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Telefonica Gets Largest Building-Based Solar Power Plant In Europe

Telefonica Gets Largest Building-Based Solar Power Plant In Europe
Spain-based Telefonica's new office complex in Madrid is expected to have the largest European solar power plant on a building, UPI ...

Pearl Brewery Site To Get Largest Solar Power System In Texas

Pearl Brewery Site To Get Largest Solar Power System In Texas
A warehouse renovation project set for the historic Pearl Brewery site in San Antonio will also be a “learning laboratory” for “green” building ...

Macy’s Installs Solar Power In 26 Stores

Macy’s Installs Solar Power In 26 Stores
Macy’s says it will install solar power systems and significantly reduce energy consumption in 26 stores throughout California. The company is ...

The Vatican Goes Green

The Vatican Goes Green
The Vatican will start using some solar energy, Forbes reports. The roof of the Paul VI , 6,300-seat auditorium will be redone next ...

Top 10 Greenest Companies In The World

Top 10 Greenest Companies In The World
The Independent, along with Ethical Investment Research Services, has put together a guide to the greenest companies in ...

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Nike Plans To Be Carbon Neutral By 2011

Nike Plans To Be Carbon Neutral By 2011
Nike released its fiscal 2005 and 2006 Corporate Responsibility Report today. The company says it has exceeded its ...

NBC Universal Gets Large Dose Of Ecomagination

NBC Universal Gets Large Dose Of Ecomagination
NBC Universal has launched “Get On Board,” a program to reduce greenhouse gases and raise awareness. It's all part of ...

Banks, Energy Efficiency Companies Join Clinton’s $5 Billion Green Cities Program

Banks, Energy Efficiency Companies Join Clinton’s $5 Billion Green Cities Program
Fifteen cities around the world will renovate city-owned buildings with green technology under a program spearheaded by former President Clinton's foundation, ...

Exelon Reduces Electricity Use 43%

Exelon Reduces Electricity Use 43%
Chicago utility Exelon Corp. consolidated its downtown Chicago locations into one suburban location and modernized existing space to conform to U.S. Green Building ...

Matsushita Seeks Credits By Cutting Energy Use at 60 Factories in China

Matsushita Seeks Credits By Cutting Energy Use at 60 Factories in China
Japanese companies have so far gained emissions credits in China and other Asian countries, about 161 such projects approved so far, by helping ...

Wal-Mart To Install Solar Power Systems At 22 Stores

Wal-Mart To Install Solar Power Systems At 22 Stores
Wal-Mart is purchasing as much as 20 million kWh of solar power, from BP Solar, SunEdison LLC, and PowerLight, ...

IHG To Replace Incandescents With CFLs

IHG To Replace Incandescents With CFLs
The Americas Operations division of IHG, the world's largest hotel group by number of rooms, will replace over 250,000 incandescent light ...

Recent RFPs

Recent RFPs
April 2007 (via CEEP)  Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate U.S. & China Clean Water and Clean Energy  ...

AIG, Ben & Jerry’s, Citigroup, Alcoa, Intel, Timberland, Toyota and HP to Debate Climate Change Strategies

AIG, Ben & Jerry’s, Citigroup, Alcoa, Intel, Timberland, Toyota and HP to Debate Climate Change Strategies
Environmental Leader is pleased to be a supporting partner of Ethical Corporation's Climate Change Strategies and Environmental Communication conference: With CEO after CEO ...

Corporate America Nears Green Tipping Point

Corporate America Nears Green Tipping Point
Profitability of America’s corporations will be closely tied to proactive sustainability practices and Green Building principles, according to findings from a new ...

Fed Partnership Cuts Manufacturers Energy Consumption

Fed Partnership Cuts Manufacturers Energy Consumption
The U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute for Science and Technology have created a partnership to ...

Northern Trust Saves Energy with VFDs

Northern Trust Saves Energy with VFDs
A project Honeywell completed at Northern Trust's Chicago headquarters that involved installing more than 40 varibale frequency drives onto air-handling motors in the building ...

Hotels in PG&E Service Territory Get Free Energy Efficiency Upgrades

Hotels in PG&E Service Territory Get Free Energy Efficiency Upgrades
Honeywell has won a $4.7 million contract from Pacific Gas & Electric to implement an energy-efficiency program in small hotels and ...

EU Leaders Agree: 20% Green Power by 2020

EU Leaders Agree: 20% Green Power by 2020
EU leaders agreed Friday that a fifth of the bloc's energy will come from green power sources by 2020, AP reports. ...

Freight Companies Work to Limit Idling

Freight Companies Work to Limit Idling
According to the Department of Energy, long-haul trucks idle 500 to 3,500 hours a year, consuming up to a billion gallons of diesel ...

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Business and the Environment: The Challenge of Change

Business and the Environment: The Challenge of Change

Imagine it's 100 years ago. 1908. You're starting an ice cream business. You plan to illuminate your new factory with gas lamps; ... continue »

The View from World Water Week 2008
Portugal Points The Way For Renewable Energy Adoption
Raw Sourcing: Glass, Plastic or Aluminum?
Environmental Supply Chain Planning – Expanding Accountability
Older Demographics Biggest Users of Green Products

Older Demographics Biggest Users of Green Products

Consumers over 55 years old are the most prolific users of green products in the U.S., according to a survey by ...

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Energy Efficiency, Green Issues Not Driving Companies To New Offices
Valuing Green: Budgeting for Economic Sustainability
News and Websites Most Successful for CSR Communications
Ray Anderson On Sustainability At Interface

Ray Anderson On Sustainability At Interface

An interview with Ray Anderson, Founder of Interface, Inc. This interview was conducted at the 2008 Sustainable Operations Summit on May 19th ...

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Greenpeace Targets Logging Ships
Kyocera Mita UK Discusses Sustainability Efforts
Wal-Mart Exec Discusses Sustainability Initiatives
The Bottom Line

Marketing

Older Demographics Biggest Users of Green Products

Google, IBM, Nike Make List Of Businesses Bettering The Planet

The Planet Saves Big With Lights-Out Program

Emissions

UCSD Installs Solar Trees

RGGI’s Greenhouse Auction Could See Low Demand

Airlines Tout CO2 Emissions Reductions

Hi-Tech

Software Industry Making Headway On Sustainability

Putting More Green Into IT

Forrester: Establish ‘Green Baseline’ Now

Efficiency

Business and the Environment: The Challenge of Change

Ray Anderson On Sustainability At Interface

Green Buildings Gaining Steam, Albeit Slowly

Manufacturing

Time For U.S. Manufacturing To Consider Energy Efficiency

HP Thinks Outside The Box, Sells Notebooks In Messenger Bags

ExxonMobil Says New Tire Material Increases Fuel Efficiency

Carbon Offsets/RECs

Kansas Aircraft-Makers Make Plans To Reduce Carbon Footprints

Naperville Shopping Development 100% Covered by Wind RECs

Tacoma Power Buys $15M in RECs

CSR Reports

Campbell’s New VP of CSR: David Stangis

UPS Energy Consumption Per Package Increases

Coke Rolled Out ‘Green’ Coolers At Olympics

Major Players

Synthetic Genomics Tops List Of Greentech Winners

Caterpillar Expands Remanufacturing Offerings with New Facility

Corporations Face New Definition of ‘Compliance’

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