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Airlines Add Minutes To Flights, Save Millions On Fuel

Airlines Add Minutes To Flights, Save Millions On Fuel
Airlines are slowing down and saving millions on fuel, The Associated Press reports. Southwest Airlines says it will save ...

Taco Bell: Yo Quiero Energy Savings

Taco Bell: Yo Quiero Energy Savings
Taco Bell plans to install new "Grill-To-Order" cooking machines in all of their locations to reduce water and energy use and improve ...

IBM Develops Datacenter Energy Reduction Software, Strategies

IBM Develops Datacenter Energy Reduction Software, Strategies
IBM announced new energy-management software, an expansion of its energy certificates program, and an energy benchmark to help ...

Sun, UPS, Nationwide, HP Among Uptime Green IT Award Winners

Sun, UPS, Nationwide, HP Among Uptime Green IT Award Winners
The Uptime Institute, a research-based think-tank and advisor on business and technology issues related to computing and energy efficiency, ...

State Farm, Others Revamping Fleets And Business Practices To Save Money

State Farm, Others Revamping Fleets And Business Practices To Save Money
As gas prices rise, companies are driving for bigger energy savings in every corner, USAToday reports. Companies and business ...

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Verizon Uses Software, Thin Clients To Cut Energy Consumption

Verizon Uses Software, Thin Clients To Cut Energy Consumption
Over the past year, Verizon Wireless has deployed 1E WakeUp, which ensures that all PCs, whether on or off, ...

Sony Recycling Pays off

Sony Recycling Pays off
Sony is gathering the plastic shells of old Sony TVs from recycling plants, collecting excess Styrofoam from its production ...

Trane Cuts Costs With Lighting Retrofit

Trane Cuts Costs With Lighting Retrofit
Air conditioning manufacturer Trane has saved over $30,000 in energy costs with a lighting retrofit at its Vidalia, Ga., ...

P&G, Hasbro, Stew Leonard’s Among NEEP Energy Efficiency Honorees

P&G, Hasbro, Stew Leonard’s Among NEEP Energy Efficiency Honorees
Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships has announced the latest group of Northeast Business Leaders for Energy Efficiency: P&G-Gillette in Boston, Massachusetts cut energy ...

ecoEnvelopes Reusable Envelope Gets USPS Approval

ecoEnvelopes Reusable Envelope Gets USPS Approval
The US Postal Service has approved ecoEnvelopes' line of reusable envelopes, certifying that the design meets the qualifications ...

Honeywell Expands Energy-Efficiency Program for Motels

Honeywell Expands Energy-Efficiency Program for Motels
Honeywell has been awarded a $4.5 million contract extension for its energy-efficiency program Cool Control Plus, currently ...

Hobie Cat Cuts Energy Costs 20% With Lighting Retrofit

Hobie Cat Cuts Energy Costs 20% With Lighting Retrofit
Hobie Cat has completed a lighting retrofit that will save about $24,000 in annual energy costs. The Oceanside, Calif. company ...

HP To Build 1-Megawatt Solar Power System

HP To Build 1-Megawatt Solar Power System
HP will install a large-scale solar power system at its San Diego facility and buy windpower to run a number ...

Rockefeller Center Launches Major Green Initiatives

Rockefeller Center Launches Major Green Initiatives
Rockefeller Center is getting a green makeover this holiday season that includes solar panels, LED Christmas tree lights, a green roof, ...

Direct Marketer’s Recycle Bins Save $500,000 Per Year

Direct Marketer’s Recycle Bins Save $500,000 Per Year
Direct mail and marketing firm PEP-Direct says it will save approximately $500,000 a year working with International Paper Products Corp. ...

Sun, 10 Other IT Firms To Build Energy-Saving Underground Data Center

Sun, 10 Other IT Firms To Build Energy-Saving Underground Data Center
Sun Microsystems and 10 other IT firms plan to build an underground data center in Japan, Nikkei reports. It will consume ...

GE Says Metal Preparation Process Saves Roper Money, Water

GE Says Metal Preparation Process Saves Roper Money, Water
Roper Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Electric that manufactures cooking appliances, has reduced its annual water consumption by more than ...

Verizon Dips Toe Into Solar

Verizon Dips Toe Into Solar
Verizon says it's installing 140 solar panels at its central office building in Tampa Florida. The project is expected to generate ...

How Efficient Is Your Escalator?

How Efficient Is Your Escalator?
Airports are looking for ways to make escalators more energy efficient. Power Efficiency Corporation, which focuses on efficiency technologies for electric ...

Pier 1 Installs CFLs In 120 California Stores

Pier 1 Installs CFLs In 120 California Stores
PG&E's Energy Fitness Program, which analyzes a company's lighting use and replaces fixture housings, is helping some big companies make big ...

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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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