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Vendors Should Highlight Cost Savings Of Green IT

June 24, 2008December 14, 2010 by Paul Nastu

GreenFactor’s recent survey of IT decision makers found that more than 70 percent would either “‘probably’ or ‘definitely'” increase their preference for a brand’s green products if they were convinced of the positive impact on the environment and business and nearly 60 percent said they would expect to pay a ... Read more »

Environmental Measures Mean Healthy Returns For Hospitals

June 21, 2008October 15, 2009 by Paul Nastu

More hospitals are discovering the economic and environmental benefits of greening their operations, Nurse.com reports. Hospitals face fines beginning at $40,000 per day if pharmaceuticals are not recycled n compliance with requirements set by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. In 2007, Parish Healthcare Center, in Port St. John, became ... Read more »

EPEAT Reports Large Environmental And Financial Benefits

June 17, 2008October 15, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Worldwide sales of EPEAT products have increased 150 percent since 2006, when the EPEAT system was first introduced, and totaled more than 109 million individual units, according to the Green Electronics Council’s EPEAT 2007 Environmental Benefits report (PDF) The lifecycle environmental benefit will reduce the use of raw materials by ... Read more »

Lenovo Launches Asset Recovery Service

June 17, 2008October 15, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Lenovo is joining the growing number of companies offering asset recovery services to help cut down on e-waste. Lenovo Asset Recovery Services is designed to help businesses in the U.S. and Canada manage their aging technology equipment by providing PC take-back, data destruction, refurbishment and recycling, the company announced. Lenovo ... Read more »

Dell Recycles 100M+ Pounds Of E-Waste, First With 80 Plus Silver Certification

June 6, 2008June 6, 2008 by Paul Nastu

Dell reported recovery of 102 million pounds of IT equipment from customers during 2007, a 20 percent increase over 2006, its largest single-year product recycling volume. Dell also announced that it is first major computer manufacturer to offer desktop customers Silver 80 Plus-certified power supplies. 80 PLUS Silver supplies are ... Read more »

Best Buy Expands Electronics Recycling

June 3, 2008October 15, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Best Buy has launched a test of its newest electronics recycling program to in 117 U.S. stores in the Baltimore, San Francisco, and Minnesota areas. Under the program customers may bring in up to two electronics devices and peripherals such as televisions and monitors up to 32″, computers, phones, and ... Read more »

Dow Ordered To Clean Up Neighborhood Downstream From Headquarters

June 3, 2008October 15, 2009 by Paul Nastu

The EPA has ordered Dow Chemical to clean up high levels of dioxin in homes and yards downstream from its world headquarters in Saginaw, Mich., the Chicago Tribune reports. The EPA found dioxin levels in soil and household dust well above the federal cleanup standard — one sample being 23 ... Read more »

Maersk Reports Emissions Reductions From Vessels

June 2, 2008October 14, 2009 by Paul Nastu

In its Environmental Report 2007, A.P. Moller-Maersk Group says it achieved a decrease in fuel for its container vessels of nine percent, which corresponds to a total reduction in CO2 emissions of more than two million tons from 2002 to 2007. CO2 emissions in 2007 decreased by more than three ... Read more »

Boeing Points To Improved Environmental Performance

May 24, 2008October 14, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Boeing says that energy use and carbon dioxide emissions at its major facilities fell 24 percent between 2002 and 2007. In its 2008 Environment Report (PDF), Boeing says that, through the integration of environmental performance improvements and technology advancements, the CO2 emissions of its airplanes dropped by about 70 percent ... Read more »

EPA Releases ‘2008 Report On The Environment’

May 21, 2008May 28, 2008 by Paul Nastu

The EPA has released its 2008 Report on the Environment, which the agency says uses scientific indicators to measure and report on overall progress toward protecting the environment and human health. The EPA 2008 ROE is an update of the draft ROE that was released in 2003. Overall, there is ... Read more »

Motorola Releases 2007 CSR Report, Reclassification Doubles Haz Waste

May 6, 2008October 13, 2009 by Paul Nastu

In its 2007 Corporate Responsibility Report Motorola, Inc. highlights actions the company has taken on social, accountability and sustainability issues. In 2007, Motorola used 690.5 million kilowatt-hours of energy, a three percent decrease from 711.8 million kilowatt-hours used in 2005 despite a net gain of five sites during the period. ... Read more »

Ethical Image Hard Sell For Chemical Companies

March 18, 2008October 11, 2009 by Paul Nastu

The Chemical industry places 9 out of 10 in Covalence’s EthicalQuote ranking (PDF), ahead of Oil & Gas. In 2007, the industry improved: Chemicals ranked 8th, outperforming Oil & Gas and Pharmaceuticals. Despite this progress, the Chemical industry seems deeply embedded in the bottom of the cross-sector ranking, far from ... Read more »

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