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Fetzer Snags Sustainability and Waste Reduction Awards

July 20, 2007December 14, 2010 by Paul Nastu

Fetzer Vineyards has received the 2007 Best-of-the-Best Stratospheric Ozone Protection Award from the EPA which celebrates the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Montreal Protocol, a signature event in climate protection endorsed by 190 nations. In addition, the California Integrated Waste Management Board has awarded Fetzer its 12th Waste Reduction...

Dell Calls Out PC Makers On Recycling, Releases Sustainability Report

July 19, 2007October 4, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Dell says it's ahead of schedule to achieve a multi-year goal of recovering 275 million pounds of computer equipment by 2009. Dell reported the recovery of more than 78 million pounds (nearly 40,000 tons) of unwanted IT equipment from customers in 2006, a 93 percent increase over 2005 and 12.4 percent of the equipment it sold seven years earlier, more

PC Makers Catch Green Wave

July 18, 2007December 14, 2010 by Paul Nastu

PC and electronics makers have never given much thought to environmental issues, USAToday reports. That is, until now. For the first time, almost every major PC and electronics maker is trying to change that. Here are just a few of the industry's latest green initiatives. Dell has announced a plan to become...

IKEA Joins RecycleBank’s Rewards Program

July 18, 2007October 4, 2009 by Paul Nastu

IKEA has joined RecycleBank, which will allow consumers that participate in the recycling rewards program to redeem their RecycleBank reward dollars in IKEA locations across Southeast Pennsylvania. IKEA is RecycleBank's 300th partner. The IKEA...

EPEAT Sales Have Led To Big Energy Savings

July 17, 2007October 4, 2009 by Paul Nastu

The Green Electronics Council has released a report (PDF) measuring the environmental benefits from the sales of EPEAT registered Ã¢â‚¬Å“greenÃ¢â‚¬? computers. According to the Environmental Benefits Calculator, the first six months of sales for EPEAT registered green computers when compared with traditional computers produces the following environmental benefits...

Ford, McDonald’s, IBM, Abbott, Time Inc. To Share Sustainability Strategies

July 17, 2007December 14, 2010 by Paul Nastu

With new sustainability initiatives being launched daily, U.S. companies are under increasing pressure to demonstrate their climate change credentials. Corporate Climate Response, a newly announced conference, is pulling together corporate sustainability leaders to talk about what works and what doesnÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t when it comes to responding to global warming. Big names like Ford, Wal-Mart, McDonaldÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s, Time Inc...

Ford to Use Soy Foam In 2008 Mustang

July 16, 2007 by Paul Nastu

Ford Motor Company and Lear Corporation are working together on the industry's first effort to produce seat foam made from soy-based materials, according to The Torque Report. Ford says that the environmental advantages of soy-foam include: a reduction of carbon dioxide emissions...

HP Hits 1B Pound Recycling Goal Sooner Than Planned

July 13, 2007October 4, 2009 by Paul Nastu

HP has met its goal of recycling 1 billion pounds of electronics six months early, prompting the company to announce a new goal of recycling 2 billion pounds of electronics and print cartridges by the end of 2010. If successful, that would double HP's current annual recovery rate. The company...

Sustainable Packaging Trend Keeps Growing

July 10, 2007October 4, 2009 by Paul Nastu

CEOs of leading corporations are embracing the concept of sustainable packaging - not just increasing recycled or renewable content in packages but also redesigning the packaging to minimize the environmental impact of making the goods and transporting them, The Enquirer reports. Recent research...

Staples Details Corporate Responsibility Initiatives

July 10, 2007 by Paul Nastu

Staples has released information on its corporate responsibility inititiatives in its 2006 Staples Soul Report. According to the report, in 2006, Staples doubled the purchase of clean renewable energy to 20 percent of U.S. electricity consumption and installed nine rooftop solar systems. The company...

Global Resources Touts Plastics-To-Energy Conversion Ratio

July 10, 2007October 4, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Global Resource Corporation says that results from tests prove that the company's energy conversion process can produce oil and "vast amounts of combustible gas" from recycled plastics...

CEOs Sign Numerous Environmental Pledges At Global Compact Summit

July 6, 2007October 28, 2008 by Paul Nastu

A flurry of press releases have come out of the Global Compact leaders Summit that's finishing up in Geneva. Top executives of corporations such as Coca-Cola, Petrobras, Fuji Xerox, China Ocean Shipping Group, Tata Steel...

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