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Green Seal’s New Program Recognizes Leading Eco-Friendly Firms

Green Seal’s New Program Recognizes Leading Eco-Friendly Firms
Green Seal, a 20-year-old organization that awards its Green Seal of approval to environmentally responsible products and services, announced ...

Bolthouse Farms Completes Solar Installation

Bolthouse Farms Completes Solar Installation
Wm. Bolthouse Farms Inc. announced the completion of a 1.9 megawatt solar power system installed at the company’s ...

Sysco Introduces New Logo and Tagline, Touts ‘Greeness’

Sysco Introduces New Logo and Tagline, Touts ‘Greeness’
Sysco Corp. recently introduced a new logo and tagline, "Good things come from Sysco." The new logo replaces ...

Busch Entertainment Launches New Sustainability Initiatives

Busch Entertainment Launches New Sustainability Initiatives
Busch Entertainment Corp. owner of SeaWorld and Busch Garderns, announced new sustainability initiatives. The company says that all seafood ...

UK Launches Carbon Footprint Standard

UK Launches Carbon Footprint Standard
BSI British Standards, the Carbon Trust and Defra have launched a new standard to help businesses assess the ...

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AT&T Expects To Save 135 M kWh Electricity With 1E Software

AT&T Expects To Save 135 M kWh Electricity With 1E Software
AT&T is launching 1E's NightWatchman PC power management solution on 310,000 desktop computers across its domestic operations to ...

LEED CI ‘Highly Achievable’ For Most Tenants

LEED CI ‘Highly Achievable’ For Most Tenants
Video from ZDNet covering the idea of green leases and LEED for Commercial Interiors which cover tenant premises rather than buildings....

Coke Extends WWF Partnership, Announces New Targets

Coke Extends WWF Partnership, Announces New Targets
The Coca-Cola Company partnered with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) last year and gave the fund $20 million ...

Will Oil Price Decline Affect Green Movement?

Will Oil Price Decline Affect Green Movement?
As the price of oil drops below $70 a barrel from its peak around $140 in July, American energy ...

Sun Cuts GHG Emissions 20%, 4 Years Ahead of Schedule

Sun Cuts GHG Emissions 20%, 4 Years Ahead of Schedule
Sun Microsystems has released its 2008 Corporate Social Responsibility Report. The company reported that it had met its ...

Marketers: Lack of Awareness, Cost Impede Green Marketing

Marketers: Lack of Awareness, Cost Impede Green Marketing
According to a survey of marketing managers at Eloqua's user conference, a lack of awareness and costs are the ...

Nike Debuts Latest Nike Considered Design Products

Nike Debuts Latest Nike Considered Design Products
Nike debuted its latest products from Nike Considered Design. Nike's goal with the line is to to create ...

Criticized Companies Named Leaders In CSR Reporting

Criticized Companies Named Leaders In CSR Reporting
This Friday, Salter Baxter will publish its eighth annual study of corporate social responsibility. The study assesses the 50 ...

Hollander Aims For Zero Waste Manufacturing Operations By 2010

Hollander Aims For Zero Waste Manufacturing Operations By 2010
Hollander Home Fashions committed to a zero-waste goal for its manufacturing operations by 2010, saying it's the first ...

Water Footprint Network Launched

Water Footprint Network Launched
Seven global groups have joined forces to set up the Water Footprint Network, with the aim of working ...

Military Efficiency Projects Of Note

Military Efficiency Projects Of Note
Marine Corps Air Station Miramar (MCAS), Calif., earned a Presidential Leadership Award for federal energy and water management, Navy ...

New Car CO2 Emissions Down 5% From Last Year

New Car CO2 Emissions Down 5% From Last Year
According to new research by Clean Green Cars, all but two automakers have cut their average CO2 emissions ...

Campuses Miss Deadlines On Road To Going Carbon Neutral

Campuses Miss Deadlines On Road To Going Carbon Neutral
Some 580 college presidents have pledged that their colleges and universities will become carbon-neutral, but many are finding ...

Cisco, ING, Kohl’s Among Corporate Green Power Award Winners

Cisco, ING, Kohl’s Among Corporate Green Power Award Winners
The EPA's Green Power Partnership announced the winners for its three leadership award categories: Green Power Partner of ...

Smithfield Foods Nabs McDonald’s Sustainable Supplier Award

Smithfield Foods Nabs McDonald’s Sustainable Supplier Award
McDonald's USA recently recognized Smithfield Foods, a pork supplier for the McDonald's system, with the company's first-ever ...

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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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