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Solar Energy, Sustainable Packaging Create Buzz At Wineries

Solar Energy, Sustainable Packaging Create Buzz At Wineries
Far Niente, a winery in California's Napa Valley region, has installed a first-of-its-kind solar power array and the latest ...

First USPS Corporate VP Of Sustainability Named

First USPS Corporate VP Of Sustainability Named
The United States Postal Service appointed 33-year USPS veteran Sam Pulcrano as the agency's first corporate VP of sustainability, ...

Heinz Plans 20% Emissions Cut, Potato Peels Play A Part

Heinz Plans 20% Emissions Cut, Potato Peels Play A Part
Heinz' plans to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent by 2015 includes converting potato peels into biofuel ...

Dean Foods Methane Project To Generate Power

Dean Foods Methane Project To Generate Power
Dean Foods says that by early 2009 it will operate an anaerobic digester to capture waste from the ...

Marriott Promo Benefits Amazon Rainforest

Marriott Promo Benefits Amazon Rainforest
Marriott announced that it will contribute funds to protect the endangered Brazilian Amazonas rainforest on behalf of its customers who book ...

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Green Restaurant Association Working With PepsiCo Clients

Green Restaurant Association Working With PepsiCo Clients
PepsiCo Foodservice has partnered with the not-for-profit Green Restaurant Association to help PepsiCo customers become more environmentally sustainable. GRA will ...

Toyota Prototype Maps The Way For Green Dealerships

Toyota Prototype Maps The Way For Green Dealerships
By 2011, Toyota Motor Corp. expects to have 100 environmentally friendly dealerships -- or just under 10 percent of ...

Mars Snackfood Unwraps Landfill Gas Project

Mars Snackfood Unwraps Landfill Gas Project
Members of Waco-based Mars Snackfood and representatives from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency unwrapped the candy company's first ...

HP Exec On Product Takeback

HP Exec On Product Takeback
Renee St. Denis discusses how Hewlett-Packard's corporate processes and design strategies have evolved in dealing with e-waste, or outdated and discarded PCs, ...

Virtual Hotel Aims To Improve Industry Sustainability

Virtual Hotel Aims To Improve Industry Sustainability
InterContinental Hotels Group has announced an online Innovation Hotel, to gather feedback from travelers about "green" features that ...

Pepsi’s Thinner Bottles Save Plastic, Help Environment

Pepsi’s Thinner Bottles Save Plastic, Help Environment
A 20-percent reduction in plastic used to make Pepsi's 500ml flavored non-carbonated beverage bottles has resulted in its lightest bottle yet. The ...

Motorola Releases 2007 CSR Report, Reclassification Doubles Haz Waste

Motorola Releases 2007 CSR Report, Reclassification Doubles Haz Waste
In its 2007 Corporate Responsibility Report Motorola, Inc. highlights actions the company has taken on social, accountability and ...

E-Waste Piles Up At Goodwill

E-Waste Piles Up At Goodwill
Because Goodwill Industries is increasingly becoming a place to "donate" old computers and other used electronics, the organization is ...

Waste Management To Run California Fleet On Landfill Gas

Waste Management To Run California Fleet On Landfill Gas
As part of a joint venture, The Linde Group and Houston-based Waste Management have announced they will build the ...

Hearst Tower Sets Zero-Waste Policy

Hearst Tower Sets Zero-Waste Policy
Hearst Corporation has begun implementing a zero-waste policy at its Manhattan headquarters, making it among the first corporations to ...

Target Launches First-Class Recycling Campaign

Target Launches First-Class Recycling Campaign
In case you missed this, the April 8 issue of Newsweek, on sale April 8, has a cover that ...

McDonald’s Trims Trips To The Landfill

McDonald’s Trims Trips To The Landfill
McDonald's has been running a trial program at 11 Sheffield, UK restaurants to save on the rising cost of ...

Hospitals Cut Waste By Recycling Single-Use Devices

Hospitals Cut Waste By Recycling Single-Use Devices
Hospitals are starting to recycle and reuse items that are labeled for single use - scissors, scrubs, even surgical ...

BASF Combines Financial, Sustainability Reports - Emissions Up 10%

BASF Combines Financial, Sustainability Reports - Emissions Up 10%
BASF has published its Report 2007, which for the first time combines the company's financial and sustainability reporting ...

Nature Provides Recipe For Sustainable Manufacturing

Nature Provides Recipe For Sustainable Manufacturing
By studying the Earth's biosphere, managers can learn how to build ecologically friendly products that reduce manufacturing costs, ...

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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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