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ICT Could Cut U.S. Emissions By 13-22 Percent

ICT Could Cut U.S. Emissions By 13-22 Percent
Boston Consulting Group, on behalf of Global e-Sustainability Initiative, has developed a U.S.-focused analysis of Smart 2020 – a ...

California Clean Tech Open Awards

California Clean Tech Open Awards
Video from the California Clean Tech Open, which announced six category winners dor its 2008 competition earlier this month. The award winners ...

Dell: OptiPlex Desktop Customers Cut 29 M Tons of CO2 Since 2005

Dell: OptiPlex Desktop Customers Cut 29 M Tons of CO2 Since 2005
Since 2005, Dell says it has enabled customers using OptiPlex desktop systems to save an estimated $3 billion ...

How ICT Can Reduce Carbon Footprints And Enable Sustainable Growth

How ICT Can Reduce Carbon Footprints And Enable Sustainable Growth
A BT-sponsored e-forum on sustainability from Gartner's 2008 ITexpo in Cannes, France. Panelists including Luis Alvarez, President EMEA & Latin America, BTGS, ...

UPS Moves To Paperless Sorting Labels

UPS Moves To Paperless Sorting Labels
UPS is deploying a new combination scanner and paperless printing device from HP (the HP Handheld sp400 All-in-One) that ...

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Dell Partners With Staples On In-Store Recycling Program

Dell Partners With Staples On In-Store Recycling Program
Dell announced that it will be extending its free recycling program to 1,500 U.S. Staples' stores, and ...

Most Efficient Data Center - The One That’s Not Built

Most Efficient Data Center - The One That’s Not Built
Kenneth Brill, executive director of the Uptime Institute, told the New York Times that companies should build fewer ...

Desktop Workstations Serious Power Drain For Big Companies

Desktop Workstations Serious Power Drain For Big Companies
According to a recent survey of 250 professionals, enterprises with 10,000 desktop workstations waste $1.26 million in energy costs annually. The survey, ...

ICT Industry Slow To Embrace Low Carbon Economy

ICT Industry Slow To Embrace Low Carbon Economy
According to a study by Gartner and the World Wide Fund for Nature, the information and communication technology ...

E-Waste Recycler Refutes Damaging ‘Electronic Wasteland’ Report

E-Waste Recycler Refutes Damaging ‘Electronic Wasteland’ Report
Colorado e-waste recycler Executive Recycling markets itself as recycling e-waste in the U.S. in an environmentally correct way, but according ...

California’s Leadership in 21st Century Energy Technology

California’s Leadership in 21st Century Energy Technology
Beginning with the gold rush, California has successfully established itself time and again at the center of  big waves of business innovation; ...

Moving Beyond ‘Carbon Neutral’ to ‘Carbon Healthy’

Moving Beyond ‘Carbon Neutral’ to ‘Carbon Healthy’
While many companies today attract attention and acclaim when they announce they have achieved carbon neutrality, I'd argue that we are misleading ...

Eaton Director: Create Synergy Between IT and Facility Strategies

Eaton Director: Create Synergy Between IT and Facility Strategies
Kenneth Uhlman, director of data center business development for Eaton Corp., writes in Computer Technology Review, that for ...

HP Triples Data Center Capacity With Power-Capping Server Technology

HP Triples Data Center Capacity With Power-Capping Server Technology
HP announced it has added HP Dynamic Power Capping to its HP Thermal Logic portfolio. The power-capping server ...

IT Related Energy Use Could Double By 2020

IT Related Energy Use Could Double By 2020
According to a new McKinsey & Co. analysis, the energy required to power all the world's computers, data storage ...

AMD Targets 33% Cut In Normalized GHG Emissions

AMD Targets 33% Cut In Normalized GHG Emissions
AMD released its eighth annual Global Climate Protection Plan (PDF). The company reports it surpassed its commitment ...

Intel’s Right-Hand Turn To Energy Efficiency

Intel’s Right-Hand Turn To Energy Efficiency
Intel's John Skinner talks about Intel's "right hand turn" from full-speed ahead, to energy-smart performance in computer chip design, especially with new ...

Fiat Says Driver Feedback Tool Cuts CO2 Emissions By Up To 15%

Fiat Says Driver Feedback Tool Cuts CO2 Emissions By Up To 15%
Fiat has developed eco:Drive, a computer application that connects a car to a PC to evaluate driving styles and find ways to ...

Brill: Govt. Report on Data Center Efficiency ‘Misses The Root Cause’

Brill: Govt. Report on Data Center Efficiency ‘Misses The Root Cause’
The U.S. Department of Energy and the EPA recently released "Energy Efficiency in Data Centers: Recommendations for Government-Industry ...

HP To Double Renewable Power, Dell Says ‘Good First Step’

HP To Double Renewable Power, Dell Says ‘Good First Step’
HP recently pledged to double its purchase of renewable power from under 4 percent in 2008 to 8 ...

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An Eco-Stimulus Package for Our Economy

An Eco-Stimulus Package for Our Economy

In his recent op-ed for the New York Times, Al Gore laid out a clear plan for America to lift itself ... continue »

Sustainability – Businesses’ Best Defense Against Recession
California’s Leadership in 21st Century Energy Technology
Moving Beyond ‘Carbon Neutral’ to ‘Carbon Healthy’
Green Chemistry Means Business
Green Building Could Hit $140 Billion By 2013

Green Building Could Hit $140 Billion By 2013

The value of green building construction starts was up from $10 billion in 2005 to $36-$49 billion in 2008, and could triple ...

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ICT Could Cut U.S. Emissions By 13-22 Percent
Consumers Loyal To Brands That Support Good Cause During Recession
U.S. Consumers: Companies Should Pay To Manage Climate Change
Patagonia’s Rick Ridgeway Discusses Corporate Sustainability

Patagonia’s Rick Ridgeway Discusses Corporate Sustainability

Rick Ridgeway, VP of environmental programs and communication at Patagonia, talks about the company’s sustainability initiatives – including its Footprint Chronicles ...

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California Clean Tech Open Awards
How ICT Can Reduce Carbon Footprints And Enable Sustainable Growth
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Marketing

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Emissions

Hyundai Unveils Carbon Offset Program For Genesis Sedans

Big Brands Form Climate Change Business Coalition

ICT Could Cut U.S. Emissions By 13-22 Percent

Hi-Tech

California Clean Tech Open Awards

Dell: OptiPlex Desktop Customers Cut 29 M Tons of CO2 Since 2005

How ICT Can Reduce Carbon Footprints And Enable Sustainable Growth

Efficiency

Green Grid Supports EU’s Code of Conduct on Data Center Energy Efficiency

‘Heat Wheel’ Cools Data Centers, Cuts Energy Bills

Tips On Greening Your Business

Manufacturing

Patagonia’s Rick Ridgeway Discusses Corporate Sustainability

Mitsubishi Targets Sales Of $13.3 B From Cleantech Products

Jeffrey Immelt Discusses GE’s CSR Efforts

Carbon Offsets/RECs

Best Buy Pushes Renewable Energy Credits With Phone Purchases

New Carbon Standard Set for Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use

Atlanta Establishes First ‘Carbon Neutral Zone’ in the U.S.

CSR Reports

U.S. Army Releases First Sustainability Report - Big Move To LEED Standards

HK Companies Top CSR Disclosure Among Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand

FedEx Cuts Aircraft Emissions, Increases Vehicle Fuel Efficiency

Major Players

Aluminum Assoc. Sets Ambitious 75% Aluminum Can Recycling Target

UPS Moves To Paperless Sorting Labels

Dell Partners With Staples On In-Store Recycling Program

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