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Freightliner, Navistar, Peterbilt Announce Green Offerings

Freightliner, Navistar, Peterbilt Announce Green Offerings
Freightliner Trucks recently announced the Go for the Green program, which offers a $5,000 net incentive on orders ...

Cause Marketing Can Result In Sales Lift

Cause Marketing Can Result In Sales Lift
Cause-related marketing can exponentially increase sales, in one case as much as 74 percent, resulting in millions of dollars in potential revenue ...

Top 10 Low Power Desktop PCs

Top 10 Low Power Desktop PCs
SmartPlanet recently released a list of the Top 10 Low Power Desktop PCs for consumers. They are ranked ...

Silicon Valley Green Teams Push Eco-Friendly Initiatives

Silicon Valley Green Teams Push Eco-Friendly Initiatives
There is a growing trend in Silicon Valley of employees forming green teams to push peers and bosses to ...

Coffee Bean Opens LEED-Certified Facility in Portland

Coffee Bean Opens LEED-Certified Facility in Portland
Coffee Bean International, a wholly owned subsidiary of Farmer Bros Co., announced its new 125,000-foot coffee roasting and office facility in ...

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Payless ShoeSource Launching Eco-Friendly Footwear

Payless ShoeSource Launching Eco-Friendly Footwear
Payless ShoeSource announced it is adding a line of eco-friendly footwear to its stable of brands, AP reports ...

Orbitz To Rent More Hybrid Vehicles

Orbitz To Rent More Hybrid Vehicles
Orbitz Worldwide Inc. announced an agreement with Fox Rent A Car, a rental company that specializes in airport ...

Ericsson Unveils Wind-Powered Tower Tube

Ericsson Unveils Wind-Powered Tower Tube
Ericsson unveiled its latest radio base station site concept; a wind-powered Tower Tube. The company worked with Vertical ...

Green Inc.: Conservation Organizations Compromised By Corporate Dollars

Green Inc.: Conservation Organizations Compromised By Corporate Dollars
Green Inc., a new book by Christine MacDonald, argues that the biggest conservation organizations are compromised by corporate dollars, ...

SunEdison, Xcel, Others Commit $5 million For Solar Testing

SunEdison, Xcel, Others Commit $5 million For Solar Testing
In order to accelerate the commercialization of solar power technology, six public- and private-sector entities announced that they have ...

Miller Recycles 99.9% of Packaging Waste

Miller Recycles 99.9% of Packaging Waste
The U.S. beer maker Miller has a goal of zero waste in their breweries and is currently recycling 99.9% of all packaging ...

Turbine Shortage Delays Projects

Turbine Shortage Delays Projects
Wind turbine projects in Massachusetts and elsewhere are being delayed for up to two years due to a worldwide ...

Hybrid Vehicles Driving Demand for Batteries, Smart Grid

Hybrid Vehicles Driving Demand for Batteries, Smart Grid
At Reuters Global Environment Summit, Alex Molinaroli, president of Johnson Control's Power Solutions division, said the company's hybrid battery ...

USDA, DOE Unveil Plans to Accelerate Sustainable Biofuels Development

USDA, DOE Unveil Plans to Accelerate Sustainable Biofuels Development
The U.S. Departments of Energy and Agriculture have released joint plans to accelerate the development of a sustainable ...

Office Depot Targets Eco-Conscious Consumers in Europe

Office Depot Targets Eco-Conscious Consumers in Europe
Office Depot Inc., has been touting its green initiatives to environmentally conscious consumers in the U.S. for the past ...

Sustainable Plastic Carts Save Trees, Cut CO2

Sustainable Plastic Carts Save Trees, Cut CO2
In “The Green Office Move,” David King, president of Samson Carts and CrateXpress, discusses the ecological impact of ...

Raw Materials Major Contributor to Carbon Footprints

Raw Materials Major Contributor to Carbon Footprints
Consumers are increasingly becoming aware of carbon footprints, but it may surprise many that the transportation of products represents ...

Vodafone Powers Base Stations with Wind Turbines

Vodafone Powers Base Stations with Wind Turbines
Vodafone announced it has successfully begun generating electricity for its mobile communications network. The wind micro-generating system allows the ...

Supermarkets Shifting to Greener Buildings

Supermarkets Shifting to Greener Buildings
Both Shaw's Supermarkets and Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. are making their stores greener, revealing a green commercial architecture ...

Critics Say Energy Star Standards Too Lax

Critics Say Energy Star Standards Too Lax
Consumer and environmental groups says it is often too easy for companies to qualify for the Energy Star logo. ...

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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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