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Banks Launch The Climate Principles

Banks Launch The Climate Principles
Credit Agricole, HSBC, Munich Re, Standard Chartered and Swiss Re have joined with The Climate Group to launch a ...

U.N. Suspends One Of Its Largest Auditors of Clean Energy Projects

U.N. Suspends One Of Its Largest Auditors of Clean Energy Projects
The U.N. climate change body recently suspended Norway's DNV, one of the largest auditors of clean energy projects, for ...

Sustainability - An Economic Imperative in the Current Economy

Sustainability - An Economic Imperative in the Current Economy
Long-time sustainability denizens have seen it before: the economy slows, revenue and profit growth fall, and business directs investments away from projects ...

GE Suspends Development Of High-Efficiency Incandescent Bulbs

GE Suspends Development Of High-Efficiency Incandescent Bulbs
Tyler Hamilton writes in the Clean Break blog that General Electric has suspended the development of its high-efficiency ...

Dell, Apple, Microsoft, HP Perceived as U.S. Green Tech Leaders

Dell, Apple, Microsoft, HP Perceived as U.S. Green Tech Leaders
Only a few brands have achieved global green recognition, according to GreenFactor, an ongoing (see July's report here) global technology ...

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12 Steps To A ‘Greener’ Supply Chain

12 Steps To A ‘Greener’ Supply Chain
In the 12-step movement, they say admitting you have a problem is the first step toward recovery. And when it comes to energy ...

BMW, Vattenfall Begin Real-World Electric Car Test Next Month

BMW, Vattenfall Begin Real-World Electric Car Test Next Month
Beginning in January, 50 two-seater, all-electric Mini E cars will be whizzing around the streets of Berlin, as premium brand car maker ...

Wal-Mart, FedEx, Lenovo Discuss Supply Chain Sustainability

Wal-Mart, FedEx, Lenovo Discuss Supply Chain Sustainability
Executives from Waste Management, FedEx and Lenovo discuss sustainability and the supply chain at Wal-Mart's Sustainability Summit in Beijing, China. ...

P&G Cuts C02 Emissions 52% Since 2002

P&G Cuts C02 Emissions 52% Since 2002
The Procter & Gamble Company has released its 2008 Sustainability Report. P&G says is on track to meet ...

Owens Ups Recycled Content in Fiberglass Insulation, Cuts Energy Use, CO2

Owens Ups Recycled Content in Fiberglass Insulation, Cuts Energy Use, CO2
Owens Corning announced that it has increased the the certified recycled content in its PINK Fiberglas insulation to ...

Greenbuild Conference News Roundup

Greenbuild Conference News Roundup
The Greenbuild International Conference and Expo is currently underway. More than 26,000 people packed the Boston Convention ...

Big Brands Form Climate Change Business Coalition

Big Brands Form Climate Change Business Coalition
Five major U.S. companies are calling for congressional action on climate change and clean energy. Nike, Levi Strauss, ...

Aluminum Assoc. Sets Ambitious 75% Aluminum Can Recycling Target

Aluminum Assoc. Sets Ambitious 75% Aluminum Can Recycling Target
The Aluminum Association is working on an industry wide effort to increase the industry’s recycling rate for used aluminum beverage cans ...

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 ...

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 ...

Wal-Mart To Expand Packaging Scorecard Despite Economy

Wal-Mart To Expand Packaging Scorecard Despite Economy
At the Pack Expo 2008, Wal-Mart announced that it plans to expand its commitment to packaging source reduction and ...

BP Drops Out Of UK Renewables Plan, Focuses On U.S.

BP Drops Out Of UK Renewables Plan, Focuses On U.S.
BP announced it will drop out of the UK government's competition to build a prototype power station that will ...

Wal-Mart Unveils Styrofoam Recycling Plan

Wal-Mart Unveils Styrofoam Recycling Plan
Wal-Mart Canada has launched a recycling program that sees used Styrofoam packaging from eight Wal-Mart locations going to Grace Canada for reuse ...

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Sustainability And Color: Moving Beyond Green

Sustainability And Color: Moving Beyond Green

In a recent EL column, John Rooks, president of The Soap Group, a company that focuses on sustainability communications, wrote that ... continue »

Sustainability - An Economic Imperative in the Current Economy
12 Steps To A ‘Greener’ Supply Chain
Server MPG – It’s Time for Action
Sustainability is Not a Color - Sustainability is Transparent.
Sustainability Execs Say Green Spending Increasing, Despite Economy

Sustainability Execs Say Green Spending Increasing, Despite Economy

Eighty percent of corporate sustainability executives surveyed from across North America plan to maintain or increase levels of sustainability-related spending in 2009, ...

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Dell, Apple, Microsoft, HP Perceived as U.S. Green Tech Leaders
Future Consumer Involvement in Environmental Protection
92% Of Organizations Working To Make Facilities More Sustainable
UN Climate Change Conference Day 4 Press Briefing

UN Climate Change Conference Day 4 Press Briefing

Yvo de Boer gave an update on a number of areas under discussion, including how to increase funding for Adaptation, particularly for ...

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UN Climate Change Conference Day 3 Press Briefing
United Nations Climate Change Conference Press Briefing
BMW, Vattenfall Begin Real-World Electric Car Test Next Month

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Marketing

Sustainability And Color: Moving Beyond Green

Wal-Mart Creates Green Jobs Council

AIG Offers Green Building Coverage Against ‘Adverse Publicity’

Emissions

MBA Students Help Companies Identify Cost Savings, Cut Pollution

U.S. GHG Emissions Up 1.4% In 2007

Big Three Automakers Make Green Promises In Return For Bailout

Hi-Tech

U-M Hopes Green Computing Will Cut Costs, Emissions

Dell, Apple, Microsoft, HP Perceived as U.S. Green Tech Leaders

Tips On Dealing With IT Equipment After Layoffs

Efficiency

U.K. Introduces Legally-Binding Framework to Cut GHG Emissions

Sustainability Execs Say Green Spending Increasing, Despite Economy

GE Suspends Development Of High-Efficiency Incandescent Bulbs

Manufacturing

Ash Grove Cement Sues North Texas Cities Over ‘Green’ Resolutions

12 Steps To A ‘Greener’ Supply Chain

Plastic Waste Turned Into Armored Panels, Fleece Jackets

Carbon Offsets/RECs

Clif Family Winery Adds $0.25 Per Bottle To Offset CO2 Emissions

Farmers Against Proposed ‘Cow Tax’

Consumer Goods Industry Needs Green Sourcing To Avoid Potential 47% Earnings Hit

CSR Reports

Cisco Saves $3M By Cutting Emissions, Waste From Supply Chain

Want To Win Awards? Write Longer Corporate Responsibility Reports

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

Major Players

Banks Launch The Climate Principles

U.N. Suspends One Of Its Largest Auditors of Clean Energy Projects

Sustainability - An Economic Imperative in the Current Economy

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