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

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 ...

Show Sustainability Sales Success to Climb Corporate Ranks

Show Sustainability Sales Success to Climb Corporate Ranks
For sustainability executives to climb the corporate ladder beyond the specter ...

Raytheon Meets Green Goals with IT Help

Raytheon Meets Green Goals with IT Help
Raytheon called upon its IT department to help the company meet its commitment ...

Sprint Tackles Data Center Improvements

Sprint Tackles Data Center Improvements
Josh Morton, Vice President of Enterprise Services for ...

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, ...

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House Narrowly Passes Climate Bill - Reaction Roundup

House Narrowly Passes Climate Bill - Reaction Roundup
The House narrowly passed landmark climate change legislation (H.R. 2454) with a ...

Sustainable Agriculture Requires Farm Modernization, Free Markets, Tech Adoption

Sustainable Agriculture Requires Farm Modernization, Free Markets, Tech Adoption
A new report focuses on the challenge of how to sustainably meet the ...

Electricity, Heat, Transportation Cause 60% of Emissions

Electricity, Heat, Transportation Cause 60% of Emissions
Electricity and heat generation results in 32.4 percent of all greenhouse gases emitted in the United States, according to a new climate ...

The Netherlands Ponders Floating City Architecture

The Netherlands Ponders Floating City Architecture
The Netherlands, which for years has fought the encroaching ocean, is now ...

IP Says Paper is Greener than Computers

IP Says Paper is Greener than Computers
International Paper has added a new brochure to its Down ...

Food Industry Serves Up Best Practices for Sustainability

Food Industry Serves Up Best Practices for Sustainability
The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and Restaurant Associates (RA), a New ...

Energy - It Just Doesn’t Add Up

Energy - It Just Doesn’t Add Up
I'm close to turning 50 years old and I'm having energy déjà vu. ...

Timberland Designs First Recyclable Footwear

Timberland Designs First Recyclable Footwear
The Timberland Company has launched its latest green product innovation, the ...

IBM’s Green Sigma Coalition Lines Up Industry Leaders

IBM’s Green Sigma Coalition Lines Up Industry Leaders
IBM has announced the formation of the Green Sigma Coalition at its ...

McDonald’s Europe Promotes Sustainable Farming

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

LOHAS Forum Attracts Fortune 500 Companies

LOHAS Forum Attracts Fortune 500 Companies
The annual Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability (LOHAS) Forum, which at one time targeted ...

For Aviation, LEDs Pop Up on Wingtips, Landing Strips

For Aviation, LEDs Pop Up on Wingtips, Landing Strips
Up to 5,000 new Airbus A320 aircraft will be equipped with more efficient ...

Compostable Cutlery Provides Offices A Sustainable Breakroom Option

Compostable Cutlery Provides Offices A Sustainable Breakroom Option
Vegware, a biodegradable cutlery and tableware manufacturer, has selected Innovia Films' biodegradable and ...

Baxter Cuts GHG Emissions by 21%

Baxter Cuts GHG Emissions by 21%
Baxter International Inc. outlines its sustainability priorities and progress in greenhouse gas emission (GHG) ...

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

Biomass-to-Electricity Projects Gain Steam in California, the UK
Already entrenched in some European nations like Germany, power plants that convert organic ...
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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Carbon Management IS Information Management

Carbon Management IS Information Management

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

The Hope Behind The Holes In The Climate Bill
Energy Costs Rising, Regulations Imminent - Are You Ready?
Energy - It Just Doesn’t Add Up
FTC on Greenwashing: Is That All There Is?
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%

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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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