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Vinyl Roofing Industry Makes Recycling a Priority

Vinyl Roofing Industry Makes Recycling a Priority
The Vinyl Roofing Division of the Chemical Fabrics & Film Association announced it has initiated a feasibility study to ...

Office Depot Offers Tech Trade-In Program

Office Depot Offers Tech Trade-In Program
Office Depot announced it is launching the Office Depot Tech Trade-In program. The program is partnering with N.E.W. ...

Consumers Interested in Corporate Social Responsibility Specifics

Consumers Interested in Corporate Social Responsibility Specifics
A growing number of consumers are interested in the complete eco-lifecycle of products - including where products originate and end up at ...

CHEP Discusses Sustainability

CHEP Discusses Sustainability
CHEP was recently featured in an episode of Sustainable Planet’s Eye on the Environment series....

Half of GM’s Manufacturing Plants to be Landfill-Free by 2010

Half of GM’s Manufacturing Plants to be Landfill-Free by 2010
General Motors announced  it is planning to make half of its major global manufacturing operations landfill-free by the ...

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Caterpillar Expands Remanufacturing Offerings with New Facility

Caterpillar Expands Remanufacturing Offerings with New Facility
Caterpillar announced it will open a new remanufacturing facility in Singapore, which will serve as the regional source ...

HP Thinks Outside The Box, Sells Notebooks In Messenger Bags

HP Thinks Outside The Box, Sells Notebooks In Messenger Bags
HP has redesigned the packaging of the HP Pavilion dv6929 by replacing conventional shipping materials and boxes with the ...

Danjim’s New Shirt Bag: Water Soluble

Danjim’s New Shirt Bag: Water Soluble
Danjim Marketing has come out with a shirt bag made from polyvinyl alcohol that dissolves in hot or cold water, Packagingnews.co.uk ...

UPS Energy Consumption Per Package Increases

UPS Energy Consumption Per Package Increases
In UPS' latest corporate sustainability report (PDF), the company says it has reduced CO2 emissions by 32,000 metric ...

Burnes’ Aims to Cut Waste 25% in 3 Years

Burnes’ Aims to Cut Waste 25% in 3 Years
As part of Burnes Home Accents' Eco-Design strategy, the company is introducing a collection of reclaimed wood and ...

Microsoft Recycling Program Halves Redmond HQ’s Waste

Microsoft Recycling Program Halves Redmond HQ’s Waste
Microsoft announced that its new recycling program is helping to cut its Redmond headquarters' waste in half. The initiatives ...

Samsung Criticized for Lack of Recycling Programs

Samsung Criticized for Lack of Recycling Programs
The Electronics TakeBack Coalition has launched a marketing campaign attacking Samsung for not taking environmental responsibility to recycle ...

Speedo Saves With Sustainable Packaging

Speedo Saves With Sustainable Packaging
Speedo announced its goggles will be packaged in sustainable cardboard, Packagingnews.co.uk reports. The new packaging is 100 percent recyclable ...

In UK, Exporting Recovered Plastic Bottles, Paper To China Cuts Emissions

In UK, Exporting Recovered Plastic Bottles, Paper To China Cuts Emissions
A study (PDF) published by Government-funded organization WRAP reveals that exporting recovered plastic bottles and paper to China ...

Wood Key Cards To Debut During DNC

Wood Key Cards To Debut During DNC
Sustainable Cards, producer of wood hotel key cards, says their cards will debut in Denver hotels during the Democratic National Convention. Sustainable ...

ConAgra Cuts 8 Million Pounds of Plastic Waste

ConAgra Cuts 8 Million Pounds of Plastic Waste
ConAgra Foods announced this week that it is incorporating between 30 to 40 percent post-consumer recycled plastic in ...

More Consumers ‘Precycling’

More Consumers ‘Precycling’
A new trend called “precycling” is growing among eco-conscious consumers, according to the Intelligence Group, Brandweek.com reports. With increase ...

Bangladesh Turns Plastic Bottles Into Export Industry

Bangladesh Turns Plastic Bottles Into Export Industry
Bangladeshis are making a living from recycling plastic bottles, turning it into an export industry for South Asian nations, Reuters reports. Bangladesh exports ...

Campbell’s Cuts 1.5 Million Gallons of Water Per Day

Campbell’s Cuts 1.5 Million Gallons of Water Per Day
In Campbell's latest corporate sustainability report (PDF) the company says it has reduced water consumption by 1.5 million ...

IBM Plans to Build Energy Efficient, Adaptive Data Center

IBM Plans to Build Energy Efficient, Adaptive Data Center
IBM announced plans to build a $360 million data center by renovating an existing building at its facility in Research Triangle ...

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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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