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Most Cell Phone Vendors Lack Scale To Green Phones

Most Cell Phone Vendors Lack Scale To Green Phones
While most mobile handset vendors feel pressure to create environmentally sound products, few manufactures – except those with the ...

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 ...

Consumers Eager For Hybrids, Cost Remains An Issue

Consumers Eager For Hybrids, Cost Remains An Issue
A new survey conducted by Ruder Finn Insights reveals that despite lower fuel prices and outdated perceptions of ...

LED Suppliers Expect Biz to Double to $8.61 By 2011

LED Suppliers Expect Biz to Double to $8.61 By 2011
LED suppliers are targeting commercial and industrial power users because there is a shorter time frame for return on ...

12-State Report Finds Over $1 Billion Spent On ESPC Projects

12-State Report Finds Over $1 Billion Spent On ESPC Projects
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the National Association of Energy Service Companies (NAESCO) issued a new report, “Performance Contracting ...

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Server MPG – It’s Time for Action

Server MPG – It’s Time for Action
Would you buy a car if you had no idea about its MPG rating?  Especially with today’s volatile fuel prices, it seems ...

Bioplastics Market To Reach 1.2 B lbs By 2012, But Improvements Needed

Bioplastics Market To Reach 1.2 B lbs By 2012, But Improvements Needed
According to John Kalkowski, editorial director at Packaging Digest, “bioplastics' time has not yet come, but it can't ...

92% Of Organizations Working To Make Facilities More Sustainable

92% Of Organizations Working To Make Facilities More Sustainable
Ninety-two percent of respondents to The Global Facility Management Association's recently released Green Practices Study (PDF) say that they are ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Carbon Capture And Storage Faces Hurdles

Carbon Capture And Storage Faces Hurdles
European regulatory and financial support has allowed it to push ahead with carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology. But the technology is ...

Power Grid Not Ready For Renewable Energy Strain

Power Grid Not Ready For Renewable Energy Strain
The North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) released a report on the electric industry's concerns on the reliability ...

Japan’s Solar City As Model For The Future

Japan’s Solar City As Model For The Future
A Japanese solar-powered city offers a model for future self-sufficient energy communities, producing electricity with rooftop panels, according to this Reuters' video....

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 ...

Japan’s Emissions Almost 10% Above 1990 Levels

Japan’s Emissions Almost 10% Above 1990 Levels
According to Japanese government data, the country's CO2 emissions from energy production rose 2.7 percent last year, totaling 1.2 ...

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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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