson Foods, which provides nearly 25 percent of the total U.S. meat supply and produces an estimated 300 million ...

Sapporo Plans Carbon Labels For Beer

Sapporo Plans Carbon Labels For Beer
Starting next year, Sapporo Breweries will put a carbon label on cans of its Black Label draft beer stating ...

Lenovo Launches Asset Recovery Service

Lenovo Launches Asset Recovery Service
Lenovo is joining the growing number of companies offering asset recovery services to help cut down on e-waste. Lenovo ...

Hulk Tries For Green Connection, Launches Carbon Calculator

Hulk Tries For Green Connection, Launches Carbon Calculator
The marketing folks at Universal Pictures are trying to create a relationship between the green star of its latest ...

Toyota Promises More Hybrids, Yaris Tapped As ‘Green Car Of The Year’

Toyota Promises More Hybrids, Yaris Tapped As ‘Green Car Of The Year’
Toyota has promised two more hybrid models, which will mark the company's venture into Lithium-Ion technology, PCMag reports. Toyota's head of R&D ...

Software Answers Sustainable Design Questions

Software Answers Sustainable Design Questions
Sustainable Minds has released software which it says is the first web-based, early-stage design tool available that defines sustainable design and ...

GE Says Fleet Services Program Reducing Costs, Emissions

GE Says Fleet Services Program Reducing Costs, Emissions
Some businesses are reducing average fuel costs by 15 percent, with savings up to $15,000 per vehicle, through a ...

Monadnock Releases New Edition Of Sustainable Printing Guide

Monadnock Releases New Edition Of Sustainable Printing Guide
Monadnock Paper Mills has announced the third edition of "A Field Guide: Eco-Friendly, Efficient and Effective Print," the ...

IE Expanding ‘Carbon Grove’ To France

IE Expanding ‘Carbon Grove’ To France
Windows' Internet Explorer is expanding the campaign it launched last month called "Carbon Grove," which reminds IE users of the things they ...

Green Initiatives: Cost, Achieving ROI Challenge Hotels

Green Initiatives: Cost, Achieving ROI Challenge Hotels
The American Hotel & Lodging Association's Green Assessment Survey results reveal the top 10 green initiatives hotels are enacting, the ...

Nissan Cuts SUV, Truck Output, Increases Altima Production

Nissan Cuts SUV, Truck Output, Increases Altima Production
Nissan announced that it will increase production of its Altimas by 2,000, to about 17,000 monthly, and cut production of its sport-utility ...

Duke Plans To Get 20 MW Closer To The Sun

Duke Plans To Get 20 MW Closer To The Sun
More details have come out about Duke Energy's $100 million investment in commercial-scale rooftop solar panels, which we ...

FirmGreen BioFuel To Fuel Ohio Waste Fleet On The Cheap

FirmGreen BioFuel To Fuel Ohio Waste Fleet On The Cheap
A project of FirmGreen will clean raw landfill gas and produce compressed natural gas for use in fleet ...

SoftLayer Cuts Packaging By 80%

SoftLayer Cuts Packaging By 80%
SoftLayer says it has received its first delivery of servers under a new server packaging program that reduces packing materials ...

Today's News

Ecolabeling – Bridging The Gap

Ecolabeling – Bridging The Gap

There’s no question that ecolabeling is in demand as companies in all sectors launch marketing focused on "green" company and product attributes.  ... continue »

The Green Chemistry Tipping Point
Data Centers and Carbon Pricing
From Purchaser to Participant – Keeping Consumers’ Interest During Recession
The Greening of Retail: Lowering Costs and Raising Customer Loyalty
Over Half Of Consumers Factor Green Record Into Buying Decisions

Over Half Of Consumers Factor Green Record Into Buying Decisions

Close to all American consumers (90%) believe that acting in an environmentally responsible way is important, but feel corporations hold most of ...

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Cost-Savings Key Driver to Green IT in Small Businesses
The Media’s Key Role in ‘Greenwashing Washout’
Economy Won’t Slow Down Green Consumers
Sustainable Designers Speak Up

Sustainable Designers Speak Up

Nest recently held their 2nd designer discussion "Design with a conscious". with a packed house, three product designers spoke about their ...

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Carbon Trust On Impact of Policy on Sustainable Technology
Ineos Gets Biofuel From Waste
Commercial Composting Takes Root In Portland
The Bottom Line

Marketing

Patagonia Campagn Asks Customers to ‘Vote the Environment’

Over Half Of Consumers Factor Green Record Into Buying Decisions

Not So Easy Bringing Green Products To Market

Emissions

Crystal Rock’s Solar System Up and Running

Dell Reaches Carbon Neutral Goal 5 Months Ahead Of Plans

Method Provides Incentives for Supply Chain to Reduce Emissions

Hi-Tech

Cost-Savings Key Driver to Green IT in Small Businesses

IBM Plans to Build Energy Efficient, Adaptive Data Center

Pepsi Picks Redemtech to Handle E-waste

Efficiency

Ikea To Sell Solar Panels

DOE Assessments Help 3 Plants Save Over $1.5 Million Combined

NewPage Cuts Energy Use with Lighting Retrofit

Manufacturing

Herman Miller Sees 32% ROI in Energy Efficiency Investments

Climate Exchange Strikes China Emissions Trading Deal

Lotus To Raise Wind Turbines At Factory

Carbon Offsets/RECs

Ski Industry Releases Environmental Report

Burt’s Bees Sets Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goal

Results From Carbon Footprint Calculators Vary Widely

CSR Reports

Most Companies Skip Getting CSR Reports Assured

Campbell’s Cuts 1.5 Million Gallons of Water Per Day

KB Home To Build Only Energy Star Standard Homes

Major Players

Nissan Unveils Eco-Pedal

Japanese Steel Makers to Cut GHG Emissions by 30%

AT&T Joins Green Grid, Promotes Data Center Energy Efficiency

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