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Slower Trucks Could Save 31.5M Tons Of CO2 Emissions

The American Trucking Associations has launched the first-ever industry-wide environmental sustainability program under the banner Trucks Deliver a ...

EBay Tops List Of Largest Solar Installations In San Jose

Energy efficiency was the winning bidder in the construction of the first new building eBay has built in its ...

eCommerce Goes Green

B2B and B2C online sellers are increasingly adopting environmentally friendly business practices, according to research (download here) from Online Market World. The ...

IBM, GSK, Herman Miller See Healthy ROI From Green Purchasing

IBM, GlaxoSmithKline and Herman Miller have found a positive return-on-investment for environmentally friendly purchasing, purchasing.com reports. IBM takes ...

NAM, ACCF: Lieberman-Warner Bill Will Cost U.S. Big

The conclusions of a report released in March and conducted by the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) and ...

HP Partners With Calif. On Print Cartridge Recycling

HP and the State of California have teamed up to create a recycling tracking program for HP printing cartridges....

US Airlines Could Face $9 Billion Carbon Bill In 2020

Proposed U.S. emission-trading legislation could leave airlines with a $9 billion annual bill in carbon costs, FlightGlobal.com reports. Should ...

Blue Sun First Energy Co. Headquartered In LEED Platinum Building

Blue Sun Biodiesel is the first energy company headquartered in a LEED Platinum certified office building, of which there are 26 in ...

Nau Calls It Quits, WebFront Experiment Bombs

Sustainable clothier Nau Inc. has closed shop, The Oregonian reports. The company says it couldn't raise the funds ...

Philadelphia Phillies ‘Green Power’ Champs Of National League

The Philadelphia Phillies have purchased 20 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) to serve the ball club's 43,500-seat Citizens Bank Park, ...

Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps Sues Major Brands Over ‘Organic’

The family owned Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps has filed a lawsuit in California Superior Court against a number ...

KKR Partners With EDF On ‘Green Portfolio’ Project

Private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Company and Environmental Defense Fund announced a new partnership to help ...

Target’s New Eco-Apparel Line To Debut at Barneys

Target Corp. is introducing its first line of eco-friendly apparel at luxury retailer Barneys New York, the Wall ...

Wal-Mart Weighs In On Packaging At FTC ‘Green Guides’ Workshop

Reducing the weight of Honest Kids organic juice drink pouch bulk packs sold at Wal-Mart is one of the ...

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 ...

WaMu Switches 1M Accounts From Paper To E-Statements

Through its year-long "Make A Statement, Plant A Tree" campaign, Washington Mutual Inc. has raised $1 million for ...

Clear Channel Sets Up SmartBike Bicycle Sharing In DC

Beginning next month, SmartBike DC will make 120 bicycles available for rent at 10 spots in central locations ...

Sony Pictures Chooses 365 Main’s Renewable Energy Program

Sony Pictures Entertainment has become the first customer of data center operator 365 Main to sign up for ...

AEP Corporate Sustainability Report Outlines Challenges, Performance

American Electric Power Co. has a plan to reduce and offset its greenhouse gas emissions. Demonstrating and deploying ...

Enterprise Launches $1M Carbon Offset Initiative

Enterprise Fleet Management, a division of Enterprise Rent-A-Car, launched an environmental initiative designed to help its customers reduce greenhouse ...

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Using Green IT To Get Out Of The Red And Into The Black

Ford Racks Up Another Environmental First

Slower Trucks Could Save 31.5M Tons Of CO2 Emissions

Adam Werbach’s Answer To Consumerism’s Global Warming Blues

EBay Tops List Of Largest Solar Installations In San Jose

Brazilian, Indian Companies Dominate GRI Reporting Awards

CSR: Chevron To Invest $2.5B in Alternative, Renewable Energy Tech

China’s Plastic Bag Crackdown Is Windfall For Cloth Bag-Makers

Green Marketing Campaigns Not Sticking

Cutting The Internet’s Carbon Footprint

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Using Green IT To Get Out Of The Red And Into The Black

Using Green IT To Get Out Of The Red And Into The Black

Dr. Albert Esser
Vice President of Data Center Infrastructure
Dell

Today's combination of dwindling natural resources, economic uncertainty, and the growing threat of global warming underscores the urgent need to embrace "being ... continue »

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Green Marketing Campaigns Not Sticking

Green Marketing Campaigns Not Sticking

Seventy-one percent of North Americans want to know about the socially responsible behavior of brands they buy - but the majority of ...

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eCommerce Goes Green

82% Of Execs Say Climate Change Will Alter Their Business Models

Report: Data Center Energy Efficiency Needs To Double By 2012

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China’s Plastic Bag Crackdown Is Windfall For Cloth Bag-Makers

China’s Plastic Bag Crackdown Is Windfall For Cloth Bag-Makers

As plastic bags litter China's countryside the government is putting the pressure on the manufacturers, good news for China's cloth bag industry....

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Customer CSR Expectations Top Of Mind For CEOs

DuPont On Sustainable Packaging

HP Partners With Calif. On Print Cartridge Recycling

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The Bottom Line

Marketing

Adam Werbach’s Answer To Consumerism’s Global Warming Blues

Green Marketing Campaigns Not Sticking

Green-Themed Email Marketing Sees Big Bump

Emissions

Using Green IT To Get Out Of The Red And Into The Black

Ford Racks Up Another Environmental First

Slower Trucks Could Save 31.5M Tons Of CO2 Emissions

Hi-Tech

Cutting The Internet’s Carbon Footprint

Report: Data Center Energy Efficiency Needs To Double By 2012

Motorola Releases 2007 CSR Report, Reclassification Doubles Haz Waste

Efficiency

EBay Tops List Of Largest Solar Installations In San Jose

IBM, GSK, Herman Miller See Healthy ROI From Green Purchasing

Colgate-Palmolive Improves Production Efficiency

Manufacturing

China’s Plastic Bag Crackdown Is Windfall For Cloth Bag-Makers

DuPont On Sustainable Packaging

NAM, ACCF: Lieberman-Warner Bill Will Cost U.S. Big

Carbon Offsets/RECs

Enel Buys $232 Million Of Carbon Credits From China’s Wuhan Steel

RGGI Cap And Trade To Go Online Sept. 10

REI’s ‘30% By 2009′ Goal Precedes ‘100% By 2020′

CSR Reports

Brazilian, Indian Companies Dominate GRI Reporting Awards

CSR: Chevron To Invest $2.5B in Alternative, Renewable Energy Tech

Ford, Timberland Win Ceres-ACCA Sustainability Reporting Awards

Major Players

Food Services Industry Hammered On Climate Performance

HP Partners With Calif. On Print Cartridge Recycling

Exxon Bets $100M On Test To Clean CO2 From Natural Gas

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