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Napa Wines Delivered by Hybrid Vehicles

Napa Wines Delivered by Hybrid Vehicles
VinLux Fine Wine Transport will begin using two new Peterbilt hybrids to deliver wines from its Napa warehouse to ...

Wal-Mart Facing Tough Green Questions

Wal-Mart Facing Tough Green Questions
Wal-Mart has been taking strides to green its brand, installing solar panels on its roof tops, reshaping ...

JC Penney Installing Solar Panels, Wind Turbines

JC Penney Installing Solar Panels, Wind Turbines
JC Penney is planning solar and wind power projects that will supply electricity to 10 stores and one ...

Retailers Eye Sun for Energy Savings

Retailers Eye Sun for Energy Savings
Wal-Mart Stores, Kohl's, Safeway and Macy's have already installed solar panels on roofs of their ...

NewPage Cuts Energy Use with Lighting Retrofit

NewPage Cuts Energy Use with Lighting Retrofit
In late 2006, NewPage Corp. installed a high-efficiency, high intensity fluorescent system to replace the older system in its ...

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Yucca Valley Sued Over Wal-Mart Environmental Impact

Yucca Valley Sued Over Wal-Mart Environmental Impact
The Center for Biological Diversity and a consortium of groups in the Morongo Basin have each filed a lawsuit ...

Kohl’s Earns Energy Star Label at 50 Stores

Kohl’s Earns Energy Star Label at 50 Stores
Kohl's announced it has earned the Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star label at seven stores in Colorado, 14 in Illinois, eight ...

Commercial Composting Takes Root In Portland

Commercial Composting Takes Root In Portland
A Portland restaurant discusses its participation in a city-wide program, recycling its food waste into reusable garden compost. The owner explains why....

Oorja Powers Forklift With Methanol Fuel Cell

Oorja Powers Forklift With Methanol Fuel Cell
CNET News.com reports on Oorja Protonics which has built a methanol fuel cell for powering forklifts....

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 ...

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 ...

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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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