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Global Companies Issue Climate Change Roadmap

In advance of the upcoming climate change negotiations in Bali, Indonesia, 3C, or Combat Climate Change, the organization formed in January by companies that include ABB, Vattenfall, Bayer, Duke Energy, GE and Siemens, has issued a climate roadmap (PDF) recommending specific action steps that the group feels world governments should make a priority. “Industry can and should be an ally,

Fujitsu Siemens Says Entire Product Line Will Be Energy-Efficient

Speaking at its VisitIT forum in Berlin, Bernd Bischoff, CEO of Fujitsu Siemens Computers, said that the company's entire product line would have an energy efficiency make over, PC World reports. "We will be the first IT vendor to completely move to energy-efficient products. We will be the first to offer them without additional expense to the customer," Bischoff said.

Clinton Climate Initiative Names 25 Manufacturing Partners

Through a partnership between the Clinton Climate Initiative and the US Conference of Mayors, an additional 1,100 U.S. cities will gain access to volume discounts on energy-efficient and clean-energy products and technologies through CCI’s purchasing consortium. These benefits were previously available only to the C40 Large Cities Climate Leadership Group, a group of 40 of the world’s largest cities. Yesterday...

Kimberly-Clark Pumps Landfill Methane To Manufacturing Facility

Kimberly-Clark will use methane gas from a landfill to generate steam for a Jackson, South Carolina manufacturing facility, AP reports. The methane gas will be released by waste decomposition at the Three Rivers Solid Waste Authority landfill. Siemens Building Technologies is designing and building the gas collection facility and 15-mile...

Corporations Green Up Office Space

In order to green up its real-estate portfolio, which totals 92 million square feet world-wide, Citigroup has taken an inventory of energy use of all of the company's buildings, adopted power-saving measures such as turning off escalators in lobbies, and is redesigning its bank branches to include more natural lighting and recycled materials, The Wall Street Journal reports. The company

Microsoft, HP, Dell Perceived As Greenest Tech Brands

Green or environmentally sensitive Tech products and practices are emerging as a new element of Tech brand positioning and consumer consideration, according to a survey by Ipsos. When consumers were asked to rate the importance of each of six green practices in influencing their Tech purchase preferences, over half (57%) rated the presence of the Energy Star label as influential...

Greensboro Makes Coliseum More Energy Efficient

Over the next few months, the Greensboro Coliseum - one of the largest arenas on the East Coast - will implement energy-efficient lighting system retrofits, water conserving plumbing fixtures and major upgrades to its heating ventilation and air conditioning systems. The measures are expected to...

Top CEOs Release Energy ‘Blueprint’

Business Roundtable, an association of 160 CEOs of leading U.S. companies, has released an energy plan calling for a more diversified and domestic-based energy supply mix, increased energy efficiency and greater investment in new energy technologies. The recommendations, available in the plan entitled “More Diverse, More Domestic, More Efficient: A Vision for America’s Energy Future� (PDF), were developed through a

To Reap Green Rewards, Make Changes Now

Climate change has gone from being dull and marginal to cool and core, according to an article from The Economist. Businessmen, like everybody else, want to be seen to be doing the right thing. For some huge firms, such as GE, Alstom and Siemens, a move towards clean energy spells opportunity, according to the article. They sell power-generation equipment and

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