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Sainsbury Saves At Checkout With Two-Sided Receipt Printers

Sainsbury Saves At Checkout With Two-Sided Receipt Printers
UK food retailer Sainsbury's has won the European Retail Solutions Best Green IT Initiative Award 2008 for using simultaneous ...

Marriott Introduces Eco-Friendly Meeting Products

Marriott Introduces Eco-Friendly Meeting Products
Marriott hotel is introducing a series of eco-friendly meeting products to help reduce environmental impact of the company and its guests, such ...

Tesco Powers Distribution Center On Straw

Tesco Powers Distribution Center On Straw
Tesco will meet the electricity and heating needs of its Goole Distribution Center with a straw-powered Combined Heat and Power plant, which ...

The Greening of Retail: Lowering Costs and Raising Customer Loyalty

The Greening of Retail: Lowering Costs and Raising Customer Loyalty
Forthcoming Aberdeen research on green initiatives in the retail sector reveals that retailers worldwide are leveraging sustainability initiatives to drive down costs ...

Hardee’s Lighting Retrofit Reduces Energy Consumption

Hardee’s Lighting Retrofit Reduces Energy Consumption
Hardee's, a subsidiary of CKE Restaurants Inc., recently began a lighting retrofit in over 300 of its restaurants. Working with Regency ...

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Wal-Mart Joins WWF to Combat Illegal Logging

Wal-Mart Joins WWF to Combat Illegal Logging
Wal-Mart Stores has become a member of the Global Forest & Trade Network, a WWF initiative to combat ...

Office Depot Opens LEED Pre-Certified Store

Office Depot Opens LEED Pre-Certified Store
Office Depot has opened its first "Green" store in Austin, TX. The store, pre-certified to LEED standards by the ...

Branson Plans Zero Carbon Resort, Launches Eco-Consulting Group

Branson Plans Zero Carbon Resort, Launches Eco-Consulting Group
Richard Branson plans to turn his Mosquito Island in the British Virgin Islands into the most environmentally-friendly resort in ...

Wal-Mart’s New Milk Jug Cuts Costs, Customers Cry Over Spilt Milk

Wal-Mart’s New Milk Jug Cuts Costs, Customers Cry Over Spilt Milk
Some customers are crying over what Wal-Mart excitedly describes as "a square shaped gallon that represents a packaging change ...

Home Depot Says It Will Save $16 Million By Switching To CFLs

Home Depot Says It Will Save $16 Million By Switching To CFLs
Home Depot has announced (PDF) a free in-store, consumer CFL bulb recycling program at all of its 1,973 ...

Collaboration Cuts Transportation Emissions, Saves Dough

Collaboration Cuts Transportation Emissions, Saves Dough
Thirty-seven of the UK's largest food and drink companies, including Coca Cola, Coors, Northern Foods, Heinz and Asda, have ...

Small Businesses Reducing Energy Costs

Small Businesses Reducing Energy Costs
With electricity rates rising, small businesses are increasingly looking for ways to lower their energy costs, the Wall ...

More EU Grocers Introducing Carbon Labels

More EU Grocers Introducing Carbon Labels
More European supermarket chains are moving towards carbon labels, following the lead of Tesco, which introduced a carbon ...

Shades of Green for Everyone – The Effects of Premium Green and Sustainable Style

Shades of Green for Everyone – The Effects of Premium Green and Sustainable Style
According to the latest edition of NMI's LOHAS Consumer Trends Report, many consumers' purchasing patterns are affected by the phenomenon of trading ...

Food Retailers Advised To Hang On To Sustainability During Hard Times

Food Retailers Advised To Hang On To Sustainability During Hard Times
While some companies might be tempted to ease up on their sustainability efforts in less than favorable economic times, ...

Marks & Spencer Sets 2012 Carbon Neutral Goal

Marks & Spencer Sets 2012 Carbon Neutral Goal
Marks & Spencer, which recently announced the opening of its first ‘eco-factory' designed to be carbon neutral, has announced ...

Method’s Brand Architect Discusses Sustainability Initiatives

Method’s Brand Architect Discusses Sustainability Initiatives
Eric Ryan, Brand Architect of Method, an eco-friendly home products company, talks to Geoff Beattie of Cohn & Wolfe at the recent ...

Hilton Sets Target Of 20% CO2 Reduction By 2014

Hilton Sets Target Of 20% CO2 Reduction By 2014
Hilton Hotels has announced sustainability targets it aims to reach by 2014. They include: Reducing energy consumption from direct operations ...

Green Consumers Favor Warehouse Clubs

Green Consumers Favor Warehouse Clubs
LOHAS and CONVENTIONAL consumers (a segment of the population driven to environmental sustainability by traditional means such as cost savings) spend more ...

JCPenney Releases First CSR Report

JCPenney Releases First CSR Report
During the first year of a four-year energy awareness campaign, JCPenney says it saved enough energy to fuel 55 ...

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Greening the Apparel Supply Chain: Tapping the Power of Collective Leverage

Greening the Apparel Supply Chain: Tapping the Power of Collective Leverage

True or false? “Until corporate environmental best practices are considered as confidential as other company IP, they are clearly not driving competitive ... continue »

Sustainability and its Impact on Brand Value
The Advertising Industry, Sustainability and the Bottom Line
Thoroughly Modernized Milton And Corporate Social Responsibility
Bet On Oregon’s Clean Future
Google Says Its Data Centers Most Efficient

Google Says Its Data Centers Most Efficient

Google-designed data centers are the most efficient in the world, according to a post on the company's blog by Urs Hölzle, ...

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Fast-Moving Eco-Friendly Consumer Goods Appeal to Many
Environmental Friendliness Not Driving PC Sales
CEOs Leading Champions Of Corporate Green Initiatives
Credit Crunch Could Hurt Mitsubishi’s Eco-Car Push

Credit Crunch Could Hurt Mitsubishi’s Eco-Car Push

Mitsubishi Motors came back from bailout in part by pushing eco-cars, Reuters reports. But the global credit crunch is testing the traction ...

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What’s The Price Tag For A Carbon Neutral U.S. Economy?
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Vinod Khosla On The Need For Clean Tech To Deliver Real Results
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Marketing

Critics Say Energy Star Standards Too Lax

Fast-Moving Eco-Friendly Consumer Goods Appeal to Many

Environmental Friendliness Not Driving PC Sales

Emissions

Supermarkets Shifting to Greener Buildings

Porsche, GM/Chevrolet Win Le Mans Series’ Green Challenge

Sprint Sets Goal Of Cutting GHG Emissions 15%

Hi-Tech

Google Says Its Data Centers Most Efficient

European Data Centers Face Energy Crisis

Green IT Brings Small Businesses Cost Savings

Efficiency

Goodrich’s Tullahoma Facility Cuts Environmental Impact

Google Unveils $4.4 Trillion Clean Energy Plan

CNE Launches Service To Help Companies Manage GHG Emissions

Manufacturing

Greening the Apparel Supply Chain: Tapping the Power of Collective Leverage

ARC Offers Sustainability Strategies for Manufacturers

Sanyo’s Solar Ark: Company Shift or PR Stunt?

Carbon Offsets/RECs

Expert Advice on Making Businesses Carbon Neutral

CDM Applicants Alter Documents To Prove ‘Additionality’

What’s The Price Tag For A Carbon Neutral U.S. Economy?

CSR Reports

Autodesk HQ Cuts Emissions with Lighting Upgrades

Staples Saved Over 540,000 Gallons of Diesel in 2007

Honda Reduces 700 kg of CO2 Emissions Per Vehicle Produced

Major Players

FedEx Hybrid Truck Plan Hits Speed Bump

USPS Launches Year-long Energy Conservation Campaign

AT&T Installing 1 Megawatt Solar System

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