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Green Seal Adds First U.S. Standard for Personal Care Products

Green Seal Adds First U.S. Standard for Personal Care Products

To help consumers sort out sometimes false and misleading environmental claims, Green ...

REI, Founding Farmers, North Face Win A.R.E. Sustainability Awards

REI, Founding Farmers and The North Face are the inaugural winners of the Association for Retail Environments' (A.R.E) Sustainability Awards launched at ...

Australia Joins Carbon Reduction Label Scheme

Australia is joining the UK in using the Carbon Trust's Carbon Reduction Label, ...

T-Mobile Launches Green Coupon Application

T-Mobile Launches Green Coupon Application

T-Mobile, USA, Inc. has unveiled a mobile application that offers discounts on ...

Which? Says M&S Tops List of Worst UK Supermarket for Packaging

Which? Says M&S Tops List of Worst UK Supermarket for Packaging

Despite running a high-profile environmental campaign over the past two years, Marks ...

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CUTTING COMPLIANCE COSTS-CAN YOU AFFORD NOT TO?

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ENTERPRISE EHS COMPLIANCE SOLUTION

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Molson Coors Cuts CO2 Emissions by 12%

Molson Coors Cuts CO2 Emissions by 12%

Molson Coors Brewing Company has released its 2008 online corporate responsibility report, ...

Food Industry Serves Up Best Practices for Sustainability

The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and Restaurant Associates (RA), a New ...

Sainsbury’s Ditches Cereal Box

Sainsbury's is the first supermarket chain to eliminate cardboard cereal boxes from ...

New Asda Store Emits Half the Carbon of Typical Stores

A new Asda Supermarket location in Liverpool emits 50 percent as much carbon ...

McDonald’s Europe Promotes Sustainable Farming

McDonald's Europe has launched its Flagship Farms initiative, aimed at promoting and sharing the ...

Biomass-to-Electricity Projects Gain Steam in California, the UK

Already entrenched in some European nations like Germany, power plants that convert organic ...

Sunglass Maker Costa Del Mar to Offset 100% of Electricity Use

Costa Del Mar has partnered with Renewable Choice Energy to offset 100 ...

Cars Driving Through Sainsbury’s Parking Lot Generate Power

A pilot parking lot project by UK retailer Sainsbury's generates electricity when ...

Wal-Mart Expands Sustainable Packaging Scorecard in Mexico

Wal-Mart announced plans to expand its Sustainable Packaging Scorecard in Mexico, reports GreenerPackage.com. Wal-Mart ...

Survey: Food Cos Should Focus On Green Packaging, Not Taste

Twenty-one percent of North American consumers surveyed by Ipsos Marketing say food ...

FTC Cites Kmart, Tender, Dyna-E for False Green Claims

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has charged Kmart Corp., Tender Corp., and ...

Top UN Environmental Official: Ban Plastic Bags

Plastic bags, which choke marine life, should be banned or phased out rapidly, ...

Marks & Spencer Switches to Recycled Salad Boxes

Through a partnership with Closed Loop, a British recycling firm, retailer Marks & ...

Wal-Mart Reduces Carbon Emissions/$1M Sold to 53 Tons

[Editors note: A previous headline mischaracterized Wal-Mart's global emissions based on erroneous information ...

Stonyfield Targets Cow Burps for Emissions Reductions

Organic dairy Stonyfield Farm has found a way to reduce methane emissions ...

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Consumers Prefer ‘100% Natural’ Label Over ‘Organic’

Consumers Prefer ‘100% Natural’ Label Over ‘Organic’

In a study of consumer opinions of marketing claims, survey respondents identified most ...

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WWF Ranks US 7th Among G8 on Climate Scorecard

Growth of Global Carbon Emissions Cut in Half

Electricity, Heat, Transportation Cause 60% of Emissions

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More Green Products and Services Available for Office Landscaping

SAB Miller Targets 25% Reduction in Water Used in Brewing

Cisco Wants to Transform Energy Demand and Use with Smart Buildings

Fuel Cell Systems to Power 30% of Coca-Cola NY Facility

Energy Star Homes Save $250M on Utility Bills in 2008

Consumers Prefer ‘100% Natural’ Label Over ‘Organic’

Black & Veatch HQ to Showcase Sustainability

Green Seal Adds First U.S. Standard for Personal Care Products

Electronics Firms Face Off Against Mandated Recycling Programs

REI, Founding Farmers, North Face Win A.R.E. Sustainability Awards

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Carbon Management IS Information Management

Carbon Management IS Information Management

Jon Z. Bentley
IBM Global Business Services

For most organizations today, sophisticated carbon management is simply not possible. At best, ... continue »

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Shaklee Discusses its Green Strategies

Shaklee Discusses its Green Strategies

Shaklee Corp. was recognized recently ...

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Sprint Tackles Data Center Improvements

Building a Bridge from Recycled Plastics

The Netherlands Ponders Floating City Architecture

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Marketing

Consumers Prefer ‘100% Natural’ Label Over ‘Organic’

Green Seal Adds First U.S. Standard for Personal Care Products

Show Sustainability Sales Success to Climb Corporate Ranks

Emissions

Cisco Wants to Transform Energy Demand and Use with Smart Buildings

Sony Europe Goes to 100% Renewable Energy

EPA Approves California Emissions Waiver

Hi-Tech

Sony Ericsson Joins Nokia, Samsung as ‘Greener’ Electronics Makers

Online Calculator Gauges IT Data Center Costs and Carbon Footprint

Microsoft Reduces Windows 7 Packaging

Efficiency

Black & Veatch HQ to Showcase Sustainability

Raytheon Meets Green Goals with IT Help

Yahoo! Dropping Carbon Offsets for Greener Data Centers

Manufacturing

Electronics Firms Face Off Against Mandated Recycling Programs

Leading Mobile Phone Makers Agree to Develop Universal Charger

Panasonic Cuts Manufacturing Emissions With Simulation Tech

Carbon Offsets/RECs

Sustainable Agriculture Requires Farm Modernization, Free Markets, Tech Adoption

Audi Promotes Clean Diesel via Facebook, Carbon Offsets

CBO: Cap-And-Trade to Cost $175 Per Household

CSR Reports

SAB Miller Targets 25% Reduction in Water Used in Brewing

Molson Coors Cuts CO2 Emissions by 12%

Successful Design in CSR Reporting, Part 2

Major Players

Fuel Cell Systems to Power 30% of Coca-Cola NY Facility

Australia Joins Carbon Reduction Label Scheme

CSX to Cut CO2 Emissions by 8%

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