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North America Lags on Supplier Emission Cuts

February 1, 2012February 2, 2012 by Tamar Wilner

North American suppliers are likely to fall behind in the race to capitalize on climate change opportunities, scoring a D average on emissions performance compared to the C average for European and Asian suppliers, according to research published today by the Carbon Disclosure Project and Accenture. A New Era: Supplier ... Read more »

Dell, Goodwill Add 319 Recycling Locations

December 15, 2011December 15, 2011 by Leon Walker

Electronics giant Dell and Goodwill Industries have announce that an additional 319 donation sites in the U.S. have joined the Dell Reconnect computer recycling program. With the expansion, the free program will now be available in 77 additional counties across Florida Ohio, Alabama and Kansas. There are now more than ... Read more »

HP Knocks Nokia from Lead in Greenpeace Electronics Guide

November 9, 2011November 10, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

HP has taken the lead in Greenpeace’s Guide to Greener Electronics, while the scores of former front runners Nokia and Sony Ericsson have dropped. The Guide to Greener Electronics ranks 15 companies on factors including greenhouse gas emissions, product take-back and elimination of hazardous and unsustainable materials from products and ... Read more »

CSCI: Adopt Network Efficiency Strategies or Pay Up

November 3, 2011November 3, 2011 by Leon Walker

Company executives need to adopt specific best practices for energy efficiency in networks and across connected devices, or unneeded energy use will continue to negatively affect their companies’ bottom lines and productivity, according to a white paper by IT consortium Climate Savers Computing Initiative. Considerations for Selecting Power Supplies for ... Read more »

Intel, Dell Join Facebook’s Efficiency Project

October 28, 2011October 28, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

Intel, Dell, Mozilla, Rackspace and Netflix have all joined Facebook’s Open Compute Project, which aims to increase efficiencies and reduce the environmental impacts of data centers. The initiative, launched in April, aims to encourage collaboration on hardware development and implementation to speed up innovation. This week Facebook announced the formation ... Read more »

Dell to Revamp GHG Measurement; No Longer Carbon-Neutral

September 7, 2011September 8, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

Dell’s changing business model is forcing the company to craft a new way of measuring its carbon footprint, the company notes in its 2011 corporate responsibility report, which shows that the computer manufacturer is no longer carbon neutral. Dell says that server hosting is becoming an important part of its ... Read more »

Toyota Tops Global Green Brands Ranking

July 27, 2011 by Leon Walker

Toyota, 3M and Siemens have come out on top of a ranking of the best green brands by consultancy Interbrand. The companies named in Best Global Green Brands 2011 have a global presence and a demonstrated record of delivering value to stakeholders, Interbrand says. The consultancy largely attributes Toyota’s top ranking ... Read more »

Dell, Sony, Sprint Vow to Push Recycling; Feds Unveil E-Waste Strategy

July 21, 2011July 22, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

Dell, Sprint and Sony have agreed to help the Environmental Protection Agency encourage certified electronics recycling, as the Obama administration unveiled a national strategy to encourage better e-waste management. The three companies have joined an EPA-industry partnership designed to promote environmentally sound management of used electronics. In addition, the CEOs ... Read more »

Timberland Hires CSR Vice President

June 28, 2011June 29, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

Timberland has hired former Dell executive Mark Newton for the position of vice president of corporate social responsibility. In his new role, Newton will lead a global team responsible for managing Timberland’s four areas of focus within CSR: environmental stewardship, global human rights, community engagement and transparency and reporting. He ... Read more »

Dell Closing in on Recycling Goal

April 19, 2011 by Leon Walker

Electronics manufacturer Dell is two-thirds of the way toward its goal of recycling 1 billion pounds of e-waste by 2014, the company has announced. The Texas-based computer giant says it diverted 150 million pounds of used electronics from landfills worldwide in the 2011 financial year. That is an increase of ... Read more »

Sustainability Director Moves: Nestle, Dell

February 18, 2011February 18, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

Nestlé’s North American bottled water operation has hired Michael Washburn as director of sustainability. In his new role, Washburn will lead Nestlé Waters’ efforts to increase recycling rates in the United States, innovate in energy use and building design and advocate for constructive water policies. Nestlé Waters sells 15 brands ... Read more »

IBM, Intel, Pepsi Top Ethics Rankings

February 7, 2011February 7, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

IBM, Intel and PepsiCo have topped rankings of companies with the most ethical reputations. The EthicalQuote rankings by Swiss company Covalence score 581 companies in 18 sectors, through the quantities of positive and negative news stories about each company. Covalence describes the system as “a barometer of how multinationals are ... Read more »

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