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Automakers Introduce ‘EcoDriving’ Program

Automakers Introduce ‘EcoDriving’ Program
The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers recently introduced “EcoDriving,” a nationwide effort to help consumers save money, reduce ...

Blues Plans Incorporate Green Buildings & Policies

Blues Plans Incorporate Green Buildings & Policies
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina and Highmark have plans to employ ...

Commercial Kitchens Get Green Certification Program

Commercial Kitchens Get Green Certification Program
FoodServiceWarehouse.com launched its Going Green Program this week. The program, which also offers green certification, aims to help ...

IBM Launches ‘Green Sigma’ Consulting Service

IBM Launches ‘Green Sigma’ Consulting Service
IBM recently announced its new service "Green Sigma," which combines the company's CSR consulting service with Lean ...

Performance Management Systems Improve Energy Efficiency at Kodak

Performance Management Systems Improve Energy Efficiency at Kodak
As new environmental regulations impose numerous constraints on companies and significant implications for their financial health, Martin Jetté of ...

Windows Don’t Have To Be Weak Link In Facility Energy Management

Windows Don’t Have To Be Weak Link In Facility Energy Management
Bruce Lang, VP of marketing & business development at Southwall Technologies Inc., writes in FacilityManagement.com that window glass ...

Green Retailers Six Key Focus Areas

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 ...

SMEs and the Environment

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....

Diageo To Run Distillery On Bioenergy

Diageo To Run Distillery On Bioenergy
Diageo - which makes leading global brands including Johnnie Walker, Tanqueray and Smirnoff - plans to build a bioenergy ...

Fairchild Semiconductor Expands ‘Green’ Effort with Global Team

Fairchild Semiconductor Expands ‘Green’ Effort with Global Team
Fairchild Semiconductor has formed a global Energy and Environmental Design Team to identify energy-conservation projects at its major manufacturing ...

IBM Launches Eco Data Center in Second Life

IBM Launches Eco Data Center in Second Life
Visitors who want to check out IBM's latest eco-data center will have to do so as an avatar ...

Verdiem Takes Aim At Consumer Market With Edison

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 ...

North Face Announces more Green Initiatives

North Face Announces more Green Initiatives
The North Face is celebrating its 40th anniversary by celebrating mother nature, and is coming out with a ...

Build Cars in 5 Days To Reduce Waste, Emissions

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 ...

Ikea To Sell Solar Panels

Ikea To Sell Solar Panels
Ikea plans to invest about $77 million into clean-technology startups over the next five years, with the goal of ...

DOE Assessments Help 3 Plants Save Over $1.5 Million Combined

DOE Assessments Help 3 Plants Save Over $1.5 Million Combined
The Department of Energy released three new case studies of manufacturing plants participating in its Save Energy Now ...

NewPage Cuts Energy Use with Lighting Retrofit

NewPage Cuts Energy Use with Lighting Retrofit
In late 2006, NewPage Corp. installed a high-efficiency, high intensity fluorescent system to replace the older system in its ...

Sacred Heart Medical Center Designed with Green in Mind

Sacred Heart Medical Center Designed with Green in Mind
The new Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend in Oregon is touting itself as one of the nation's greenest ...

Campbell’s Cuts 1.5 Million Gallons of Water Per Day

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 ...

Nissan Unveils Eco-Pedal

Nissan Unveils Eco-Pedal
Nissan has unveiled Eco Pedal this week. The company says the system can help drivers improve fuel efficiency by ...

Today's News

Environmental Supply Chain Planning – Expanding Accountability

Environmental Supply Chain Planning – Expanding Accountability

Regardless of where one stands on the subject of climate change, we are all impacted by rising energy prices. Carbon-based energy fuels ... continue »

Green Communications: 3 Strategies For Getting Past The Crunch
Beyond Tele-Conferencing: How the IT Sector Can Become a Legitimate Climate Solutions Provider
Navigating the Environmental Media Pt 4: Carbon Messaging
Ecolabeling – Bridging The Gap
Consumers Pay Attention To Energy Star Labels

Consumers Pay Attention To Energy Star Labels

The "Energy Star" label is extremely or very important to 68 percent of consumers, according to the fourth EcoPinion Survey from ...

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Green Retailers Six Key Focus Areas
Half of U.S. Companies Going Green
64% Of Decision Makers Say Green Image Is Good For Business
Wood Key Cards To Debut During DNC

Wood Key Cards To Debut During DNC

Sustainable Cards, producer of wood hotel key cards, says their cards will debut in Denver hotels during the Democratic National Convention. Sustainable ...

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SMEs and the Environment
Oracle CIO Mark Sunday On Project Sequoia
GM Shows Off Volt Production Model…Kind Of
The Bottom Line

Marketing

Automakers Introduce ‘EcoDriving’ Program

Ad Agency To Timberland: Environmental Causes Distracting From Products

Neenah Paper To Use Biomass At Whiting Mill

Emissions

In UK, Exporting Recovered Plastic Bottles, Paper To China Cuts Emissions

Environmental Supply Chain Planning – Expanding Accountability

CCX Trades RGGI Contracts

Hi-Tech

Fairchild Semiconductor Expands ‘Green’ Effort with Global Team

Oracle CIO Mark Sunday On Project Sequoia

IBM Launches Eco Data Center in Second Life

Efficiency

Blues Plans Incorporate Green Buildings & Policies

Commercial Kitchens Get Green Certification Program

IBM Launches ‘Green Sigma’ Consulting Service

Manufacturing

Lite-On Tech to Reduce CO2 Emissions 10% by 2011

Green Efforts Hampered by Broken Supply Chains

Recycling and Reuse Programs Top List Of Manufacturers Green Investments

Carbon Offsets/RECs

American Assets Plans To Beat 2030 Challenge

Wal-Mart Facing Tough Green Questions

NY To Regulate GHG Emissions

CSR Reports

Most Companies Skip Getting CSR Reports Assured

Campbell’s Cuts 1.5 Million Gallons of Water Per Day

KB Home To Build Only Energy Star Standard Homes

Major Players

Google & G.E. Want Cheaper Renewable Energy

Big Brands Tout Social Consciences On YouTube

Marriott To List Green Actions Of Individual Hotels

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