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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 ...

Green Consumers Have Different Purchasing Motives

Green Consumers Have Different Purchasing Motives
A recent Yahoo! Green study found that while 77 percent of consumers describe themselves as “green” - actively living ...

Want To Win Awards? Write Longer Corporate Responsibility Reports

Want To Win Awards? Write Longer Corporate Responsibility Reports
Spada released its Environmental Reporting: Trends in FTSE 100 Sustainability Reports (PDF) and said longer corporate responsibility reports ...

Consumers Loyal To Brands That Support Good Cause During Recession

Consumers Loyal To Brands That Support Good Cause During Recession
According to Edelman's goodpurpose global study of consumer attitudes (PPT), 68 percent of respondents said they would remain loyal to a ...

Anheuser-Busch Cuts Landfill-bound Materials By 2,400 Tons

Anheuser-Busch Cuts Landfill-bound Materials By 2,400 Tons
Anheuser-Busch has reduced the weight of material it contributes to landfills from its  U.S. breweries by nearly 22 percent, ...

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Brita Agrees To Recycle Filter Cartridges

Brita Agrees To Recycle Filter Cartridges
Take Back the Filter Campaign says Brita brand manager Drew McGowan alerted them that Brita will be taking back and recycling ...

NBC Universal Launches ‘Green Week’

NBC Universal Launches ‘Green Week’
This week is “Green Week” at NBC Universal, where 150 hours of environment-themed programming will be broadcast on ...

U.S. Consumers: Companies Should Pay To Manage Climate Change

U.S. Consumers: Companies Should Pay To Manage Climate Change
The fifth EcoPinion Survey from EcoAlign finds that consumers generally agree on the definition of climate change, the importance of reducing ...

Environmentalists Say IUCN Risking Reputation For Corporate Donations

Environmentalists Say IUCN Risking Reputation For Corporate Donations
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature is increasingly turning to corporate donors for more of their funding. ...

ViewSonic Touts Green Efforts On New Website

ViewSonic Touts Green Efforts On New Website
ViewSonic Corp. has launched a new Web site focused on educating customers on the environmental features of ...

Green Marketing Meets Clothes Hanger

Green Marketing Meets Clothes Hanger
Green marketing is changing clothes closets into a new advertising venue. The New York-based Hanger Network has crossed the concept of an ...

80% Of U.S. Adults Show Some Type Of Green Motivation

80% Of U.S. Adults Show Some Type Of Green Motivation
More than 80% of the total U.S. adult population show some type of green motivation, according to new research by Natural Marketing ...

Media, Entertainment Companies Worst At Communicating Sustainability Efforts

Media, Entertainment Companies Worst At Communicating Sustainability Efforts
We recently reported on a study from IMC2 on how effectively S&P 100 companies are communicating their sustainability efforts. In this ...

Sysco Introduces New Logo and Tagline, Touts ‘Greeness’

Sysco Introduces New Logo and Tagline, Touts ‘Greeness’
Sysco Corp. recently introduced a new logo and tagline, "Good things come from Sysco." The new logo replaces ...

How The Green Movement Is Changing Business, Culture

How The Green Movement Is Changing Business, Culture
At Sustainable Brands 08, Judah Schiller, executive vice-president of Saatchi and Saatchi S, Ted Nordhaus, chairman of The Breakthrough Institute, and Fast ...

Want A Green Brand? Increase Your Green Ad Budget

Want A Green Brand? Increase Your Green Ad Budget
For the second year, the U.S. Climate Brand Index is dominated by manufacturing and auto brands with big ad ...

UK Launches Carbon Footprint Standard

UK Launches Carbon Footprint Standard
BSI British Standards, the Carbon Trust and Defra have launched a new standard to help businesses assess the ...

UK Ad Watchdog Says 94% Of Green Ads Comply With Regulations

UK Ad Watchdog Says 94% Of Green Ads Comply With Regulations
The UK's Advertising Standards Authority has released its Environmental Claims Survey 2008, revealing that 94 percent of ads with environmental claims ...

Marketers: Lack of Awareness, Cost Impede Green Marketing

Marketers: Lack of Awareness, Cost Impede Green Marketing
According to a survey of marketing managers at Eloqua's user conference, a lack of awareness and costs are the ...

Starwood Says Philips EcoTVs Could Save Hotel $12 Million

Starwood Says Philips EcoTVs Could Save Hotel $12 Million
Starwood Hotels and Resorts signed an exclusive three year agreement with Philips Electronics to use Philips' SmartPower2 energy ...

Today's News

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
OpenEco.org 2.0 Launched By Sun

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Marketing

Greenbuild Conference News Roundup

Green Consumers Have Different Purchasing Motives

Want To Win Awards? Write Longer Corporate Responsibility Reports

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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