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

Ash Grove Cement Sues North Texas Cities Over ‘Green’ Resolutions
Ash Grove Texas LP, a part of Ash Grove Cement, recently sued Dallas and other North Texas cities to ...
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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 ...
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Plastic Waste Turned Into Armored Panels, Fleece Jackets

Plastic Waste Turned Into Armored Panels, Fleece Jackets
Protomax Plastics, a Welsh engineering company, says it has developed machinery that can turn mixed plastic trash into ...
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Global Recycling Standard Issued for Textiles and Clothing

Global Recycling Standard Issued for Textiles and Clothing
Control Union Certifications has launched the first Global Recycling Standard (GRS) for textiles and clothing to ensure greater sourcing ...
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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 ...
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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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Mitsubishi Targets Sales Of $13.3 B From Cleantech Products

Mitsubishi Targets Sales Of $13.3 B From Cleantech Products
Mitsubishi Electric Group recently announced plans (PDF) to accelerate its push into the cleantech market. The company plans ...
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Jeffrey Immelt Discusses GE’s CSR Efforts

Jeffrey Immelt Discusses GE’s CSR Efforts
Jeffrey Immelt, Chairman and CEO of General Electric, speaks at the BSR Conference in 2008....
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Green Chemistry Means Business

Green Chemistry Means Business
Six months can seem like an eternity. For the traveler on space shuttle traveling from the Earth to Mars. For the aging ...
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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 ...
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Hollander Aims For Zero Waste Manufacturing Operations By 2010

Hollander Aims For Zero Waste Manufacturing Operations By 2010
Hollander Home Fashions committed to a zero-waste goal for its manufacturing operations by 2010, saying it's the first ...
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Reckitt Benckiser Slashes GHG Emissions

Reckitt Benckiser Slashes GHG Emissions
Reckitt Benckiser released its 2007 Sustainability Report (PDF) and has achieved a 30% reduction in greenhouse gas ...
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GE: Ecomagination Revenue To Hit $17 Billion In 2008

GE: Ecomagination Revenue To Hit $17 Billion In 2008
GE says that revenues from Ecomagination products and services will increase to $17 billion in 2008. While this is a 21% increase ...
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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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Apple Releases Environmental Reports For MacBook, iMac, iPhone and iPods

Apple Releases Environmental Reports For MacBook, iMac, iPhone and iPods
Apple recently released what it touts as the industry's greenest laptop. Now, in its Environmental Performance 2008 ...
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EPA Tightens Allowable Lead Levels, First Time In 30 Years

EPA Tightens Allowable Lead Levels, First Time In 30 Years
The Environmental Protection Agency recently tightened the allowable lead level 10 times to 0.15 micrograms of lead per ...
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Could The Global Recession Lead To Global Warming Slowdown?

Could The Global Recession Lead To Global Warming Slowdown?
Tim Hanlin, managing director of the Australian Climate Exchange told the Australian that there is some good news in the midst ...
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Canon Products To Feature Bio-Based Plastic

Canon Products To Feature Bio-Based Plastic
Canon U.S.A. Inc. and Toray Industries Inc., announced they have developed a bio-based plastic, dubbed “Ecodear,” that ...
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Clorox’s Bill Morrissey Discusses Sustainability

Clorox’s Bill Morrissey Discusses Sustainability
In this presentation from Sustainable Brands 08 (via Melodies In Marketing), Bill Morrissey from Clorox describes the company’s strategy for leveraging ...
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Sustainability And Color: Moving Beyond Green
Sustainability And Color: Moving Beyond Green

Wal-Mart Creates Green Jobs Council
Wal-Mart Creates Green Jobs Council

MBA Students Help Companies Identify Cost Savings, Cut Pollution
MBA Students Help Companies Identify Cost Savings, Cut Pollution

U.S. GHG Emissions Up 1.4% In 2007
U.S. GHG Emissions Up 1.4% In 2007

AIG Offers Green Building Coverage Against ‘Adverse Publicity’
AIG Offers Green Building Coverage Against ‘Adverse Publicity’

UN Climate Change Conference Day 4 Press Briefing
UN Climate Change Conference Day 4 Press Briefing

Green Earth Technologies Makes Motor Oil From Animal Fat
Green Earth Technologies Makes Motor Oil From Animal Fat

Office Depot Reports Growing Interest in Green Office Products
Office Depot Reports Growing Interest in Green Office Products

Big Three Automakers Make Green Promises In Return For Bailout
Big Three Automakers Make Green Promises In Return For Bailout

Banks Launch The Climate Principles
Banks Launch The Climate Principles

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Sustainability And Color: Moving Beyond Green

Sustainability And Color: Moving Beyond Green

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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
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Server MPG – It’s Time for Action
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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

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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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