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All of New Leaf Paper inventory items are now being manufactured with renewable energy, making it the first paper company in the U.S. to do so, the company reports. New Leaf Paper inventory products being manufactured with 100 percent wind energy include Reincarnation Matte, Primavera Gloss, Sakura 100 Silk, Everest, New Leaf Imagination 100, New Leaf EcoMatte and New Leaf
Don't count Thomas Edison out yet. GE says that advancements to the light bulb invented by GE’s founder Thomas Edison could potentially elevate the energy efficiency of this 125-year-old technology to levels comparable to compact fluorescent lamps. Over the next several years, these advancements could lead to the introduction of high-efficiency incandescent lamps that provide the same high light quality,
Yahoo, Wal-Mart, Environmental Defense, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the Department of Energy, along with other private companies and government agencies, has launched a marketing campaign called 18Seconds to persuade people to switch to CFLs, AP reports. Yahoo has developed...
Safeway has been test-marketing B-20 biodiesel at one of its gas stations in Seattle, AP reports. The grocery store chain has about 270 gas stations in the U.S., offering discounts of up to 10 cents a gallon for shoppers who have a Safeway club card. Two more stations in the Seattle area could be the next targets for selling biodiesel.
Sprint Nextel and Keep America Beautiful are launching Wipe Out Wireless Waste, a campaign starting Mar. 1, during the 2007 Great American Cleanup. More than 1,000 Keep America Beautiful affiliates...
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Most companies do not have sustainable travel considerations written into travel policies, according to a recent survey (PDF) by the Association of Corporate Travel Executives and travel technology firm KDS (via the Transnational)...
Bridgeport, Connecticut public school buses will be equipped with devices to reduce diesel emissions. The project involves 111 buses contracted by the city. The program is funded with $534,000 from the settlement of a lawsuit involving the Connecticut Attorney General’s office and EPA against the Virginia Electric Power Company
The EPA is seeking public comment on a draft report that analyzes sources of greenhouse gas emissions. The report, Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2005, will be open for public comment for 30 days after the Federal Register notice is published. Overall U.S. greenhouse gas emissions during 2005...
Seattle-based biodiesel maker Imperium Renewables' Series B financing round has taken in $214 million, a possible record for the American biodiesel industry, CNET reports. The investment comes from two sources: $113 million of private equity and $101 million from a senior secured credit facility that will be arranged by Societe Generale...
The Environmental Protection Agency and some large businesses, including Wal-Mart, are aggressively promoting the sale of compact fluorescent light bulbs. The move is gaining momentum. Recently, California Assemblyman Lloyd Levine introduced legislation to make his state the first to ban incandescent lightbulbs. Earlier this week, Australia announced it would phase out incandescents and yesterday, Greenpeace asked India to follow Australia's
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p>FedEx Corp. is adding four hybrid electric medium-duty trucks into service in Denver. The company now operates a total 93 hybrid vehicles in cities such as New York, Tampa, Sacramento and Washington, D.C. FedEx says the Express hybrid...
Whole Foods Market has surprised investors by announcing a proposed merger with Wild Oats Markets, a similar though much smaller chain that has also made a name for itself as a major organic food retailer, The New York Times reports. Whole Foods would pay...
SC Johnson is licensing its Greenlist process to other companies royalty-free. Greenlist is an environmental classification system that measures and tracks the performance of environmentally responsible products. It classifies raw materials used in products according to their impact on the environment and human health. Five Winds International...
Seventy-nine college and university presidents have signed the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment, agreeing to cut their institutions' carbon emissions to zero over time, The Chronicle of Higher Education reports...
A group of companies and organizations from around the world, including Allianz, Bayer, Citigroup, DuPont, General Electric, and Volvo have endorsed a post-Kyoto framework for affecting change at the levels of policy and industry, particularly in regard to creating sustainable energy systems necessary for achieving economic growth. The Path to Climate Sustainability: A Joint Statement by the Global Roundtable on
Making customer experience a pillar of sustainable profitability is a better alternative than sustainability by enforced abstinence, writes Gianfranco Zaccai, president and CEO of Continuum, in a Businessweek article. In other words, if a great customer experience also happens to reduce waste and consumption, so much the better. Profitable sustainability is when designers create products, services, and environments that make
In a speech at the Canadian Club of Montreal, Dick Evans, Alcan's president and CEO, said, "Today, Alcan is announcing a commitment for a further 10 percent reduction in direct C02 equivalent emissions intensity from 2006 to 2010." Between 1990 and 2005, Alcan's total GHG emission intensity was reduced by 25 percent, according to Alcan. The reductions came from...
The Global Environmental Management Initiative has released an interactive version of its sustainable development tool, the GEMI SD Planner, as well as a new tool, the GEMI SD Planner Gateway. GEMI says that user surveys showed a clear need to make the SD Planner easier to use. The organization says that the interactive web tool version of the GEMI SD
Global packaging company MeadWestvaco has pledged $1 million to support an industry-university collaboration that is working to develop policies to address the problems of global climate change, Duke reports...
Almost 200 million tons of CO2 greenhouse gas – equivalent to around a third of the UK’s currently declared annual emissions – is missing from the annual reports of major companies operating on the London Stock Exchange, according to a report (PDF)from UK-based Christian Aid. The charity wants voluntary guidelines on how to report emissions made mandatory. The UK's Department
IKEA U.S. will no longer offer customers free plastic bags. Beginning March 15, every plastic bag at every IKEA U.S. store across the nation will cost five cents. IKEA has also lowered the price on its reusable 'Big Blue Bag' from $.59 to $.99, hoping that one blue bag will replace hundreds of single-use bags. According to Deborah Gangloff, executive
Australia's environmental minister says the government will use both persuasion and regulation to phase out incandescent light bulbs completely within three years, The New York Times reports. Efficiency standards will be steadily tightened to the point where it will ultimately be impossible to sell ordinary incandescent bulbs that meet them, forcing consumers to purchase compact fluorescent lights...
After a seven-year campaign against it by environmentalist groups, OfficeMax has released a new paper procurement policy that defines performance criteria for its product suppliers in the selection of raw materials and production of paper products.
Johnson Controls is expanding its business services to include the design, installation and servicing of geothermal, solar, biomass, wind and other renewable sources. “We expect demand from businesses and organizations for onsite renewable energy to escalate as...
Florida's Manatee school district will start running two plug-in hybrid school buses from IC Corporation next month, GreenCarCongress reports. The two hybrids are part of a 19-bus order placed by a group of school districts, state energy agencies and private school bus operators in 11 states. Each hybrid costs $225,000. With volume purchasing, officials expect the price to settle out