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Publishing Industry Writes Sustainability Story

Publishing Industry Writes Sustainability Story
Climate change, sustainable packaging and reducing paper use were among the workshop topics the book industry's recent annual trade ...

Outdoor Industry Climbing Toward Sustainability

Outdoor Industry Climbing Toward Sustainability
Members of the Outdoor Industry Association Eco Working Group, representing over 50 brands, met recently to begin developing a framework for ...

Pike Place Market Environmental Initiatives - Part 2

Pike Place Market Environmental Initiatives - Part 2
How Pike Place Market's The Pink Door is incorporating eco-features into daily business....

Best Buy Expands Electronics Recycling

Best Buy Expands Electronics Recycling
Best Buy has launched a test of its newest electronics recycling program to in 117 U.S. stores in ...

Solar Energy, Sustainable Packaging Create Buzz At Wineries

Solar Energy, Sustainable Packaging Create Buzz At Wineries
Elbin Blatz, a winery in California's Napa Valley region, has installed a first-of-its-kind solar power array and the latest ...

Pike Place Market Serves Up Environmental Initiatives

Pike Place Market Serves Up Environmental Initiatives
AccuWeather takes a look at the green initiatives at Seattle's Pike Place Market....

First USPS Corporate VP Of Sustainability Named

First USPS Corporate VP Of Sustainability Named
The United States Postal Service appointed 33-year USPS veteran Sam Pulcrano as the agency's first corporate VP of sustainability, ...

Kraft Distribution Center Tagged As LEED-CI Gold Facility

Kraft Distribution Center Tagged As LEED-CI Gold Facility
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has recognized an 800,000-square-foot Kraft Foods distribution center near Chicago for its ...

CSR Report: Intel On Track To Reduce GHG Emissions 30% By 2010

CSR Report: Intel On Track To Reduce GHG Emissions 30% By 2010
Intel is on track to reach  its goal of reducing its total worldwide greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent per unit of ...

HP Sticks Eco Labels On Printers

HP Sticks Eco Labels On Printers
HP has launched a new program, Eco Solutions, designed to provide costumers with environmental information about HP products. The ...

Green Restaurant Association Working With PepsiCo Clients

Green Restaurant Association Working With PepsiCo Clients
PepsiCo Foodservice has partnered with the not-for-profit Green Restaurant Association to help PepsiCo customers become more environmentally sustainable. GRA will ...

Office Depot First Retailer To Pre-Certify Store Prototypes With USGBC

Office Depot First Retailer To Pre-Certify Store Prototypes With USGBC
Office Depot is the first company to achieve volume pre-certification under the pilot LEED Portfolio Program for its store ...

Pitney Bowes Making Green Strides

Pitney Bowes Making Green Strides
Over the past two years, Pitney Bowes' energy task force has been responsible for projects that have eliminated more ...

Canada Post Educates Marketers On ‘Responsible’ Direct Mail

Canada Post Educates Marketers On ‘Responsible’ Direct Mail
Already a supporter of reducing junk mail with its eco-friendly Consumer Choice option that reduces waste and clutter, Canada ...

Fast Food Packaging Target Of Dogwood Campaign

Fast Food Packaging Target Of Dogwood Campaign
Earlier this year, the Dogwood Alliance released a report -- “The 2008 Fast Food Packaging Report (PDF)” and a new website ...

Restaurants Explore Sustainability With ‘Conserve’ Initiative

Restaurants Explore Sustainability With ‘Conserve’ Initiative
This promotional video features restaurateurs discussing sustainable solutions and Conserve, the environmental initiative of the National Restaurant Association....

Starbucks Plans Renewable Energy Buy, Green Building Standards

Starbucks Plans Renewable Energy Buy, Green Building Standards
Starbucks says that by 2010 it wants 50 percent of the energy used at its stores to come from ...

Performance Track Members Reduce GHG Emissions Nearly 310,000 Tons

Performance Track Members Reduce GHG Emissions Nearly 310,000 Tons
EPA released its Sixth Annual Progress Report for the National Environmental Performance Track program, which encourages facilities ...

Recycle To Save Energy–The Sooner The Better

Recycle To Save Energy–The Sooner The Better
Recycling rates in the U.S. are low and getting lower. The U.S., by far the world's biggest consumer of aluminum ...

HP Exec On Product Takeback

HP Exec On Product Takeback
Renee St. Denis discusses how Hewlett-Packard's corporate processes and design strategies have evolved in dealing with e-waste, or outdated and discarded PCs, ...

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Industry Needs Energy Star For Servers - Now!

Industry Needs Energy Star For Servers - Now!

The other day while out shopping for Energy Star rated household appliances with my wife, I got to wondering why we ... continue »

Parse The Greens, Pass The Spectacle
Timberland’s Journey to Quarterly CSR Reporting
Peak Carbon
Consumers Understand Greenwash, So Why Can’t The Communications Industry?
MIT Report: World Can Learn From European Cap-And-Trade System

MIT Report: World Can Learn From European Cap-And-Trade System

The EU cap-and-trade system has operated well and has had little or no negative impact on the overall EU economy, according to ...

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Fewer Willing To Pay Premium For Green
EIA Projects 50% Growth In World Energy Use By 2030
Fuel Prices, Environment Drive Consideration Of Hybrids
UK Facing Higher Green Taxes

UK Facing Higher Green Taxes

Political and business leaders are warning that Britain faces a sharp rise in its tax bill to fund the country's move to ...

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Climate Change And Public Health
Commute Program Helps Juniper Employees Reduce Trips
Clean Diesel Talked Up At Mid America Trucking Show
The Bottom Line

Marketing

New Video Shows Innovations In Textile Industry

Enterprise Rent-A-Car Says Thin Clients Will Save $500,000

Parse The Greens, Pass The Spectacle

Emissions

Ericsson Solar Cell Solution Deployed In South America

MIT Report: World Can Learn From European Cap-And-Trade System

Leaving Computers On Over Holiday Weekend Costs Big Bucks

Hi-Tech

Industry Needs Energy Star For Servers - Now!

Novomer Makes Sacrificial Binder From Recycled CO2

‘Old’ IT Doesn’t Have To Mean ‘Inefficient’

Efficiency

Logan Airport Wind Energy Excursion A Success

Ball Aims To Reduce GHG 16 Percent by 2012

Branson Plans Zero Carbon Resort, Launches Eco-Consulting Group

Manufacturing

Lee Company Installs Solar Power System

Anaerobic Digestion Facility At Maker’s Mark Powers Distillery

EPA Web Site Provides Importing, Exporting Environmental Rules

Carbon Offsets/RECs

Harrah’s Pitching Carbon Offsets

Denver International Carbon Offset Program Fails To Take Off

Passengers Will Pay For New EU Airlines Emissions Rules

CSR Reports

GHG Emissions Up At Owens Corning, Energy Use Down

IBM Launches Green Consulting Service

Baxter Aims To Reduce GHG Emissions By 45% By 2015

Major Players

P&W Geared Turbofan Engine Could Help Industry Cut Emissions

Dell Power Supply First To Receive ‘80 Plus Gold’ Certification

Dow Raising Prices, Again

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