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RILA to Launch EPA Sustainability Web Portal
The Retail Industry Leaders Association announced that a Web portal on environmental sustainability and compliance issues will be launched later in the year. Along with other retail industry represent...
Lite-On Tech to Reduce CO2 Emissions 10% by 2011
Lite-On Technology Corp., the world’s largest maker of casings for mobile phones, announced it will cut carbon dioxide emissions by 10 percent within three years. The company says it is also ado...
Green Retailers Six Key Focus Areas
The top actions on the green retail agenda align with the strategic decision to take a holistic approach to all aspects of brand management and total cost of operations, according to “Getting Fr...
SMEs and the Environment
A Telegraph Business Club Video MasterClass by Guy Beaudin the Head of Solutions for PC World Business on SMEs and the environment....
Half of U.S. Companies Going Green
Half (50.8%) of U.S. workers say their company has a significant initiative such as carpooling and recycling, but most report being cynical about their employer’s motivation for going green, accordi...
Verdiem Takes Aim At Consumer Market With Edison
Here’s a promo video covering Verdiem’s launch of Edison, a free energy monitoring application for Windows that consumers can use to control their PC’s energy consumption. The Edison...
Retailers Eye Sun for Energy Savings
Wal-Mart Stores, Kohl’s, Safeway and Macy’s have already installed solar panels on roofs of their retail stores, generating electricity on a large scale. Although fewer than 10 percent of ...
Build Cars in 5 Days To Reduce Waste, Emissions
The Intelligent Logistics for Innovative Product Technologies project concluded that it is possible to build cars to order within five days, cutting waste and emissions, Edie reports. The project, inv...
Campbell’s Cuts 1.5 Million Gallons of Water Per Day
In Campbell’s latest corporate sustainability report (PDF) the company says it has reduced water consumption by 1.5 million gallons per day, due to installation of a system which recovers heat a...
Will U.S. Hotels Make The Switch To Really Green Lodgings?
In Europe, many hotel room keys double as the master switch, turning power to the room on and off. The New York Times writes that it’s almost never seen in the U.S. and wonders if Americans are ...
Small Steps to Make Data Centers Green And Cost Effective
High energy prices are making the cost of running data centers in many companies the second-largest expense after people. With the cost of powering data centers worldwide to possibly grow from $18.5 b...
The Media’s Key Role in ‘Greenwashing Washout’
With corporations on the sustainability bandwagon, the media has hitched along for the ride. Influential newscasts celebrate breakthroughs in eco-friendly buildings and major publications devote cover...
15 More R.R. Donnelley Facilities Receive SFI Certification
R.R. Donnelley & Sons announced that 15 more of its printing facilities across the U.S. have achieved Sustainable Forestry Initiative chain of custody certifications and have also earned the recog...
The Green Chemistry Tipping Point
It seems to have happened overnight. All of a sudden, everyone is talking about sustainability. Everyone is attempting to “go green!” You turn on the radio or the television and within t...
Coke Cuts Water Use Ratio 3% In 2007
Coca-Cola Enterprises, the world’s largest marketer, distributor, and producer of Coca-Cola products, has published its third Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Report, Shape Tomorrow&#...
Marriott Introduces Eco-Friendly Meeting Products
Marriott hotel is introducing a series of eco-friendly meeting products to help reduce environmental impact of the company and its guests, such as using pads made of recycling paper. A typical three-d...
Green Bay Packers Launch Environmental Program
The Green Bay Packers recently announced “Packers Green Team,” a new program focusing on the use of renewable resources and other sustainable practices at Lambeau Field. On game days, the ...
Healthcare Execs Stress Energy Efficiency
The American Society for Healthcare Engineering and Johnson Controls, recently released the 2008 Healthcare Energy Efficiency Indicator study, which shows that healthcare executives place a higher pri...
InterCall’s Zero Travel Day Reduces Carbon
InterCall recently initiated a Zero Travel Day where employees were encouraged to eliminate unnecessary travel and volunteer at educational events to learn how to be more environmentally friendly at w...
Retailers Get Strict on Green Standards for Suppliers
Wal-Mart and Whole Foods made announcements this week requiring that suppliers meet the company’s sustainability standards. Wal-Mart Stores recently launched a line of fine jewelry that allows c...
PWP Turns Waste Into Biodegradable Packaging
Food packaging company PWP Industries recently introduced AgroResin, a sustainable packaging line of products. The packaging is 100 percent biodegradable and made from renewable agricultural biomass f...
Businesses Show Government How To ‘Decarbonize The Economy’
Governments are lagging behind in efforts to curb climate change and reduce carbon emissions while businesses understand there is a market in becoming socially responsible and are taking the initiativ...
Water Sustainability - What Can The Past Teach Us For The Future?
Sustaining water resources has been an important factor in the development and survival of civilizations. The ability to use water in sufficient quantities, finding and harnessing it and competently d...
CEOs Think Green Is Long-Term Trend
Slightly more than half (52%) of Northeastern Wisconsin CEOs surveyed for the latest Nicolet Bank Business Pulse, designed and implemented by IntellectualMarketing, selected economic growth over envir...
Ford On Difficulty Translating Sustainability Into Customer Benefits
Short clip from Cornell’s eClips of Niel Golightly, director or Sustainable Business Strategies for Ford Motor Company, on how to translate the concept of sustainability into customer benefits....
New Video Shows Innovations In Textile Industry
In a new video, “Sustainability: The Textile Revolution,” Cotton Incorporated discusses what’s now possible in eco-friendly textile processing. A follow-up to the cotton industry gro...
Enterprise Rent-A-Car Says Thin Clients Will Save $500,000
Enterprise Rent-A-Car expects a move from PCs to HP thin clients will cut energy consumption by 5 million kilowatt-hours, save about $500,000 annually, and reduce CO2 emissions by 6.5 million pounds p...
Branson Plans Zero Carbon Resort, Launches Eco-Consulting Group
Richard Branson plans to turn his Mosquito Island in the British Virgin Islands into the most environmentally-friendly resort in the world, The Associated Press reports. Located off Virgin Gorda and w...
Harvard, Yale, Others Embrace Green Design
Small middle school Sidwell Friends, which has plants sprouting on its roof, and a research complex at Harvard University that has sunlight-harvesting glass-bubble lounges are just two examples of the...
Clif Bar Discusses Sustainability Efforts
Clif Bar, winner of the Acterra Award for Sustainability, discusses its sustainability efforts....